Look Development, Lighting and Compositing for a Noir Scene in RenderMan RIS
Throughout these lessons we are going to learn look development, lighting and compositing for a Noir scene using RenderMan and NUKE. Software Required: Maya 2015, RenderMan 19 (RIS) and NUKE 9
What you'll learn
Throughout these lessons we are going to learn look development, lighting and compositing for a Noir scene using RenderMan and NUKE. We'll learn a new approach to look development and lighting by starting with the basics of RenderMan and move forward to understand a more organic and realistic way of rendering with a GI render engine. Finally, we'll composite a high quality final image with NUKE. By the end of the course you will have working knowledge of how to render a Noir Scene for production. Software Required: Maya 2015, RenderMan 19 (RIS) and NUKE 9
Table of contents
- Discussing References 8m
- Learning About Global Settings and Integrators 13m
- Discussing RenderMan It 10m
- Utilizing Lights 11m
- Discussing Pxrdisney 9m
- Utilizing Pxrlm Materials 10m
- Creating Wall Material 9m
- Setting up Geometric Attributes 9m
- Building Door and Frame 6m
- Creating Door Handle 8m
- Applying Glass 8m
- Designing the Lamp 11m
- Building the Clock 9m
- Creating the Radio 8m
- Generating Matte Ids 8m
- Implementing Cloth Materials 10m
- Creating Character Skin 11m
- Continuing Character Skin 10m
- Designing Character Eyes 8m
- Applying Hair 11m
- Rendering Eye Brows 7m
- Creating Matte Ids 8m
- Implementing Aovs 10m
- Constructing Key Light 5m
- Continuing Key Light 10m
- Creating Secondary Light Source 10m
- Applying Character Lighting 10m
- Rendering the Final Image 10m
- Compositing the Environment 9m
- Continuing to Composite Environment 8m
- Balancing Character Lights 9m
- Correcting Color 10m
- Finalizing the Compositing and Project Overview 9m
About the author
Miguel Lleras Villaveces is a lighting artist and compositor with experience in animated feature films and VFX. He has worked for Blue Sky Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and he currently works for MPC (The Moving Picture Company) in Montreal. His film credits include Epic, Rio 2, and the Oscar-winner Big Hero 6. He is currently working on The Fantastic 4.