Fantasy CG Environment // Compositing Tutorial

In this LoveVFX Tutorial I am showing
how I created the comp for this Fantasy CG Environment Shot.
I hope you like it! :-)
Cheers!
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Erwan Leroy:
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[@stfVFX]

Nice tutorial! Thanks for showing this

[@LoveVFX]

Thanks to you my friend! :-)

[@CreativeHubFx]

its really great, but please make a full fledged tutorial if possible for beginners like me.Thanks

[@LoveVFX]

Hi, unfortunately my KZbin channel is not aimed at beginners and I stopped doing step by step tutorials a long time ago. Cheers!

[@CreativeHubFx]

@@LoveVFX I see! okay.. Great job by the way, hopefully your content will be useful for my future. ✨

[@monocore]

Arvid is awesome

[@LoveVFX]

Yes Arvid is very awesome!

[@AlexUdilov]

thx dude

[@LoveVFX]

You are very welcome Dude! ;-)

[@OliverHollingdale]

do you do any commission based stuff? we are working on a fantasy short film! and what you guys created is simply gorgeous!!! is that shot being used for any project in particular,? a project?

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you Oliver. This was a collaboration between a few digital artists who love to create nice imagery. We all continue to have our own projects that we are working on in our free time and I wish your all the best with your short film. Cheers!

[@OliverHollingdale]

@@LoveVFX this CG shot you are working on is it for a project you are working on with the other artists? We are after an elven kingdom, if it's already existing and built, would be interested to know pricing for a shot like that 🙏🙏

[@LoveVFX]

@@OliverHollingdale I am sorry but this shot is not for sale and at this moment I am not looking forward to create other shots like that to sell them. I wish you good luck with your project. Cheers!

[@OliverHollingdale]

@@LoveVFX Understandable good sir, do not take any offence, Just really in awe of what you created!

[@LoveVFX]

@@OliverHollingdale I only comped the shot but thank you! ;-)

[@marsel8564]

Bro this tutorial was nice I also checked out your imdb and I’ve seen you’ve worked on some massive projects. How did you come about to be a part of these projects. Is it because you started working at scanline vfx and they are in charge of bigger films or what. Best

[@LoveVFX]

Hi Marsel, I have been working in vfx for a long time now and yes, working at Scanline VFX allowed me to work on the biggest shows I have ever worked on. But to work in such a big studio (I think) you have to become an artist that can be of good help in such a big team. Even if you are one of many many artists you have to keep on learning (always) ask for feedback and work on youself, trying to improve your output in every way. Cheers!

[@marsel8564]

@@LoveVFX Thanks for the reply, How did you end up getting the opportunity to work there? I mean for me it’s really a dream to create shots for these big films. How did you go about getting hired there? Best

[@LoveVFX]

It was a combination of over a decade of experience in compositing & vfx, luck (the right time), grit and a good connection to the right people. If you have enough experience and a good showreel you might get the opportunity sometime this year! When the feature film productions ramp up again, the big pool of good artists will be empty very fast. That will be the right time to apply for a job at a big vfx studio.

[@marsel8564]

@@LoveVFX That’s great to here! Im a sophomore in college and Im studying 3D animation and when I graduate I hope to make the transition from school to work as swiftly as possible. Most the knowledge I have on compositing I learned by myself online which is how I found your videos. I’m just curious to what the work environment is like as a compositor. Are you free to work on shots at your own pace from home? Is the salary you earn based on how many shots you complete or is it hours and how much typically do compositors and senior compositors like yourself even make? The potential in the industry sparks a a lot of interest and how much room there is to progress and grow and hit higher numbers. Best,

[@LoveVFX]

@@marsel8564 I wish you all the best for your future career and I am sure you’ll get many opportunities to grow as an artist. You can find examples about what amount of money digital artists make online. Cheers!

[@elliotalderson2479]

It looks like the hobbit

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you!

[@vasbyollu]

This is just amazing, great breakdown and video. can't believe you are doing this for free

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you! It’s my pleasure ;-) The plan is to also sell VFX courses once I have 5 or 10k followers, but I’ll still be doing free tutorials too! Cheers

[@梁秦-l2r]

@@LoveVFX 爱你一万年

[@alinazaranimation557]

F*cking Loved it Keep growing bro..... It was soooo useful, YOU SAVED ME.

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you!

[@andypaiva-0]

oh man, this is gold! Thank you for sharing!

[@LoveVFX]

@@andypaiva-0 I am glad you like the tutorial! :)

[@bliccer9319]

So basically those people are all you? All clones? In a world full of Lars. Great scene. Always good to see that you dont need super duper custom gizmos or mega pipelines to achieve something beautiful.

[@LoveVFX]

Ahhw! Your comment gave me a good laugh! :-) Thank you for the kind words! In a world full of Lars 😆 Good One!

[@kubolor1234]

Nothing makes me happier than organized node trees!

[@gduscher]

Great shot, nice breakdown! Well done guys for the amazing work you have created ;)

[@sara9373]

Where can I get the passes for practice ?

[@LoveVFX]

Hi there! You can’t get any assets from this project. Cheers!

[@Swiftyyy-zz6hlsjs]

Crazy shot… just wondering though, if you had to work on this shot for a film how long would it take you to finish?

[@LoveVFX]

Probably a few months in between many other shots.

