T0407 - Digital Tutors - Rendering Techniques in XSI

Learn a unique workflow to rendering in XSI and compositing using the integrated FX Tree with over 2.5 hours of project-based training. Perfect for intermediate artists.Popular highlights include:

• Render Passes


• Custom Render Passes


• Compositing with FX Tree


• Post Effects with FX Tree


• Assigning and Modifying Materials


• Texture Creation in Photoshop


• Assigning Texture Coordinates


• Final Gather


• Image-based Lighting Techniques


• HDRI


• Rendering Multi-pass Sequences


• Depth-of-field Camera Effects


• Color Correction


• FX Tree Operator Properties


• Adding and Editing Operators


• Utilizing Masks and Garbage Mattes

* XSI Essentials and higher is recommended for several lessons. Please see the outline. Lesson Outline:

1.	Introduction and project overview	3:27
2.	Assigning and modifying the materials to the main body of the bus	8:11
3.	Sharing materials between multiple objects and assigning materials to the rest of the bus	6:54
4.	Creating Textures for the bus headlight in Photoshop and assigning textures in XSI	13:47
5.	Creating High Dynamic Range images in Photoshop for the surrounding environment	9:08
6.	Assigning textures and texture coordinates to the bus environment	9:09
7.	Modifying the bus body's reflectivity parameters and exploring blurred reflections in XSI	9:12
8.	Exploring the differences and similarities of the various light types available in XSI	12:56
9.	Faking blurred reflections in XSI for faster renders	10:33
10.	Exploring Final Gather techniques in XSI	11:27
11.	Using image-based lighting techniques in XSI to add realism to our final renders	10:27
12.	Exploring the process of setting up and modifying Render Passes	11:34
13.	Creating a custom Render Pass in XSI for Ambient Occlusion Effects	10:09
14.	Setting up render channels to output various render passes in XSI 6 (requires XSI 6 Essentials and higher)	11:41
15.	Using XSI's built-in FX Tree compositor to combine our separate render passes back into one complete image (requires XSI Essentials and higher)	13:37
16.	Using the FX Tree to add post effects such as depth-of-field and re-coloring (requires XSI Essentials and higher)	14:26
	Total Run Time:	2:46:45