This is my dream scene where the car will be a Rolls Royce. I will learn blender, model it and make this scene. Thanks man for this exactly matches my vision.🤘💗
Dude, after YEARS and countless hours searching TH-cam, watching TH-cam vids etc... Finally someone who does a crystal clear and simple explanation of a VFX Blender tut. You got a sub from me. Thanks for making this. I'm looking forward to seeing more. One of the best and concise explanations I've seen on TH-cam. Like others have said, after the first 30 sec I, paused, subbed and commented. Thanks.... now, back to the video.
Oh, the main reason is because I didn't know how to set up my render passes in the newer versions of Blender, since I was used to having groups and layers instead of just collections! And there were so many shots to create for that video, I decided to stick with the version I was comfortable with. Though I want to start using the new versions of Blender for videos soon, especially with all the new features being added.
I've been trying to figure out blender for awhile (only know simple element 3d stuff). This is by far one of the most helpful and easy to understand tutorials I have found. Thank You!
I'm very glad you found the video helpful! I tried to make it as simple as possible. Do you tend to use After Effects in your work, then? Since you mentioned Element 3D.
@@ClassyDogStudios Yes! I live in After Effects lol Im trying to learn more 3D work since I get asked all the time and for environments. I have a very ambitious scene of an explosion making people/zombies fly backwards in the air. I assume I could use ragdolls but I dont know much after that. Any tips would be appreciated!
That sounds cool! I would recommend looking at animations on Mixamo, their software is free to use and it can also automatically rig your models. I've been trying it out with Blender for my next short film, and it seems pretty easy to use after watching a few videos. It may be what I make my next "BTS" video on this channel about.
Jan van den Hemel has been making some tips lately that might be useful to you. They were posted May 12-16th. Here's a link to his page: twitter.com/JanvandenHemel
thank you for taking the time to put this video together, I have a bunch of fellow filmmakers who're curious about implementing vfx into their ideas and this video covers alot in a short amount of time! also fantastic references to some familiar content creators ;]
That's really cool! Traditional filmmaking skills are something I want to improve at a lot this year, so hopefully my videos will get better. And I'm glad this one will be useful to you and your friends!
@@ClassyDogStudios for sure. and sometimes it is the reverse where practicality can produce better results than vfx, but good filmmakers know when to use which when executing an idea. check out Danny Donahue and Ponysmasher!
I'm actually subscribed to Danny Donahue on my other channel, haha! I've seen a few of his horror videos and some BTS. But I don't think I've heard of Ponysmasher, I'll look him up!
Thank you, Patrick! It might be a bit of a lazy solution, but I figured the time spent trying to come up with something better would exceed just changing out the HDRI and rendering again!
@@ClassyDogStudios Sometimes, a lazy solution = just not overthinking it and avoiding unnecessary time and effort. Much easier to place and play with a mask to make it feel right, rather than try to sort out messy shadow and light setting and have to do many re-renders to get it to feel right. So totally in line with your last statement!
Classy Dog Studios. I hope so. I am working on a mini rouge one movie clip. Big scene, trying to render the complete scene plus characters is causing issues. I ran across your video looking for a way to slip up elements in my scene to help render and free up resources of my system. Thank you for your post. Very straightforward. Love it.
Great video! Tracking is one subject I haven’t touched much. I like how you linked in other videos. Also I didn’t know you can use AE for tracking, very cool
Yes, it can be quite daunting when you haven't had much experience with it! But if you can practice and find tricks that make it less frustrating/tedious, it really opens up your options for the types of shots you can pull off. I'm glad you found the video useful!
Thank you! And I actually got the garage from Blendswap, you can find a link to it in the description of the other video! It was by the user Papa Dragon, I believe.
I may make a video on it if enough people are interested! By the way, have you seen this video from Grant Wilk? This is what I looked up to be sure I was using it correctly: th-cam.com/video/el_n1UfPL_M/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, I'm glad you think so! You are doing good with your own videos too; if you enjoy it and keep making them, I know you'll make better stuff than I do one day!
Want to know something... Is there an option to lock the grab direction other than xyz? For example, in rhino , there an option to lock the direction that the cursor is moving.. Just move in a direction .. press tab key.. then the movement is locked to that specific direction and we can type the measurement or snap it to anywhere... Something like that in blender?