[@Swiftyyy-zz6hlsjs]

@@LoveVFX Jeez… so if this was a part of a film, as a compositor, your job would be to just integrate everything together but all the modeling and texturing of the cg parts like the waterfalls and houses would be done by other people. So before starting a shot you’re given the renders and just compile it seamlessly into a shot?

[@LoveVFX]

@@Swiftyyy-zz6hlsjs In a VFX Studio you work with a team of artists and iterate versions of shots until the client is happy with the result within the available time.

[@Swiftyyy-zz6hlsjs]

@@LoveVFX Sounds fun I’m looking to get into vfx and compositing but i’m still in high school right now. Any advice you have? Is it better to major in something like animation at university or digital arts or filmmaking?

[@LoveVFX]

@@Swiftyyy-zz6hlsjs (In my view): you can save yourself a lot of money by learning from experience instead of going to film school. The web (especially KZbin) has more information than you can imagine. Get an affordable camera, start recording your own plates and hdrs, learn blender, get nuke non commercial and start learning composting. That is what I would do if I would start over again. Cheers!

[@mjparent222]

amazing ! your 2d agent walk cycle ! very creative. thank you for sharing your knwoledge.

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you Marie! :-)

[@kiyansahandi6630]

this is amazing i am working on a similar project this helps a lot Thank you!

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you Kiyan!

[@none53]

awesome

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you!

[@PostolPost]

Realy great work, thanks for sharing! Any tips on how to enhance the stmosphere (like in first backdrop)?

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you! I am not sure if I understood your question. I created the atmosphere with the help of a depth pass. Is that what you wanted to know?

[@GrinyaPLAY]

Great work!

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you!

[@mvinch101]

looks like scene from lotr

[@LoveVFX]

That was the reference ;-)

[@ajayantad2245]

Can you do complete tutorial (step by step ) like this kinda of projects ? It's helps lots of begginger and also help your channel growth

[@LoveVFX]

Hi Ajay, unfortunately I don’t do step by step tutorials and my channel is not for beginners. There are more than enough comp tutorials for beginners on KZbin. Cheers!

[@MindfulMeditations1]

HOW WE CAN DOWNLOAD YOUR COURSE????

[@LoveVFX]

You mean the script and footage?

[@MindfulMeditations1]

@@LoveVFX means to say that complete creation of this vedio or complete steps of this

[@LoveVFX]

I don’t do these sort of (step by step) tutorials. Once you have a good understanding of the Nuke workflow it’s not necessary to do that. My tutorials are aimed at mid to senior artists in that sense. Cheers!

[@梁秦-l2r]

@@LoveVFX 瞬间喜欢上了你

[@anirudha301]

Hi sir I love your environment scene it's really wonderful. I just want to ask one question. how the 3D objects add one by one like u did in your video. It's like dropping one by one. I search this alot. I don't knw what the name of this technique. That's why I couldn't find this. Please can u make a video on this. It would be helpfull for me. Because I making my showreel so I want to know that. Thank you ☺️.

[@LoveVFX]

Hi Anirudha, I don’t understand what you mean. I only worked on the comp of this project and not on the 3D scene. That was mostly done by my friend Steffen Hampel. Please be more specific. Thank you, cheers!

[@anirudha301]

@@LoveVFX hey ... Actually i am talking about. All AO geometry...means architecture is taking his place slowly falling. This video I saw in artstation. It's like composition

[@LoveVFX]

@@anirudha301 That was an animation of the 3D elements in the scene done by Steffen Hampel who was the main 3D artists on this project. It was his project which I was lucky enough to play a part in. Cheers!

[@anirudha301]

@@LoveVFX ohh yahh. Anyway thank you for reply. U r amazing 😊. I will watch ur nuke tutorials i want to learn that soft. And yes Cheers"

[@redbeard4979]

Hey dude, your Nuke looks like version 4.5. Can you share the script? :))😀

[@LoveVFX]

Oi, Dude! I don’t share my scripts but I might sell courses with scripts at some point in the future. Cheers!

[@redbeard4979]

@@LoveVFX I didn't mean your project script, man. I'm talking about Nuke settings. Your nodes look like in Nuke 4.5. I mean, share the settings like this, if possible.Maybe I look rude. You are cool and I would love to buy your training course.

[@LoveVFX]

@@redbeard4979 It’s not possible for me to understand you correctly if you write: (Can you share the script?) And then you write (I didn’t mean your project script) A Nuke script is the name for your working file. I am working with Nuke 12.2 at home which is quite a bit different from 4.5. What exactly do you mean with: (share the settings like this)? Pleas elaborate! Cheers

[@redbeard4979]

@@LoveVFX The nodes look like in the classic Nuk version 4.5. Yes, I said nonsense by calling it a "script". I meant that your workspace looks like in the old Nuke 4.5. And I wanted to ask you to share your workspace settings. My English is so bad, I can even kill someone just by speaking on it :))

[@LoveVFX]

@@redbeard4979 I only use that workspace setting for my tutorials. I suggest you to use two monitors to work with Nuke with your DAG/node graph on one monitor and your viewer on the other monitor. I hope that helps! Cheers!

[@BryanHoltFX]

Yo this is so good! Great work and nice breakdown. Really inspiring.

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you Byan! :)

[@BryanHoltFX]

@@LoveVFX welcome!

[@ChrisCharltonContact]

Really nice tutorial!

[@LoveVFX]

Thank you Christopher!