Katana – Mastering LookDev and Lighting For the VFX Industry

Arvid Schneider 是一位知名艺术家，他在专业 VFX 行业工作了 10 多年。他曾参与过像惊奇队长、海王、就绪玩家一号、侏罗纪世界、变形金刚等大片的制作。

凭借他的知识和专长，Arvid 准备了详细的课程，以了解和了解行业标准照明和外观开发软件 Katana。本课程将帮助您成为当今竞争激烈的行业中的高级照明和遮阳技术人员，从而开启您的职业生涯。

免责声明

* 本课程已标记为所有级别 – 但它很快就会变得中级和高级！
* 这是一门技术和艺术课程，这意味着它将包含相当多的理论和艺术实践讲座。
* 本课程使用 Katana for Windows 和 Arnold 作为主要软件工具。（但所有主题都可以在 Linux 或 Mac 工作站上实现，这同样适用于其他渲染器）。

掌握武士刀

* 获得真正的制作见解
* 充分了解如何在 Katana 中工作并理解重要的工作流程
* 创建您自己强大的宏和模板来组织您的工作
* 关于如何在 Katana 中创建高级模板的技术课程
* 高级 LookDev 和照明实践
* Opscripts，图形状态变量、参考表达式、宏、实时组、变量开关

简要概述

* Katana 介绍 – 安装、导航、UI
* 外观开发和照明原理
* 创建高级且多功能的外观和照明模板
* 生产资产的外观开发
*生产资产的镜头照明
* 渲染镜头
* 合成

Duration 19h 30m Project Files Included MP4

Katana – Mastering LookDev and Lighting For the VFX Industry

Info:
Advanced Insights to Workflows and Techniques using Arnold.

Requirements

* A technical understanding is needed to fulfill this course requirements
* Recommended to know Arnold renderer
* Problem solving skills and logical thinking
* Eager to learn new techniques and workflows
* Working with node based editors is a plus

Description

Arvid Schneider is an established artist, who has been working in the professional VFX industry for more than 10 years. He has worked on big blockbusters like Captain Marvel, Aquaman, Ready Player One, Jurassic World, Transformers and many more.

With his knowledge and expertise, Arvid has prepared a detailed course to get to know and understand the industry standard lighting and look development software Katana. This course will help you to jump-start your career by becoming an advanced lighting and shading TD in today’s competitive industry.

Disclaimer

* This course is tagged for all levels – but it gets Intermediate and Advanced fairly quickly!
* This is a technical and artistic course which means that it will contain quite a lot of theory, bit also artistic hands-on lectures.
* This course is using Katana for Windows and Arnold as the main software tools. (But all topics can be achieved on Linux or Mac workstations, the same applies for other renderers).

Mastering Katana

* Gain real production insights
* Fully understand how to work within Katana and to understand important workflows
* Create your own powerful macros and templates to organize your work
* Technical course on how to create advanced templates within Katana
* Advanced LookDev and Lighting practices
* Opscripts, Graph State Variables, Reference Expressions, Macros, Live Groups, Variable Switches

Brief Overview

* Introduction to Katana – installation, navigation, UI
* Principles of Look Development and Lighting
* Creating advanced and versatile Look and Lighting templates
* Look development of production assets
* Shot lighting of production assets
* Rendering shots
* Compositing