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We are diving into an exciting Deep Compositing project right now. Kate T.C. Lin a Senior Compositor (our former student), nudged us in this direction. She believes we should be teaching deep compositing, and she's spot on.
Here's the thing: there aren't many educational resources out there on Deep Compositing, especially ones that tackle the real issues compositors face daily with deep passes. So, we decided to create them ourselves.
Enter Lincoln who crafted this scene entirely in Houdini. It's still in its early stages, and he is going to add foliage, dirt, dust, and maybe even some fog to bring it to life.
Training students to be ready for VFX studios is no small feat. Most junior tasks are being outsourced, and many small to mid-sized studios don't offer any real training except for maybe a company wiki.
This leaves educational institutions like ours with the hefty responsibility of preparing students to seamlessly integrate into ongoing production environments. Despite doing my best with limited resources in the past, Deep Compositing has been my Achilles heel.
In the past, we rarely had the opportunity to work on comps that required deep passes. It was challenging to iterate on older machines, and we couldn't just request more RAM, as we weren't server-based.
Each student had their own frankensteined big box PC. But now, with students using their own machines chock full of RAM, we might finally be able to say, "Yes, our students know deep compositing too."
A huge shoutout to SideFX Software for sponsoring Houdini licenses to help us develop valuable educational content for the community. This support is a game-changer.
P.S. What's been your biggest challenge in learning deep compositing?