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Clarisse scatterers, part 01 trailer

Clarisse scatterers, part 01 trailer

Hello patrons,

I'm about to post the first part of Clarisse scatterers, in this video I'll walk you through some of the point clouds and scatterers available in Clarisse. We will do three production exercises, very simple but hopefully you ...

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Clarisse scatterers is dropping this weekend

Clarisse scatterers is dropping this weekend

Hi Patrons,

I know that I haven't posted anything in June, I have been super busy trying to deliver a massive Netflix show and I will be as busy for the next few months. I'm sorry for keeping this Patreon feed this quiet.

This weekend ...

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New tutorial in the works: Clarisse scatterers

Hello patrons,


I'm starting to work on a new tutorial for my Patreon feed, it is going to be about Isotropix Clarisse scatterers. In case you don't know Clarisse, take a look at 2019-06-09 18:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Katana Fastrack episode 04

Katana Fastrack episode 04

Hey guys,

Katana fastrack episode 04 is already available. Check the previous post to get all the details about this episode.

Let me know ...

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Katana Fastrack, episode 04 trailer

Katana Fastrack, episode 04 trailer

Hello patrons,

Katana Fastrack episode 04 is dropping later today/tomorrow.
In this episode, we will finish the Ant-Man lookDev by tweaking all the shaders and texture maps created in Mari.

Then we will do a very quick slapcomp in...

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Katana Fastrack, episode 04 being cooked

Hey Patrons,

I'm planning to start working on the next Katana episode very soon. Now that we have our look-dev template finished and ready to rock, it is time to actually look-dev the Ant-Man character. This episode will be all about that, ...

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Introduction to Redshift for vfx, episode 02

Second episode of "Introduction to Redshift" is already online. Check it out!
All the info covered in this episode can be found in the previous post....

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Introduction to Redshift for vfx, episode 02 - trailer

In this second episode we will talk about some of the Redshift tools for lighting, atmospherics and cameras. I will go through all the common light parameters and will spend more time working with the lights that we usually use in visual effects.<...

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Next tutorial: Introduction to Redshift for vfx, episode 02

Hi Patrons,

Next tutorial will be the episode 02 for "Introduction to Redshift for vfx". After dealing with sampling and global illumination in the first episode, it is time to take a look at other creative aspects of this renderer.

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Nuke IBL templates

Here you have my latest video tutorial about Nuke IBL templates. Read full description in the previous post. If you support a tier with downloadable ma...

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Nuke IBL templates trailer

Hello,

I just finished recording about 3 hours of content going through a couple of my Nuke IBL templates. The first one is all about cleaning up and artifacts removal. You know, how to get rid of chunky tripods, removing people from set an...

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Nuke IBL tamplates on its way

Nuke IBL tamplates on its way

I'm working on the next video tutorial for my Patreon feed, as you already know, it will be about my IBL templates to deal with image based lighting.
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Vote for the next tutorial

Hello,

What would you like me to post next? I'll give you a few options. I can do the next episode of "Introduction to Redshift" covering shaders, cameras, lights and whatever I can cover in 2-3 hours. I can guide you through the creation o...

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Katana Fastrack episode 03

Episode 03 of my Katana series is out. We are going to be talking about expressions, macros and tools to take our look-dev template to the next level.
Right after that, we will take a look at the texture channels that I painted in Mari for this...

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Katana Fastrack, episode 03 being cooked

Hey Patrons,

This weekend I'll be working on Katana Fastrack episode 03. My plan is to add a few scripts and tools to our look-dev template so we can automate certain tasks and create a published tool for the entire show. Something similar ...

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Introduction to Redshift for VFX, episode 01

Here it is the very first episode of "Introduction to Redshift for VFX". All you need to know about global illumination and sampling.
Please let me know if you have any questions.

If you support a tier with downloadable material, please ...

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Introduction to Redshift for vfx, episode 01 - trailer

Introduction to Redshift for vfx, episode 01 - trailer

I'm starting a new training series for my Patreon feed, it's called "Intro to Redshift" for visual effects. I'm kind of learning Redshift and trying to figure out how to use it within my visual effects workflow, and I'll be sharing this trip with ...

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Katana Fastrack episode 02

Episode 02 of my Katana series is out. We will spend a couple of hours creating from scratch a production ready look-dev template for visual effects.

Have fun and let me know if you have any question.

If you support a tier with downl...

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Katana Fastrack episode 02 - trailer

Katana Fastrack episode 02 - trailer

Hi everyone,

I'm recording Katana Fastrack episode 02. This is going to be a long lesson, probably more than 2 hours, going through how to create a proper look-dev template to be used in visual effects. Everything will be setup from scratch...

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Katana Fastrack, episode 02 being cooked

Hi guys,

This weekend I'll be working on Katana Fastrack episode 02. I'm still cooking it but it will be about preparing assets and cameras for Katana and also about creating look-dev templates from scratch that can be used on an entire sho...

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What renderer would you like to see?

Hey,

Arnold render is and will be the main render engine featured on my Patreon feed, but aside of Arnold, what other renderer would you like me to cover? It can be from beginning to advanced level. I'm of course talking about renderers tha...

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Katana Fastrack, episode 01

Katana Fastrack, episode 01

Here it is, the very first episode of my series "Katana Fastrack", available to all my exclusive patrons.
This is an introductory video where I'm going to give you an overview of what this course is all about. I hope you like it, it is going to...

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Katana Fastrack episode 01 - trailer

Katana Fastrack episode 01 - trailer

This is a public post regarding "Katana Fastrack", episode 01.
The very first post of my Katana training series. We are going to start talking about what is Katana and how it fits in the visual effects pipeline.
We will also discuss the impo...

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Houdini as scene assembler: Bundles, takes and rops

Houdini as scene assembler: Bundles, takes and rops

In this video I talk about the usage of Houdini as scene assembler. This topic will be recurrent in future posts, as Houdini is becoming a very popular t...

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Foundry Katana Fastrack Series

Foundry Katana Fastrack Series

This is the teaser tailer for my upcoming series focused on Foundry Katana. A whole pipeline about look-dev, lighting and rendering using Katana and Arnold render. I will be recording and posting these series periodically for all my patron with ex...

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