OMEn Chronicles: The Effects
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- So the point of this video was to just demonstrate the various steps of some the effects in OMEn. Obviously I didn't get to show all of them (I showed something like 15 out of 106 here), but I wanted to make something that anyone could watch and understand. It's specifically not detailed. I purposely didn't put any text or labels because I didn't want to distract viewers.
My process was to show the final shot, followed by the raw untouched shot (filmed with a RED Epic in 5K), and then the stabilized shot (if necessary), followed by the projection map (painting out a person in 3D space), and then various effects layers and smoke simulation renders and tests. Then I end the shot with the final effects, with a wipe to the final color graded shot.
All of the compositing was done in Adobe After Effects, with editing done in Premiere Pro. The smoke was simulated with a plugin for 3DsMax called FumeFX (love this plugin). The sparks were done using an After Effects plugin called Particular. I tracked the various shots using either After Effect's built in camera tracker, or Boujou. You can also use the freely available Autodesk MatchMover, which is pretty sweet.
Projection maps! So the shots where you see a person get painted out, is called projection mapping. Basically I am projecting a "clean plate" onto various surfaces/geometry in 3D space. It's a more advanced version of tracking a 2D clean plate. Because the camera is in motion, there's parallax in the image, so 2D tracking a clean plate simply doesn't work. Different parts of the image move at different speeds. Projection mapping allows you to basically rebuild the space as it actually exists (more or less) in real life, so you get realistic motion of the clean plate.
Stabilizing! This was all done using After Effects' built in Warp Stabilizer function. Everything was shot at 5K resolution, so I had lots of room to be able to crop in without losing detail. Keep your shutter speed/angle high enough so that you don't get motion blur in the shots, and stabilizing will make the shots super steady. Just be careful not to get warping (very easy to do). If that happens, stabilize the shot less. Even just 1-2% can make a lot of difference.
Smoke! So everything was simulated using FumeFX, which is a plugin for 3DsMax, a 3D modeling and rendering a program. I would basically import the tracking and camera data from the shots into the program and then model some geometry so that it represents the scene. I would then iterate a LOT with the smoke simulations until I got motion that I liked. Then I'd simulate at a low spacing (basically high quality) with the function "Wavelet turbulence" turned on, which basically lets me run a higher resolution simulation on top of the current sim (to get technical it just subdivides the voxels).
Incredible breakdown, Wren! Nice job!
Look very nice love it's!!!
Thanks Joe! I wish I had more time to hang with you at Vidcon!
with any software you edit this movie ? please answer!!!!
תומר בכר after effects
3d animation in aftereffects?
and here the jealousy intensifies
Noooo... don't be dead k?
^_~
Dude. So awesome, man.
Thanks Andrew! I enjoyed the newest Toy Wars video haha :P
Pleaaaase can you make a smoke effect tutorial ???????
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my mind is blown everytime, i studied film production, and ive seen the whole thing happen in person before but it is always mind blowing
OMEn Chronicles was an awesome achievement. Spectacular job Wren and thumbs up for casting Will and R.J. my favorite You Tubers.
Most people still don't fully understand the complexity or the amount of time and work that goes into making a video like yours. Your VFX breakdown helps to shed light on the subject and put some it into perspective. Nice job.
Stunning effects work. I can only begin to guess how many hours went into this. Making all those clean plates must have been a real pain. Props to you sir. Very impressive.
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this makes you realise just how much work went into creating that film, and appreciate it even more. Well done Wren
omg
That music just makes me SO excited for this video and possible future installments, everytime I hear it!
You really did an outstanding job Wren!
EVERYONE did!
^_^
It is really cool to get to see all the work that you people do to make these. Keep Up The Amazing Work!
A magician revealing his tricks! Good job!
Bro, that Avada Kedavra effect is honestly stellar
You have such patience, Wren. Awesome final outcome.
I'm lost for words... utterly mesmerising stuff...
Awesome to see the amount of work you put into the effects, and also how you did all of them! Great breakdown too, very effective to show off what you've down :D
Meant to say 'done', not 'down' :)
This was more fun to watch than the final product
OMG this was amazing!!!! No wonder it took a while. You are amazing, seriously!!
Incredible work, especially seeing what you had to work with from the start.
Those BG plates are seamless!
That was just as awesome as the actual OMEn Chronicles. Amazing job with the project!
ive seen a big deal of Harry potter like episodes. ive seen the finished version of this episode many times now. i can say that this episode is the best i have seen so far.
