Sunday, 26 April 2026

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Sandra Herman | Compositor 
Shot Breakdown – May 2026 | 01:04 – Video runtime 

00:00 – Title Card. Nuke. 

00:01 – Prey 2022. Nuke. – Only the CC as a creative note to make the blood read more red. Expanding Roto-mask to reveal blood puddle. 

00:06 – Prey 2022. – Nuke. – Apply metallic highlights to wounds. Clean-up around hands and green blood splatter. The full integration (arm, hand, blood) was by another compositor. 

00:07 – Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023. Nuke. – Match lead compositor’s key shot set-up for pink character, Veb. Background glow, Roto cut-out on FG screen-left arm. 

00:08 – Caillou S1.E23. 2024. Nuke. – Frame to frame pose Roto-shape to reveal Gilbert from the dark alley. Grade BG set elements. 

00:12 – Snow White 2025. Nuke. – Match key shot look of stained glass glow. Cut-out colour shapes to grade, use tracking to apply the fix. Despill green cast on FG floor, lantern, clothing. 

00:21 – Little People S2.E11. 2018. Maya, Renderman, Nuke. – Used surrounding shots to make solo passes of 3D firefly trails. Apply these renders as alpha on cards. Match live-action references for glow timing and look. 

00:28 – Caillou S1.E5. 2024. Nuke. – Create paint shapes with uneven edges and attach them to cards. Apply frame-holds to stick paint strips to the wall following the rolling motion. 

00:31 – F is for Family S4.E1. 2020. Maya, Renderman, PencilPlus. – Render holdout to cut-out interior of vehicle for Sue Murphy. Render windshield sticker, colour and black line passes. 

00:36 – F is for Family S4.E2. 2020. Maya, Renderman, PencilPlus. – Cut-out the bicycle and green vehicle for line art and holdout passes. Match show reference for colours. Setup holdout passes for compositors to place characters inside the vehicle. 

00:41 – Jim Hensen's Doozers S2.E10. 2018. Nuke, Maya. – Render rocks for Nuke particle system. Apply the dusty plume. Grade. 

00:45 – Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023. Nuke. – Update script with CG-suit render, Grade goo at neck to match the chin, and clean-up at the neck. Paint-out plate to remove the body. QC incl. black/white levels. 

00:48 – Inspector Gadget S2.E211. 2018. Photoshop, Nuke. – Roto-lightening shapes drawn and timed on-off using Echo-node. Apply skeleton plate. Glow. Match look of reoccurring treatment from S2.E201. 

00:50 – Jim Hensen's Doozers S2.E9. 2018. Maya, Nuke. – Sand poofs follow locators constrained to surfboards. Adapted from ‘Molly’s jetpack,’ used throughout S2. Grade to match BG sand, applied gravity/wind. 

00:53 – Charlie’s Colorforms City S1.E8. 2019. Nuke. – Create a hero solo moment with glow, blur. Re-time of 2D Harmony “shapes” renders. 

00:55 – Little People S2.E15, 2018. Nuke, Maya. – Interactive bubbles clinging to the scrubbers made in Maya. Rain & the bubbles flying through the sliding door are Nuke particles based on a S2.E2. 

01:00 – Transformers: The Rise of the Beasts 2023. Nuke. – Integrate shadow pass updates for Arcie as a motorcycle, then transition to robotic shadow. Some Roto-clean-up on shadows/metal railings. Other artists also worked on this shot. 

01:04 – Outro Title card. Nuke.

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Sandra Herman | Compositor  Shot Breakdown – May 2026 | 01:04 – Video runtime  00:00 – Title Card. Nuke.  00:01 – Prey 2022. Nuke. – O...