Adventures Of Atom Smith

Always looking for something to practice compositing with, I found myself last night with a copy of the DVD of the short film I worked on for the Boulder 24 hour film making competition, and a little free time.

So, here is a shot from that film, with a new background comped in. Flash video, plus QuickTimes. It’s really just a WIP. It needs more work to be called a done shot, but it’s far enough along, I figured I’d share. Also, for anybody curious exactly how it was done, I’ve included a screenshot of the Nuke DAG.

The original shot

My current WIP

Nuke DAG

Occasionally, people ask me what I do. One of the answers is “compositing.” This usually results in the response, “Oh, I had no idea you wrote music.” In order to clear up some of the confusion, I have created a short explanation video showing a composite, and some of the elements that went into making it.

Read more to see it, and get an explanation. (edited Friday, Oct 12th — see the bottom)

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