Compositing 3D Renders in Toxik

Pluralsight

Course Summary

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.

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Course Description

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.

Course Description

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.

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Course Syllabus

Introduction and Project Overview
- 1m 7s

—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 7s

Compositing 3D Renders in Toxik
- 1h 15m

—Using Blend and Comps to Composite 3D Render Passes 5m 13s
—Color Correcting Various Passes Using Cc_basics 5m 45s
—Using the Rewire Tool to Cut Out the Car 3m 23s
—Creating a Shadow Using the Shadow and Indirect Passes 8m 29s
—Coloring the Drop Shadow and Fixing Alpha Issues 8m 10s
—Using Streams to Transform Multiple Nodes 7m 10s
—Using Control Edge to Fix a Black Outline 9m 25s
—Creating a Lightwrap to Tie the Foreground to the Background 9m 15s
—Using Color Correct Tools to Fix Our Reflection and Windshield 8m 13s
—Adding Chromatic Aberration to Our Shadows 6m 17s
—Adding Grain to Our Car for That Final Level of Detail 3m 51s