How Will Smith's Younger Clone Was Made | Gemini Man VFX Breakdown | Wētā FX

[@albertpuppymaster671]

KZbin recommending this after a year. If I could go back in time, I’d say yes, weta nailed it.

[@aliasgarsayedgaming]

Yo me too😮 it seems like youtube is planning different

[@Camtrack]

@@aliasgarsayedgaming me too

[@James-wd9ib]

One critique is that the younger face is always super-sharp even when his clothes have a soft blur. That's a no-no.

[@enaielei]

Best De-Aging VFX done so far. Even Marvel and Star Wars weren't this detailed and crisp.

[@HilliIndustries]

Benjamin Button was the best. Then this one I would say. :)

[@GatlinsFuckinCornfield]

go watch logan

[@darrengriffin8609]

Young RDJ was unbelievable many years before this.

[@jerchongkong5387]

That's the problem, they have the money and resources to do this, but they don't do it because they know the fans won't care and that's why they make mediocre effects and stories.

[@Sleezy.Design]

@@HilliIndustriesbenjamin button was great for 2008. But this is on a whole new technical level, something like this wasn't possible back then.

[@xanzuls]

This is like the most nuts thing you guys ever done.

[@Watrmallone]

U aware of Avatar way of water ?

[@drenx87]

@@Watrmallone thats more practical mixed in with CG

[@randyrandom3358]

Motion capture ever since 2018 seemed really nice. So yes, it's nuts

[@xanzuls]

@@Watrmallone making human being look this photoreal is a lot harder than making aliens photoreal.

[@xanzuls]

@@randyrandom3358 motion capture was just 10% of what they are doing here.

[@fussanchez2716]

This is incredible. Well done, Weta.

[@lukedeardoff3351]

Imagine making a vhs copy of this, going back in time and showing people and not mentioning any cgi. They would absolutely think it's real.

[@lincolnsmithtbp]

They would think will smith is wearing old man make up. Lol

[@coramunro85]

They would notice something uncanny but could not say whats wrong.

[@prestonferry]

@@coramunro85I didn’t even think it was uncanny, it literally looks like him 100%

[@coramunro85]

@@prestonferry no, has something waxy, especially in the eyes

[@mrlightwriter]

@@coramunro85 Yeah, it's always the eyes. The rest is top notch, though.

[@ArthuruhtrA]

I wish weta would do in depth tutorials, they're probably too busy with Hollywood lol

[@hodisfut]

In-depth tutorials involve millions of dollars of R&D in technologies not available for the public you'd have to buy from them before they show you a thing.

[@xanzuls]

There are tutorials, courses done by artist who've worked at Weta. There's no point in teaching proprietary tools you could only use if you're working there unless you work there, then they'll teach you how to use their maya, nuke, houdini plugins.

[@punitharamasamy138]

We have this much of sophisticated tech and we have G.O.A.T

[@manazkajay8806]

Don't we need to keep our secrets Never let them know how advanced we are

[@vishnusanjay3]

There was no "de-aging" happening happening in that movie. It was make up and a pedo stache.

[@xtrm2009]

@@manazkajay8806 I knew it! I had a feeling Hollywood didn't want to admit cgi has been around since the 60's. Take the movie "2001 A Space Odyssey" for example 👀👀

[@sauceontoes3457]

G.O.A.T is just a cash grab and most of producer funds go to Vijay and not the vfx artists

[@DongDongGIGGITTYCHINGyouchong]

Bro in India this is not possible especially tn 😂😂 along with tech we need budget and skilled artists…….I agree many vex artists are from India but the problem is that either they are not lucky enough to get recognised or are working for Hollywood…….

[@Jmatad21]

This is mind-boggling vfx. The best vfx is always the one that can't be spotted.

[@Xzerixan]

Gemini Man and Ghostbusters Afterlife have the best digital double VFX I have ever seen

[@VitaEstudios3D]

¡¡¡Son los mejores!!! Felicitaciones Weta.

[@virtua7390]

Who ever did the modeling and vfx needs a raise

[@James68257]

Props to all the vfx artists who pulled this off

[@TaylorTheOtter]

In some of these shots I genuinely can't tell it's not real but in others it does really show. Still, this is so much better than I could've imagined as a kid.

[@cmog6036]

My brain won't understand how this amount of polygons is simulated😭

[@jollygoodfellow3957]

They likely rent huge computer farms and run software on a virtual PC with thousands of cpu cores and GPUs.

