CGI Secrets: Doctor Strange Portal

[@Digipiction]

Since it gets asked a lot: the software I used is called Houdini

[@PradyutChowdhury3DVFXartist]

Who already know how vfx works they know the software name and people asking for software they can’t even imagine How hard Houdini is for beginners..

[@inspirationalgoosebumps6006]

Damn, you just blindly wrote price for the project files.

[@syno3608]

Houdini ❤️

[@MotivaVibeHub]

@@PradyutChowdhury3DVFXartist mind blowing software

[@rizmemes]

is it possible in blender?

[@noaburr]

Love that you continue to compare with "rookie" version throughout the video, and without intentionally making the rookie version bad. A lot of content creators would have made the rookie version intentionally bad to make the final result look better, but instead you made the rookie version simple and straightforward, how a beginner would actually create the effect. It's a small detail but it made the video feel much more honest about how effective the "magic 3" rule is.

[@DanielG03]

Great balance of education and entertainment. I really enjoyed seeing how the entire process came together until it looked extremely life like.

[@Digipiction]

I appreciate that a lot, thank you - my goal was to make something that many people could enjoy instead of a dry and overly technical video. My focus is on the concepts and the overall process, not on the specific buttons I press inside an application.

[@maven9323]

@@Digipiction how long did it take you to be this skilled? im trying to do these sort of things but i gave up

[@thespider-man2596]

@@Digipiction iv been looking for someone who might be able to help me. I'm working on an ambitious spiderman fan film. And I'm looking for someone like you who could pull off some convincing cgi shots. Any chance you'd be intrested? Of course I'd pay you.

[@evoluhero]

It takes whole team to make one portal scene, and this man did it alone. You should definitely go and get a job for Marvel CGI Editor!

[@Digipiction]

Oh I've made KZbin my new home, I prefer to stay here!

[@daycred]

@@Digipiction i was about to say... better not do 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽.

[@konotori_vfx]

@@daycred why?

[@ThorStroliaDavis]

@@konotori_vfx Well besides the point that I think he is just saying he likes that he is here on youtube teaching and when something like this is a fulltime job it takes a lot out of you; I work for an advertising agency as a lead product animator and can honestly say the amount of red tape we have just for commercials, which is not at the level of red tape of feature films, it can be very difficult to show behind the scenes or do educational videos. I was never barred from teaching but I cannot cover techniques unique to the application of anything done in any of our projects without both our agencies and the clients written and signed permission for each case. That means there are a lot of things offlimits simply by association

[@daycred]

@@konotori_vfx its just pretty obvious that VFX companies are even better at sucking out every drop of passion someone has for VFX than banks are at sucking out all you have for programming. I can not imagine working on one mini shot for 3 months straight with barely any pay or credit in return is gratifying.

[@SuperIceteapeach]

Hey. I'm in the 3D game for a year now and this was one of the most important tutorials I've been watching! It's not about doing insane portals like this, its about to UNDERSTAND what you have to do to get to the next levels. Huge thank you for my new favorite rule!!

[@HeroDestrin]

I actually loved this, the "magic three" rule is something Imma use a lot. That's what I love about tutorials like this; it works for EVERYTHING, not just a doctor strange portal effect. Also it cuts all the fat and leaves just what you need. It's a great tutorial.

[@raccoon5238]

i missed it, what was the magic three?

[@greenarrow3756]

@@raccoon5238 smoke first then drink and smoke again

[@MyFictionalChaos]

If works for every type of art too! It's just a great rule. I see it most in comedy. Or even plot. Telling the joke 3 times with 3 as the maximum before it gets old. It is the same with film. You can have 3 "references" to an event in a plot before it gets old. 3 surprises. 3 is always the best

[@HeroDestrin]

@@greenarrow3756 facts

[@captainarrow7198]

@@greenarrow3756 lesgooo we the arrows

[@JackMault]

It's amazing how much effort and randomness we must imbed into our creations in order to make them look natural. You're knocking on a door of great potential, don't stop pushing this theory, you've demonstrated it absolutely beautifully.

[@l1nvs-206]

Although I have nothing to do with CGI, I watched trough the whole thing, because it was so interesting. Keep going with your videos!

