Ben's Comp Newsletter: Issue 035
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Hey,
I'm happy to share a handful of really
useful tools with you this week!
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DasGrain
DasGrain, by Fabian
Holtz, is a semi-automatic
regrain tool which intelligently analyzes
the grain in your plate, and uses it to
regrain an entire degrained comp. It works
by:
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Isolating the grain by finding the
difference between a plate & its
degrained counterpart.
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Analyses the grain response over a
range of luminance, and adapts the
grain to fit your comp based
on its own luminance.
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Uses a mask input to restore the
plate's original grain, so you don't
have to Keymix your plate back over
top at the end of your script.
However, the real power of this gizmo comes
from how it breaks up grain in areas with
distinct luminance detail that bleeds
through from the plate. It uses a Voronoi
pattern to redistribute a flat grain sample
into problematic areas, which "normalizes"
your grain plate, and makes all your
regraining problems disappear!
It's not often that a tool comes around that
totally changes the way you work.
Fabian reached out to share the updated
version of DasGrain with me a
couple of weeks ago, which I've had the
pleasure of testing out, and it's now
available for you to download!
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B_IBKstacker
I recently came across Boris
MartÃnez Castillo's
website searching for a tool for a
specific problem. He has a bunch of great
tools, but B_IBKstacker is
one that really caught my eye...
When using IBK to key a shot, a common
workflow is to refine the details of your
IBKColour node with a smaller size,
then copy/paste the node a bunch of times to
create a detailed clean screen.
Boris' Python script
automatically handles the copy/pasting, then
expression-links all the knobs on the copies
to the original for easy changes, and
finally, it creates & hooks up the
IBKGizmo node for you. It's
quite convenient and handy to not have to do
this manually ever again!
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F_Backdrop
A while ago, I shared a Python Script I
wrote that lets you add Backdrop
Node Presets to a menu for easy
access. This week I decided to extend it's
functionality, to aid in creating better
backdrops, faster...
While doing some research to discover what
other backdrop tools exist, I stumbled upon
an existing solution by Franklin
Toussaint which I
really like!
His F_Backdrop tool
replaces Nuke's existing
BackdropNode, and gives you a bunch
of colour preset buttons in the node's
properties panel, which saves a few clicks.
Although I especially appreciate the buttons
that grow and shrink the Backdrop's size as
well!
It's definitely worth your time to replace
Nuke's default backdrop node with this
one.
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Disney - The Magic of Animation
The kaptainkristian
Channel on YouTube is filled with
well thought out video essays on the art
& theory of filmmaking.
In this video, he lays out the fundamental
principals of animation, as practiced by
Disney's famed, "Nine Old Men". As
Compositors, we don't often get a chance to
think about these principles, but they're
important ones to brush up on and should
subconsciously slip their way into your
day-to-day work.
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Did you find this
newsletter informative?
Have you created, or do
you know of any
outstanding
Gizmos, Python
Scripts or Tutorials
that you would like to
share with the global
Compositing community?
Please send
me an
email, and I
will do my best to
include it in a future
issue of this
newsletter.
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