[@EricYamf]

@@jollygoodfellow3957and I fart into those pcs to increase cpu power. My fart is like nitro

[@jesus2639]

The amount of work is insane

[@xatema9048]

Funny thing is that I still know that it's CGI, something is weird, after all that amazing work.

[@altruisticdiscovery]

The mouth and cheek movements are still off. It looks like a video game character.

[@kimjohn3877]

Face swap is better

[@holidayaimagic]

Exactly. So much work but still uncanny.

[@miguelm.a7462]

Is animation what is very hard to make it real, but Face Swap have the same problem (have something off, but doesn't reach that uncanny Valley), they should mix both of technologies to make it better

[@drosefinch]

because that cant possibly be a young Wil Smith? 😂

[@dashinggamerz9236]

Insane man,respect

[@jlyn8228]

It feels weird watching this performance. So lifelike, yet so uncanny. It's quite strange, especially seeing how much the artists did.

[@Tobi_A]

This is crazy, cant wrap my head around the amount of work, skill for this proyect, just crazy

[@jeromyperez5532]

Looks great until it's in motion, which I think has two culprits: 1.) Will Smith's facial movements are very different from when he was young 2.) The manual phoneme matching was difficult both because of the angle of the capture and the facial hair making it hard to dial in perfectly.

[@gevelegian]

This is truly next gen technology and groundbreaking advancements

[@lincolnsmithtbp]

In 4k in 48 fps it really does look flawless

[@CRT_YT]

this is the most effective uncanny valley. this makes me very, very uneasy

[@roberthintz4017]

Can you do a breakdown on Starro from The Suicude Squad?

[@coconuts33]

It just looks like real. I love it

[@joshswenson8390]

Holy crap! I didn't know they went into these fine details, but it was really worth it. Incredible stuff. Now, just imagine what will be possible with generative AI coming up here soon (ethics aside).

[@maxito9984]

It's simply impressive how far technology has come

[@Anabolic_Alec]

i feel like there should have been a line of dialogue saying how "the skin on the clones' looks smoother because it's a byproduct of their method of cloning." This would provide some suspension of disbelief for the audience, and also give a bit of slack for the VFX artists to not need to worry about 100% realism.

[@watchulookinat271]

The details are indescribable.......

[@mirokhi]

this is fire. well done

[@diegobarrios1090]

pero que pedazo de trabajo se mandaron!!!! increible

[@phlyphlo]

This, this was the one little fight that turned his life up side down and made him go witness protection in belair.

[@JDRos]

They could now also use A.I. to train from the younger voice and change the voice too so it sounds younger. 😀

[@YuvG]

This beat GOAT movie in all ways😂

[@GAment_11]

Oh, is that all? Incredible.

[@Lippeth]

So much detailed work and it ends up looking like this; I hope you got paid well for your time. I would say that casting a younger actor would have been much more effective at suspending my disbelief, but it still wouldn't have gotten me to go see whatever movie this is.

[@xen0m]

True. Now they have AI and still keep doing this 3d faces nonsense, which looks garbage no matter the effort. While any of us can make better deepfakes on our local machines. Amazing what this industry is capable of...

[@Lippeth]

@@xen0m Deepfakes, machine learning AI, CGI; it's all trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist to me. Casting a real human who's like "I'm you from the past" will suspend my disbelief more than any amount of digital vfx. Even bad makeup looks better in my opinion.

[@xen0m]

@@Lippeth "Casting a real human who's like "I'm you from the past" will suspend my disbelief more than any amount of digital vfx." well this and a little bit of deepfake over that guy would make it perfect for sure.

[@OutsiderLabs]

@@xen0m You acting like AI isn't super easy to spot is some next level cognitive dissonance. AI video sucks, they're better off sticking with real artists

[@xen0m]

@@OutsiderLabs If you see a video of Trump giving a Hitler's speech, you'll spot the implausibility because of next level cognitive dissonance. But visually face swapping is pretty believable.

[@DohGla]

I am now seeing this video and never have I ever thought that jr was a 3d model.

[@DensDigitalDen]

Serious uncanny valley stuff in these fX!

[@MfezekoMatshoba]

It's not too bad but it's still there. The mouth movement, lighting and shading on the teeth is quite bad. They could have toned down the stickiness of the lips too. What did you notice?

[@DensDigitalDen]

@@MfezekoMatshoba The mouth doesn't do it for me as well. It looks way too fake. They should have just de-aged Will Smith as simply as possible.

