In our 'Intermediate KATANA' course we'll take everything we learnt in KAT101 and put it into practice by adding a CG character into two live action plates. During the term we'll be working with 3D tracking data and building stand-in geometry for the environments using MAYA. We'll be completing look development within KATANA for an entire character along with various environment assets as required. When it comes to lighting the scenes we'll be utilizing 'localized HDR lighting' with KATANA using RenderMan's Global Illumination technology and then setting up various render-passes. Finally we'll move into NUKE to complete the final compositing. This course is a natural progression from our first 100 level KATANA course and fantastic for anyone interested in state-of-the-art Look Development and Lighting techniques.

Matt Leonard has been in the 3D and visual effects industry for 20 years. He has spoken at various events and shows on behalf of Autodesk, The Foundry and eyeon Software and has had articles published in various magazines and journals. He is a member of the Visual Effects Society and has worked as a beta tester for Maya, Katana, Arnold, RenderMan, Mari and Nuke. He currently runs his own on-site training company in the UK and has trained artists from companies such as ILM, Pixomondo, MPC and Framestore.

 

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