…Compositing allows us to put the final polish on an image or animation easily,…in a place where the artistic flexibility doesn't come at a giant hit in time.…Fine tuning something in Maya can take hours.…Fine tuning colors in Nuke or After Effects…for example, can take minutes, if that long.…I've got all my passes rendered out,…master, beauty, speck, occlusion, all the different pieces.…And I realize I forgot my depth pass.…I'm going to put on depth of field and post, and…so I'm going to render it out separately here in Maya.…
Now, if you remember it in time, you can go into your render settings,…and into the passes and this is where we'll add in our scene passes…such as depth, camera depth or camera depth remap which records a z-depth from…the camera, and that way we can use it to drive depth of field.…You can also add on other passes such as motion vectors, which allow describe…motion in a scene and apply a blur, we can put on different things…like incandescents and glow source to describe…where objects are bright such as our…
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4/8/2014- Creating and applying materials with luster and shine
- Creating a mental ray Daylight system
- Casting light from interior fixtures
- Lighting with sky portals
- Creating an ambient occlusion rendering pass
- Fine-tuning Final Gather and lighting
- Compositing in Nuke and After Effects
- Adding depth of field, highlights, and glow
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome37s
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Using the exercise files1m 59s
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1. Creating and Applying Materials
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Adding luster to wood5m 24s
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2. Lighting in Direct Sunlight
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3. Lighting Night and Dusk Shots
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4. Lighting with Sky Portals
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5. Lighting and Rendering Additional Passes for Compositing
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6. Compositing and Post Effects in Nuke
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Adding depth of field4m 27s
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7. Compositing and Post Effects in After Effects
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Adding depth of field2m 49s
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Conclusion
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Next steps49s
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