Empretec Sebrae
3D PRODUCTION & COMPOSITING
The Project
The Empretec institutional film required 3D environments integrated with live-action footage, but the project had a limited production budget.
The challenge was to achieve the required visual result while keeping the production pipeline as streamlined as possible.
Role
2D/3D Production
Compositing
ON-SET Collaboration
THE APPROACH
Instead of building a conventional 3D-to-compositing pipeline, I explored a more compact approach using Element 3D inside After Effects.
This allowed the green-screen extraction, camera tracking, 3D environments and compositing to be handled within the same application, reducing the need for multiple rendered passes from 3ds Max.
The approach simplified the compositing workflow, but testing also revealed an unexpected limitation: rendering the 3D elements through After Effects was heavier than the original 3ds Max rendering pipeline.
The final production nevertheless achieved the required result within the project’s constraints.
ON SET
The filming was planned with the later compositing and 3D integration in mind. Following the shoot made it possible to anticipate camera, framing and chroma key requirements before the material reached post-production.
FROM GREEN SCREEN TO FINAL COMPOSITE
Live-action footage was combined with 3D environments and graphic elements to create the final visual compositions.
3D & COMPOSITING
The 3D environments were developed to match the visual language of the production and provide the backgrounds and graphic spaces required for the filmed sequences.
The final compositions combined the live-action footage, chroma key extraction, 3D elements and graphic assets.
FINAL IMAGE
The final images were adjusted and color-corrected to bring the live-action footage and digital elements together as a cohesive visual piece.