Creating a Futuristic Set Extension in NUKE
In this tutorial we'll learn how to retro-fit futuristic architectural buildings over modern-day infrastructure using Nuke 9X and Maya 2015. Software required: Nuke 9X and Maya 2015.
What you'll learn
In this tutorial we'll learn how to retro-fit futuristic architectural buildings over modern-day infrastructure using Nuke 9X and Maya 2015. We will learn how to create futuristic landscapes, flickering street lights, and set extended backgrounds. Software required: Nuke 9X and Maya 2015.
Table of contents
- Examining the Solved Camera for the Plate Shot Exporting UV and Occlusion Maps out of Maya 3m
- Introduction to the Modelbuilder Node 8m
- Using the Edit Mode in the Modelbuilder Node 6m
- Creating the Initial Plane for the Curved Building 6m
- Building out the Windows for the Curved Building 6m
- Creating the Curvature of the Curved Building 8m
- Aligning a Cube to a Garbage Bin 6m
- Techniques to Creating the Sidewalk 11m
- Exporting out Geometry from NUKE 5m
- Laying out UV's in Maya 6m
- Setting up a Image Plane to See Footage in Maya 6m
- Exporting the Geometry Back into NUKE 3m
- Exporting UV and Occlusion Maps out of Maya 8m
- Building up Our Initial Texture Photoshop File 3m
- Breaking out Our Photoshop File Layers in NUKE 6m
- Setting up Our Scanline Render for the Buildings 7m
- Preparing Our Occlusion Render for the Buildings 6m
- Light Matching Our Scene 8m
- Matching Lamp Light Intensities for Further Light Matching 8m
- Adding the Glow Render for Our Lcd Screens 5m
- Utilizing Motion Blurs and Color Grading 6m
- Adding Additional Glows and Flickering to the Lcd Screens 5m
- Inserting Hologram Movies into the Scene 8m
- Adding a Hologram Stock Ticker to the Building 5m
- Reconstructing Lost Elements Using Roto Techniques 12m
- Final Tweaks and Animations 6m
- Setting up the Camera Projections for Sign Replacement 5m
- Adding in the New Sign 5m
- Utilizing Glows to Light the New Sign 4m
- Creating the Foreground Roto of Our Pedestrian Crossing Sign 1m
- Critique of Final Render and Conclusion 3m
About the author
Matt Skonicki started out as a Cinematics Artist at Netherrealm Studios working on game franchises including Blitz: The League, Ballers, and Mortal Kombat. He also worked as a Character Technical Artist for John Woo’s Stranglehold and Wheelman. In the last decade he has taught at various institutions including Columbia College and The Illinois Institute of Art. Matt is currently a full-time visual effects instructor at Tribeca Flashpoint Academy located in the heart of Chicago.