Make an Alien Swarm from Ender's Game | VFX tutorial | Crest VFX

[@PeterKoenen]

At the composition settings window, choose the advanced tab. If you adjust the shutter angle there, you can adjust the motion blur effect.

[@CrestVFX]

Thanks Peter. I found rsmb to be faster in the final render and I usually end up choosing that over native motion blur. But the last time I used the native blur and adjusted my shutter angle was back in cs4. Could be different with cc now.

[@JamZamDesigns]

I... I... I need part 2. ASAP. This tutorial is great, but I'm especially looking forward to seeing your modeling process!

[@CrestVFX]

It will be finished soon.

[@calmpassenger]

I cant sleep after this tutorial. I want next part. Its amazing

[@CrestVFX]

Stay tuned! :)

[@calmpassenger]

hahaha, i cant wait for the next part, i am excited...

[@2MuchAction4U]

Wow very cool final effect..a lot of effort seems to be put into this!!

[@PortilloClan]

Just came across this great tutorial. Awesome VFX work!

[@rotazd]

Thank you very much for this. This tutorial set me on the right path learning about Trapcode Particular. I went about creating my own Alien Swarm a couple of years back ..which in hindsight looks bloody awful, but it was this tutorial that got me more comfortable and familiar using the plug in. I realised I'm well over due to pay my respects, Superb sir!

[@richiepic]

2 tips: 1. If the sun orange and it tints the flying objects then in real life the clouds are also orange. At the moment it is way off the screen. 2. If you replace your laptop's screen, then also consider to match the DOF as well. If you take a look at it, you see that the laptop is out of focus, but your replaced screen isn't.

[@iceycat25]

That's amazing! GREAT tutorial! Can't wait for the next part of the tutorial!

[@iceycat25]

So if this was back in November IS there still a second and third tutorial coming?

[@Killbert72]

Very nice tutorial! I am sure going to give this a try myself. Thanks!

[@CrestVFX]

Great! Id love to see how it turns out! :)

[@3dmonkeybizz]

Great Tutorial and great pace too!!! Many thanks!

[@pixelstoryvfx9904]

You just save my day. Thanks.

[@ChrisWells]

Eagerly waiting for the next episode. I am going to try and pull this off in a sci-fi webseries I'm doing. And I have only started VFX and editing about 6 months ago.

[@CrestVFX]

Sounds like a fun web series Chris, I'll have the mothership tutorial done in the next week.

[@ChrisWells]

Crest VFX Hey again Cameron. Been at this tutorial all day. Already had all of the tools except RSMB which I picked up. I thought something like this would take weeks to create but you really helped simplify it here. I think all up it took me about 8 hours before I had a really nice swarm happening. I used a 3d model I created in Maya that was a flying space critter so it was perfect to try for this project. Going to include the clip at the end of episode 4 of Infinity Spawn. Ill stick your tutorial on my twitter page as gratitude to help you get a few more hits to your channel from my 36k subscribers there. Thanks so much dude!

[@MaelstromFilm]

Crest VFX When are you posting the mothership tutorial? I'd really like to learn element 3d modeling!

[@acevfx2923]

MaelstromFilm the mothership is modeled in cinema 4d

[@ChrisWells]

Crest VFX Looks like you must have gotten busy. In the meantime I think you will like what I ended up doing from your tutorial. If you run a search for "episode 5 of infinity spawn" you can see my results. Its cheesy low budget home made stuff but I do my best with what I have to work with. Thanks again for the great tutorial Cameron!

[@joegrimmett9405]

Amazing tutorial! I can't wait for the next one!

[@CrestVFX]

Coming soon.

[@d_Howard]

I love this! Improvement suggestion: The jets look like there hovering. I think some parallax is needed with the clouds in the background so there is some feeling of motion.Any plan to finish the mother ship tutorial?

[@CameronCrest]

+d Howard Couldn't agree more! Some Paralax would help it a lot. :)

[@ThePoorTiger]

Saw the ending, looked great. The just fighters looked too stiff and unrealistic though. However, the mothership looked awesome. Aww, no models? Then, how are we going to follow this tutorial?? When is the next video?

