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Week 10 – Balloon Festival

When designing the Balloon Festival project, I wanted to focus on integrating the balloon with the background and creating a multi-layered matte painting. I wanted to try to add different elements and learn new techniques. I achieved my goal, but I also see that the criticism is valid and I overcrowded with the actual video, not creating a coherent story.

Balloon Festival
Balloon model
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Furthermore, I made the mistake of rotoscoping the entire mountain in one piece at first, so I had to roto it again in several parts.

First rotoscoping
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Feedback: I am lacking storytelling in my Balloon Festival project. I should probably add defocus and blend the moons more. Too much going on and no clear concept. I need to refine the idea and focus on one thing.

Tips:

Instead of a Primate node (in case of problems) use a Keyer (luminance key) to adjust the luminance for the flat alpha sky (to mute the colours) – operation Luminance Key.


If there are any white areas in the foreground – roto it out (merge>operation screen).


If the roto is on the bright (white) background then merge it with the operation stencil. I can also use the Keylight node.

The Chroma keyer is for the greenscreen. Play with screen balance to remove the border

Roto with feathering: To gradient this circulatory out, use the Premult node only after the roto (it is the last stage and later connect it with transform through a mask).

Additional resources:

Foundry (2019) How to create Particle Environments in Foundry’s Nuke. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VllMYK_TOnc (Accessed: 05 December 2022).

Foundry (2022) Improve the Look of Your VFX Shots | How to Draw the Audience’s Eye. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJoFxEH2Xsw (Accessed: 05 December 2022).

Foundry (2018) Skill Up With Nuke | How To Stand Out As A Junior Compositor. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Em0Wvm8O-I/ (Accessed: 05 December 2022).

LoveVFX (2021) Fantasy CG Environment // Compositing Tutorial. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ijPpBvFf4 (Accessed: 05 December 2022).

Ranjith.A (2019) Nuke Tutorial: Disintegration Effect using Particles. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ic_r9XVptI (Accessed: 05 December 2022).

Ranjith.A (2020) Stranger Things Sky Effect in Nuke. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KarYnfHO-I (Accessed: 05 December 2022).

Rebelway (2021) Advanced Compositing for VFX | Week 1 Lessons for Nuke Artists. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD6ZGhfSFdI (Accessed: 05 December 2022).

RileysTutorials (2022) How To Replace a Sky In Nuke. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6VsBYjVGhI (Accessed: 05 December 2022).

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