Compositing a Live-action Matte Painting in NUKE and Photoshop
By Sean Amlaner
In this NUKE and Photoshop tutorial we'll delve into the steps required to create a live-action matte painting and initial composite. Software required: NUKE 8 and Photoshop CS4.
Course info
Level
Advanced
Updated
Apr 21, 2015
Duration
3h 46m
Table of contents
Introduction and Project Overview
Compositing a Live-action Matte Painting in NUKE and Photoshop
Video and Image Choices
5m
Rotoscoping Live-action Video
10m
Animating Roto Shapes
11m
Rotoscoping and Animating Part of the Barge
9m
Barge and Small Boat Rotoscoping
10m
Animating Roto Shapes on Small Boat
6m
Final Rotoscoping of Live-action Elements
8m
Basic Keying of Live-action Buoy Element
9m
Keying Barge Anchor Chains and Reflections
12m
Keying Small Boat Reflections
4m
Live-action Element Extraction to Photoshop
4m
Still-frame and Digital Image Assembly
10m
Digital Image Extraction of Midground Dock
12m
Final Rough Draft of Matte Painting
11m
Paint out Within Matte Painting and Lighthouse Addition
11m
Clone-painting and Background Image Integration
10m
Color Correction of Background Elements
10m
Edge Blending Midground Dock
11m
Color Correction, Shadow, and Reflection for Midground Elements
12m
Reflection Integration and Element Export
10m
Compositing Template Setup
10m
Roto and Key Integration and Background Element Defocus
9m
Creating False Depth-of-field
10m
Color Correction and Integration
11m
Description
Course info
Level
Advanced
Updated
Apr 21, 2015
Duration
3h 46m
Description
In this NUKE and Photoshop tutorial we'll delve into the steps required to create a live-action matte painting and initial composite. This will include how to create live-action elements using both rotoscoping and keying techniques in NUKE as well as how to extract sections of digital images within Photoshop. By the end of the NUKE and Photoshop training, you'll have created a fun and absorbing live-action composite created from various assembled elements. Software required: NUKE 8 and Photoshop CS4.
About the author
About the author
Sean has worked as a Senior Digital Compositor for feature film visual effects studios such as Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Technicolor, Rhythm & Hues, and many others.
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