RenderID and Coverage combined in updated macros for Fusion

Hi there. I updated my macros for lighter comps. Instead of having just one that combines 20 masks I have made four different ones suitable for the job of simply combining either, 2, 5, 10 or 20 masks.I also cleaned it up a bit. I hope you use it. Enjoy!

http://www.thomasban...rIDs_v01_tb.zip (contains all four below)

http://www.thomasban...t_02_tb.setting (contains two color ID's)
http://www.thomasban...t_05_tb.setting (contains five color ID's)
http://www.thomasban...t_10_tb.setting (contains ten color ID's)
http://www.thomasban...t_20_tb.setting (contains twenty color ID's)

  

Fusion Macro for using V-Ray RenderID and Coverage passes

Here is a macro for Fusion that uses the RenderID and Coverage passes from V-Ray and combine them using color pickers for easy use. There is a default of 20 color pickers for 20 masks. I am quite happy and proud of it and use it in production myself.

Disclaimer: There are so many awesome tech guys out there and I am not one of them. So if you have any problems with them I am not sure how much I can help. I am also sure that it can be optimized quite a lot but I am not that good.

Please do me a favour, if you like the macro I would love to hear it on a quick email: thomas@thomasbanner.dk


Download *UPDATED* versions of the macro here:

http://www.thomasban...rIDs_v01_tb.zip (contains all four below)

http://www.thomasban...t_02_tb.setting (contains two color ID's)
http://www.thomasban...t_05_tb.setting (contains five color ID's)
http://www.thomasban...t_10_tb.setting (contains ten color ID's)
http://www.thomasban...t_20_tb.setting (contains twenty color ID's)         


Download OLD VERSION here: http://www.thomasbanner.dk/download/fusion/macro/MultiColorIDs_v03_tb.zip

If you are using Digital Fusion for making VFX and quickly need some god rays, fake volume light etc. I have made a macro to do the trick for you instead of having to spend way too much on buying a plugin. It has some nice features like flickering and noise but also a couple of bugs when trying to make an instance copy of it. So I advice not to do that until I make a new version.

It has been used in production at Gungho VFX and at Wil Film for LEGO Ninjago.

Download here God Rays Macro for Fusion v11

If you make something cool with it I would love to see it! :-) thomas@thomasbanner.dk

A framegrab from youtube shows the use of the macro on top of several layers of particles for the Lord Garmaddon FX.

Highway

Here are some images from one of those projects that I will never finish and was started for no serious reason. You know, the type of personal projects that doesn't have a deadline.

I made a highway with a lot of props (moving cars, junk piles etc) in Maya and have rendered some WIP stills (composited). The set is not finished and it will never be but fun to show what could have been. Maybe some day I will finish it. It was done in Mental Ray and I hope to convert it VRay so I can work with it more easily. Did I mention that I love VRay? Hehe..

Making of Bionicle Vakhi printed in 3D World

I found this scan of an article posted by 3D World a while back about the making of the LEGO Bionicle Vakhi TV commercial I worked on whilst employed by VFX house Ghost (Copenhagen). Good memories. I worked on the look and compositing of the whole project but also did some misc 3D (modelling, shading, lighting).

My favourite shot was the last one where they all appear through the fog. Later on I graded the shot for a Bionicle music video (which was great fun too). Unfortunately for unknown reasons the music video was uploaded ungraded and made officiel even though I had graded the whole thing. What a shame.

Beat the Speed of Light

This is a front cover the Crowd Control band members put together for a special edition of Popular Mechanics magazine. The money earned here went into getting a set of Genelec loud speakers. They are awesome! Anyway, never give the client the layered PSD file. We ended up with a front cover where they removed the look and grading and was pretty much shite compared to the original below.

Beat the Speed of Light

Credit also goes to Jesper Banner and Jan "Stewart" Sørensen