All posts by Lok Man Kwan

WK 06 Ocean Stimulation

I downloaded this picture of ocean as a reference to predict the perspective of the ocean simulation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDNDEcBz4Q

Houdini is a totally new software to me, I am still struggling with it. The online material on Moodle definitely gave me some help. However, the simulation of doing liquid is quite advanced that not until week 9 or 10 that the tutorial would mention. I might need more time to do it. Otherwise I will apply still or footage instead for this layer.

Therefore, until this stage, I think it is the most challenging parts for this project.


*Final update on 23rd June:
Due to time limitation, the ocean layer has been replaced by stock image instead. But still, I gain some experience to use Houdini and hopefully I can overcome this stimulation in next term.

WK 04 Green Screen for Product Shot

Result

Final version with mock iPhone:

Final Version:


Node Graph of greenscreen removing

This assignment was completed by both Nuke and Aftereffect. 3 shots of footage were selected to use in final version.

For this assignment, I was thinking about doing an Instagram Story advertisement with 10s only, which is fast in pace, bold in text, and high in saturation. Hopefully, pretended to be a eye-catching ads for young generation audience with short attention span.

However, time is limited for me to do extra retouch or cleanup in this assignment. If I could gain more time on this, I will cleanup in Nuke for the fingerprints and dirt at the 360 full shot of the product. And add extra lighting for enhance its shininess.

WK01 Green Screen Workshop

Result

Node Graph of this assignment

With some resources on Google, combined with simple graphics and motion, everything is done by Nuke.

For a weather forecast similar to this, chroma key commonly used in filming because the color is not present in skin tones and is not commonly worn by people. Therefore, as the main character, Louis, was not wearing green outfits, it is easier for me to use Keylight to remove the green screen.

Combined with other elements I found online, to show info at the lower third graphic and a list to show next week weather, the result is satisfying to show as a weather forecast I saw on other typical TV program.


By the way, I found this blog quite useful to gather the most common Nuke shortcuts that I need.