Compositing 3D Renders in Toxik
In this series of lessons, we'll learn how to bring in multiple 3D render passes and composite them on a photograph using many tools and techniques. Software required: Toxik 2010 for project files.
What you'll learn
In this series of lessons, we'll learn how to bring in multiple 3D render passes and composite them on a photograph using many tools and techniques. We'll begin this project by importing our layers and assembling them into a basic render of a car. We'll then learn how to create an advanced shadow using the Blend and Comp, Comp Alpha, Drop Shadow, Control Edge, and Lens Blur nodes. We'll then learn several compositing tricks to help us really blend the foreground and background, such as Reflection matching, Lightwraping, color correction, and grain matching. Throughout this training, we'll use the streams system to have single nodes affect multiple nodes to keep edits fast and simple. Software required: Toxik 2010 for project files.
Table of contents
- Using Blend and Comps to Composite 3D Render Passes 5m
- Color Correcting Various Passes Using Cc_basics 6m
- Using the Rewire Tool to Cut Out the Car 3m
- Creating a Shadow Using the Shadow and Indirect Passes 8m
- Coloring the Drop Shadow and Fixing Alpha Issues 8m
- Using Streams to Transform Multiple Nodes 7m
- Using Control Edge to Fix a Black Outline 9m
- Creating a Lightwrap to Tie the Foreground to the Background 9m
- Using Color Correct Tools to Fix Our Reflection and Windshield 8m
- Adding Chromatic Aberration to Our Shadows 6m
- Adding Grain to Our Car for That Final Level of Detail 4m
About the author
Along with creating and recording training, he also used to manage the support team and work closely with the production development team at Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. He began his career working freelance and quickly realized that he wanted to find a company where he could use his talents to help people succeed in the CG industry. Chris has likely watched more Pluralsight creative training than anyone on the planet, and its evidenced by his Einstein-sized brain and encyclopedic... more