Compositing passes is a technique that has been used in visual effects long before the advent of 3ds Max and Fusion – the software used in the tutorial. Photographing passes allowed visual effects artists to isolate elements of a shot, like physical models and sets, and affect their look before combining them together in the final print of the shot.

Tim carefully explains his processes as he had in his other popular titles “Environment Creation for Production” and “Environment Lighting for Production.” Like other tutorials in our library, you can purchase “Multi-Pass Compositing” as a DVD or Digital Download. See the DVD description below for more details.

Accolades:

“Tim Jones has both a technical understanding of how light works and a critical artistic eye; both skills are needed in Blur’s work environment where an artist may be called upon to do photoreal shots one week and light hearted cartoons the next. Tim is able to solve ANY lighting problem that we throw at him with ease, coming up with great looking solutions every time.

- Tim Miller
Creative Director, Blur Studio

Artist Bio:

Tim Jones is a CG Supervisor specializing in environment modeling, lighting and compositing for a wide variety of projects ranging from game cinematics and ride films to television commercials and film. He received dual degrees in the fields of architecture and illustration from Lawrence Tech. After several years doing freelance and working for an architecture visualization firm he made the switch to the entertainment industry. For the past 5 years Tim has been working for Blur Studio in Venice, CA. His work can be seen in cinematics and commercials such as Warhammer 40K, Hellgate: London, Ghost Recon 3, Halo Wars and Bioshock.

DVD Description:

Multi-Pass Compositing
3ds Max Rendering Techniques with Tim Jones -
In this lecture, Tim breaks down the process of rendering passes out of 3ds Max and demonstrates how to composite them together in Digital Fusion. Learn how to generate many different types of passes and how they are used in production. Identify and correct commonly occurring issues, from incorrect matte edges to bit depth and color correction. Acquire an understanding of what happens under the hood inside your 3D software and how to mimic that behavior while compositing to produce the highest quality renders. Tim demonstrates his techniques using Scanline, V-Ray and Brazil.

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