Compositing a Live-action Matte Painting in NUKE and Photoshop
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.
What you'll learn
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.
Table of contents
- 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
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. During his career, he has had the opportunity to work on over 40 feature films such as The Incredible Hulk, Kung Fu Panda, Men In Black 3, and Wreck-It Ralph. Sean's educational experience includes an MFA in Visual Effects and a BS in 3D Character Animation. His studio experience has included train... more