Oh, that sounds handy. You know, I've never come across that ability in Blender. Perhaps someone with experience using Blender as more of a CAD program would know more than me, as I think there are some plug-ins for it out there that focus more on that type of work.
Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I try to make the videos enjoyable to watch as well as helpful. I hate long and boring tutorials with a passion!
hahah you could always use a remote toy with a green/blue bucket over it to get a sense of motion. Thought that would need to plate work, that's what its called right?
It looks awesome, but, one minor thing... Am I the only one who feels the wheels are spinning too fast, especiually taking into account they're quite big? I think that small detail gives it away and makes the car look like it's floating. Awesome job, though.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! I think the wheels are moving at the right speed, but it may be a bit of an illusion due to the tread and how much it moves between each frame.
For CG objects that will be partially obscured by the original footage, will you have to mask it out frame by frame in compositing or is it possible to set up certain "objects" in blender that will not render the main CG object when it passes through that "object"?
I was gonna stop watching this because you are using 2.79...and I 2.90, but your wealth of additional links to other tuts are extremely useful and I kept looking at your upload date showing May 1, 2020 (that's this year!). This was like an "executive summary" how to do it... I wonder why you used Ae's tracker compared to Blender's? I have experience with Ae's tracker and from the little I've seen of the Blender tracker system, it seems "easier" and more sophisticated...then again, I've been taking my stuff into UE4 and doing my rendering that way... Do you have any issues with Blender not having the ability that I can see to denoise the shadow pass (even though it produces the shadow pass and denoise shadow data, I have no idea how to use it to denoise the pass)? It's amazingly convoluted how you have to use cycles to get the shadow catcher to work in the first place, and then make different layers and collections to turn visibility on and off to effect what you want...though I forever thank Jacob for showing me that too. Sock mic or not! How would you compare UE4 rendering the scene and Blender rendering the scene, if you've worked in EU4? If it's good enough for "I got beat by a girl" _The Mandalorian_ on Disney+, it's good enough for me.
Hi, Jeff! I'm glad the video was useful to you! For the tracking, I decided to use the AE tracker whenever I could, just because it generally takes much less effort compared to the Blender tracker. Of course, there are times when the AE tracker just doesn't produce a good solve, or I'll need to track an object as opposed to the camera, so in those cases I'll end up using the Blender tracker. But it's purely just seeking the "path of least resistance" you could say, especially when working with a sequence made up of many shots that need tracking. I've actually got very little experience with the denoiser options in - I have heard that the new options in (I think) Blender 2.8 are good, and I hope to try them out soon. You're right, it would be nice to run a denoiser on shadows passes to save a bit of time. I've noticed those tend to take a little longer to render to a clean result. And I haven't used Unreal Engine at all yet, I'm a little daunted to try it out because I'm worried it will be so different from what I'm used to and difficult to learn. I've never used a game engine before. But I'd like to try it out sometime this year, since I always see so many cool things being made with it. I'd be interested in seeing a comparison between Unreal and Cycles as well!
@@ClassyDogStudios, counterintuitively, UE4 is easier to learn than Blender. It's less obtuse, like when it has it's default to not shade smooth, and not turn on the normal smoothing, for. each. obj. you. create. I come from Cinema 4D and ffs, that does not help at all. Shader/Material creation can get complex, or you can use it like everyone uses their phones: beginner level, and you'll still get good results. I think, e.g., equal to your comp. I think on Cinema settings, it would look even better in UE4 (!) As best as I understand it now, you would need to have created an HDRI of your comp scene. The Shader nodes for the most part are very similar to Blender's btw...and Blender is trying to become HoudiniFX...so it looks like everyone is converging to "best practice." As long as you export an FBX from Blender with the geo option to smooth on Face, UE4 won't groan, and then because I use Sub. Painter, it's pretty much the same from there...except: realtime, tons of effects you can't get from DCC packages in preview mode because you're system grinds to a halt (I only have a 1080ti, but my bro says it's a beast, then buys a 2080ti cause he has to make me jealous), and when you choose to render out a exr sequence (or PNG if you like the gamma error), it is no less beautiful than a REALLY long render in Blender, or my old C4D with Redshift that took 18hrs for every 3 seconds of "movie." The only difference, is I can render out Cinema quality stuff of a sequence for not much longer than one pic of the sequence if I was working in a DCC. I still don't understand it, and I'm thinking the DCCs are messing with us... UE4 is FREE, and it's NO WHERE like Unity, which is so constructed that after a couple months of trying to figure out how to use the camera system, I gave up for my machinima. In 2 weeks, I rendered my first shots in UE4. It's just constructed in a logical way (even though, yes there are small tick boxes, and such that if you don't see an experienced person use the software, (in a tutorial somewhere), you'd never consider, but that tends to be differences in polish than in function, i.e., in HoudiniFX, if you forgot one tick box, your whole sim may just not work. Do a couple of the free tutorials with the free starter assets, and LOOK at the quality of the materials, and lighting. EVERYTHING is lighting, and then materials, and UE4 _kills_ both. I'm still going back and forth between doing the same thing in Blender and UE4, just to verify it's not me, it's them... ;)
@@ClassyDogStudios I was wrong, they have a native "composure" plugin that can comp like Ae or Nuke (!) You just have to enable it and restart! So you can do a reg backplate.
