HDRI 3D

Knight and Day is a feature film starring the team of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. But two of the people behind the scenes are the stars of this article—Janet Muswell Hamilton and Eric Durst. They organize the assets needed to make the director’s vision come to life.

Baumann and van der Lek, accomplished artists from Digital Domain, share insights into how Nuke was able to help them create a virtual Manhattan for 20th Century Fox’s blockbuster Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. The digital world needed to look photorealistic and hold up while the hero is chased at breakneck speeds through the skies of Manhattan, sometimes just inches from the sides of the buildings. 

Managing HDR Colors:
Keep your Color Management workflow intact by performing color transformations on linear HDR images in full FP space with SG_CCNode and DP_IFNE.

Learn all about the Multi-View workflow of Nuke and how it makes stereoscopic compositing a joy. Follow along and see what a difference Ocula makes in fixing stereoscopic errors, and discover how to make your shot work in 3D depth.

A commonly requested effect in animation is to transition from outer space to the front door of a specific location. This effect can be achieved by using available satellite photos and the nested images technique.

Softimage´s modeling process is very user-friendly, and there are a lot of little known features to speed up the working process. Some tips we will cover focus on how to transform objects and components.

Achieving Clean Wireframe Renders For SubD Objects:
Getting a glimpse of the geometry of your wireframes allows for better judgment of whether it’s a “usable” mesh or not, so it’s extremely important that you show the wireframes of your objects. Learn the quickest way to generate professional-looking wireframe renders for your SubD objects.