3D + Animation › Compositing

Demonstrates how to light an object onto a live-action still plate, using Maya, Nuke, and Photoshop.

Covers the basics of rendering images and animation and compositing those elements with effects in a single movie with CINEMA 4D.

Discover how to create render passes in Maya, recombine the passes in After Effects, and motion track the passes to live-action video footage that contains a moving camera or a moving character.

Shows how to turn a daytime summer scene into a nighttime winter scene using Photoshop and After Effects, with illustrator David Mattingly's production-proven matte painting techniques.

Explores the new features found in the 3D digital compositor Nuke 6.

Demonstrates how to render an animation in CINEMA 4D and apply two different visual styles in After Effects.

Shows how to create a 15-second promotional video that looks and feels like a professional advertisement.

Provides both a solid foundation of the Nuke 5 core functions of keying, motion tracking, and color correcting, and an overview of 3D compositing.

Demonstrates how to use MatchMover, Toxik, and Backburner with Maya’s existing powerful feature set to create engaging 3D animations.

Paced comfortably for beginners, this course also reveals numerous advanced tricks and techniques.

How to take advantage of Photoshop CS3 Extended's revolutionary 3D and video capabilities.