
Notes On Using Pref Or Position Reference Pass
Animation Production, Visual Effects and Compositing
V-Ray Limitations
At this time of writing, V-Ray GPU doesn’t render the Pref pass out using known techniques. So meanwhile, you’d have to use V-Ray CPU instead. Good thing, Pworld renders perfectly fine in V-Ray GPU.
Nuke Crashes…

Wrap Deformer Test on Cloth Sim
Animation Production, Visual Effects and CompositingA wrap deformer test on a terribly crude cloth simulation. The results look pretty decent for such a crude simulation. This concept when applied on a real animated project can possibly save a ton of computational time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxKDQ4i70QY
Another…

CG Water Simulation
Visual Effects and CompositingTesting a new water simulation technique. I think the results are pretty fast and good. I'm excited to implement this new technique to upcoming projects.

Ratatouille – Linguini’s Kitchen
Animation Production, Visual Effects and CompositingFly-through video:
Concept Sketch:
Image 1:
Image 2:

Brewing Storm Digital Matte Painting
Animation Production, Visual Effects and Compositing
3D Compositing using NukeX. The rough breakdown is in the video from the initial concept sketch till the final matte painting.

The Incredible Hulk
Animation Production, Visual Effects and Compositing
Here's the break down of the lighting, rendering and compositing of The Incredible Hulk. I'd love to show the breakdown for the skin shading but it will take too long to edit and present those passes in such a video. But in any case, for…

How to create an Advanced Maya Skin Shader
Animation Production, Visual Effects and Compositing
Title: How to create an Advanced Maya Skin Shader
Description: A tutorial on how to fuse mia_material_x with misss_fast_skin for better control
Medium: Maya, Mental Ray
Problem: The specularity controls in the default MISSS Fast…

Cube Explosion using Geometry-Driven Rig
Animation Production, Visual Effects and Compositing
TITLE: CUBE EXPLOSION USING GEOMETRY-DRIVEN RIGDESCRIPTION: A SIMPLE MAYA MEL SCRIPTAn animation test using a simple script I developed called Geometry-Driven Rig (GDR). Basically, this script allows the user to drive similar animations…

Falling Cubes – VFX Shot
Visual Effects and Compositing
TITLE:
Falling Cubes at the playground
PROJECT TYPE:
Experimental / Research on HDRI Lighting Techniques in 3D Visual Effects Production
TECHNIQUES EXPLORED:
Photographed HDRI Panorama
Photographed accompanying backplates
Basic…

Calligraphy Ink Stroke Effect
Visual Effects and CompositingHello! :D
Channelbox is embarking on the Coke Zero Video Competition organised by Eyeka Asia.
As far as visual development is concerned, we are looking forward to some inking effects.
I achieved the following in Maya and After Effects.
This…