Free Tutorials

FREE TUTORIALS, TIPS & TRICKS ETC.

Here are some of the tutorials that I've put together. You are welcome to download them for free and also share them with your friends or whoever as long as you are kind enough to credit me when you do so. You can also leave comments and post your feedback if you want a particular topic to be addressed and I'll definitely put it on the top of my list. Happy learning!

FREE TUTORIALS

1. What are AOVs? Rebuilding a Beauty from AOVs. Additive vs. Subtractive methods.

In this tutorial we look at what AOVs are. We will go over roughly how they are created from 3D by the lighters, what the data and utility passes are and how to rebuild a beauty from the AOVs using both additive and subtractive methods.

Level : ADVANCED

2. Blacklevels: Doing it the right way.

In this tutorial we learn how to adjust blacklevels on CG using various techniques. The aim being, trying not to lose detail in the darkest/blackest areas. Also a quick tip to set the initial black level if you are working on footage that is shot on film.

We will look at using the add, grade, toe and color lookup nodes to illustrate this.

Level : INTERMEDIATE

3. B Dominance: Importance of comping with the 'B' stream as the dominant branch.

In this tutorial we learn the importance of comping with keeping the 'B' stream as the dominant stream in our comps. Although it is not a rule and there are workarounds if you don't comp like this, keeping the B branch as the main one has its own benefits when it comes to information(channels) flowing downstream.

Level : BEGINNER

4. Bounding Boxes. Overrated? How they grow/shrink & why it is important to crop them.

Why are bounding boxes so important? Are they overrated? Absolutely not! Learn why it is important to keep your bounding boxes optimized to keep your comp quick and light.

Level : INTERMEDIATE

TIPS & TRICKS

1. Sharpening Images:

2. Matching Grain:

Sharpening an image increases the contrast on the edges, making them look crunchy and torn around the high contrast areas.

To avoid this convert your linear image to log space first; sharpen it and then convert it back to linear.

Look at the grain without the LUT applied as with the LUT you are not looking at the true BLUE channel. You are looking at a channel corrupted by some CC.

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