[@donutello_]

Came here from yt recommendations, i was surprised you only have 500 subscribers! You deserve so much more, I don't even do CG but you explain these concepts so well

[@Digipiction]

Thanks so much! I was hoping it would be interesting to those outside of the CGI world too. Great to hear :-)

[@itsMC411]

subs escalating quickly

[@Katya-cu2nn]

Wow, you are a great teacher! So detailed and you break it down!

[@Digipiction]

Thank you, that's good to hear. I hope to strike a balance between giving interesting information and not getting too deeply into the very technical (boring) aspects!

[@facelessvoice]

@@Digipiction I believe a good example of that is Ian Hubert, packed with info but not a 'real' tutorial per say(although he does those too), just enough for those who are already accustomed with 3d to follow along and test it either on the same software or transfer it to their favorite ones.

[@LeoPioGaming]

The cheery on the cake is how the sparks contact the floor. It looks so realistic.

[@facelessvoice]

Lovely format and impressive results! (would be also nice to have some render times info in the description) It reminded me those trapcode particular/form days, playing around with after effect settings. Keep it up!

[@Digipiction]

Thank you, the render times were a bit longer than I had hoped. The entire sequence is about 15 seconds and took a few hours to render on three RTX 3060s. I'll look up the exact times tomorrow and add them into the description.

[@BloodHoundPL]

I've been using noises for quite some time but thanks to this vid I can design my stuff based on a solid knowledge, not just a mere hunch. This video was very eye-opening and enjoyable to watch! :)

[@Digipiction]

Noises are great, they can look very realistic when combined! Thank you :-)

[@nerdomatic2489]

"We noise this donut up until it looks like an 80 year old bicycle wheel that's been trampled by a herd of Nepalese elephants." THIS SENT ME LOL

[@AndreasAHem]

This is great! Awesome work bro!

[@TheMasonX23]

Dang, really well done! You've earned my sub, please keep making more VFX breakdowns like this!

[@Digipiction]

Yes, more along these lines is coming. Thank you for the support!

[@Kate-Tea]

fading gravity as it gets further from the floor, thats such a great detail I'd have never thought of!

[@Taz_Olson]

Even in houdini, we VFX artists can't escape donut tutorials

[@Conradluyten]

The donut part caught me so off guard I had to burst out laughing

[@parksantiago3511]

I'm randomly fell here and I loved it. Thank you algorithms.

[@thisnamehaschangedthanksto8185]

I don't do 3d graphics... Heck, I don't even draw stick figures on my notebook, but you just convinced me to like and suscribe. Good job!

[@stevencasteelassistantgene5263]

Wow, this is one of the best fundamental art creation techniques I've ever heard. Thank you sir.

[@RazahLP]

Wow, feel like you applied the magic three to your video production/direction as well. Good job!

[@Digipiction]

Haha thank you! I'm not terribly experienced with editing yet but am happy with this video for sure :-)

[@jubayerwasidraiyan5874]

imo looks better than marvel's ones, there's just some blue aura/a cooler tone to theirs which does not fit the scene well and the particles don't interact with the scene as nicely as yours does. Extremely good job amigo

[@Digipiction]

Thank you, that's awesome to hear :-)

[@kenziebalhatchet3918]

The interaction is likely because the scenes entire thing is digital compared to marvel where there’s physical objects aswell

[@jubayerwasidraiyan5874]

@@kenziebalhatchet3918 the amount of CGI marvel does for their scenes is crazy, i'd expect them to do it much better if they use THAT much CGI compared to something like a Chris Nolan film for example

[@dzpossible]

I have to say that I took those Marvel movies for granted, the amount of effort put behind a single portal shows the level of details to make a great movie. It is truly marvelous.

[@reallyanti]

Please make more tutorials. There's a reason this video is popping off, it's great.

[@baldpolnareff7224]

Just found out about this video right now, I'm glad to hear that those concepts are the same I applied when I recreated my own Dr Strange portal, although I think I missed some of the layered turbulent forces, I like how some of the particles keep floating around far away from the circle here

[@ShabeerSniper]

The detail is astonishing. I might start learning CGI so this video taught me a lot.

[@wynmarmarquez8834]

The fact that the 'subscribe' in the end was also sparking the way the portal did

[@Digipiction]

Yes, it uses the exact same effect, shaped into letters instead of a circle.

[@charfree6888]

I love how the narrator talks like he's dying and has to tell me the origins of my powers before it's too late.

