FXPHD – VFX304 – Explosive Pyro Action Sequences with RenderMan

Pixar 的 RenderMan、Autodesk Maya、Side FX Houdini 和 The Foundry Nuke X 将用于这个高端 3D 照明和立体深度合成课程，以完成最终的电影质量 VFX 镜头。该课程将展示由 fxphd 专门制作的爆炸式高度详细的 War Rig Truck Explosion（灵感来自 Mad Max：Fury Road 电影）。本课程将采用 HOU215 课程中已完成的 Houdini PyroFX 模拟场景，并将它们转换为完成的电影质量 VFX 镜头，重点是照片级真实照明和合成。
对于任何 Nuke 合成师、3D 灯光师或 3D 通才，本课程将展示如何使用最新的高端电影后期制作软件完成高度详细和复杂的 VFX 破坏镜头。本课程将涵盖使用 Pixar RIS 的交互式照明、Mantra 中的 Pyro FX 照明、Nuke X 中的深度合成和立体工作流程等技术。使用的软件包将包括 Side FX Houdini 和 Autodesk Maya，它们是用于 FX 模拟和 3D 动画的高端软件。这是一门中高级课程，学生可以通过 fxphd VPN 访问课程中使用的所有软件的完整版本。所有 3D 场景文件、3D 渲染层、素材和深度渲染文件都将提供给所有学生以完成课程。
该课程由 Liam Whitehouse 教授，他自 2003 年以来一直从事 3D 和视觉效果行业，毕业于格里菲斯大学，获得工业设计学位。他最近在 Industrial Light and Magic 担任技术总监，在那里他完成了变形金刚 3 的工作。他拥有使用商用软件进行水模拟的丰富经验，以及使用 Lucasfilm 内部提供的专有软件生成刚体 (Physbam) 的经验, 气体模拟 (Plume) 和粒子模拟 (Zeno)。Liam 最近一直在 fxphd 和格里菲斯大学电影学院教授 VFX。

FXPHD – VFX304 – Explosive Pyro Action Sequences with RenderMan

Pixar’s RenderMan, Autodesk Maya, Side FX Houdini and The Foundry Nuke X will be used in this high end 3D Lighting and Stereoscopic Deep Compositing course to complete a final feature film quality VFX shot. The course will feature an exploding highly detailed War Rig Truck Explosion (inspired by the Mad Max: Fury Road Film) which has been specially made by fxphd. This course will take completed Houdini PyroFX Simulation scenes from course HOU215 and turn them into a finished film quality VFX shot with a focus on photo-real lighting and compositing.
For any Nuke Compositor, 3D Lighting Artist or 3D Generalist, this course will show how to finish a highly detailed and complex VFX destruction shot using the latest high end film post production software. Techniques including interactive lighting using Pixar’s RIS, lighting Pyro FX in Mantra, Deep Compositing and Stereoscopic workflows in Nuke X will all be covered in this course. The software packages used will include Side FX Houdini and Autodesk Maya which are high end software for FX simulation and 3D animation. This is an intermediate to advanced course and students are given access to full versions of all software used in the course via the fxphd VPN. All the 3D scene files, 3D rendered layers, stock footage and deep rendered files will be available to all students to complete the course.
The course is taught by Liam Whitehouse who has been in the 3D and visual effects industry since 2003, graduating from Griffith University with a degree in Industrial Design. He has most recently worked as a Technical Director at Industrial Light and Magic where he completed work on Transformers 3. He has extensive experience using commercially available software for water simulations as well as experience using proprietary software available inside Lucasfilm for generating Rigid Body (Physbam), Gas Simulations (Plume) and particle simulations (Zeno). Liam has been recently teaching VFX at fxphd and Griffith University Film School.