Thanks for the helpful information, Jeff! I think I may try out Unreal soon in that case. I always see cool things being done with it, and it would be really nice to have another option when it comes to rendering things. And like you said, it can make some really fantastic looking renders despite taking hardly any time at all. Perhaps I'll pick a small project to recreate in Unreal, that would also give me a fun comparison of the differences between render engines.
I understand, that is difficult. If you live near a library or know someone who will let you use their computer for a while, I believe you can still run Blender off a portable flash drive. Perhaps you can get a couple hours of practice each week that way.
Hello! I was say, browse some projects other people have done and see if you can find anything that looks pretty simple, but also interests you. Even if it's just a super simple project, it will help you to start learning some of the basics of the program and you'll be able to decide what you're comfortable with. From there, you can decide if you want to try more advanced projects.
I chose to use 2.79 for this project because I'm not completely comfortable yet with the new interface in 2.8+. For example, I didn't know how to set up the separate render passes I needed, though after seeing Jacob Holiday's video, now I know what to do. I plan to use the newer versions of Blender for videos soon!
How you adjust the "scale" of the world when you camera track in ae and bring it to blender? I try to normalize the 3d scene in after effects using hashi's and Andrew kramer's techniques of parenting the camera and null to de origin solid e adjust the scale and rotation, but it seems that doesn't make any difference in blender so every time I'm importing the camera data in blender the camera seems too far distance and the models and scene became too small in the frame. How you fix that without messing with the original scale of your models? Btw, great tutorial! Thanks in advance!
Hi, Gutemberg! I would recommend doing is controlling all of that scaling on the Blender side of things, instead of trying to set scale inside After Effects (if I'm understanding you correctly). I'm actually not very familiar with AE2Blend, since I've only used it a handful of times over the past year, but I think there are a couple different things you could do. If you go to the product page for AE2blend and check out the second image showing the tools in the sidebar, you can see that you're able to adjust the scale of the imported data at the very top. It looks like it also has an option for specifying the distance between two markers (no idea how that works to be honest, lol). But another thing that you can do, which I'm pretty sure I have done in the past, is scale up the empty which the new camera is parented to when you paste your tracking data into Blender. And if you need to be very precise when doing this, you can also create nulls in AE for tracking markers that you want to match to your Blender scene. You're able to copy the location of those nulls and paste them into Blender as empties, which you could then use as measurement guide or even just general size/shape guide when you're scaling your tracked camera. I've done that as well, copying nulls in After Effects and pasting them as empties one at a time into Blender. I hope some of those ideas prove helpful, and if not, or if you have anymore questions, just let me know!
@@ClassyDogStudios Yeah, after commenting I realize that parenting the camera to an empty and adjusting the scale of the empty is the exact same technique as in after effects to adjust the world scale. So I tried and it works. Thank You for answering!
Hello! In Blender, the HDRI is always centered in the viewport regardless of where the camera is. If you want to make your vehicle look like it's touching the ground, you'll need to make sure the ground plane you're using is in the right place. If it's too high or too low, then it will affect the illusion, so I would recommend practicing a little with where you place the ground plane to get a feel for where it should be. Ideally, your ground plane/mesh would have the same geometry as the ground in the HDRI map. Let me know if you still have questions!
