Learn how to make a VFX shot like Hollywood does!
"CLAWS" is an extensive VFX tutorial package in which you can use to level up your CG & VFX to pro standards!
In this tutorial you will shade, light, render and composite your own high end VFX shot!
This pack is ideal for anyone looking to improve their maya, nuke and vfx general knowledge from an expert with over 10 years experience!
In this pack you get:
- 5 Hours of subtitled and time stamped video content
- 19 Separate videos including scene walk throughs, tips, and guides
- 8 CG project scenes to learn from which include 5 tutorial scenes and 3 master (final) scenes. Organised & full of notes!
- 5 Blood simulations shaded and non shaded. Final shot positions and look development scene variants.
- 5 CG Characters animated to all the actors movements in 3d space
- 9 CG scene help files to import during tutorials
- 22 PDF files which include 19 written timestamp and transcript documents of the videos, a work guide with FAQ (issues and resolutions), contents breakdown and all videos key points list.
​This huge amount of content gives you the tools and information to shade realistic dripping blades, blood simulations and then light it all to include HD footage before finally tweaking your CG lights in compositing for final just like a VFX studio!
The methods and practises shown in this tutorial package I've used on dozens of commercials and film/ tv productions such as: The Lion King (2019), The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), A Wrinkle In Time (2018), Dinosaurs: The Final Day (2022) and many more!
Who is this tutorial for?
This package is ideal for anyone who has already used Maya (or similar software) enough to connect shaders, create lights and render. Although all explanations and methods for videos are as simple as possible to make this accessible to all levels!
What will I get out of this tutorial package?
The main goal of this package is to utilize one of the base shot scenes (easy to hard) and recreate the vfx shot by watching the quick start video and methodology guide in which I cover the main processes you should use to create the vfx shot. This covers information such as scene build for reflections/ shadows, light placement, HDR grading to footage, motion blur for simulations, render layers and much more!
How is this different to other tutorials?
This tutorial pack is unlike any other you will find as it uses the exact processes and software VFX companies use right now! Included is high end dynamic cinematic footage and CG assets unlike any other tutorial out there which are generally dull, simple and do not follow industry standard methods!
How is it structured? Do I have to watch all 5 hours?!
The content is structured to not be boring and force you to watch all the videos but actually gives you an initial run through of the entire files and package, methodology guide and demonstration to get you started and then it is up to you to complete the work and utilize the many extra help videos and CG files to boost your progress! This way it means you avoid spending hours and hours watching video after video and begin the creation process very quickly and simply utilize other videos/PDFs to answer your questions! All videos have written time stamps in separate PDFs and a master time stamp PDF so finding answers is made simpler then ever!
What software is used?
The software covered includes Maya, Photoshop & Nuke but I have provided all main elements as alembic caches and image files for textures which will import into any other CG software. The fundamental processes and techniques would stay the same for any other software packages so you could still follow along to learn the methodology and use the assets with programs such as Blender, 3ds max, after effects and many more!
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