Matchmoving 101: Fundamentals

Whether in film, episodic television, commercials or music videos, the integration of 3D elements and effects is now a mainstay of modern post production. In the first DVD of this series Stephen McClure introduces you to the fundamentals of matchmoving. For both beginners and professionals, this lecture discusses the details of the matchmoving process including hand tracking techniques, survey information, distortion grid usage, and film terminology. Stephen shows how to recreate real world camera elements in the Maya environment, create custom camera controls, use Maya\’s integrated camera controls and set up the most popular professional and consumer formats.

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Gnomonology:The Making of \’Smile\’

This \’making of\’ demonstration and lecture began with the decision to create a new still image and record the entire process. Using Maya, UVlayout, Zbrush and Photoshop, \’Smile\’ was created in eight hours over the course of a couple evenings. Observe and listen as Alex shares his workflow, thought process and techniques.

Chapter One: Base Mesh and UV Layout
In Chapter one, a personal sketch is chosen to develop into a 3D image. It is then imported into Maya and a methodology for aligning the 3D camera to the image is discussed. A simple base mesh is tweaked and edited to work with the design, then exported to Headus UVlayout. With the base mesh complete, it is ready to be sent to Zbrush for sculpting.
Duration: 80min. Size: 365.25mb Cost: $15.00

Chapter Two: Sculpting in Zbrush
In Chapter two, the simple base mesh is transformed into a design sculpt. With a combination of real-time and timelapse footage, the sculpting session is thoroughly discussed. Starting with an initial lay-in of the musculature, forms are developed and detailed using the Claytube and Rake macro brushes. Tweaking and Masking also play an important role.
Duration: 50min. Size: 171.69mb Cost: $12.00

Chapter Three: Lighting and Shaders
In Chapter three, the Zsculpt is exported to Maya with cavity and displacement maps for lighting, shading and rendering. The first half of the demo is in real-time, consisting of the light-rig set-up and design using IPR. We then transition to 2x timelapse, explaining the set-up of our layered Mental Ray skin shader, while exploring possible styles for our final rendering. note: I would recommend watching the \’Skin Shading in Mental Ray\’ tutorial if you are new to subsurface scattering in Mental Ray.
Duration: 90min. Size: 183.14mb Cost: $15.00

Chapter Four: 2D Paintover, 8k Maps, Final Comp
In Chapter four, Photoshop is used to explore possible looks for the final image. Once the desired result is achieved, the size of the texture maps, 3D render and Photoshop comp are increased to a printable resolution (3000 x 4000 pixels). 8k cavity and 32-bit 8k displacement maps are generated in Zbrush3 using poly-painting and the Multi-Displacement Exporter. The chalk rail (with particle instanced fragments) is added in Maya, rendered, and the final Photoshop comp is put together.
Duration: 80min Size: 215.31mb Cost: $15.00

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Gnomon – Next-Gen Creature Design for Gears of War

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In this DVD Jay Hawkins works from start to finish on the design for a Gears of War creature called the Locust Hydra. Jay covers everything from the intial thumbnail sketch to the final rendering of the concept used for production. He explains his design process using a combination of Adobe? Photoshop? and Autodesk? 3ds Max?. Jay also delves into his experiences in the game industry and at Epic Games, discussing what it takes to be a successful concept artist in today’s ever changing and highly competitive market, and emphasizing the importance of teamwork for developing a successful game.

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character modeling for production
concept sculpting
concept to film
efficient cine lighting
fluid dynamics
gerneralist approch to VFX
matte painting
mental ray in production
mental ray light technics
motion control and flashlights
mudbox 2009
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texture painting
vehicle rendering
wahhammer behind the scenes
zbrush environment
zbrush for character artist
zbrush in production

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