The pivot of this course will be Nuke compositing, with an emphasis on environment integration, color, depth and light. We will strive to achieve photo-realism through plate matching and studying 2D imagery as three-dimensional environments. We will explore different Nuke techniques for lighting, volumetrics, atmospherics, reflections, adding grime and dirt and breaking up the “CG look”. We will also cover advanced techniques for extractions and edge treatment, as well as using point position and normal passes for 2.5D relighting.
On top of that, we\'re going to go beyond NUKE and use 3D packages to create elements for our shots: Vue for 3D environments, Maya for animated plants, and Blender for particles and smoke simulation. The course will be project-based, and will culminate with a deep-sea environment comp that uses exclusive fxphd footage, shot underwater near Tasmania with the brand new Deep X housing for Red Epic.
Eran is VFX supervisor at Brainstorm Digital. He is the recipient of two VES awards for his work on season 2 of HBO\'s Boardwalk Empire (outstanding compositing in a broadcast series, outstanding modeling in a broadcast series). Before joining Brainstorm Digital, he was senior compositor at Framestore NY and ILM Singapore. Films he worked on include: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Clash of the Titans, Salt, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Surrogates, Terminator Salvation, Star Trek, Iron Man and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He is currently supervising Brainstorm\'s team on The Men Who Built America (a History Channel miniseries), the Untitled James Grey Project and Boardwalk Empire season 3.

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