All language subtitles for 13. Finishing final element integration

in this lesson

we will continue working on

our final element integration

we left off that we were just about to start testing

just a little bit

to see if the grid warp would do some usefulness

in terms of just making a slight change

to our overall shape of the mushroom cloud

so what we're gonna do is

we're gonna work on using the Grid Warp tool

first off I'm just looking at this image

and I think

you know while

while we're doing these final tweaks

the first step that I just wanna really quickly do

is go back and revisit

our color correct that we had going on right here

the overall color correct

when I look at this

I feel like there should be

just a little bit more of a blue hue going on in there

just to kind of match the overall sky color

that's happening around there at the moment

it's just a tiny bit too

too warm I think

so I'm gonna do is

I'm gonna just try dropping

I just working with the game

and try dropping that red

and amping up the green and the blue

so I'm just gonna drop that to point nine

for the moment

and then uh

set this to

actually first off

you know what

let's back that up

and what we're going to do is

we're just gonna take a quick pause of that view

add a third input right there

that way we

can AB between the two and just see our change

alright so let's put that point nine

let's bring that up to one uh

point o five

I don't want

I don't want a ton of green

but I do want to add more green so

or blue sorry

so adding just a little bit more green

but adding a decent more amount of blue

now that starts to see just a little bit better

if we jump between these two inputs

you can see the before

when you compare it to the buildings in the

in the sky you can see how

now what we've done is

we've just added a little bit more cooler tones to it

adding it kind of making it seat a little more properly

into the background

where it feels like it's

a little more properly integrated

I think what's that

what's that's doing also

is it's kind of going along the idea

there is a haze in the atmosphere

at a distance

so by adding that

it just kind of

puts that a little bit more behind the haze

now of course

this is a little more to taste

because like I mentioned before

you are the art director in this

with the shot

so if you feel that

you wanna go a little bit more of a different direction

by all means

have have at it

have some fun with it

that's what this is all about

okay so getting back to that grid warp

let's see here

so what we're going to do

we just full screen

our nograph few

here we have

we'd had that grid warp that we created earlier

and that's perfect

that's exactly what we needed

and what we're going to do is

we're gonna actually connect that in

right after the time offset

but before the transform or

yes yes before the transform

because we wanna work with it

before we've scaled it down

this is where we

we had done that

60% reduction

or set it to 40% of its original size

so we just drag that grid warp

and drop it right in there

now if we view right here

at the time offset

so I'm going to jump over there

full screen

you can see

obviously we are working at 4K

and by the way as

as you notice

we are working at a 4K level here

for our compositing

the reason I've done

I'm doing this

in this lesson

and I've done it in the past few courses here

uh with digital tutors is the it

it is kind of beneficial in

in two fold

one it starts to make you acutely aware

of the fact

that you are working at a higher resolution

than just regular HD

uh the the important aspect of that

is the fact that

a lot of feature films

now these days

are starting to utilize 4K plates

it's it's as well

as a simple fact that

then you're gonna start getting effects

elements that are also at 4K

your final output might still be at HD

that's quite possible

or your final output might still also be at 4K

which in this case

the original plate

if you look over here

is 38 40 by 21 60

so that's what we're

we're going under Assumption

that this current show size

is 38 40 by 21 60

but in terms of overall

just keeping that in the back of your mind

4K is is where a lot of the

visual effects shots are going

so it's always good to be aware that

if you're working in a 4K environment

keep in mind

that your detail

is going to need to be a little bit of a higher level

just because

you're doubling

so to speak

your overall

screen space

and that's that's

that's ending up

obviously creating a

more of a challenge

in that you need to ensure that the

quality level is even higher

okay so let's get back to it

we have our

we're at our time offset

we have our grid warp

right here and now

here's the thing

I dropped that grid warp

and you see how the

actual shape is not matching

now why is that

well it's because we created a grid warp

off the side

and we dragged it

and dropped it in

so if I delete this

but select the Time Off set

now you can manually input those

the different grid

but to make things easier

just select your Time Off

set hit tab

and start to

type in Grid Warp

and bring that up

and now when it

when it's automatically

connects in

it will automatically

set the grid

to match the resolution

in the shape of your

input object

so that just

something to be aware of

okay so now

we have that grid

and I'm just wondering if maybe

it might be worth

trying to just

possibly just

we're gonna tweak it

just a little bit

but first before you do

any tweaking

I recommend taking a

just a quick look

as at an overall

of that timeline

and just see

where things lie

so if we go to frame 100

and we go you know

somewhere around 50 range

somewhere closer to

frame one okay

so basically

are the neck

or the funnel

or whatever

you wanna call it

the bottom half

the stem of

the mushroom cloud

if you will

is somewhere

right about

here basically

and as it continue

starts to grow

it starts to

blossom out

in that second

set of grid

right there

that second row

if you will

and then obviously

