CG Cinematic Scene Design by Blizzard Master Anthony Eftekhari

On August 3, 2020

Release date:2019, January 8

Author:Anthony Eftekhari

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

If you’re a CG lover, and then you must know Blizzard
World of Warcraft series: Mists of Pandaria，Warlords of Draenor,Battle for Azeroth，and StarCraft series:Heart of the Swarm,Legacy of the void，some of those stunning scenes were created by our Matte Painting artist Anthony Efterhari! In this tutorial, you’ll learn from his workflow of how to apply the light and shadow, and how to create a smooth rendering.

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We got a lot of positive feedback from Chinese students on the Matte Painting Tutorial of Anthony Eftekhari and the viewing number over 1,000,000, which triggered our second cooperation. During this tutorial, Anthony Eftekhari will tell you how to create an animated shot by using 3D software and Nuke and uncover his workflow in Blizzard.

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Chapter_01
001_PhotoshopSection：Elements of concept design

Chapter_02
002_PhotoshopSection：Main Building and the fences
003_PhotoshopSection：Buildings components
004_PhotoshopSection：Scene elements compositing and camera set up

Chapter_03
005_PhotoshopSection：Light and shadow
006_Lighting setup and rendering

Chapter_04
007_compositing techniques in PS
008_Atmosphere and projection

Chapter_05
009_Pictures ion principles and keying
010_Correction and Adjustment
011_Adjustment and differentiation
012_Touchup and gradient adjustment
013_Techniques for texture detailing

Chapter_06
014_Inspiration and thinking
015_Pictures applying and composition
016_Overall atmosphere adjustment and drawing

Chapter_07
017_Overview
018_Blueprint blocking and design

Chapter_08
019_Terrain Creation with World Machine
020_Scene Optimization Tips
021_Plan importing and layout
022_Scene adjustment
023_Lighting techniques and rendering

Chapter_09
024_Scene elements mapping and importing in Nuke
025_Node editing and addition
026_Camera adjustment
027_Refinement and adjustment
028_Details refinement – Part 1
029_Details refinement – Part 2
030_Atmosphere Adjustment and export

CG Cinematic Scene Design – Project_files
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RENDERS – GI.7z.001
RENDERS – GI.7z.002
RENDERS – KeyLight.7z
RENDERS – Reflection.7z
RENDERS – zDepth.7z
TEXTURES.7z
Nuke.7z
PSDs.7z