By Christine Bian and Zhi Chen - CSE 459 - Winter 2008

RENDERING AND COMPOSITING ASSIGNMENT

Assigned: Thurs, Jan 17, 2008

Due: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 11:59 PM.

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS:

· The scene you will be rendering  and compositing this week is the completed scene from last week’s assignment.

SETTING UP RENDER LAYERS:

· Separate the scene out into 5 different render layers:

o Diffuse (Color without cast shadows or specular highlights)

o Specular

o Cast Shadows

o Occlusion (Contact shadows)

o Depth (Luminance Depth)

· Be sure to test all your render layers before sending it to the renderfarm.

RENDERING:

· Render all your layers from frames 31 to 150. This means you will have a total of 120 rendered frames.

o Make sure your render output is in TIFF format.

o Render at 854 x 480 resolution.

o Have the device aspect ratio set at 1.779, and the pixel aspect ratio set at 1.000.

· You must batch render the occlusion layer, as the render farm cannot render it.

COMPOSITING:

· 2 compositions will be needed. One for all the render layers, and the second composition for the bloom effect on the final video output.

· Render out a Quicktime video with Sorenson3 compression.

· The final video output should be 4 seconds long.

TUTORIAL:

· Christine’s  and Zhi’s Advanced Rendering and Compositing Tutorial

· Zhi’s After Effects Tutorial

TIPS:

· Test render at low resolutions to speed up render time.

· Name all the render layers appropriately, with a logical naming convention.

· Start rendering early, because it will take a lot of time to render out 120 frames plus time to composite them.

· Be sure to save early and often.

TURN-IN:

· Maya file .ma or .mb for your completed Environment Scene.

· After Effects file .aep.

· All rendered images. Each separate render pass should have its own folder of images.

· A Quicktime movie of the final render from After Effects.

· Do not turn in a render from the persp or any other camera!

GRADING CRITERIA

· Completed work.

· All 5 render passes.

· Occlusion settings that are accurate.

· Good organization within the Maya file, the After Effects file, and the render files.

· Correct render settings in both Maya and After Effects.

· Overall look of the final video.

· All turn-in requirements met.