Hi guys and girls,
My name is Michael North and i’m a paint artist at Luma Pictures in Melbourne. Part of my responsibilities at Luma is training new artists, so in an effort to bring that to the wider VFX community I recently finished my first tutorial and thought i’d post it here for those interested.
It is the first in what will eventually be a fully fledged roto paint series containing everything that a budding roto/paint/comp artist will need to know about the job, the workflows and techniques required to do the work to the VERY high standard required in feature film VFX, what to expect in the industry, tips, advice and more. The goal of the series is to provide exposure to industry before you even enter it. And while i can’t replicate the pressure that everyone feels in the first few weeks starting out in a new career, I can replicate the sort of tasks that you will likely be given, and illustrate tried and tested methods to completing the work to a standard that would satisfy even the most difficult of supervisors!
This first tutorial is on Marker Removal, not a very “Advanced” topic, but we cover various methods of removing markers, as well as bringing foreground objects back in front of our paint work, and a couple of different methods of fixing contaminated edges. Most importantly, you can download the project files etc and follow along, so basically we take the shot from the raw plate, denoising it, all the way through to re-graining our final completed paint. I will definitely be covering more advanced level tasks in the near future, as well as more beginner tutorials such as this one.
This tutorial series is for;
- Current VFX students
- Recent VFX graduates
- Recent entrants in to the VFX industry
- Current roto paint artists that enjoy learning new workflows and techniques.
- Anyone who wants to learn how to do paint in Nuke!
Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG7aauNIXM8
Playlist (Part 1-4):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z0Dky1URRQ&index=1&list=PLo4e9-2wKYAeS-532zhwPcvvAauiHAY48
You can also find it on Udemy and Gumroad, if you just search for it.
So please, check it out if you’re interested, and do subscribe, share, and leave a comment with any feedback! This IS my first tutorial, i’m aware that the delivery is not the best and a couple of audio issues here and there, i learnt a lot tho so future tutorials will be much improved i hope. Any feedback tho would be much appreciated.
Cheers!