Compositing a Desolate Ocean Landscape in Photoshop and NUKE
Throughout these Photoshop and NUKE tutorials, we'll delve into the steps required to create a destroyed landscape image sequence. Software required: Photoshop CS4, NUKE 8.
What you'll learn
Throughout these Photoshop and NUKE tutorials, we'll delve into the steps required to create a destroyed landscape image sequence. This will include understanding how to extract and manipulate sections of still images in Photoshop and bring those elements into NUKE for a live-action composite. You'll also learn various important compositing techniques while also creating a fun and interesting final product. By the end of the Photoshop and NUKE training, you'll have experienced how to integrate digital images and live-action video into a final composited image sequence. Software required: Photoshop CS4, NUKE 8.
Table of contents
- Choosing Our Digital Images 9m
- Extracting Image Sections 8m
- Continuing Extraction of Image Sections 10m
- Finalizing Image Extraction 10m
- Layering Our Image Sections for Composite 10m
- Planning Our Overall Composited Image 9m
- Modifying Layers 10m
- Applying Color Correction to Image Sections 12m
- Finalizing Color Correction of Image Sections 10m
- Exporting Layer Elements for Use in NUKE 4m
- Setting up Our NUKE Composition and Importing Layer Elements 4m
- Adding Live-action Elements, Layer Integration, and Color Correction 12m
- Integrating Digital Images with Live-action Footage 12m
- Finalizing Live-action Elements, Layer Integration, and Color Correction 8m
- Creating Movement in Still Image Elements 9m
- Applying Final Changes to Composited Image 12m
About the author
Sean has worked as a Senior Digital Compositor for feature film visual effects studios such as Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Technicolor, Rhythm & Hues, and many others. During his career, he has had the opportunity to work on over 40 feature films such as The Incredible Hulk, Kung Fu Panda, Men In Black 3, and Wreck-It Ralph. Sean's educational experience includes an MFA in Visual Effects and a BS in 3D Character Animation. His studio experience has included train... more