[vfx] departments

[vfx] departments

November 29, 2021

lookdev and texture

check assetdev in dmx, banners texture isomask is there

dmp integration / mattepaint

castle and mountain connection point, paint in some moss and dirt to make the connection line smoother
paint icicles and snow connection point
replace ground patchy geo with dark lines, with nice snow painting and painted footsteps
if there are hand drawn lines, like bricks and tiles on the ground, supervisor needs to review it's perspective, the perspective needs to match with the cg render wireframe

fx

spells need the spell itself and a shockwave pass
firework fx shouldn't be all see-through when fading, the smoke should be thick in some parts and block the back buildings here and there

lighting

gobo is directional light + cutout planes
larger light for more falloff
background need light decoration, candles, lamps, or off screen light to be more cinematic
putting texture in light might not create gobo, will need IES in the light map, or use actual geo gobo
always name the light : light_main / light_secondary / light_int / light_fx
always add LS to light

layout

this department exist because there is a so called publish pipeline
different versions of env, lookdev, cfx, and cam are published to lighting by layout dept

camera

if the camera is on the character, following the character forward, the character can ride a bike , can fly, can do anything, without moving forward, just need to move the background backward
establishing shot sets location (framing, Wes Anderson inviting) , tone (color, atmosphere, Stanley Kubrick creepy) , camera speed (feeling, Michael Bay fast)

pm

there is a calendar, so every meeting, asset, light, fx, or special meeting with specific purpose has a specific slot
all meetings are pre-scheduled and pre-discussed, then put in the calendar
even a 5 min shift , needs to be updated in the calendar, because of zoom and remote work
lighting dailies (what to show in am) > am dailies (notes from vfx sup) > catch up dailies (the plan for tonight)

howto

average/multiply merge occlusion and wireframe for howto

text

speak thoughts, don't care, no right or wrong, it's all for my own sanity sake

shotgun

there is a ticket page in sg, can search all shot based tickets there
there is a blue add ticket button in sg, just need to cc show bug alias, vermbug

matchmove

matchmove character from anim or integ, is alembic cache, naming is anim/md/alembic_cache or integ/md/alembic_cache

comp

chromatic aberration on the plate, add it back into the cg

render farm

estimate memory needed default is 30g, if it exceeds that, it will fail and go into que for higher memory machines
fail and exclude, or requeue and exclude, means exclude that low memory machine

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