[vfx] work notes 8

elements

• body
• costume
• body peach fuzz
• costume peach fuzz
• facial peach fuzz
• shot model (muscle)
• facial shot model 
• hair

reduce peach fuzz spec for less noise

• can lower peach fuzz shader specular primary amount
• change from 1 to 0.3

remove eye highlight

• use light link to remove certain light on eyeball geo

notes

• many repeating windows, should randomize them
• smoke needs lighting direction
• big building need small interior lights, small neon interactive lights from surrounding buildings
  to look big
• chair cushion needs cfx

pros of working from home

• can work on computer and attend zoom meetings at the same time
• in the studio, need to book the theatre for daily sessions, and also can't work on the computer at the same time
• sups can attend meetings with many departments in one day, they don't need to book any theatres

change center of mass 

• fn + delete is insert

vray render view zoom in

• render view > ctrl + click > zoom into render

light rig

• use locator to write info and categorize lights

publish

• latest is v5
• currented is v4
• v4 will appear as newest for use

think two alternatives ways to do it, before the real publish comes

• Plate projection on mm and lidar geo
• plate projection on card with roto

blue/green screen windows

• the window content building lines should match with the window frame lines

draw on zoom

• zoom > annotate > draw

talk

• slowness someone asks, reply seems good for me, but maybe can get a reboot
• reply welcome back with beer clanking gif and emoji

plate folder

• rt is retime plate
• comp plate

vray lighting sample presets

low

min 1

max 16

high

min 2
max 24

• 
  

min 2 is high settings that save resources

low and high are in pipeline
low is for testing and review

high is for cfx , anim, and lookdev updates
when the lighting is already approved

ultra high
min 4-8
max 48-64
ultra high is for flickering renders

refraction
limit max depth 6

projection content

• if need to move the projection content, move the projection camera, not the lights

pipeline

• anim > shot model / facial shot model > cfx cloth / cfx hair
• (from inside > to > outside)