I ABSOLUTELY love how you reference different tutorials and programs for each step. It makes it all the more enjoyable to watch
who is the car rig tutorial guy?
You are a boss when it comes to creating VFX and explaining them! I've seen the first 20 seconds of your vídeo and inmediatly subscribed! Good job!
BLENDER CAR VFX
Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoy the videos! I hope to make many more this year!
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This is my dream scene where the car will be a Rolls Royce.
I will learn blender, model it and make this scene. Thanks man for this exactly matches my vision.🤘💗
:)
I'm glad the video will be helpful to you! I'd love to see anything you make!
@@ClassyDogStudios sure already subscribed you , it will take me time but one day I'll do it. Keep uploading such tutorials. 💗🤘
"Go on....show ur ex girlfriend she made the wrong decision..." - Can I make a CGI ex girlfriend 1st??? 🙄🙄🙄
Of course, that's how I made mine!
@@ClassyDogStudios Legends has it, so did CGmatter
@@ClassyDogStudios It’s a good idea to mix 2 renders with two hdr i)))
Dude, after YEARS and countless hours searching TH-cam, watching TH-cam vids etc... Finally someone who does a crystal clear and simple explanation of a VFX Blender tut. You got a sub from me. Thanks for making this. I'm looking forward to seeing more. One of the best and concise explanations I've seen on TH-cam. Like others have said, after the first 30 sec I, paused, subbed and commented. Thanks.... now, back to the video.
This 7 minute video gave me more info than 3 hours of most blender tutorials.
3:32 wtf did you just bring upon this cursed land
Perfect bro, only a question, why Blender 2.79?
Oh, the main reason is because I didn't know how to set up my render passes in the newer versions of Blender, since I was used to having groups and layers instead of just collections! And there were so many shots to create for that video, I decided to stick with the version I was comfortable with. Though I want to start using the new versions of Blender for videos soon, especially with all the new features being added.
Classy Dog Studios check out the 2 latest tutorials from the channel ‘Jacob J Holiday’ for great tutorials on render passes. Great work!
Thank you, I just saw he uploaded those! I'll have to check them out :)
@@ClassyDogStudios yes i also Thinking about render passes in blender 2.80.....😅😅
@@DanceManAlex just this day i found that channel :D really great😁😅👍
2 and a half years later still a banger
“I’m not paid to say that but I wish I was cause I’m fucking broke” instant like on the video for that haha
Haha, thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
The best video I ever watched, not only because it explains something but because of the way how fun it is
dang, that hairball caught me by surprise
Me too!
you got a new sub love this video
Thanks, Patrick! I appreciate that!
me too
i've spent years on yt looking for vfx vids... this is the best one I have ever seen
Great video and CGI result!
I did not know about that map resolution settings. Now its my default too!
Thank you, I'm glad that tip was useful to you!
You make it sound so easy, but we know it's not lot .. that's some neat work you did there
The best explanation I ever heard about the complete VFX cycle. Short and sweet! Keep up the good work.
youre tracking is insanely accurate
*demon summoning* 😂
I've been trying to figure out blender for awhile (only know simple element 3d stuff). This is by far one of the most helpful and easy to understand tutorials I have found. Thank You!
I'm very glad you found the video helpful! I tried to make it as simple as possible. Do you tend to use After Effects in your work, then? Since you mentioned Element 3D.
@@ClassyDogStudios Yes! I live in After Effects lol Im trying to learn more 3D work since I get asked all the time and for environments. I have a very ambitious scene of an explosion making people/zombies fly backwards in the air. I assume I could use ragdolls but I dont know much after that. Any tips would be appreciated!
That sounds cool! I would recommend looking at animations on Mixamo, their software is free to use and it can also automatically rig your models. I've been trying it out with Blender for my next short film, and it seems pretty easy to use after watching a few videos. It may be what I make my next "BTS" video on this channel about.
@@ClassyDogStudios I saw a few examples using mixamo, I'll look into that! Thanks, excited to see your short film!
