Mariposa (Lighting)
Environment Render - Krista Zuber
Character Animations - Madeline Montana, Steffi Engstrom, Celeste Cruz, Brook Vitovsky, Cambria Cheney
Character Color - Cambria Cheney
VFX Animation - Riley Rawald
For this shot, I tried to unify the color of the environment and animations using Curves effects, and add dimensional lighting using Layer Styles and 3D lights. Cinematic lens distortion effects such as CC Vignette and Camera Lens Blur were added as well to meld the elements together.
After deciding on the basic effects to get the desired final look for the film, it was easier to apply the same compositing process across all 35 shots of our team film and keep this look consistent.
Lighting Breakdown
1. Assets without effects.
2. Curves effects on the background and character added a purple tint.
3. Layer Styles were added to the butterfly cloud for an inner glow effect, and to the character for a rim lighting effect.
4. A 3D Point Light was added as well to create a more realistic and dimensional feel to the scene. Its path was keyframe animated with the butterfly cloud, to help it feel more like a source of light.
Hand-animated and tracked keyframes.