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Class Intro

3D Artist, Jun-Eun Kim

"It's important to understand when, where, why, and how to use Maya and Nuke."

It's hard to find a "field experienced" lecturer and even harder to find one with international industry experience offering Maya classes.

This class will teach you what you need to know to create artwork using the 3D Tool Maya: From HDRI to LookDev, lighting, final rendering, image manipulation, and even the theories behind it.

Get access to the industry knowledge and work process of 3D Artist Jun-Eun Kim and tap into his 14 years of Major Hollywood film-making experience.

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Coloso Jun-Eun Kim Hollywood VFX with Maya and Nuke

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3D Artist

Jun-Eun Kim

Hi, I'm 3D Artist Jun-Eun Kim.

I'm currently a Senior Lighting Technical Director at ILM in Vancouver, Canada.

Working at the internationally famous VFX studio since 2006 (over 14 years), I've been able to take part in films such as The Avengers, the Spiderman series, Black Panther, Aladdin, and more.

I've met many who have learned Maya but struggle to use it to its fullest potential when working in the field.

I'll be sharing personal insights obtained over the years to show you how to use Maya efficiently and produce high-quality results.

3D Aritst,
Jun-Eun Kim

[Current]
Senior Lighting Technical Director at Industrial Light & Magic

[Former]
Senior Lighting TD/Compositor at Luma Pictures
Roto Artist / Lighting TD at Iloura (Method) Modeler at Rising Sun Pictures

Recognizable
Projects & Awards

[Projects]
Jungle Cruise(2020)
The Irishman(Netflix)
Aladdin (2019)
Alien : Covenant (2017)
Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
Thor : Ragnarok (2017)
Spider-Man : Homecoming (2017)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Deadpool (2016)
Ant-Man (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
A Wrinkle In TIme (2018)
Underworld 5: Blood Wars (2016)
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Insurgent (2015)
I, Frankenstein (2014)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
After Earth 2000(2012)
Killer Elite(2011)
The Warrior’s Way(2008)
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince(2008)

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6 Class Exercises

01. Capturing Scene Lighting

Capture the light of a scene through HDRI to duplicate in Maya.
02. Paint

Decide the base color and use the aiNoise Node to create a more photo-realistic quality.
03. Headlight

Form a complex structured headlight and create a light-bulb with meshlight.

04. Light & Shadow

Apply Arnold Renderer Shading to create shadow effects and manipulate the lighting during this practice exercise.
05. Fog & Steam

Add more details by applying fog and steam using blur and other effects.
06. Photo-Realistic Cars

Create life-like automobiles with various Arnold Shaders and different Nuke Nodes.

Class Highlights

LookDev, Rendering, and Merging: Real-world insights from Hollywood!

Learn not only about color charts, HDRI production methods, lighting, and merging but also take a look into samples using LookDev with Arnold Shader - which is an essential part of 3D work in live action films.

Rendering & Composition Tips for Natural Results

After creating a render setup, you'll learn to merge in Nuke and connect the results of CG rendering to live film.

The Best VFX Files From an ILM 3D Artist

Develop insights you can apply to your own assets and characters with information about plate shoot videos, HDRI, camera tracks, and how to setup Maya.

Class Details
You'll Learn

Arnold Shader: From A to Z

Create shaders as a practice exercise after setting up Maya and your model
HDRI Photography and How to Use Equipment

Insights on ILM photography, how to use chrome/grey balls & the color chart, and ways of editing/correcting images.
Optimized HDRI Lighting

Adjust colors of the HDRI camera and video camera to match them, and extract texture for light settings.

CG Set Lighting in Maya

Overall tips on Maya lighting: Light rig set-up, calibration, LPE expression, light groups, etc.
Optimized Arnold Rendering

Create layers for automobiles, shadows, highlights, and learn elements of the Arnold Renderer.
Understanding & Manipulating: Light, Color, and Lens

After optimizing Nuke and creating plates, get insights on merging layers, lens flare, and adding camera grain.

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Curriculum
In-Depth Look

SECTION 01. OT

01. Orientation

Instructor Introduction: Profile
Class curriculum and design philosophy/attitude
Practice sample file directory: content & vocabulary

SECTION 02. Arnold Shader: A to Z

02. Preparing Lookdev

Basic Maya settings & model settings for Lookdev
Creating shaders for cars with a free Lookdev kit

03. Car Paint Shader

Creating an asset Lookdev with Arnold Car Paint
Deciding base color and capturing depth & photo-realistic details

04. Glass Shader

Creating simple car glass textures with aiStandard shader
Applying the blueness and uneven surface effect on glass

05. Headlight Shader

Creating complex structured headlights with previously practiced textures
Creating headlight bulbs through Meshlight & setting up AOV

06. Tire Shader

Simple but realistic car tires using a basic rubber texture and curvature shader in aiStandard