Jan van den Hemel has been making some tips lately that might be useful to you. They were posted May 12-16th. Here's a link to his page: twitter.com/JanvandenHemel
thank you for taking the time to put this video together, I have a bunch of fellow filmmakers who're curious about implementing vfx into their ideas and this video covers alot in a short amount of time! also fantastic references to some familiar content creators ;]
That's really cool! Traditional filmmaking skills are something I want to improve at a lot this year, so hopefully my videos will get better. And I'm glad this one will be useful to you and your friends!
@@ClassyDogStudios for sure. and sometimes it is the reverse where practicality can produce better results than vfx, but good filmmakers know when to use which when executing an idea. check out Danny Donahue and Ponysmasher!
I'm actually subscribed to Danny Donahue on my other channel, haha! I've seen a few of his horror videos and some BTS. But I don't think I've heard of Ponysmasher, I'll look him up!
@@ClassyDogStudios Look up 'Lights Out' short film. David Sandberg went on to direct Shazam ;]
Oh wow, I didn't know that! I remember seeing that short now, I didn't realize that was his name. Good for him!
For a moment after seeing the thumbnail, I thought the small GTA V car was real.
Solid vid and the VFX is mindblowingly convincing ! Great work my man !!
„There you go, that’s all it takes ...“ 😩 good Job
Love it - nice work! The point at the end about it changed shadow needs via different hdris is quite clever and a good trick.
Thank you, Patrick! It might be a bit of a lazy solution, but I figured the time spent trying to come up with something better would exceed just changing out the HDRI and rendering again!
@@ClassyDogStudios Sometimes, a lazy solution = just not overthinking it and avoiding unnecessary time and effort. Much easier to place and play with a mask to make it feel right, rather than try to sort out messy shadow and light setting and have to do many re-renders to get it to feel right. So totally in line with your last statement!
Yes, you're right! And it was fun to come up with a solution I hadn't learned from someone else.
@@ClassyDogStudios That's a great trick! And if it works, it's not lazy. It's efficient. :)
Haha, you're right! Thank you, Vidar!
Where did you get the panto model? Is that a GTA 5 asset?
Awesome work!!
Thank you, Stephen! I hope to do more videos soon.
Classy Dog Studios. I hope so.
I am working on a mini rouge one movie clip. Big scene, trying to render the complete scene plus characters is causing issues.
I ran across your video looking for a way to slip up elements in my scene to help render and free up resources of my system.
Thank you for your post. Very straightforward. Love it.
That's awesome, it sounds like quite a big project! I hope to see it when it's ready.
Great job bro
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
That looks amazing! Thank you for sharing with us!
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
Wow this is epic. Keep it up, you are inspiring lots of potential vfx artists
It looks 95% realistic.
The fastest I have subscribed on any channel.. Great explanation! Thank you..
Great job. Thanks for showing your very helpful workflow and happy blending with Blender 3d
Thank you, I'm glad you found it useful!
I wish I could do stuff like this. Looks like such a fun hobby.
Funny and skilled. Nice!
Thank you!
Classy Dog Studios don't thank me too early. Just started with blender. I'm gonna bother with questions a lot 😝😝
Great video! Tracking is one subject I haven’t touched much. I like how you linked in other videos. Also I didn’t know you can use AE for tracking, very cool
Yes, it can be quite daunting when you haven't had much experience with it! But if you can practice and find tricks that make it less frustrating/tedious, it really opens up your options for the types of shots you can pull off. I'm glad you found the video useful!
I loved the tone and content of this video. You earned a subscriber, good sir
Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
That looks pretty good !
PS you did quite some heavy modeling on the interior of that garage. Isnt that a bit to much or was it used for different shots or so?
Thank you! And I actually got the garage from Blendswap, you can find a link to it in the description of the other video! It was by the user Papa Dragon, I believe.
@@ClassyDogStudios Ahh okay, that will help making a nice interior indeed
Subscribed. Excellent tutorial.
Lol that is a panto ripped from gta5 converted to a mini monster truck cool!
Amazing video!
Thank you, Louis! :)
sehr sehr gut! (also the thing with the "ex girlfriend" :-) )
Awesome dude, thanks
You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it!
Underrated channel, please do more cgi videos like this
Thanks! I'm working on the next video now, hopefully it will be entertaining.
Awesome!!!
You sir are a legend
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy the videos!
I still haven’t had any luck with AE2blend, how did you get such a good result??