goes into the third row

and then at the end

it continues growing

but the stem

stays in that

kind of range

in the bottom one

fourth or so

of the quadrant

which is good

now what we can do

you can either

modify this grid

so we can go over here

you can see

these different controls

so you have

insert mode

delete mode

draw boundaries

split X split y

and split x y

so what these are

is you can either

remove select

if I select this

I can actually remove

one of these

uh controls

I can add uh

so I could add a boundary

see where the

red line is

as I run my mouse over

or horizontal

here we can

add columns or rows or

you know as I said

you can remove

you can also draw

the boundary so you can

you can say

okay I want

the entire grid

work to only cover

let's say well

here we just

go right here

you could actually say

I only wanted to

cover this area

right here and then

check that out

so that's that's

what happens

is it just resets the grid

and then this is

splitting x

so you can split

between x uh

you can also

split between y

and you can

split between x

and y anyway

so you have

you have options

now what we're gonna do is

I think we're gonna

just stick with

the default

for the moment

and just see

where things go

so what I'm going to do is

I'm gonna take

some of these points

so if we go to

the beginning

just for kicks

to see where things are at

I'm going to take

some of these

lower quadrant

grid points

and we're going to

constrict them in

towards each other

just to kind of

start to shrink

part of that stem

so what we'll do is

if I select and here's

here's a nice

little trick

if you wanna do it in

equal amounts

on either side of it

what you can do is

you can just highlight

and then that way

you have the

control shape box

and you can just

kind of start to

pull things in

just a little

bit and then

what I'm gonna do

is I'm gonna

pull the bottom

or zoom in here

see if we can

grab that and

just kind of

bring it in

a little bit more

there we go

and just to

give these points

make them round

out a little bit

you can go cusp

you can go smooth

so I hit smooth

and it just kind of

resets them

to match where

the location is

now we can do that

above as well

but I'm gonna hold

off on that

for the moment

now we've now

we've pulled

we pinched it in

just a little bit

now we go up here

and kind of

see how things are

seating and now

what I'm going to do

on the top half

I'm gonna actually

go opposite direction

and I'm gonna just

pull this out

just a little bit more

and then this point

and top points

I'm gonna go

just a bit more

so basically

I'm just wanting it to

widen as it goes

as it blossoms upward

now the obviously

you don't have to do this

I'm just showing

you another

technique where

it's kind of exciting

when you get

visual effects

elements because

sometimes the

art director says hey

I want it to

look a certain way

and there's no time

to be able to go in

and re render out

the original effect

so sometimes

as the compositor

you're going to be

taking that

and you're gonna be

augmenting things

just a bit more

on your own

alright so we

right click

and we're gonna smooth

you can also

hit that Z key

on the keyboard

if you want

there you go

now we've just kind of

rounded that

out so just

interpolates

just a little

bit better think

I'm gonna take that

point right here

and we're gonna

stretch that out

just a little bit more

there we go

and I think

at that point

we're in good

shape I might

looking at it

I think I maybe

wanna just pinch

this one in

just a little bit

there we go

and again you can

hit that Z key

and that'll

smooth out your

control points

without having to

right click

I'm a big fan

of shortcuts

like I've mentioned

so you have those

have those options

now now that

we have that grid

let's just kind of

frame through

and take a look

you know I'm

liking that look

I like how it

kind of is a

little thinner

at the bottom

and a little

wider at the top

you could go

really extreme

if you wanted

and pull it

out even more

if you desired

but I think that's

that's gonna work

just fine um

yeah I think

we're I think

we're in good

shape now here's

here's a catch

we have different

keyframes that

it's actually

uh keyframes

so what you

can do is you

go over here

to destination grid

you see that

we actually

had actually

auto keyframes

so I'm going to

remove this

first key frame

so just hit

that minus key

and then jump to

the last frame

and hit the

minus key as well

it's just gonna

remove any key

frames that

are in there

but it'll maintain that shape

that we have it

at frame 4:55

now that I'm

looking at it

you know what

I think I'm

gonna actually

let's just let's

go a little

more extreme

why not right

you obviously

have to be careful

because you

don't want to introduce

a little too

much stretching

you don't want it to

start to look

a little too fake

but I think

for something like this

I think we should be

fine obviously

you wouldn't

know for sure

until you actually

go in and comp

or not comp

but render out your shot

but I think

I like that

that shape it looks

really nice

now we just

go back to the

original view here

we have this

one pause so

we might be able to

just do a quick

reference out

we are at a

different frame

so that's fine

but you'll get the idea

we'll be able to

you could reference back

if you like

that's fine

I'm just gonna

cycle back a little bit

just to see

how it looks

there you go

and now you've

just done a

little bit of

augmenting on

your mushroom cloud

and just kind of

touched it up

made it a little more

interesting

at this point

we're gonna take

a quick break

and then we're

gonna come back

and we are going to

begin working on

our background

plate paint out

that I mentioned

and we'll continue from there

to do a quick recap

we worked on

Grid Warp in

this lesson

just augmenting the

mushroom cloud

making it look

a little bit

more appealing

and thank you

for listening