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Introduction to Redshift for VFX, episode 01 /  by Xuan Prada

I'm starting a new training series for my Patreon feed, it's called "Intro to Redshift" for visual effects. I'm kind of learning Redshift and trying to figure out how to use it within my visual effects workflow, and I'll be sharing this trip with you. In this very first episode, I'll be talking about probably the most important topics around Redshift and the base for everything that will come later global illumination and sampling.

I will go deep about these two topics, sharing with you the basic theory behind global illumination and sampling, and I will also share with you a couple of "cheat sheets" to deal with noise and gi easily in Redshift while rendering your shots.

Check the first video out on my Patreon feed.

Cheers,
Xuan.

Katana Fastrack episode 02 /  by Xuan Prada

Katana Fastrack episode 02 is now available for all my patrons. I cover how to create a proper look-dev template to be used in visual effects. Everything will be setup from scratch and at the end of this lesson we will have a Katana script ready to be used. In lesson 03 we'll be using this script to do all the look-dev for Ant-Man.

In Katana Fastrack episode 02 you will learn:

- How to create master look files
- How to use live groups to create light rigs
- How to create a look-dev template for production

All the info on my Patreon feed.

Katana Fastrack episode 01 /  by Xuan Prada

Here it is, the very first episode of my series "Katana Fastrack", available to all my exclusive patrons.
This is an introductory video where I'm going to give you an overview of what this course is all about. I hope you like it, it is going to be a lof of fun!

You will learn:

- Where Katana fits in the pipeline
- The most important concepts of Katana's workflow
- How to prepare assets for Katana
- The importance of look-dev recipes
- How to create a very basic recipe

Check it out on my Patreon feed.

Patreon: Houdini as scene assembler: Bundles, takes and rops /  by Xuan Prada

In this video I talk about the usage of Houdini as scene assembler. This topic will be recurrent in future posts, as Houdini is becoming a very popular tool for look-dev, lighting, rendering and layout, among others.

In this case I go trhough bundles, takes and rops and how we use them while lighting shots in visual effects projects.

You will learn:

- Bundles, takes, rops
- Alembic import
- Different ways of assign materials
- Create look-dev collections
- Generate .ass files
- Create render layers
- Create quick slap comps
- Override materials

Check it out here.