Do you reckon you could do a tutorial on it at some point?
I may make a video on it if enough people are interested! By the way, have you seen this video from Grant Wilk? This is what I looked up to be sure I was using it correctly: th-cam.com/video/el_n1UfPL_M/w-d-xo.html
@@ClassyDogStudios Thanks! I'll be sure to check out the tutorial
I'd definitely be interested
This is pretty high tier!
Thank you, I'm glad you think so! You are doing good with your own videos too; if you enjoy it and keep making them, I know you'll make better stuff than I do one day!
4:47 Turkish mechanic guy 😂
Awesome, you deserve more subs!
Thank you! I plan to put out a lot more cool videos this year, hopefully you'll enjoy them!
Aye! Subbed and look forward to see more.
Your video is absolutely amazing. THANKS A LOT !
Thank you! I hope it was helpful!
Brilliant!
dude, you are bound to be a great youtube star content creator
Thank you, that means a lot! I hope to make a lot more videos this year.
or just use an hdri from location. you can gen a 360 cam for under 100 bucks. im using the samsung gear. its super helpful
That's really cool, I hope to try that sometime this year!
GReat idea, i thought uf simply using your phone and 360 mode. But this is a reasonable price indeed. What Samsung product is that?
Want to know something... Is there an option to lock the grab direction other than xyz? For example, in rhino , there an option to lock the direction that the cursor is moving.. Just move in a direction .. press tab key.. then the movement is locked to that specific direction and we can type the measurement or snap it to anywhere... Something like that in blender?
Oh, that sounds handy. You know, I've never come across that ability in Blender. Perhaps someone with experience using Blender as more of a CAD program would know more than me, as I think there are some plug-ins for it out there that focus more on that type of work.
nice vid. loved jokes and the hdr transition trick.
Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I try to make the videos enjoyable to watch as well as helpful. I hate long and boring tutorials with a passion!
thx man!! and specially this is blender 2.79 soo great!! i use 2.79 too!
4097 haha 😂 cracked me up !!
Haha, I'm glad someone like that!
Cool !))very good
Good tutorial my guy
So cool 😂
hahah you could always use a remote toy with a green/blue bucket over it to get a sense of motion. Thought that would need to plate work, that's what its called right?
Okay we dont see that often these days, the bl 2.79 UI hahaha I was doing some 3ds importing today, it feels so weird now being in blender 2.79
Looks awesome! Have a good day :)
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! You have a good day as well!
Nobody gonna talk about the fact that he is using blender 2.7?
CGI Looks better than sharknado 1,2,3,4,5 and more.
Haha, thank you!
Oh its that easy! I'm so humbled!
Thos had some good tips, and suggested a few videos I want to check out!
Thank you, I'm glad you found it helpful!
That car os from GTA 5
pls where did you get raiders car rig,and also his tutorial on how to use it
Just found your channel instant sub
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it! :)
It looks awesome, but, one minor thing... Am I the only one who feels the wheels are spinning too fast, especiually taking into account they're quite big? I think that small detail gives it away and makes the car look like it's floating. Awesome job, though.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! I think the wheels are moving at the right speed, but it may be a bit of an illusion due to the tread and how much it moves between each frame.
Wow
Perfect
You mist have 10million
hey how did you blend the CG shadow into the real shadow? I need answers!
For CG objects that will be partially obscured by the original footage, will you have to mask it out frame by frame in compositing or is it possible to set up certain "objects" in blender that will not render the main CG object when it passes through that "object"?
PNG Truck moving with Shadows on Footage !!
Why not use Element 3D? I’m curious to hear your thoughts... Great work! 🙌🏻
You know, I've never used Element 3D, but it looks pretty cool. I'm sure for certain things, it's a good and quick option to try out!
I was gonna stop watching this because you are using 2.79...and I 2.90, but your wealth of additional links to other tuts are extremely useful and I kept looking at your upload date showing May 1, 2020 (that's this year!). This was like an "executive summary" how to do it...
I wonder why you used Ae's tracker compared to Blender's? I have experience with Ae's tracker and from the little I've seen of the Blender tracker system, it seems "easier" and more sophisticated...then again, I've been taking my stuff into UE4 and doing my rendering that way...
