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Latest Episodes:

Creating Optical Scopes: Making Crosshairs - Masks 2 Jul 31, 2013

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Part 3 shows you to create create a crosshair with borders using the mask tools to be composited later in the simulated scope.

Creating Optical Scopes: Working on the Edges Jul 31, 2013

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Part 2 shows you to create an edge matte to simulate smearing and blurring at the edges of the scope.

Creating Optical Scopes: Creating the Shape - Masks 1 Jul 31, 2013

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Part 1 shows you to use the mask tools to create the shape of the scope.

Working with Lens Distortion: Reintroducing Distortion Jul 19, 2013

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This video teaches you how to reintroduce lens distortion into your footage after compositing the images in a corrected state. This is useful information for any VFX supervisor or artist working in post-production.

Working with Lens Distortion: Removing Distortion Jul 19, 2013

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This video teaches you how to remove lens distortion from your footage using a grid card. This is useful information for any VFX supervisor or artist working in post-production.

ConnectFX Paint: Cloning on a Moving Shot Jul 10, 2013

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This video teaches you how to clean up a moving shot using the Paint Node in ConnectFX. This includes the workflow with the MUX node and Action to track the paint strokes to the background.

The Paint Tool: Cloning on a Moving Shot Jul 10, 2013

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This video teaches you how to clean up a moving shot using the Paint Tool. This includes using AutoPaint as well as basic tracking to math the brush stroke to the camera movement.

CGI Compositing - Converting to Video Colour Space Jun 24, 2013

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This video completes the series by taking your final composite in scene linear colour space and remapping it back to video colour space for your deliverable before exiting ConnectFX.

CGI Compositing - Enhancing the Composite Look with Action Jun 24, 2013

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This video shows you how to the Action 3D compositor to further enhance your CGI composites by adding in an additional FBX 3D model as well as lighting effects for an enhanced look.

CGI Compositing - Combining the Render Passes Jun 24, 2013

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This video shows you how to use the Blend and Comp node to combine all the different render passes together into the main composite.