CLASS 1: INTEGRATING CG WITH LIVE-ACTION FOOTAGE
Beauty grade (aka matching the overall colour values for the three regions of the lighting curve), primary grade vs secondary light effects, the process of the grading (using a checklist), reading the values of the viewer, Grade node vs ColorLookUp node approach, evaluation of motion blur regions for recovery.
CLASS 2: GREENSCREEN ELEMENT INTEGRATION OVER LIVE-ACTION FOOTAGE
Natural light vs artificial light, enhancing light qualities, light and edge definition and its impact on edge hardness, and applying 2D light effects with no multipass separation.
CLASS 3: FULL CG SHOT
Multi-pass cg approach to composite the development of the look, understanding each pass and its capabilities and contribution, dealing with the values of the components of light, and different looks with the same lighting.
CLASS 4: LIGHT ARTIFACTS
How to build an artifact script structure, dealing with mattes, the diffraction factor, light in front of the lenses vs inside the lenses, artifacts order logic, implementing in-the-box nuke’s glow, light wraps and other convolutions.