Do you have any issues with Blender not having the ability that I can see to denoise the shadow pass (even though it produces the shadow pass and denoise shadow data, I have no idea how to use it to denoise the pass)? It's amazingly convoluted how you have to use cycles to get the shadow catcher to work in the first place, and then make different layers and collections to turn visibility on and off to effect what you want...though I forever thank Jacob for showing me that too. Sock mic or not!
How would you compare UE4 rendering the scene and Blender rendering the scene, if you've worked in EU4? If it's good enough for "I got beat by a girl" _The Mandalorian_ on Disney+, it's good enough for me.
Hi, Jeff! I'm glad the video was useful to you! For the tracking, I decided to use the AE tracker whenever I could, just because it generally takes much less effort compared to the Blender tracker. Of course, there are times when the AE tracker just doesn't produce a good solve, or I'll need to track an object as opposed to the camera, so in those cases I'll end up using the Blender tracker. But it's purely just seeking the "path of least resistance" you could say, especially when working with a sequence made up of many shots that need tracking.
I've actually got very little experience with the denoiser options in - I have heard that the new options in (I think) Blender 2.8 are good, and I hope to try them out soon. You're right, it would be nice to run a denoiser on shadows passes to save a bit of time. I've noticed those tend to take a little longer to render to a clean result.
And I haven't used Unreal Engine at all yet, I'm a little daunted to try it out because I'm worried it will be so different from what I'm used to and difficult to learn. I've never used a game engine before. But I'd like to try it out sometime this year, since I always see so many cool things being made with it. I'd be interested in seeing a comparison between Unreal and Cycles as well!
@@ClassyDogStudios, counterintuitively, UE4 is easier to learn than Blender. It's less obtuse, like when it has it's default to not shade smooth, and not turn on the normal smoothing, for. each. obj. you. create. I come from Cinema 4D and ffs, that does not help at all.
Shader/Material creation can get complex, or you can use it like everyone uses their phones: beginner level, and you'll still get good results. I think, e.g., equal to your comp. I think on Cinema settings, it would look even better in UE4 (!) As best as I understand it now, you would need to have created an HDRI of your comp scene.
The Shader nodes for the most part are very similar to Blender's btw...and Blender is trying to become HoudiniFX...so it looks like everyone is converging to "best practice."
As long as you export an FBX from Blender with the geo option to smooth on Face, UE4 won't groan, and then because I use Sub. Painter, it's pretty much the same from there...except: realtime, tons of effects you can't get from DCC packages in preview mode because you're system grinds to a halt (I only have a 1080ti, but my bro says it's a beast, then buys a 2080ti cause he has to make me jealous), and when you choose to render out a exr sequence (or PNG if you like the gamma error), it is no less beautiful than a REALLY long render in Blender, or my old C4D with Redshift that took 18hrs for every 3 seconds of "movie." The only difference, is I can render out Cinema quality stuff of a sequence for not much longer than one pic of the sequence if I was working in a DCC. I still don't understand it, and I'm thinking the DCCs are messing with us...
UE4 is FREE, and it's NO WHERE like Unity, which is so constructed that after a couple months of trying to figure out how to use the camera system, I gave up for my machinima. In 2 weeks, I rendered my first shots in UE4. It's just constructed in a logical way (even though, yes there are small tick boxes, and such that if you don't see an experienced person use the software, (in a tutorial somewhere), you'd never consider, but that tends to be differences in polish than in function, i.e., in HoudiniFX, if you forgot one tick box, your whole sim may just not work.
Do a couple of the free tutorials with the free starter assets, and LOOK at the quality of the materials, and lighting. EVERYTHING is lighting, and then materials, and UE4 _kills_ both.
I'm still going back and forth between doing the same thing in Blender and UE4, just to verify it's not me, it's them... ;)
@@ClassyDogStudios I was wrong, they have a native "composure" plugin that can comp like Ae or Nuke (!) You just have to enable it and restart! So you can do a reg backplate.
Thanks for the helpful information, Jeff! I think I may try out Unreal soon in that case. I always see cool things being done with it, and it would be really nice to have another option when it comes to rendering things. And like you said, it can make some really fantastic looking renders despite taking hardly any time at all. Perhaps I'll pick a small project to recreate in Unreal, that would also give me a fun comparison of the differences between render engines.