[@tomqiao-yang4596]

2:47 "Whenever we see sparkly inter-dimensional portals" Ahh yes, nothing like that one I saw this morning

[@bndkt_fschr]

The Donut got me. Well done! xD

[@gtube6913]

Cool skills, end product and narration in a short truthful video. Thumbs up.

[@dhruvjoshi6035]

Thank you for giving this for free. You are awesome.

[@agentsmith5959]

This is the most perfect vfx i have seen in youtube

[@Fujji695]

This man deserves more subscriber dude, very informative and entertaining at the same time

[@jonawolfram8289]

Dude, the effort you put into this! Thank you so much!! You‘ve just gained a new subscriber ^^

[@1EAS1World]

"If you want good results you have to put in the time. There's no way around that." Can't wait to tell this to all of the kane pixels clones who make the "backrooms" (cubes with textures) Amazing video! And, thanks for that quote lol.

[@jacobzhu1920]

im not usually interested in these stuff, but damn this is amazing

[@Wayhoo]

CRAZY

[@baddus]

I wasn't expecting kennedy to be this good at CGI.

[@masterofthegame8764]

Sir you can cry it out! you sound like your about to cry :) LOVE THE TUT!

[@Digipiction]

It's fine, I just... I just... excuse me I need a moment :-D

[@rash3705]

This video was dope and easy to follow thru. I can see why CGI artists take their time, so much tweaking!

[@dylansimon6243]

Also, I knew you didn’t go into detail on how to create the window like effect, added to the portal but I really love this tutorial

[@kuroro9949]

When I was in video game design it was always: "Let's put some noise. Good. Now let's put some other noise. Ok. Now more." haha. Got me nostalgic!

[@Digipiction]

Haha, yes there can never be too much noise

[@mvinch101]

That looks so good. This tut is priceless

[@Alcinos]

I like how this guy is between 7 and 97 years old judging by his voice, but like 9000+ years equivalent of skills in Houdini. I'm sure hoping to see more of you. It was really funny and informative video.

[@kingwitherasher4628]

I wished i had found this video sooner. You are a really great cgi maker, you should be hired by companies that make movies.

[@someoneedits]

This one is the perfect portal that I saw on internet

[@giolayug]

i love the donut part LMAOO

[@pistikepowa8775]

damn not only an f1 champion but a graphic desiegner as well!!

[@Rockcreaters]

You are great for creating this Doctor Strange's Portal

[@l7felessYt]

damn is it possible to be so much underrated? i thought u had like 500k subs bruh

[@Digipiction]

Thank you, it's totally fine, I started my channel only two months ago

[@Anna-wf8ph]

thats really cool to see how it was done. Would love to see other elements from different movies and how it's done!

[@z3nerd940]

Bully

[@JasonKey3D]

fun presentation style, and good general advice on layering noise / variations 👍

[@alasdocile]

Imperfection is a virtual perfection

[@briandoe1460]

This is quite similar to the snowflake method used to achieve better writing .... Beautiful video

[@filipedarlyson5574]

it would be super cool to see you do the igni effect from the witcher 3

[@SlaughterHausD]

Just watched a couple of videos yesterday on doing the portal using Davinci Resolve. Now I can see those looked good but were only a starting point. Thanks

[@meme_archive_]

I wouldn't learn CGI but the video was nice to watch, good job

[@deathly_hearts]

I was honestly astounded by how it looked axactly like the original, props my dude

[@lordthanos5895]

One of the Best cgi i've ever seen, amazing job!! Looks so realistic.

[@kickheavy8982]

Awesome breakdown! Informative and nice humor

[@hamol3d]

Brilliant!! Thanks for sharing

[@SmileyFlowerTV]

nice effect

[@Daniel-xz6cm]

This is gold content. I'm glad the youtube algorithm recommended this to me. Very entertaining!

[@DanyRamos]

This channel is going to be very big! Thanks for this video, it is so true!

[@Digipiction]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@ryythescienceguy]

That was awesome! Keep up the good work, I’m liking this channel!

[@Digipiction]

It was also a lot of fun to create, both the effect itself and the video. Thank you!

[@fridaee]

Wow this is impressive!

[@Dyrgrip]

New sub for sure! Awesome, funny and educational content! Keep it up!

[@Digipiction]

Will do, thanks so much!

