I Remade The Dark Knight in Blender

[@JaredRehnquist]

I know I glossed over it in the video, but to extract the Arkham Knight game models, I used UE Viewer: www.gildor.org/en/projects/umodel It's basically a program that allows you to view and extract resources from Unreal Engine games (like Batman: Arkham Knight). It's not the most user-friendly interface, but it let me get the specific 3D models and textures I wanted for this project. Just note that you need to already have the desired game installed on your device so UE Viewer can access and read the game files. A few people were asking, so I thought I'd drop this note here in case anyone else was wondering.

[@konrados966]

the mesh look high polly and the textures look nice as well. whenever i extract a model the meshes never look as good as the ones ingame, can you do a quick tut on how to do it?

[@ihatedajews]

Its cool, but way to crispy and bright. Making it darker and having more shallow depth of field would really help.

[@jgontko23]

That and also... I get the excitement over cloth sims trust me... but in the original the cape is not flowing that much. There is a blender addon that helps with interesting camera effects like different bokeh etc maybe that could help. But still, this is very inspiring and I might try doing a shot from something I like myself.

[@ihatedajews]

@@jgontko23 I would suggest doing cape with houdini cloth, will look way more realistic. Also you can change the bokeh shape a bit in camera settings btw.

[@StormBlessedxo]

@@ihatedajews now you're just being picky, this looks great and to create it in a FREE software is crazy. Also your username is silly bud

[@ihatedajews]

@@StormBlessedxo its not picky. My feedback is easy things to tweak that would make a world of difference. Cinematography goes a long way.

[@StormBlessedxo]

@@ihatedajews can't take you seriously with your user name

[@seanziethen1032]

You are almost there. Just give it some more love in Comp: do some color correction, add gradients to fore- and background with a cryptomatte, add a vignette, a slight blur and some noise/grain on top and while doing that re-render the cloth wind: batmans silhouette is what makes the shot´s composition work. The waving cape is breaking our focus on the subject too much. This shot is all about composition.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Great job, Jared! This is the tutorial we all deserve.

[@arturowip]

6:30 its alright... its ok... i'm not crying. we've all been there. some of us never left there😅😅

[@JaredRehnquist]

Not every post can be a banger unfortunately lol

[@hara_reddy]

​​@@JaredRehnquistMaybe try a different camera angle the Cape flickering(flapping) doesn't suit that camera angle. Maybe try from going from backside of batman to focus on his front rather than his side. The Cape ruins the side shot it could be better if it was for superman but for batman I don't think it's good. It's good but can never compare with the original. I appreciate the effort btw doing all that on your own is impressive that camera shake addon is good👍

[@SuperchargedW12]

This was very interesting to watch, please keep bringing in more content like this.

[@aaronjaggan]

that parallax match is mindblown

[@xX_dash_Xx]

well done. also, this scene does go unbelievably hard, makes me wanna rewatch this movie

[@MichaelMaurice]

a perfect recreation of the shot! Well done :)

[@jksiewert]

Nice work man!! great video too. very watchable and easily understood. I hav e beeen dabbling with blender since it was available and just love seeing projects like this.

[@ItzHakon]

This is really good. I also love how you mentions other tutorials for specific things you do. Super useful for learning!

[@lestrucsdeflo]

Super video ! Simple and effective, thank you 🙌

[@brickity1447]

Awesome man!!

[@berbuk5838]

Best of the best man!

[@Webhead731]

Respect. It's a great shot.

[@leader_respect]

That's great, bro

[@tomahawk81]

Great Job!! Many Congrats! Keep it Up!

[@rems_etti]

Love it ! Amazing breakdown

[@Marvey1_]

Awesome good work! 💯

[@CGJackB]

That posting and anticipating that dopamine hit .... hit hard

[@BraggsTippingPoint]

This is also my fav shot from the movie! UE handles bone rotations differently than blender so that’s why it looks crazy. Next time, import the FBX with automatic bone rotations checked and it will look normal.

[@NaveedKhanYT]

Pretty cool man!

[@elijahgreen933]

Absolutely phenomenal yet again an instant classic. 🔥🔥

[@Iamnotyou263]

This Channel is a hidden Gem 💎 like those results for the lights and the addons that speed up your workflow are so 🔥🔥🔥

[@MalibuDollface]

You just earned a sub, this is dope!

[@emiliorios8799]

great video. nice how you briefly and kind of go in depth on each step of the process but also give helpful resources for even more in depth tutorials

[@kasrakh2230]

Damn. Liked, Saved and subscribed 🔥

[@ihassan1001]

That's dope! Loved it

[@Sixpathnoob_1999]

This is so cool ngl

[@Peter-222]

You deserve this sub bro

[@tituspannell6009]

I love how you showcased these excellent Blender add-ons that I never knew it had. Thanks for the info, and I just subscribed.

[@nelsonduarte3573]

Super nice!!!

[@snowy2619]

This video is great as there’s so many cool informative tips in this video like the google earth tip, making windows, noise modifier for the animation etc Rly enjoyed the video dude!!! Turned out awesome

[@mystpike6684]

Dude, your content is so good I thought you already had a K for your subscriber count! Good job, good tips! Keep it up!

