Topics include:

    Understanding image-based lighting
    Analyzing and color correcting the background plate
    Creating a 3D camera to match the plate
    Lighting with low-quality settings and proxies
    Setting light samples
    Setting up render passes
    Rendering mattes ground shadow, and occlusions passes
    Adding gamma correction in Nuke
    Adding the object to the plate and rendering the final composite
    Retouching the composite using Photoshop


Introduction 3m 12s
Welcome 52s 
What you should know before watching this course 37s 
Using the exercise files 1m 43s 
1. Image-Based Lighting 19m 0s
Explaining image-based lighting 1m 12s 
Examining how the HDRI was created 2m 42s 
Shooting the background plate 3m 44s 
Analyzing and color correcting the background plate 6m 0s 
Correcting the HDRI 5m 22s 
2. Asset Integration 17m 0s
Using Maya references to import the geometry 4m 42s 
Creating a 3D camera to match the plate 5m 0s 
Setting up image-based lighting 5m 13s 
Determining render resolution 2m 5s 
3. Lighting 28m 27s
Exploring mental ray light types 6m 20s 
Lighting with low quality settings and proxies 4m 41s 
Working with area lights 5m 29s 
Setting light samples 3m 22s 
Using raytrace shadows 2m 23s 
Lighting the body lines 2m 51s 
Adding a bounce light 3m 21s 
4. mental ray Rendering 16m 16s
Using render layers 2m 51s 
Setting up render passes 3m 28s 
Creating 32-bit files 3m 39s 
Adjusting the render quality settings 2m 42s 
Explaining final gathering 2m 24s 
Rendering the final image 1m 12s 
5. Creating Secondary Passes 24m 32s
Rendering matte passes 5m 14s 
Creating a ground occlusion pass 4m 7s 
Creating a ground shadow pass 3m 22s 
Adding ambient occlusion 6m 29s 
Adding a fresnel pass 5m 20s 
6. Compositing the Rendered Passes in Nuke 26m 15s
Adding a gamma correction in Nuke 2m 1s 
Getting started in Nuke 6m 5s 
Color correcting the passes using mattes 4m 0s 
Adding the secondary passes 4m 11s 
Adding the background plate and the shadow 6m 35s 
Adding the car and rendering the final composite 3m 23s 
7. Final Touch-Ups in Photoshop 8m 46s
Adding motion blur to the wheels 3m 27s 
Fixing the road 2m 46s 
Adding a vignette 2m 33s 
Conclusion 1m 10s
Comparing the final composite with the original plate 1m 10s 


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