Finally! A VFX Workflow With Less Guesswork
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2023
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In this tutorial, I share my VFX workflow to accurately recreate the lighting of a real world scene in a 3D program like Blender. As VFX artists, we want to do as little compositing work as necessary to get VFX elements integrated seamlessly with live action footage. This workflow will help you do exactly that! I explain the best way film your footage, capture and create an HDRI, and use a color reference chart for precise results and easy compositing. I hope this video helps you take some of the guesswork out of your own workflow!
LINKS FROM THE VIDEO:
Setup ACES in Blender: • Setup ACES in Blender
ACES RGB Color Converter: acescolorspace.com/rgb
Color Checker Graphic: tinyurl.com/y83bsurv
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11:20 Instead of guessing the shadows, you can use the Sun Position plugin (Built-in) which allows you to match the Sun based on the Longitude and latitude, date and time, as well as pair it with the HDRI texture
genius!
Oooo. I was thinking HDRI Sun Aligner but with the metadata you can pull this info! This is actually pretty smart!
He guessed everything in general. Horrible workflow. Might as well not use an HDRi at all. Especially with this clear day sky, it will not make a difference.
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This tutorial is very accurate .THis is the way we work in vfx at Framestore studio. Always lighting our scene with hdri's and matching color from the plate. Good job for the video.Really good
Glad to hear that, thanks!
This is really a vast simplification on how to use a Macbeth chart, you're only using white balance. It's also doing it in an unnecessary complicated way. There are tools available for Nuke that will analyze a chart and give you a proper 3D LUT which is what you want ideally. Also, it's a much better workflow to render out a new HDR with adjusted colors and use that in your 3D scene, no need to keep track of those gray scale values. Lastly, fine-tuning the final % is best done in comp using cryptomattes and such, not in the shaders, it's just not WYSIWYG enough.
Came to ask for neutral grade workflow, so interesting comment - any tutorial you know that covers the steps and best practices for it?
@@DavesplainingI’ve been looking into this as well. I found this th-cam.com/video/-LsSpV0ftCw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=qo7hfs_-O6QJq5Yc
Basically you color balance both footage and hdri. But using ACES and color checker is easy.
Thanks for making this overlooked but vital component!
Not only is this one of the most in-depth tutorials, but it's also so well done and edited. I am an idiot when it comes to color and I was able to follow along! Keep up the solid content!
That's great to hear, Brocton! I'm glad you can take some helpful things away from it!
Gray and mirror balls are extremely useful for light reference, especially if you do not have a reference object filmed.
Straight to the point! Great video.
you can match the grey patch quite a bit faster by picking the values in the grade node. I can go more into detail if you want.
Please go into more detail
@@traderz13 th-cam.com/video/EM1EeUCuY4k/w-d-xo.html
Just use the grey patch u want to match as your whitepoint and then use the target values as your gain. U can pick both superquick with the colorpicker tool in the grade node. No need for writing down values and matching them channel by channel.
insane how much information is available on youtube, thank you so much for this video its so easy to follow
Thanks for yet another awesome VFX tutorial, cheers man!
This is pure gold bro! Thx for sharing.
Very detailed process, thanks for sharing this.
This is gold, great work!!
Thank you for doing this!
This was such a fantastic easy to watch tutorial. I was just researching this topic about color matching and compositing for VFX so I'm glad I came across your channel. Keep it up!
Now this is my good to go channel for blender VFX learning.
Brilliant video breakdown, thank you.
You are just simply stunning amazing!!! Best tutorial ever!!!!
This, together with your ACES tutorial, is hands down the best explanation of how color and light works I have ever seen! Both in the context of CG work and for understanding how light and color works in general! Thank you so much for these great videos!
I'm very happy to hear that, Simeon. Thank you!
think twice.
ive seen a lot of tutorials and people talk about hdris and this is THE most in depth in terms of colour correction
This is phenomenal tut! Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise!!
This is well explained. Thanks a lot.
Thank you. You are an amazing teacher 🌟
Definitely deserves a like and subscribe! Excellent tutorial from Lagos, Nigeria
You are very organized, Mr genius!
GREAT, clear information. Bravo
Great video. this channel deserve more subs
this was mega help, need more
Wonderful content ! Thank you
This is very helpful. Great job
What amzing !!!..... Keep going with ur amizing work
Wooooooow! Thanks a lot! You're the Best! Keep it forward! 😍😍😍
Thanks a lot for your great tutorial! It is really useful.
Awesome as always
Your videos are always on point! You never miss a beat or gloss over anything. This is awesome man, thank you for this!
That's a great tutorial. Visually I can understand all.
amazing tutorial thanks for sharing.
You have a dope teaching style!
Incredible work my friend
You are genius. really smart workflow
yessssssssssssss you are a master , thanks guys
great video!
Bro, you are awesome ♥️
Great tutorial. Thank you.
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.
Nice job!
Excellent content and explanation
thanks for sharing the files
This was very informative
Master Yoda is back again great quality work. Thanks for the knowledge.
Amazing video!
That was amazing
wow, that was a fascinating workflow, i don't know if it'll work for me but wow that was interesting.
very useful tutorial ...
We're in the big leagues now boys
total respect
this is the videos i open youtube for, you sir are a beautiful human being
keep'em coming and I'll keep tagging along +1
I really love your videos i really want to get to that level
kudos to your Video, not many people share this knowledge for FREE👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for continuing to do this! It's insanely exciting.