[@MfezekoMatshoba]

@@DensDigitalDen I actually think that they could have achieved perfection here. Probably time and budget constraints were the limiting factor. In some shots he looks perfect. Especially where he doesn't move his mouth😂 These are exciting projects for CGI artists and an awesome learning opportunity. They can also be used as a marketing gimmick. I just wish the world wasn't so negative or snobbish towards CGI. Especially since the artists go through so much to make these possible. But yeah, de-aging probably would have done the trick.

[@xen0m]

@@MfezekoMatshoba Even today industry can't achieve good results and for some reason can't use the AI tools which would fix everything. Maybe they need to keep the jobs running for all that people for some reason. But still if they dont want to use just AI deepfake alone, I don't understand why can't they just put in through AI AFTER making all this precise 3d models and animations. That would fix everything and make it perfect.

[@xen0m]

@@MfezekoMatshoba "It's not too bad but it's still there" That's the problem, there is no "middle", it's either "real" or "not real", hard to trick our brain. And this is "not real".

[@exgaiden]

Despite it being amazing CGI, some of the best I've ever seen, I still know it's CGI. Faces are so difficult because our brains are just that smart at recognizing them. I think, it's the eye distance that seems to be slightly uncanny, and the eye tracking. If you freeze at 0:03 at the second when he moves his eye to our left, they track almost too precisely and look like off. The same happens at 0:08 when he turns, the eye to our right looks like it's really off track, because it's moving equally to the other one, rather than moving in a cone-line narrowing of focus.

[@branescan]

Nah the eyes are actually the most convincing part for me. It reaches uncanny valley territory when you look at his mouth area when he's speaking.

[@alejandrobarcelo3987]

Brilliant!

[@AwesomePxssum]

INCREDIBLE!

[@TheGman901]

This is extraordinary.. Such a shame the movie wasn't up to par..

[@xtrm2009]

Kurt Russell has said he doesn't want to make the 3rd Snake Plissken movie because in his own words "that role belongs to a younger actor". I mean come on, this exact technique shown in the video proves that he can still return to the character.

[@ynrosess]

honestly insane

[@JuhoSprite]

this is insane. I for sure thought its regular deepfaking, or just making him look younger in post.

[@flaksick]

Yeah I mean technically they are making him younger

[@JuhoSprite]

@@flaksick yeah but not just with regular cgi like they usually do, where they basically "photoshop" the face on top with after effects, but instead remake an entire ultra realistic model. this is quite insane

[@flaksick]

But To be fair that is still in post so….

[@JuhoSprite]

@@flaksick that was not my point. of course it is in post, im not saying its not. I'm saying it is not the usual "retouch" method, but rather a full recreation of the head.

[@flaksick]

@@JuhoSprite I understand

[@CeretPenyok]

Just came across this, simply amazing.

[@StormCaptain]

Bravo! This is amazing.

[@j.zuberi]

This VFX was REDIC!!! Truly aged well.

[@LucioBlackwine]

this is another level

[@wydua]

I see i wasn't the only one who got it recommended. Watched about it back in the day on corridor crew.

[@__N7]

This and Life of Pi, goated CG

[@JESSROCKEDChannel]

that's the future right there. although people can still notice that it's cgi, but it's hella damn good. i say it's 90% there already! few more years and we could be living beyond the future

[@kerhabplays]

This is peak.

[@IAmSarlosCantana]

Such an underrated movie

[@Ganjavinchi]

Imagine if they used this technology on a good movie oh my God!

[@vksasdgaming9472]

I have sneaking suspicion adult video industry is first to perfect this technology.

[@moshworm8260]

Incredible stuff

[@yehezkielsiahaan1516]

my jaw dropped through the whole video..

[@haronimageengine6508]

weta digital so so so perfect all project film vfx

[@scammbledeggs2707]

I watched this movie a while ago but I never realized at all that it was CGI and just assumed the character was a really good body double. Well Done Weta!

[@tamiltalky2499]

which softwares u are used any one known pls reply it

[@mateomatta2381]

This technology would have been incredible for Better Call Saul. Where the new episodes were showing the past (so, supposedly younger characters of Breaking Bad).

[@RetroJack]

This video totally slaps! 😋

[@GrayMimikyu]

Really good movie btw.