Your great
I would love to do this stuff. but I just dont have a computer or the money to get one that can run these programs. :(
I understand, that is difficult. If you live near a library or know someone who will let you use their computer for a while, I believe you can still run Blender off a portable flash drive. Perhaps you can get a couple hours of practice each week that way.
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Awesome content!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy it!
Could you do a full tutorial explanation step by step? Thanks!!
What should be system requirements for making these kind of animation.
Nothing , stop making fake jokes about potato pcs , even a potato PC can make the avengers endgame movie lol .
How can i start learning this whether ae or blender and where should i learn
Hello! I was say, browse some projects other people have done and see if you can find anything that looks pretty simple, but also interests you. Even if it's just a super simple project, it will help you to start learning some of the basics of the program and you'll be able to decide what you're comfortable with. From there, you can decide if you want to try more advanced projects.
@@ClassyDogStudios i'll try out before the quarrantine ends
sir, please make full tutorial
How to convert 3D MAX files to other popular 3D graphics files ? I have Blender v2.79b
I wish I knew!
Can I make this cgi in maya??
it's killing me that I can't see what makes it still pop out from the video.. maybe needs more contrast for wheels?
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Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoy the videos!
why are you using old version of blender?
I chose to use 2.79 for this project because I'm not completely comfortable yet with the new interface in 2.8+. For example, I didn't know how to set up the separate render passes I needed, though after seeing Jacob Holiday's video, now I know what to do. I plan to use the newer versions of Blender for videos soon!
When he is saying hdri it written as hdr eyes
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its like videoshop
I love your style, kjeep it up man, I'm fucking broke too.
Please make more tutorial
How you adjust the "scale" of the world when you camera track in ae and bring it to blender? I try to normalize the 3d scene in after effects using hashi's and Andrew kramer's techniques of parenting the camera and null to de origin solid e adjust the scale and rotation, but it seems that doesn't make any difference in blender so every time I'm importing the camera data in blender the camera seems too far distance and the models and scene became too small in the frame. How you fix that without messing with the original scale of your models? Btw, great tutorial! Thanks in advance!
Hi, Gutemberg! I would recommend doing is controlling all of that scaling on the Blender side of things, instead of trying to set scale inside After Effects (if I'm understanding you correctly). I'm actually not very familiar with AE2Blend, since I've only used it a handful of times over the past year, but I think there are a couple different things you could do.
If you go to the product page for AE2blend and check out the second image showing the tools in the sidebar, you can see that you're able to adjust the scale of the imported data at the very top. It looks like it also has an option for specifying the distance between two markers (no idea how that works to be honest, lol). But another thing that you can do, which I'm pretty sure I have done in the past, is scale up the empty which the new camera is parented to when you paste your tracking data into Blender. And if you need to be very precise when doing this, you can also create nulls in AE for tracking markers that you want to match to your Blender scene. You're able to copy the location of those nulls and paste them into Blender as empties, which you could then use as measurement guide or even just general size/shape guide when you're scaling your tracked camera. I've done that as well, copying nulls in After Effects and pasting them as empties one at a time into Blender.
I hope some of those ideas prove helpful, and if not, or if you have anymore questions, just let me know!
@@ClassyDogStudios Yeah, after commenting I realize that parenting the camera to an empty and adjusting the scale of the empty is the exact same technique as in after effects to adjust the world scale. So I tried and it works. Thank You for answering!
Terrific! I'm glad you were able to get it working! :)
Muito bom o seu video. Parabéns.
Você se importa em disponibilizar o seu video do Passo #1 para que eu possa treinar ?
We need more videos..
I hope to have another video out soon! I've started on the next short film already, so I will upload a new BTS for it when it's ready!
Thank you sir..
how did u snap hdri image ground to worlds grid ?
Hello! In Blender, the HDRI is always centered in the viewport regardless of where the camera is. If you want to make your vehicle look like it's touching the ground, you'll need to make sure the ground plane you're using is in the right place. If it's too high or too low, then it will affect the illusion, so I would recommend practicing a little with where you place the ground plane to get a feel for where it should be. Ideally, your ground plane/mesh would have the same geometry as the ground in the HDRI map. Let me know if you still have questions!
@@ClassyDogStudios oh thanks 😄👍now i understand
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