Dan showed us the fundamentals of lighting and what was needed for the scene and the characters to light sufficiently. As our scene is outdoors, it does mean a less intricate lighting setup is required and with the use of light linking there are 2 lights for the character (3 if you include the main environment directional) and a few other ambients to help the scene. Dan showed us how to tweak the textures to fit with the lighting and how some of the textures may need colour adjustment to prevent overexposure and over saturated colours.
From this, Dan rendered a single frame for the environment and the character as well as occlusions for both and then took us through how to overlay in After Effects and the further colour adjustments, sharpen masks, blurs and screens that can be added to soften the 3D visuals and give more depth to the film.
I'll post up an image shortly but the results he achieved were astounding and he's kindly allowed us to keep the file for reference and learning how to transfer the attributes/settings over. We also have a copy of his lights as a tutorial for how we should be setting up the rest of our lights for the film.
Thank you again Grigsby, its been extremely beneficial to watch you at work and learn more about creating great scene setups :)
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