The Visual Effects of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Part 2
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- čas přidán 20. 02. 2012
- We are proud to present this second video which breaks down a bit more of ILM's visual effects work for the third installment in the Transformers series, "Dark of the Moon."
- Krátké a kreslené filmy
No doubt that this series was one of the most impressive as far as the visual effects, amazing work.
Some we relatively quick ranging from 2 - five hours, others like the most complex building crushing shots took much longer ray tracing for upwards of 190-hours per frame.
Just please take a moment and appreciate this video
The Transformers themselves were predominantly done via Keyframe animation in Maya.
My brain can't even fathom the amount of work that went into such an incredible movie ! As a kid who has always been passionate about visual effects, I'm almost moved to tears when I see how far we've come in such a short amount of time. And I'm also blown away by the fact that actual people from ILM are reading and actually responding to comments on youtube ! You are my heroes !
the cg in all 3 transformers were lit and colored perfectly. everything looked seamless and photo-real. amazing job guys
It's fairly common to use a stand-in object to interact with other physical objects in a given shot. Obviously that object, in this case a semi-cab has to be painstakingly painted out of the plate to create a clean version of the background which we then use to composite our CG elements into.
Thanks!
After Effects, Nuke, and Flame were among the compositing packages used and for 3D modeling and animation we primarily used ILM's Zeno and Autodesk Maya.
It would probably take a year for my computer to render one frame of that film. I'm including all render passes and post processing.
thousand years
Rendering Sucks :(
overheating will turn your pc to ash before render is completed
They said that that each frame in the driller bot sequence needed 72 hrs so it took a whole render farm
It's all packaged up in our Zeno software, and yes, the sky dome is a massive seamless EXR.
wtf even the city is cgi?
As you can imagine, each film we take on has it's own set of unique challenges. It would be very difficult to choose just one and say that it, above all others, was the most challenging.
It depends on how many films we are working on at a given time. Typically, it ranges from 5 on the low end to 8 to 10 on the higher end. The artists roll from one show to the next as their disciplines are needed.
Primarily Renderman on this film with some Mental Ray.
Can you please show us a lone Transformer, well, transforming in a non-combat situation from multiple angles in slow motion? (For example, the first time we see Optimus Prime transform in movie 1 in the alleyway.)
One of the problems with Bayformers is their robot forms and transformations are soooo complex and time-consuming (and the cameras often have way too much shaking and foreground debris, such is Bay's style of shooting) that it's hard to appreciate the amazing artistry and engineering that goes into a single transformation!
Complex stuff is cool
***** lol, and here, the guy wanted to see the spectacle of the single transformer transforming without a scene, not to bash on the way the CG was pieced together. :p
If it's a shot requiring the addition of a CG element then, yes, our layout department will track the shot and replicate the camera in our virtual environment.
@SummitTraxxas We're pretty good about having the artists keep track of continuity, particularly the compositors. It's a massive amount of work but it really shows in the final product.
ILM's proprietary simulation/rendering package: Plume.
To be completely honest, I can't get enough of watching vfx breakdowns of TF3, given the insanely incredible work done on this film; & to all of you others out there watching, remember that it was done in STEREOSCOPIC 3D as well, just to appreciate it even more :)
The building is CG, a ray trace rendered creation.
Thanks!
No, however we often shoot specific live action elements to combine with our CG work.
We have our own proprietary tracking software that we've developed over the years.
Colossus and the Wacker Drive building have substantially more polygons than Devastator did.
Thanks.
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" soundtrack the track is called "Battle"
I watched the making of the audio portion on the movie and it was amazing to see how they made everything. Now that I have seen the visual parts of the development it blows my mind to see how everything fits together. Most of the effects I never would guessed were digitally added. Amazing job
We use a number of tools in our work, After Effects being one of them, but our artists draw on a variety of packages both commercial and proprietary to achive the final effects for the films we contribute to.
if it took 288 hours per frame to render the Driller, this means that roughly for a minute long sequence if took 288*24*60/(24*365)=40 years to render just this scene!? I don't understand really what these render hours mean (does it means that the given render time is only for single core, does it means that you are rendering frames on multiple machines at a time...) Please explain! :)
This just amazes me so much. The painstaking detail and realistic-ness of the animations is absolutely incredible.
words cannot describe how much i'm impressed with the guys who did such an amazing job..best visuals i've ever seen in a movie
This is amazing
At this level i call this : " ART " this is simply INCREDIBLE !
