Deep Compositing Techniques in V-Ray and NUKE
In this V-Ray tutorial, we'll use deep EXR renders to create a hovercraft landing in a garden area. Software required: Maya 2015, NUKE 9X, V-Ray 3.0 for Maya.
What you'll learn
In this V-Ray tutorial, we'll use deep EXR renders to create a hovercraft landing in a garden area. We'll also learn how to use V-Ray for Maya's extensive lighting and shading tools to create a photorealistic composite. By the end of this V-Ray training, you'll have a solid understanding of the deep compositing technique used in today's blockbuster movies. Software required: Maya 2015, NUKE 9X, V-Ray 3.0 for Maya.
Table of contents
- Setting up NUKE with Root Structure Protocol 6m
- Tracking and Solving the Plate Shot 4m
- Refining the Camera Solve 4m
- Orientation and Export of Camera Solve 4m
- Importing the Camera Solve into Maya 6m
- Setting the Project in Maya 4m
- Setting up the Ground Plane and Render Globals 6m
- Linear Workflow Setup for the Image Plane 6m
- Setting up the Material Wrapper in V-Ray 10m
- Creating Chrome Balls for Material Wrapper Diagnostics 3m
- Setting up the Image Plane Projection for the Material Wrapper 2m
- Single Frame Projection for Material Wrapper 4m
- Setting up or V-Ray Dome Light 5m
- Expanded Upon the GI Features of the Material Wrapper 9m
- Capturing Reflections Using the Material Wrapper 5m
- Building out the Garden Geometry 8m
- Applying the Hovercrafts 7m
- Setting up Our Hovercraft Render Layer 5m
- Adding Render Elements to Our Hovercraft Render Layer 10m
- Setting up and Optimizing Our Ground Render Layer 5m
- Importing Our Deep Renders Back into NUKE 4m
- Building Our Beauty Color Pass Information 6m
- Adding Our Ground Shadow Onto Our Plate Shot 6m
- Introduction to Deep in NUKE 6m
- Using Diagnostics for Deep Renders 6m
- Color Correcting in Deep 6m
- Introduction to the Deepcrop Node 6m
- Adding Multilayer Light Wraps to the Scene 5m
- Adding Glows to the Hover Panels 5m
- Color Correcting Our Final Shot 4m
- Final Tweaks and Quicktime Render 1m
About the author
Matt Skonicki started out as a Cinematics Artist at Netherrealm Studios working on game franchises including Blitz: The League, Ballers, and Mortal Kombat. He also worked as a Character Technical Artist for John Woo’s Stranglehold and Wheelman. In the last decade he has taught at various institutions including Columbia College and The Illinois Institute of Art. Matt is currently a full-time visual effects instructor at Tribeca Flashpoint Academy located in the heart of Chicago.