As a beginner, this is insane, i can't believe the amount of skill and precision it takes to be good at VFX, i have really underestimated this field. I'm excited to learn more!
Yeah me too. The more we learn the more we know that we understand nothing
@@fadhil4008 at least now we're on the right side of the Dunning-Krueger curve :)
Get out while you still can.
This tutorial was vastly more complicated than it needed to be to achieve the desired result, so don't be discouraged! Look at this tutorial as a demonstration of very high-end concepts and do what works for you.
was that good vfx? the result was horrendous, and while he advertised ACES workflow, at the and was simply guessing and eyeballing with a fake sun.
I love this step by step pipeline, and I hope it starts to become a big standardization across the board.
"begins with a careful filming process" = Instantly explodes when all my clients send me a smattering of random stock video, stuff shot from their iphones, or even more likely, things shot by other companies who didn't care about the post teams while filming at all.
They keep the mentality that "everything can be done in post". Even just small things from their side can save a lot , you can differentiate your package like the one who provide you all file properly and who don't by significant margin.
THIS IS GREAT
This is super epic....for sure to be a bookmark I'll come back to again and again. Well done, good sir!
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Welcome back 🌞
G'day mate this is Bloody Legendary! thanks from Down Under!
i got to try this
Maximum nice :) ThankU
Ssso Nice, thank U a lot for content
Awesome!
good teacher keep it up
This amazing! I was so stoked to find your ACES workflow videos. I haven't tried things out yet, but this video answered pretty much all of my follow up questions regarding HDRI matching. Thank you
nice! good stuff. You lost me at Nuke but I kept watching anyway!
Haha, I appreciate you hanging in there. But don't let Nuke stop you! You can easily apply the general concepts of the workflow in many different programs.
很好的教程，谢谢你
Thank you. Now just got to figure out how to apply this to C4D with redshift
Holy....so much content for free... Thank you for that! I know it's not the right language, but I have some Matchmoving videos. May I can help your great work with those as well. I will definetly learn a lot from your channel. The next step in my journey is diving deeper into 3D. Good luck with your channel, I guess 1 of your Videos will take far over 50 hours to complete.
Thank you.
The explanation is so detailed my brain cannot comprehend
I'm saving this video, I need to watch this multiple times.
I don't usually comment youtube videos, but this is well done !
Lol I'm finally not the only one to think Gamma = Grandma!
Super simple explanations and great visuals, thank you!
- Mentions he wants to avoid guesswork in compositing
- Makes a ton of unnecessary steps
- Proceeds to do guesswork in compositing
What resources do you recommend (no nuke)?
Ahah ! exactly.. Aces Workflow and color management in general is just a pain in the ass, we just need to deal with it as compositors :D
keep making videos bro one day your account will surely blow up.
Wow, this video is literally perfect! I’m currently working on a short film with a few vfx shots. This is exactly what I needed. Well done Jacob!
Hey, Lenz! Thanks so much!
This workflow is amazing and not too complicated. Thank you!
Absolutely, happy to share!
This channel is hands down the best intro to 3D VFX workflows on TH-cam, great work!
I've been banging my head against the wall trying to get rid of the CG Sun step by using an ND for the lowest exposure bracket on the HDRI. But it doesn't give the right EV value in the metadata to properly auto merge in Photoshop with the other exposure brackets. Do you have any idea if there is a way to manually assign the EV value while merging HDRI brackets? This save so much time and make the results even more accurate.
Great question. Maybe this article can help: blog.polyhaven.com/how-to-shoot-the-sun/
-Make sure that- "Clamp result" -for that Multiply node for your HDRI in Blender is unchecked- ! -Otherwise your HDRI will be clamped to zero to one- Nvm, I misread and now see you already did it.
And for the Color Balance node, use the "Offset/Power/Slope" correction format instead of "Lift/Gamma/Gain" - that method also makes some clamping and color space assumptions, while "Offset/Power/Slope" works with your scene space.
Great walkthrough and steps! Love seeing others share their VFX workflow.
Hey Spencer! I think you're referencing the step at 8:23 correct? 'Clamp Result' is unchecked, and you're right, that is quite important. 'Clamp Factor' is checked which is a new setting on that node in version 3.4 I believe. Good to know about the Color Balance node, thanks!
@@InLightVFX My bad, I had misread - weird that factor is after result. And your result looked great, so I was confused. I'll update my comment, cheers!
This was such a fantastic easy to watch tutorial.
Keep up the solid content!
:D That intro
Very well done tutorial! The quality of your content is amazing!
Great video, man! Just out of curiosity, why did you use Nuke to transform the color space over Davinci Resolve?
Thanks, Tyler! The color management in Nuke is a lot more simple to keep straight from my experience. In Davinci Resolve I'm just not as confident when I'm converting between color spaces. Settings are just not layed out as nicely or clearly.
Actually downloading & learning nuke is a bit typical.
It doesn't get any better than this does it! Great and very informative video. 👏
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I literally don't need to know any of this. It was very cool.
Insta360 One X2 is not capable to make proper HDRI's - because exposure bracketing is locked at some point, 'darkest' photo in sun condition is already fully lighten.
(you can't lower exposure to see sun shape)
Also One X2 doesn't have any ND filters.
Super cleanly explained! Nice job!!
This was a big help - the one thing you didn't make clear was saying "I will multiply these values with these other values" without explaining where you got those other values. Am I right in presuming you in fact divided the first set by the second?