Ben's Comp Newsletter: Issue 033
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Hey,
I hope you're doing well. Here is this
week's newsletter issue!
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Back To Basics: A Brief
Lesson on Image Filtering & Node
Concatenation
It's easy to take the fundamentals as a
given, although every Compositor comes from
a different background, has learned
different things, etc.
I've found myself explaining the concept of
Image Filtering & Node Concatenation to
a few junior Compositors in the recent
months, so I thought it'd be worth sharing
the lesson via this newsletter as well, with
the help of our good friend Marcie.
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Dots
Written by Alexey
Kuchinsky, Dots is
a cool little Python script that
straightens your wonky node inputs by
turning them into perfect 90-degree
angles, by automatically adding Dots
where they're needed.
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CardInFrustum
Max
van Leeuwen frequently
comes to my rescue with this tool. I'm
constantly forgetting the math needed to
perfectly fit a 3D Card into a
Camera's frustum. Thankfully, Max's
Python script does this for me now!
When it's run, you are prompted with a
dialog box asking whether the card should be
parented to the camera, or whether it should
just be created on a single frame. I've
found it useful for tasks such as creating
cloud fly-throughs, and also creating quick
geometry to project an image onto.
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Real-time Camera Tracking via Machine
Learning.
Arraiy is a company working on some
fascinating technology. To quote directly
from their website, "Arraiy’s
DeepStudio utilizes
Machine Learning and Computer Vision to
automate processes which allow creators,
from major broadcasters to VFX Houses,
to integrate [CG objects into] real and
virtual worlds.​
Imagine having perfect camera tracking
technology being fed into the metadata of a
plate, in real-time?! There are so many
time-saving opportunities with this thought
alone. But they're also working on
solutions for real-time Matting (via
Greenscreen Studio) & Z-Depth generation
for the end of this year.
I can't wait to see this technology find
it's way into our production pipelines in
the coming years!
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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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