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GhostFrameExtractor for Nuke : Part I – Concepts, Considerations and Methods

by itaki

Revolutionizing Visual Effects and On Set Visualizations with Ghost Frame! If you’re here for the Nuke Gizmo, you can grab it from Nukepedia (link coming soon) or github. This is Part I of our journey, where we’ll dive into the concepts and methods to create a tool that maximizes the Ghost Frame process for both hero and matte frames. Check… Read More »GhostFrameExtractor for Nuke : Part I – Concepts, Considerations and Methods

The Future Is Now! VFX

by itaki

RiTE Media setup a large in house led volume that renders the background real time while tracking with the camera. They brought itaki on board to handle the integration between foreground and background. We pulled off a number of shots using volumetric fog and lights to marry the them together to make the shots foreground and background belong in the… Read More »The Future Is Now! VFX

Janet Jackson & Daddy Yankee – Made For Now VFX

by itaki

Itaki Design Studio teamed up with MOD and Chris Nalesnik to produce a “one take” hyperlapse music video for Janet Jackson.

Joyriders VFX

by itaki

Raymond Carr of Ninja Puppet is making a kids movie where some kids find a crashed spaceship and take it out on some crazy adventures. He asked me to produce a few shots for his feature pilot. He shot the model ship on green and needed it composited into a background photo he had. We blew out the photo into… Read More »Joyriders VFX

Devil To Pay

by itaki

itaki did the visual effects for the award winning directors Lane and Ruckus Sky and their festival darling “Devil To Pay”

SpaceJam – Call Your Senator

by itaki

CoolCoolCool productions produced a call your senator PSA. We handled all the post including, editing, VFX, Color correction and sound design.

Goldbars Mocap, Unreal Engine, and Nuke

by itaki

itaki teams up with RiTE Media again for a virtual production showcase. The final piece was includes over an hour of mocap fed into Unreal and then composited on live footage in Nuke. For this job we had to marry mocap takes with dialog takes. Then import tracked cameras from our miniature sets and light our avatar. Finally we’d export… Read More »Goldbars Mocap, Unreal Engine, and Nuke

Dead By Midnight Feature – Hellavangelist

by itaki

We Edited and did VFX for a segment of Dead By Midnight called Hellavangelist written and directed by Hannah Fierman

Jay Rock & Kendrick Lamar – WIN VFX

by itaki

Itaki Design joined MOD and Chris Nalesnik to knock out a music video for Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar. We had the task of creating several different worlds for them to live in. We used a ton of camera tracking and the use of a lot of 3D cards in Nuke to bring all the elements together.

Novant Kite VFX

by itaki