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the feedback.
@Seneta0fficial "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" soundtrack the track is called "Battle"
Man it's GREAT that you guys respond to fans, it's much appreciated, thank you!
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O.M.G! I'll never forget this breakdown! - Congrats all! TEAM!
These are probably the most inspiring videos on youtube. Thank you for taking the time to provide them for us. ILM is the best of the best.
Wow, love watching the workflows and seeing how the pieces of the puzzle produce such a polished result, amazing
Typically the film's director and producer(s) meet with the VFX Supervisors and producers from the various effects houses and together decide what work is best suited for each house.
We hire a wide variety of folks from a range of backgrounds, schooling, etc. but one thing is consistent - they all have talent.
Talent, skill and ambition - a little luck never hurts either but the first three are must haves.
Yep, we've been doing that for years - Not necessarily with Nuke, but taking practically shot lens flares and digitally comping them into shots.
Awesome work....ILM making of shots is an amazing approach everytime.......congrats for all the visual effects team who had worked on this show.
It doesn't totally eliminate the need for shooting practical elements it just gives us another method to solve the problem. The more options the better.
Yes, Maya for the animation work.
Yes, production painted the truck blue to facilitate keying it out in post which gets you some of the way there. After that though the challenge rests on our roto / paint artists to replace the missing background.
I have so much appreciation for the work you guys do!! Amazing !!!
Wow. Just wow. This is by far the most amazing video I have ever seen on CZcams.
You guys are just freaking beasts!
Amazing work! Even though you didn't win an oscar for this you guys must be damn proud!
I love your videos about the transformers visual effects!! I could watch this FOREVER!
Thanks so much for posting these breakdowns! What you guys at ILM do is amazing! Once I finish my VFX courses, one day, I too will be working with you on shots like this. Mark my words!
Mind blown. It's really an awesome movie (well the whole TF series) and all the monies paid for this movie is so worth it. Awesome.
We use a great many package for our work, Maya is our primary animation package though. Get experience any way you can - summer internship, part time work, whatever you can get even if it's not in the exact area/discipline you think you'd like to ultimately pursue. You'll learn a lot just being at a company that does the type of work you're interested in. Best of luck.
Totally awesome!! With ILM, there is nothing that can't be done for special effects in movies! I am grateful to ILM for sharing these incredible videos!
Nuke or Flame/Inferno (or whatever the shot is being comped in.) Typically, our shots are delivered in a sort of neutral colorspace allowing for the more in-depth color correction to be applied in the DI.
@Suprem3Gamer We wish you all the best. And when you do, you know where to go for your visual effects ;)
You guys are absolutely amazing. Looking up to you got me to start learning compositing, and in the meantime I always look forward to your future projects.
We use a variety of compositing applications but the big three are Nuke, flame and After Effects. We also have a number of proprietary compositing apps for special circumstances.
class dismissed
eye popping work ILM !!! hours of work reqired for such a spectacular FX. I truely appreciate your work hope you are well paid for all this. I think the toughest part is the falling building part with so many details at every milimeter!! well done ILM.
This is amazing ! There is a massive work behind every single scene, there's attention for every detail. I'm from Italy and I love VFXs, but where I live we don't have schools or something, so everything I know is self-learnt, but compared to this I feel insignificant. My dream would be to work with amazing guys like you, but I realize that not everyone is capable of doing all that. Thanks for making every movie spectacular ! Greetings from Italy, you guys are amazing !
I have to say, im a huuge fan of your Visual Studio. And as a Graphic Design student, your work guys is a great inspiration for me! Keep it up with your awesome work!!
