Desolate Tropical Island: A Cinematic Environments Masterclass | Online Course | CG Lounge
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From Cglounge · Added Oct 13, 2026
About this item
## Build a Cinematic Environment From Scratch
You've seen the final frames. Now learn exactly how they were made.
This masterclass by **Emmy-nominated VFX Lighting Supervisor Arvid Schneider** (ILM, Image Engine) takes you from an **empty Houdini scene** to **fully composited cinematic frames** in Nuke. 60 lessons. 10 modules. The complete production environment pipeline. No shortcuts, no fluff.
## What Makes This Different
### Real Production Pipeline
- **Not a toy project.** Build a photor
Your instructor
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Requirements
- •Basic Houdini navigation and understanding (SOPs, parameters, node workflow)
- •Houdini Indie or higher (for Karma XPU)
- •Nuke (non-commercial or licensed)
- •KTT plugin (purchase link provided)
- •Vegetation library (Maxtree, SpeedTree, or free alternatives). Not included with the course.
- •Megascans assets via Fab (free with Epic Games account). Not included with the course.
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- All files of the item
- Delivery to your Telegram chat
Not in it
- Refunds, all sales are final
- One-to-one mentoring
- Certificates from the original school