[@alexcani4957]

I've no idea why the algorithm recommended me this, but boy I like it

[@billalorra890]

I would like to see more of your videos on this topic. Heck, I'm even ready to create a time machine to see all your video tutorials. Please tell us what software do you mainly use?

[@Digipiction]

Hi, thanks I'm very glad to hear that! I use Houdini for everything.

[@billalorra890]

@@Digipiction We are waiting for video tutorials. It would be better if you repeat the scene from the movies.

[@JackyEverlast]

This looks so real ngl

[@zilog1]

I sure am glad geometry notes are a thing in blender now. I can follow this series with blender too

[@spiderpg]

The ring portal in Sonic live action is a perfect clean portal.

[@marteux01]

Extremely cool content, those videos about method are so valuable

[@GameBoiiiS]

Very nice Tutorial, Really helps up polishing up my CGI skills

[@erikklein1434]

This was awesome! I learned about layering detail through graphic design, but it can be applied anywhere. And what I really loved about your video is that the "rookie" version doesn't even have to be a "rookie version" but actually a "pre-viz." It's a great first step and once the cut is locked, you can go back in and add all the details you talked about. Loved seeing this "rookie/pre-viz" come to life.

[@mattle841]

I've got a great Halloween idea. You use polycarbonate and project this onto it. You then cut a hole in the middle where the portal is. You then stand behind the polycarbonate until someone comes and step from it as doctor strange

[@ethan4979]

Can we appreciate the fact that this man goes out of his way to like all the comments

[@jonwatte4293]

Those multiple frequencies of noise are often called "octaves" (even if they are not perfect multiples) and some systems have a built in slider for how much of that to add. If you find that slider in your particular tool, it can save a few minutes of setup!

[@STICKOMEDIA]

Absolutely beautiful

[@CrispysCrafts]

Police Elephants. If there was ever anything I wanted in the UK, it is definitely police elephants. Top video 👍

[@Digipiction]

I agree about the police elephants. Now that would be cool!

[@manex6an]

omg it looks so freaking good. thanks to this video i was able to do a decent portal in blender, but yours is next level

[@Spookysart]

you gained one sub! this is simply well explained.

[@21-muhammadfierlyanirwandi36]

i learn a lot just from this video, hope you make more video of this series. love it

[@robertd57i989]

That looks amazing. Me and my friends are building a really nice PC and this is one thing i want to learn and get the most out of the computer. From DCS World, 3D modeling to CGI. I need to show these videos to my son bc he is very creative and would be blown away seeing what he can do. Thanks for making this video

[@vehtor]

Very cool pitch, thanks for the rule of three

[@awesomecatgaming7060]

Cool!

[@alejandromarquezcervantes8760]

Very well done video! I can tell you are gonna succeed on this platform. This is the best dr strange portal tutorial i've seen!

[@zerovanced4368]

This is just amazing, i see how u love what you do and the effort behind it. A new sub here

[@judithhaller1680]

best Dr. Strange Portal i have ever seen on KZbin! Respect !!!! Would be interested to see if you can do it also in DaVinci/Fusion !

[@Digipiction]

Thank you! I used Fusion to add some additional glow and lens effects, but unfortunately I don't know it well enough to put together a complex particle effect.

[@vfxwithjordan]

Dude this is was such a fantastic breakdown- definitely gunna download the project and poke around! Thanks for sharing your insights!

[@Bobanana_mmb]

although i got no idea about cgi, but your skills are unmatched man, you are so underrated, subscribed of course!

[@fjsv_omg321]

more of this please!!! I'm applying what i've learned on archvis and it turned out great!!!

[@miraclemenikelechi]

I'm not into video editing but I learnt something 🔥♥️

[@john1995]

Your video just popups on the home screen. For half of the video, I was think that this channel has 500k subs .. Nice job bro , you have new subscriber !

[@Chryfi]

This is awesome, keep on with this work! There aren't enough of these houdini videos, sharing this knowledge will help people who are interested in becoming a vfx artist. Even sharing the project file is incredible! (currently, it still says coming soon?)

[@Digipiction]

Sorry for the delay, I'll upload it later this week!

[@Chryfi]

@@Digipiction awesome, thank you!

[@theambiencetown]

Today I watched this video and learned new things again, thank you for your channel for doing and sharing

[@marlangelo924]

the donut thing caught me off guard lol