Creating a station ID in Maya and After Effects
In this tutorial, we will examine from beginning to end, how to make a short station ID, in this case for St Patricks Day. We will model some organic shapes, such as the clovers and the hat, among others. We'll use materials from mental ray to create a glassy logo for our station. We'll then focus on using image based lighting to create a nice realistic effect. From there, we'll go into After Effects to create some nice finishing touches, such as the sky background, some particle effects and butterflies, and even the grass. Let's get started! |
Part I - Modeling the Objects
Part II - Shading and Lighting the Scene
Part III - Animating and the Organzing the Objects
A. Animating the hat using a lattice
B. Animating the Camera, measuring Depth of Field
Part IV - Compositing and Final Touches
A. Importing the camera data from Maya
B. Final touches: Sky background, creating a depth of field effect, adding some particle effects, adding grass
C. Adding the butterflies
D. Adding a diffuse glow