Very nice job, looking forward on the sequel.
Hey good work!
Hey thanks!... me...
*self-high-five*
Sarah Jepson I am very much so NOT opposed to doing a second film, or expanding it into a series. Just want to clarify that haha. The issue is budget. If I do it again I would need at the very least a couple dozen thousand dollars. I've definitely considered the crowd funding route, and think it's doable. There's just a LOT of effort and risk that goes into just the campaign, before ever getting the money, which makes me hesitate.
Ahh I see. Well that goes without saying re getting paid. I just thought you didn't want to cos of other projects/directions. But yeah it took so long...I remember your Tweets, lol...so pennies upfront. Crowd funding has worked for so many inet projects, as I suspect you know. Might be worth getting everybody together and...That would be cool though. I know it's there on paper and the thought of it never being made makes me sad as I know RJ want it so bad. We all do. It can't just end like that cos of all of yous hard work
wrenthereaper What software did you edit this with?
Andy S. Adobe after effects
Dude. Literally blew my mind. Wow. That's just... Amazing! Could never do that myself!
SO FRIGGIN AMAZING!!!! Wren you are the smartest man alive!
Ok, so where do I begin...first, awesome job, this is some top notch stuff. Your attention to detail is going to take you places if you want it. Your understanding of pretty advanced techniques is awesome. This VFX breakdown was very informative and inspirational. I'm a Computer Animation student and was planning on specializing in Animation, but you make VFX very tempting. This is better than most of the graduation VFX videos I've seen at my school. Really great! Thanks for putting up such an awesome video Wren.
I'd love to this continued, I think it's amazing at how realistic the effects can look, I think it gives the viewer a thrill to see something like this
SUPER COOL WREN! I know nothing about FX except that yours are KILLER man! Can't wait for your next release!
I really wanna be like you one day... You are truly inspiring. Amazing job and I hope to see a sequel soon.
Awesome work!
Hope I'll be like you guys one day.
I'm still watching and learning tutorials from lots of CZcamsrs.
And you guys the BEST!!!
Breathtaking! Thanks for sharing. I feel that I gained a lot of insight from this.
I must say you have done applaudable work and revealed highly useful information . thanks buddy !
My men Wren showing us where it is at ! Fantastic job you did on that short film, Real proud
Incredible work man! the technique you use for the projection map is GREAT! all very accurate, thank you for sharing part of your knowledge with us
Film state brought me here and now I'm subscribed great work
Nice to see u 1st time. I am feeling glad & lucky to meet u. Thanks
woah! Truly amazing work! Keep up the great work! I really hope we can work together one day.
Thank you for doing this Wren! This is so good!
Amazing how much work goes into something like this!
Dude, wicked awesome work! -- Fantastically Great Job!!! -- Love the OMEn Chronicles and respect you for the work you do! Keep it up, man!!
Great work. Please do another!
This is amazing to watch.
300 likes out of 333 views! EPIC. This was a really cool breakdown. Thanks for sharing Wren!
Seriously impressive VFX man, i'm stunned!
Wren, these visual effects are truly incredible. They look like a team of people was responsible for them. If I'm not mistaken, it was just you (besides some rotoscoping.) Awesome job!
I did the majority of the work, but I definitely had some help. A guy named Kevin (from the Brandonjla/Freddiew channel) made the awesome explosion about a third through the film. I wanted to break down that shot but I somehow lost a couple assets for it!!
And Kial Natale did the sink hole shot and the boulder smash shot. He did a very good job there.
And yeah, plennnnnty of rotoscoping help haha.
(I also didn't do the custom score and the sound design)
I thought I remembered you mentioning having other help, but I couldn't remember. Nevertheless, this is very impressive work for this small of a team.
Looks great Wren, I still have no idea how you did half that stuff. Awesome video!
Thanks Andrew!
Niiice Job man! Loved all the layering each effect on top of each other to show how its done!
I love this . I'm so far behind you guys.
Wow,I didn't know that much work goes into making special effects.
Really good job Wren
Dude! Mad respect for all the work that goes into the editing!
I really enjoyed the HP video. I hope you make more!
My god, Wren! You are incredible!
Damn good brother! Love the projection mapping inside AE trick.
seriously wish i knew how to do all that. amazing work man
Nice breakdown Wren!
And very nice FX
Your work is amazing!
Wow Wren this is amazing!