[@erikn2596]

Very cool. Liked and subscribed ❤

[@ShawnShaman]

Very, very entertaining dude. Watched it all the way through twice. Keep it up🤙

[@kunemann]

HE'S FINALLY COOKING AGAIN! Good stuff, Jared! Love the portal interior method! :)

[@Mr2e2e2e2]

WooooW! Thank you!

[@battleframestudios8989]

Heres another tip for animation that'll make it seem more natural. (Not that it really matters for this shot) (Also Watch the 12 principles of Animation on KZbin) The joints in our limbs don't all bend in unison. Even the simple action of raising the arm here is a little more complicated than it seems. The hand wants to operate the ear piece and to get there it needs help from the rest of the arm so it sends out a wave of influence to nearby joints to help in order of proximity. The simple method of offsetting those 2 movements does a lot! Elbow bends BEFORE the shoulder. You might do them in the opposite order if the character is trying to stretch or throw something underhand. Also humans don't judge distances perfectly so we tend to overshoot or undershoot our movements. Having the hand either slow down a lot before reaching its target or miss it slightly and move back gives it a sense of weight and inexactness.

[@JaredRehnquist]

@@battleframestudios8989 excellent point! Motion tends to start from the center and then works it way outward. Like you said, first the shoulder would move, then the elbow.

[@Sixpathnoob_1999]

Please start posting more I love your content

[@giovan_d20]

Thank you so much for tuto

[@AntonyCannon]

Good stuff, dude!

[@RuRichelieu]

This randomly popped up in my suggested vids and I don’t do anything in VFX or watch that content. This was very well done. You have a bright future in content creation if you stick with it. Best of luck!

[@JaredRehnquist]

That's awesome to hear! Thank you for the kind words

[@jamescandyland]

Awesome animation dude!

[@UntitledProject2023]

This looks incredible! Going to attempt to remake it myself!

[@senororo3575]

this was awesome good job👍👍

[@ArtinAzarnejad]

haha loved this video, great job!

[@dirtybug82]

How the fuck are you not having a million subscribers. Shot well, informative and entertaining as fuck. Well at least you got one more subscriber. Keep it up!

[@kizdog1796]

i think you did a great job

[@GangstaZambookii]

How do you only have 1k subscribers bro you’re a genius

[@FFacelessFacts]

You just earned a like and a subscribe!!! This is amazing bro, its good content

[@FFacelessFacts]

I also followed on X

[@DECODEDVFX]

Nice work. I miss working on projects like this.

[@StormBlessedxo]

what do you work on now? do you use blender or another software daily?

[@DECODEDVFX]

@@StormBlessedxo I've been working on a bunch of original animations lately. Blender is still my primary tool.

[@x64vfx]

Love this! Great work man. I used that batman cape proxy mesh solution on my Batman short film as well. Great tips. Keep it up!

[@one_man_community]

Should've had fog and cloud rendering and a subtle vignette effect. Imo.

[@FunnyAmprsar]

Yo jared. Pretty cool view. I feel like spending more time on the fog and getting it to look right would've made it more cool. But it's still great.

[@scarit.]

Keep Going dude

[@gururaja_udupa_baikady]

Everything is super amazing, you needed to go for a 50mm or something more as camera settings, in blender, Batman looks too small in the beginning of the shot. Or You could have given a vertigo effect post blender edit in after affects or premiere pro.

[@caleldonini]

Woahhh this is awesome! This randomly popped up in my suggested and I love it! Maybe add some vignette amd work on the overall color grade, but man, so cool!

[@rahuldasgupta1491]

very interesting but the cape movement is actually distracting. Maybe slightly it would be okay. But nice thought process.

[@Arifinity_]

very nice video well done

[@saadahmad6434]

this is my favourite scene too and ive watched this movie like a million times

[@JaredRehnquist]

It's a fantastic film. Definitely one of my top favorites

[@isaiahfilmsanimations]

Wow very well done you matched it perfectly

[@SuperchargedW12]

Wouldn't call it perfect but the intention is clearly there

[@isaiahfilmsanimations]

@@SuperchargedW12 He matched it perfectly I'm not saying it looks like real life but the shot is matched and the camera movement and environment looks amazing. It's not meant to be photoreal if that's what you mean by perfect.

[@TonyMoonwalker-wt4os]

very useful bro

[@Link101gaming]

ayyyyyy its been so long lol also still waiting for the discord server 🥶🥶

[@BritneyLaZonga]

I really think the cape barely moving adds to the gravitas and subdued feel of the orginal shot. It basically gives Batman the silhouette of a gothic statue / gargoyle. So constructive criticism: the cape flaps way too much in the wind in your version.

[@danielchimzere9796]

You're gonna be famous bro

[@nikkoXmercado]

Nice! But could've added a vignette like in the original shot. A subtle one. And color graded it.