07. Completing Lookdev

Multiple textures on tires
Finishing off an interior and small components

SECTION 03. HDRI Filming and Equipment Usage at ILM

08. Equipment and Filming

Filming equipment & Nodal: Settings and how to use them
Film settings used at ILM
Using chrome/grey balls and color charts

09. Processing Raw Files

Editing & correcting images with Raw Therapee
Reducing camera noise & adjusting white balance

10. Creating HDRI with PTGui

Overall theory and instructions on control points, editing and viewing spherical panoramas, stitching HDR panoramas, and masks

SECTION 04. Optimized HDRI for Lighting

11. Adjusting HDRI

How to use spherical transform nodes and sample case
Understanding paint nodes
Erasing tripods and color charts

12. Color Calibration

Matching the colors of an HDRI camera & video camera
Adjusting brightness levels through color charts
Match-grade through grade nodes

13. Extracting Light Textures

How to extract lighting textures for light settings in Maya
Cutting out light textures with spherical transform

SECTION 05. CG Set Lighting in Maya

14. Light Rig Set-up

Locating HDRI in a 3D space
Understanding plate projection principles
Creating shadows with an AO shader
Creating an HDRI shader

15. Lighting Settings

Applying lighting textures
Lighting calibration through chrome grey sphere

16. Car Set-up

Creating headlights & tail-lights with IES light
LPE expression
The concept of light groups used for AOV

SECTION 06. Optimized Arnold Rendering

17. Car Layers

Creating layers with Maya's render setup
Collection concept & usage
Matte explanation & set-up
Basic AOV set-up for image manipulation

18. Shadow Layers

Creating shadows with projection shader & shadow matte shader

19. Headlight Layer

Creating road render layers with headlight flash
Creating background scenery with projection shader & aiStandard Shader
Applying LPE expression to AOV creation

20. Fog Layers

Creating fog with aiStandard volume shader
Difference between aiStandard volume & aiAtmosphere volume
Adding detail to fog with aiNoise

21. Steam Layers

Creating steam with aiStandard volume shader
Adding detail to steam with aiNoise

22. Optimized Car Rendering

Common tab settings for batch render
Arnold's adaptive sampling concept
Optimizing with AA_inv_density AOV & low light threshold

23. Optimized Final Rendering

Applying Arnold Optimization to remaining layers
Concept of clamping and a sample case
Optimized AOV: How & Why

24. Nuke Optimization Tips

B Pipe (B over A) theory
Optimizing with Bbox & Shuffle

25. Preparing Plates

Decreasing plate noise with denoise node
Extracting grain from denoised plates
Creating channels by shuffling the extracted grain

26. Light & Shadow Manipulation

Adding shadows with AmbientOcclusion, Projection Shader, ShadowMatte
Adding lighting with LPE divided lights to roads

27. Car Manipulation

Understanding Convole & Kernel
Adding natural coloring to cars with Grade
Creating headlight light scattering with Convole
Adjusting a car image to match camera lens quality with Shuffle
Headlight LED Blinking with simple Nuke expressions

28. Fog & Steam Manipulation

Creating accurate tracking information with Reconsile3D node
Adding detail to fog & steam with noise

29. Lens Flare Manipulation

Creating lens flare without plug-ins
Fixing tracker node made lens flare on cars

30. Camera Grain Manipulation

Understanding camera noise
Applying camera grain to cars

Interview with

3D Designer Jun-Eun Kim

Question.01
What are your strengths as a 3D Designer?

I'm great at grasping the background of principles as well as memorizing and applying techniques. Only with this deep understanding can someone efficiently use and create techniques. With this personal philosophy, I plan to answer questions, such as how to use HDRI, that many aspiring and even current artists in the field are curious about.

Question.02
What is the goal of this Class?

I wanted to create a comprehensive class with helpful tips based on my 14 years of movie-making experience: Create cutting-edge portfolio pieces by adding your own assets and animated characters to the Plate video footage, HDRI, Camera Tracks, Maya Set-ups, image merging & manipulations formats provided in my class.

Question.03
Why should I choose this class on Coloso?

Unlike other Maya tool tutorials, this class will thoroughly teach you the exact purpose and usage of each tool. I've planned this curriculum with sources that help you understand, operate, and lead to high-quality results.

Question.04
Who can benefit from this class?

This class is for everyone! From those who know the basics of the program but don't know how to use it further, those working on their portfolio, and those already working in the field but are curious about the systematized Hollywood VFX work process.

Required Programs

This course will use the following programs. Please install the programs in the version listed below.
- Maya version 18
- Nuke 11

* Maya ver.18, Nuke ver.11 is recommended but previous versions will not be of problem.
* Nuke trial version is also suitable for this curriculum.
* All programs and requirements will not be provided

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