VFX Done Right | Lighting for CGI 101

Welcome Back to Set! In today's episode, we're joined by Clinton ‪@pwnisher‬ Jones alongside our very own Valentina Vee ‪@valentinavee‬!

Visual Effects are ubiquitous in contemporary content and films, but a lot of filmmakers don't fully grasp the relationship between lighting and visual effects. Well-thought-out lighting helps seamlessly blend computer-generated images, and purposeful practical lights can make CGI objects feel completely real and tangible. But how do you know if you're doing it right?

Clinton, whose background at Rocket Jump and Corridor Digital, serves as our VFX Supervisor. His sole purpose on set is to communicate with the department heads how to best capture footage that will be easy to work with in post-production. He peels back the curtain on some of the tools he uses to create photorealistic images, and why having a VFX Supervisor on set is critical at any level.

Clinton's Socials:
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Vee's Socials:
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Clint's Tutorials:
Photo Scanning:    • The Ultimate Guide to 3D Scanning | F...  
HDRI:    • Custom HDRI's for PhotoRealism | FULL...  

Kitbash Cargo:
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Adobe Stock:
https://stock.adobe.com/

Action VFX Fog:
https://www.actionvfx.com/collections...

Lenses provided by Magic Hour Rentals:
https://www.sharegrid.com/p/jdl586

Directed by Alec Cohen:
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Edited by Matt "L0fi" Esteron:
  / l0fi_the_robot  

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - The Scene + Prep
2:04 - 3D Referencing
3:24 - The Camera + Shot #1
4:04 - Lighting Shot #1
5:20 - HDRI
5:40 - Shot #2
6:33 - Green Screen Shot
8:00 - That's a Wrap!
8:46 - Final Scene
9:10 - First Reaction
9:42 - Recapping VFX
10:40 - Creating Digital Objects
11:45 - Wanted Poster VFX
12:53 - Master Shot Breakdown
13:55 - VFX Process + Supervisor
15:43 - Advice + Outro

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