[@lautarocordomi]

Esperaba lo más importante, como iluminó la escena y en efecto niebla a la distancia

[@matyajam]

extasy teach😎

[@TommyLikeTom]

Lets all celebrate the exact opposite process of creativity

[@JimmySmithTheOG]

u should be having as atleast 10k subs

[@D98-t5p]

The cake flap is the icing on the cape

[@JaredRehnquist]

"The dawn is nightest just before the dark." -Harvey Dent probably

[@nishantkumarrobin7388]

Dude that's awesome. One minor suggestion though, the cape simulation seems a bit too much. Maybe a more subtle sim with a force field that starts a few second into the scene would make it more cinematic. Just thinking aloud.

[@JaredRehnquist]

Thanks for the feedback! Tbh I tried making the wind more subtle, but I felt like it looked too weird since wind tends to be a lot stronger at higher altitudes. That lack of wind was something that slightly bothered me about the original shot, but I also get that they had to tie down Christian Bale so he wouldn't fall to his death... Still cool that you noticed that detail!

[@1knightstands]

As a Chicagoan - Thank you for saying Sears Tower

[@JaredRehnquist]

@@1knightstands “Willis Tower” just doesn’t sound as cool

[@VisualistAyush07]

Cool

[@RLCDECALS]

great vid! only thing is in my op you sold on the compsiting, could've make it a lot moodier.

[@darkwolf3259]

❤

[@aaronjaggan]

Was it an Imax shot? IF yes, that is why I loved it.

[@lester9388]

amazing job! 3:20 how did you did this? just wanted to add Batman in to my city (Astana, capital of Kazakhstan btw) and build texture of the Abu Dhabi plaza skyscraper in Astana

[@TerbrugZondolop]

Cool video. I dont use blender but I understood every step. Missing a few things. His body stance is completely off. As somebody that works with photography and design few key things you missed, but maybe not intentionaly. His body stance is completely off. He is actually standing with weight on one foot changes the body geometry completely. Yours looks like he is mid walk. However look how planted he looks in the cinematic. Also a bit more obvious, you have no depth of field and distance fog. Add all that you have your shot.

[@davidortega6236]

Very cool. A couple of comments... Your blacks are too crushed compared to the original. Also, the cape animation is off. Nolan's shot had almost no cape movement which turns Batman into a gargoyle-like statue overlooking the city. But good work overall.

[@battleframestudios8989]

All that work to make a hitbox for Batman just so the cape can never even touch it.

[@MrMaskYT]

the cape blowing ruined it a bit tbh. But overall is awesome job.

[@akshitsharma7085]

How did you cube project / blend it with the building

[@gopikrishna.rajmohan]

A quick suggestion, it should have been a little bit dark and alos should have given some grains to video to get than film camera look..

[@necozzIDK]

i just have to ask where did you get that beanie I love it

[@JaredRehnquist]

Thank you! Got it from the official Blender merch store. I'd give you a link, but it looks like they're reorganizing the store site - nothing shows up atm... :(

[@ncthekid]

where do you get the batman model?

[@Jesse-sf8qu]

Very nice! Have some Dopamine💉

[@JaredRehnquist]

Thank you. I feel much better now

[@andrewphoto4750]

Back up how tf did you extract the model?

[@JaredRehnquist]

I know I glossed over it in the video, but to extract the Arkham Knight game models, I used UE Viewer: www.gildor.org/en/projects/umodel It's basically a program that allows you to view and extract resources from Unreal Engine games (like Batman: Arkham Knight). It's not the most user-friendly interface, but it let me get the specific 3D models and textures I wanted for this project. Just note that you need to already have the desired game installed on your device so UE Viewer can access and read the game files.

[@RiceFilms-24]

loved the video (sent you a email about your vfx work)

[@yurakennardokusnar5792]

LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED AND WILL LIKE YOUR OTHER VIDEOS TOO

[@parthparasar9938]

❤ make more detailed videos in software

[@Iamnotyou263]

What is the name of the song used at 2:18? 👀

[@JaredRehnquist]

Oh yes, it's "dannyminus - Ethereal Timekeeper." It came from Artlist

[@russiaskla5708]

how to extract game models??

[@JaredRehnquist]

I know I glossed over it in the video, but to extract the Arkham Knight game models, I used UE Viewer: www.gildor.org/en/projects/umodel It's basically a program that allows you to view and extract resources from Unreal Engine games (like Batman: Arkham Knight). It's not the most user-friendly interface, but it let me get the specific 3D models and textures I wanted for this project. Just note that you need to already have the desired game installed on your device so UE Viewer can access and read the game files.

[@LegendaryLife]

The floating cape makes it fake. Also the camera moved way too much in as helicopter cannot, hence fake. It was very good till it was far away

[@MabelYolanda-c9i]

So you’re proud of making something done almost 20 years ago? It took you so long to do it??

[@JaredRehnquist]

Same energy as 0:04

[@comebackguy8892]

The cape sort of... ruins it.

[@dung1youtube582]

like the concept, but its kinda underwhelming.

[@AbdulKader-e2y2n]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@RhinoTimelaps]

At least you must to make post-process to looks it right.