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Well, its come to this……our final project. We have come a long way in 14 weeks and we still have a little bit more to accomplish before we can wrap-up this course. The Final Project in this class is designed to be a culminating experience. You will apply everything you have learned in this course to your final project. It is worth a significant portion of your grade, so please spend the necessary time to complete the project and turn-in something you are proud to show. This is an excellent opportunity to produce a high quality model and render that you can display in your portfolio.

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Compositing shots in the feature film industry requires the artist to be able to combine many elements in to one shot. Shots that include computer generated elements, like animated characters, are rendered out of the computer in multiple passes. Each render pass focuses the computer on rendering a specific surface characteristic. For example, the computer might render out a pass that only draws the reflections or another pass might be devoted to the shadows the object is casting. Computer generated elements are often rendered this way to maximize the level of control the compositor has on the final image.

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