Conrad Olson

VFX Compositor and teacher

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@mlasker Hopefully Kelly will stop sarcastically asking me for Katana tips now 😊

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@CBCOlympics Why are you cutting away from the live opening ceremony for cheesy videos about athletes? What’s the point of covering the ceremony if you aren’t actually going to show it?

[Sony Pictures Animation @SonyAnimation]

Lighting & Compositing Lead Conrad Olson was excited to take a leap of faith while #CreatingTheSpiderVerse, where software was being written while he and his team were using it.

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@ShabbatSlalom @benpicko @kiel_robinson @HugoCGuerra Where would you draw the line? In Nuke (the industry standard compositing software) we can use 3D geometry, we can generate our own particle systems, we can completely change the live action images, all without a single render from a “CGI” department.

[Shahbaz • The Movie Podcast @shayhbaz]

#SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse is THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR! GROUNDBREAKING animation takes you on a wild, darker journey, interweaving countless Spider-Man characters & JAW-DROPPING SURPRISES. I found myself repeatedly saying "Oh My God" in disbelief! #Spiderverse @SpiderVerse

[Anthony Gagliardi @ The Movie Podcast @AJGaliardi]

#SpiderVerse is undoubtedly the greatest animated film to ever grace the big screen. A celebration of Spider-Man and a MAGNUM OPUS OF ART & STYLE, #SPIDERMAN HAS NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD! Fantastic story, incredible action, and boy does this Spider-Fly! ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR!

[Spider-Man Shots 📸 @SpiderManShots]

Chinese poster for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse!

#AcrossTheSpiderVerse

[blauereiter @blauereiter]

There are SO MANY cool shots that my friends worked on for the #SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse trailer I wanna talk about !
Like these 2 rooftop shots, so bold & impactful with the rich reds+greens+the silhouettes. Comp artists - Vincent Mak/Conrad Olson/Kelly Christophers

[AFC GLEN @AFC_GLEN]

French TV show invited people with unusual laughs to sit together….. the outcome is fucking brilliant. 😂

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@benchowdhury @rentonflames @GaryLineker There is zero evidence for any god.

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@AimeeDadswell But how?

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

In my latest Nuke tips video I show you there four preferences I change immediately before I start comping on a new Nuke setup:

Four Nuke Preferences I Always Change Immediately
https://t.co/knWGeR8S75

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@tvaziri But if you did add motion blur to the camera shake wouldn’t you end up with motion blur going in two different directions? Sometimes that looks way worse than not adding the camera shake motion blur.

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

Loving the gorilla bus signs from @aboutherevideos. This one was super useful

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

I just liked “Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Breakdown Reel | Image Engine VFX” on #Vimeo: https://t.co/pgZAOAtvMU

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

New Nuke tips video!

This video explains how you find your hidden .nuke folder, and in the process I show you a few of simple command line basics and a couple of MacOS keyboard shortcuts.

#vfx #compositing #tips

https://t.co/sZ4hXLWPyS

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

If just finished The Trojan Horse Affair podcast. It’s one of the best podcast series I’ve listened to for a long time. Entertaining, infuriating, enlightening. Everyone should listen.

https://t.co/P2pD3RdQie

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@thattommyhall Congratulations mate!

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

I just liked “TrueExponentialBlur | Chris Fryer” on #Vimeo: https://t.co/kUfPtNcE65

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@hjsb They could have maybe shot a spherical 360 video of the stuff in the distance, and mapped that onto huge video walls, or a sphere in a 3D package, and you might not have noticed the lack of perspective, but you need a 3D model of the building behind them so you get parallax

[Conrad Olson @conradolson]

@hjsb But the video footage would have a baked in perspective so the camera in the studio would have to match the exact position of the camera that shot the footage, and you the moment you moved the studio camera the effect would break.