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“Eric Hanson has worked on
some of the most significant digital set films of our time. These dvds
are perfect for anybody wanting to learn proven techniques from an accomplished
industry professional .”
- Dan Abrams
3D Environments Lead Spiderman 2
Sony Imageworks
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This series introduces the
essential techniques for creating digital sets and backgrounds,
an area of visual effects growing in prominence. In this third
disc of a series of three, visual effects designer Eric Hanson
begins with rendering a Maya scene into layers and passes,
then leads into the various approaches for professionally compositing
and integrating a digital set into a live-action background.
He examines the main composite tree in Shake, illustrating
the use of the various render passes including diffuse, specular,
reflection, shadow, z-depth, effects and ambient occlusion.
Throughout the disc, Eric uses a sample scene of an urban environment
to highlight all essential steps. This series is designed for
all advancing intermediate Maya artists.
Over 2 hours of lecture.
Product Code: EHA03
Rendering by Layer
Shadow Passes
Z-Depth Compositing
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Render
Scripts
Proper Compositing Setup
Environmental
Effects
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 01.
Creating Render Passes in Maya
02. Compositing Setup in Shake
03. Z-Depth Integration and Compositing
04. Adding Environmental Effects
05. Final Project Composite Result
Click here to
view a sample clip from this DVD. Note that while this
clip is 640x480 the actual movie size is 1024x768 with
higher quality compression . View the stills to the right
to see the actual resolution.
ERIC HANSON is a visual effects designer specializing
in the creation of digital environments and effects for
feature films. Having worked with leading effects houses
such as Digital Domain, Sony
Imageworks, Dream Quest Images, and Walt Disney Feature
Animation, his work can be seen in The Day After Tomorrow, Cast
Away, Hollow
Man, Mission to Mars, Bicentennial Man, Atlantis, Fantasia
2000 and The Fifth Element, as well as many special-venue
films. Eric is also an active instructor, leading courses
on effects techniques at Gnomon School of VFX and the
USC School of Cinema/TV.
Eric is a member of the Visual Effects Society and attended
the University of Texas at Austin. He recently published
the second edition of his
book on Maya techniques for Peachpit Press entitled, “Maya 6 Killer
Tips”. He wishes he could sleep more.
Digital Sets 1: Design, Modeling
and Camera
Digital Sets 2: Lighting
and Texturing
Digital Sets 4: 3D Image-Based
Terrain
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