[@mathiasjuniorarts]

what movie is this

[@GrayMimikyu]

@@mathiasjuniorarts Gemini Man

[@ShaSam_Officials]

@@mathiasjuniorarts how the fuck?... The title literally says Gemini Man.

[@itsmeaimbot]

i honestly enjoyed it idk why people didn't like it

[@GrayMimikyu]

@@itsmeaimbot you know how people are. If they see reviewers didn't like something and the internet hating it they have to do the same instead of trying it for themselves. I saw this movie this year. And all the hate for me was all fake. It was a good movie.

[@Vexcenot]

Cool a new recent upload

[@BornRanger]

anyone else but Will Smith and i'd give props

[@Alex_Skayler]

It still look like Video-game character

[@hello-qq7fh]

Incredible

[@LumenPsycho]

Very impressive.

[@powerbricks_1]

Fun fact, everyone does not hate cilantro

[@HolaSoyPedro2]

what program did you use?

[@arwasairl]

looked like they were using a heavily modified version of Autodesk Mudbox, as well as other proprietary software for motion tracking. Not available to anyone but wetafx

[@cookieman2684]

Insane...

[@PutinTheClown]

Yo this slaps 🔥

[@chaudharyangad]

Which software weta use for simulations like muscles hair pores etc . , plzzz reply

[@Ram_bhakt_7822]

Do you have to tweak and animate those 300 rig bone manually over the motion capture or just need parents bone adjustment??

[@ArtemiyS_]

I’m impressed

[@SolidSpark]

this is wild

[@tmcchamp8200]

Chris Jones’s final boss

[@briellescott9656]

LMAO. I think I understand this reference if you're talking about the KZbinr who does this kind of work.

[@unlimitedquickworks7387]

Insane

[@NanobanaKinako]

Both Will Smith can literally insult each other's wife and play slap.

[@YaBoyEmoy]

Everybody's impressed Is it only me that finds it uncanny looking?

[@xen0m]

Everyone. You can't do good without a well-produced deepfake.

[@BigAssBalls]

it is a bit, but the work is still insane, the anatomy, biology, composition and 3d modeling knowledge and skills you'd need to get as close as this is nuts, we're still not exactly 'there' yet but it's something worth admiring, the talk of blood flow beneath melinated skin and the subtle properties of the skin were such fine but effective details we're moreso under the limits of the tech than anything now, give it a bit more time and we'll be able to render efficient enough to get even closer for longer scenes without breaking the bank

[@GStudio20]

Impressive

[@thomassini]

Spectacular job, looks amazing. But as much as I hate to say this, we have to let AI do its thing for that kind of stuff. Somehow 3D just can't do it.

[@Bl_ckMatt]

This Tought af.

[@tayorain6554]

next level

[@mic9657]

incredible!

[@MarcV_IndieGameDev]

What's the slapping animation like?

[@FR4M3Sharma]

Bro 😂😂

[@Tanoku1218]

Feels like GTA6

[@stephinroy3816]

This is so damn cool!

[@digital0185]

aww man just rendering a 3d animation already cost alot of energy and time how come for rendering a photorealistic will smith for the whole movie length?

[@PixzL.]

and yet it still looks uncanny, which I guess will never be removed

[@THEOJOFilms]

Literally looks a like something out of a kojima game (i just started playing death stranding)

[@_Kayss0]

Where’s the part two of the movie 😢

[@JaySamurai79]

Damn i feel so backward. Heres me learning to use 3DS Max making my little primitive objects lol

[@kerhabplays]

They started from scratch too. Don't forget that.

[@bbrother92]

@@kerhabplays they not. they dedicated team of programmers, math, engineers, senior artists, data, research, big teams

[@Wetbread127]

@@bbrother92Yeah but each & everyone of them still probably started from scratch lmao

[@kerhabplays]

@bbrother92 still they started from Scratch.

[@xen0m]

It's a good think to learn something new. As a 3ds max veteran I'd start with blender if I was you tho. Anyways in next 5 years AI will do most of the job for you, so you can just learn the basics.

[@Julien_J-e6k]

it's so crazy~!!

[@SrChalice]

Wish we could get the 120hz version of this film.

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

insane

[@DaesDroolMoes]

White Smith 1:49 🗿

[@andrewdumpling1864]

such a slapable face. beautiful work guys

[@elsigma4_h3re71]

I love Cilantro, wth this man talkin about!?

[@andregant9980]

Yeah it's damn good work- except for the lips in many instances when speech was involved.