The Art of Compositing

A simple compositing in Houdini.
An explosion which requires intensive compositing technique to perfect the “LOOK”.


Click on the pic to see the breakdown of the composition
and the 3 rendered passes.

The whole compositing of this simple (non-fluid) explosion only had 3 different passes of smoke (smoke in the front, fiery yellow smoke, smoke at the bottom) and the background building (which was remodeled and textured).