01
Define behavior
Decide what the system should do, what rules are artistically important, and what parameters should remain controllable.
Documented professional project
VFX / Animation / CGI
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Fantastic creatures and action: production study of the visual effects of the second Shazam film.
Creator Disciplines
VFX3DAnimationConcept art
A guide to exploring this craft
Learning guide
Ideas for practice
This breakdown is a Framely learning notes based on type of work and discipline. It does not claim to describe the exact steps followed on this project when the artist has not published them.
See the full pipeline02
Build the system
Create the procedural network, attributes, constraints or simulations that generate movement and shapes.
03
Direct result
Iterate on timing, scale, forces, collisions, caches and composition to leave the simple technical result.
04
Lookdev, rendering & comp
Illuminate, make the passes useful then integrate the effect into the final image with photographic consistency.
To practice this type of work
Tools & skills to explore
These are typical learning tracks for this discipline, not a statement about the exact software used for this project.
HoudiniVEXKarma / ArnoldNukeProcedural thinkingSimulationAttributesCachingCompositing
Continue exploring
In the same universe
Getting into practice
Courses to go further
Images
Compositing / Nuke
DaVinci Resolve 20 — Fusion : compositing et effets visuelsBlackmagic Design
Original source
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