I can't remember the last time I was this excited to subscribe to a CZcams channel. I loved this movie by the way. Digital effects are flawless, I couldn't even tell what was in camera or composited.
just incredible, i still cant get my head around the detail in the effects
i watch this everyday since it was uploaded hoping one day maybe I will. you guys set the bar so high....
ILM maid my day ... again. Every time I see your work I know why I want to work in the CG industry! Thanks for sharing :)
It's not usually possible. That said, we often don't get the sound while working on the effects (one exception would be dialog for lip-sync) so when we see the finished film it really is like seeing it for the first time.
No, Weta did the lion share of the work on Avatar. ILM came in late in the game to help on a couple of sequences.
this looks stunning in 3D!
I'm an After Effects artist but have been teaching myself Cinema 4D and Nuke in hopes of some day working for ILM. You guys do sick work and it's the level I aim for. I was recently in Chicago for an Adobe Bootcamp and stayed in a hotel on the riverwalk that you guys blew up for Dark of the Moon. It was surreal standing there everyday knowing what had been shot there. Keep crushing it.
That's a masterpiece! ILM always rocks!!!
2:00 and beyond blew my freaking mind
this is amazing effect i ever see...
AWESOME
gooo TRANSFORMER!!!!
Wow, so fairly large teams. Thank you, and good luck on future projects :)
@iamtheman584 The ILM teams works very closely with the director, in this case Michael Bay, the stunt team and the physical effects team to carefully choreograph the action, the timing of the explosions and the camera coverage.
Your work is simply amazing !
this has given me so much inspiration! thankyou!
Thanks for the kind words. We'll be posting videos in the next couple of months regarding our work on The Avengers - Hulk, digital New York, Iron Man, aliens, etc.
Excellent, amazing, awesome! Congratulations to the ILM's visual effects team work
You guys are truly incredible. Great work
Every time I watch this , the shot with the truck on the highway blows my mind. If I could pick one shot from all these recent ILM vids for more of a breakdown , it would be that one.
Ok. Thanks for the information. ILM makes the most amazing and astounding visual effects.
That's actor Shia Labouf. He was shot against a blue screen for this shot and we also created a digital double which is seamlessly incorporated here.
Indeed we have, including Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Amazing Modeling, Animating, Texturing, Compositing, Lighting, Rigging, Effects i have ever seen!
I love this, it's mind blowing. I feel privileged to say I'm going to ILM studios in the summer for some work experience!! :)
This is truly inspiring, things like this and the people behind it drive me to want to be the best vfx artist I can , respect.
You guys at ILM got every little detail, Great Work!
Amazing, insanely complex, work! IThanks for sharing this!
please...can you tell me the programs you used?
lol, i bet they're using windows movie maker XP
I finally just realized why I like the TF movies so much. I don't really go for the story, but seriously admire how good the CGI in the movies are. It's more like looking at moving art pictures then reading a book.
We don't discuss budgets in this forum but a series of shots like the ones you describe could take 4-5 weeks once the assets are production ready.
lol even if they tell you what programs they use, you woul never in a hundred years be even be able to use it.They create their own software and use some of the popular ones such as maya, 3ds max, c4d adobe etc..
This is absuloutly brilliant
No, the realism is due in large part to the Technical Directors (TDs) and custom shaders we develop to render materials in a photorealistic fashion. At the end of the process the entire film goes though a digital intermediate processs, or D.I., where the overall color correction is applied to define the "look" of the film.
Many of our artists tend to be specialists with a solid knowledge of the related disciplines. For example an animator would also have working knowledge of character rigging and could/would do it if need be, but typically that would be left to our creature technical directors.
Methinks perhaps you gifted guys and gals at ILMVisualFX are simply the best. This is awesome craftwork. Thank you for bringing this to us in this format.
incredible visual effects
@ILMVisualFX wow, that's ridiculous!!! Major respect to a company working on that many things at once :)!!!
Yes, in San Francisco but we also have a studio in Singapore and an office in Vancouver BC.
Incredible work. very inspirational... especially the camera projection work.