Compositing 2: Lesson 3

For lesson 3, we had to composite different aspects together to create one cohesive shot. First, we tracked footage in SynthEyes of a woman moving her head. Once the track was complete, we brought it into Nuke along with the other CG elements - the armor, the armor texture, scratches, dust, and a background. From there, our job was to comp everything together and color correct so that the shot flowed smoothly. I had a little bit of a hard time understanding certain aspects of the assignment, such as how to animate the light in the helmet. However, I was able to fairly quickly figure out the mistake and fix it. Overall, the scene is a little dark, but I am pretty happy with the final result. All of the assets were provided, I just put everything together.

Here is the tracking and the final movie.

Compositing 2: Lesson 2

The second assignment for Composting 2 was based in Nuke. We learned how to use Nuke's Motion Builder for this. I must say, this was more difficult than project 1 had been, mainly because of Motion Builder. I had a hard time lining up the points of the geometry correctly so that everything was in scale and proportion. Still, I am pretty happy with the overall result.

Here is the shot with the texture applied and with a simple checkered board applied.

Compositing 2: Lesson 1

For the first assignment of Compositing 2, we had to use SynthEyes to track a shot. SynthEyes was a little crazy to learn at first. It was very different from what we are familiar with, but overall, it was easy to pick up. The tracking itself was not too difficult once I got the hang of it. I'm pretty happy with the end result.