Ok, I'm studying 3D and VFX, what you've done here is pretty awesome guys, I'm not sure I could done this yet ! :)
BLR works I guess you used fume fx, maybe krakatoa ? Anything else ?
I'd love to see y'all do a movie with your story.
WAO. This is absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, there's some awesome roto in there ;)
Nick here helped me with the vast majority of all the rotoscoping involved in this video! Couldn't have made this without him. All the white "cut out" shots of people are his doing.
I LOVE THIS!
You Are Awesome Man!
Just The Best Movie.
Thats some high quality graphics there!
this is insane! How amazing!
Loved it, you guys should do something with bullet time and the matrix
VERY impressed, great job man
I love the hp movies and this was awesome thx
Amazing! Simply amazing!
First thing first, I want thqt smoke to go to college thank you ! And I want some of these effects for my cover music video and my background in my concerts !! amazing guys keep doing videos like the HP one :)
flawless... great job!!
Editor, you da real MVP. Now to learn 3dsmax again :/
This is great! Very resourceful.
Great job dude. I've been waiting for your Fume fx tuts!
They've been in Limbo since last December haha. I've had to refilm the footage for the effect 3 times now. But NOW I have solid footage to make for a great tutorial series. I'm working on that for the next week so ideally they'll be out rather soon!
***** i gotta get the tutorials.
Sounds awesome! I'm sure it'll be a great resource for CG artists.
***** i've been learning a lot with you dude
im so glad to found a job with such quality as yours.
i made some videos based in your tutorials just for fun and know i want do to it for my whole life thanks to you man.
i'll be waiting for more tutorials.. cant wait to see. thanks again and keep doing this remarkable job! Congratulations!
@@SirWrender The tutorials are ready now for Fume FX? i have been waiting for them for a really long time, Trust me A REALLY long time haha. Love your Videos!
Epic
Hey thanks Iggy!
amazing amazing. this is really classic
Amazing!
Amazing work 👏🏽 🙌🏽
Soooo good! Top stuff.
haha thanks Conor!
Amazing. Very inspirational
Excellent job Wren!!! When are we going to see more of the story? Soon I hope.. lots of us want a series.. How can we help? RJ did a great job with the script too..WE WANT MORE... Please..
This is amazing. Absolutely insane! XD
Great stuff!
So, let me get this straight. About the projection maps. You have a selection of the video before the person enters, and project that onto an assortemnt of 2D planes in a 3D world. You do this so that all of the pieces will move as if they are in real life ( e.g. the bush is in front of the background and so will move more quickly), and you make the movements of the 3D camera mirror perfectly the movements of the camera irl. Then, you take the rendered animation and overlay it over the scene, thus giving the illusion that noone is standing there. You then fade out the layer of the projection maps so that the person in the original footage fades into existence, and then is overlyaed by smoke and particles and what not. It would be AWESOME if you made a tutorial on the projection mapping, and if you could tell us what program you used for that step, I would be much obliged.
I m waiting for he next part man. Are you even planning? This short film was so amazing the moment I watched it,. Wanted to see more.
thanks man, thats a lot of info. Youre a great dude !
So...much...work!
You have to show how to stopped the dead Character from blinking when he hit the ground because it a Fantastic effect
WOW GREAT MAN, YOU ARE A TRUE GENIUS
waw awesome vfx...!
gud job wren...!
Amazing...
So freakin' cool!
Wow .. just wow !!
you are fantastic! you are my mentor!
Awesome!!! Thanks a lot for sharing
Beautiful VFX Wren! Stunning work. You know, usually when I watch a short film on CZcams I'm only enjoying it. But with this one I kept repeating the vfx parts over and over again. I couldn't help it haha! Awesome short film!
By the way, will there be an in depth tutorial for one of the spells? I've made one video this far covering some HP spells and thought that did well but this one was really... BOOM!!!
This is absolutely amazing. I`m jalous...
I hope that on day I will be as skilled in VFX as you.
Just...awesome
I envy your smoke effect for your characters. I have a character who is a Guardian Jedi (even though he never refers to himself as a Jedi), yet also a Teleporter, and I've only been able to do very basic smoke effects to illustrate his presence when he's not in human form. His lightsaber also has a mystic smoke effect applied to it as well, and again it's basic... an illusion of 3D smoke when he is in combat (which I guess is good enough), but not true 3D where the smoke, or mist, emanates from the core of the saber itself. My projects consist of building on the teleport effects and the epic lightsaber, but I've yet to come close to understanding how to make smoke like in your video. So yeah, kudos.