[@CrestVFX]

The next video is in production. I'll be covering my sculpting workflow in cinema 4D R15. Can't promise a release date yet but I'd imagine before the end of April.

[@yabsramgeresa6046]

i cant wait for the next episode!

[@teneten246]

Nice, good job.

[@ChrisWells]

I checked out CrestVFX.com too. Lots of great stuff there. I mostly just watch Andrew Kramer but this is an effect I really need to learn.

[@SupSupa10]

thanks so much. Keep working :). Waiting for your next VFX tuts

[@FranciscoSilvaVFX]

Hello Mr. Crest! Nice work!

[@TELAYFPA]

thi is very cool but clouds stuck...and everything isnt homogeneous... maybe you should move the clouds with liquify and work on lights... then apply some filters to make all homogeneous. I mean this is my opinion you already did a great job and i appreciated your tutorial

[@CrestVFX]

Appreciate the opinion. Yes. Not the best cloud footage I could have chosen. Definitely better footage with more movement would have been better.

[@whiteknightvfx]

Good work, although the ship needs to be match-graded to the sky, and the planes physics need to be improved. But well done, you did a good job with what you had.

[@CrestVFX]

Yes. Much room for improvement I agree. Just want to encourage others to use the tools and explore.

[@whiteknightvfx]

Well done. Keep up the great work.

[@michaelpreston7824]

Awesome!! Any update on the next one?

[@CrestVFX]

Before end of this month.

[@Cobraartfilms]

Nice work

[@CrestVFX]

Thanks.

[@acevfx2923]

How do you have 0 subs?¿? You sir put so mutch time in you video's! I am realy amazed

[@CrestVFX]

I have a lot of subs, I Just have that turned off at this time. I'll turn it on in the future when it's in the upper thousands.

[@Nsos91]

Give me one year and i do better things! I It's joke of corse. This looks amaizing and you do really fantastic job! Greetings from Poland ;)

[@CrestVFX]

Hello and I encourage you to do much much better than what I've done here. Thank you for the compliment. :)

[@ROMORoo7]

i dont give a dam its bad ass, better then most youtubers

[@jacktomaszewski]

I think it would look much better if you spoiled it a bit, with debris, fog, smoke, flares etc, it would look less fake. Either way, great job!

[@sharpspike06]

Jack Tomaszewski dont lie to him

[@7studio777]

nice

[@DaRa-cl7on]

sorry sir !you can toTutorial about the animation on cinema 4d ?

[@Bastienreturn]

pls don't stop video !

[@iceycat25]

We never got a part 2 of this tutorial so much sadness :(

[@Conner100]

Hey iceycat miss u man rest in peace

[@michaelpreston7824]

When is the next part coming out?! ;))

[@CrestVFX]

Next week.

[@rajadubey5168]

i wanna see mothership please tutorial ;)

[@OpaGrampz]

Technically, informative tutorial. ;) but the ships could be better integrated into the background. ;( peace.

[@liumiao]

Where is the next one?

[@CrestVFX]

In premiere gathering dust till I'm finished with some work. But by next week it will be spit polished and up for viewing.

[@magicalworld3326]

code to glued plll tell

[@JacksonWelch]

the planes and the ship do not match the background at all.

[@JohnBham79]

Not trying to bitch but I agree, the models just look "orange". If they were matched to the background a little better it would really sell the effect. Thanks for the tutorial, I learned some techniques from it so thank you!

[@CrestVFX]

John Flemming Agreed! I encourage you and everyone to do better than me! I'm glad I was able to help with the techniques I use. That's my goal. There are many different ways to achieve looks and I'll cover more advanced coloring and compositing techniques I use in other videos in the future.

[@MaelstromFilm]

Just drop the layer opacity a bit and they will blend in with the atmosphere. A little goes a long way.

[@magicalworld3326]

at 22:59

[@magicalworld3326]

plzzz fast reply

[@sharpspike06]

that looks horrible