Remaking The VFX From "The Creator"

[@AlfieVaughan]

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[@Mionwang]

this channel is criminally underrated

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha, thanks very much 😁

[@ThePatrioticPug]

I'm an aspiring VFX artist and your videos showing just how much you can get out of Blender is super inspiring!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you so much! That's lovely to hear 😊

[@paulstodolny3091]

You do absolutely excellent videos. Not just the great VFX, but your explanation tutorials are so informative. Keep it up. COngratulations on a great channel.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much! That's really kind :)

[@ShmilyJimmy]

It's great to see a VFX workflow with TourBox, appreciate your effort for the detailed content!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

[@cardboardstudio9684]

Your nuke tutorials are really good. especially your basic compositing once, I used to do my 3D compositing After Effects but I recently switched to a Nuke your channel has been a support system in my Nuke journey. I used to find nuke very intimidating thanks to you, you made it easier

[@AlfieVaughan]

That's great to hear! I'm glad my videos have been helpful. The learning curve is quite steep when you make the switch but it starts getting easier after a while :)

[@silo8582]

Since the movie is announced I'm excited to see who will do the vfx like this creator movie and i feel like you are the first one who did this really enjoyed this one!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@DECODEDVFX]

Seeing stuff like this always reminds me why I avoid using live action elements in my work.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Hahaha 🤣 I like the challenge! It's fun integrating the 2 together :)

[@schreiberfilm]

Thanks for this nice tutorial. The Creator was easily my favourite movie of 2023. I absolutely loved the look and overall theme!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Yes it was a great film

[@Aleczanderm]

im bummed i havent found your channel earlier. This tutorial is great for building skills and not copy-pasta a project that only proves you took the tutorial. Keep these coming!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Better late than never! Glad you liked it 👍

[@MicDoesThings]

Amazing work as always Alfie. Loved the movie and great to see the breakdown from you. Still can't believe they havent used any markers on set.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! They did use a few but it was very minimal. You can see a few on their faces in some shots in the breakdown

[@MicDoesThings]

@@AlfieVaughan thanks Alfie, I checked a few out already. Amazing stuff

[@gregjoblove672]

Loved the compositing walkthrough. The contact shadow was a neat trick- love when passes an be used creatively like that

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Yeah it's a good one to know. Super simple but works well!

[@bram_gunst]

Amazing video! I like your workflow and as a VFX student the TourBox would be awesome!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@JorgeMarquezIO]

I loved the look of the CGI on the movie and you did a great job recreating it! :D

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you so much!

[@piewars12345]

Happy to have found someone who is using Blender with a more "industry standard" workflow. I used your ACES videos a lot while setting up my pipeline between Blender and After Effects. Great stuff with this video, I might have to give this type of effect a shot when I actually have some free time lol

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! It took me ages to figure it all out but once you have a good workflow it makes such a massive difference to the quality of content you can create. Worth the time spent!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Yeah the main CG pipeline is Houdini and Maya. I'm the only one the really uses Blender. Sometimes we use it for niche tasks. Like recently we used it to ingest some Google maps geometry from the Open Street Maps add-on for Blender

[@leewozywarren]

I've been out of VFX for a couple of years due to illness but this video has really inspired me to reinstall Nuke Studio and get back up to speed with my passion:)

[@AlfieVaughan]

Glad to hear it! Hope your health returns 🤞

[@InLightVFX]

Super impressive, Alfie! Great work and thanks for the detailed breakdown.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot Jacob! 🙏

[@DH-bc6im]

So much work and thought has gone into the making of this vid. Thx 4 sharing ur technique and what could be achieved w Blender 4 any aspiring VFX artist! Bravo!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much! That's lovely to hear 😁

[@handelogbata]

Nicely done, Alfie , the creator is one of the most visually stunning vfx films

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot 👍

[@Yucy42]

I'm starting as a Junior compositor and having that TourBox would be very useful :)

[@AlfieVaughan]

Good luck 😁

[@gotenks83]

Fascinating breakdown of the single most shot imporant shot technique used throughout the film. i imagine the challenges of creating so many complex comp shots for this movie 🤣🤣🤣

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! 🙏

[@faisalpalmes]

Never seen that frequency seperation technique before. Gonna note that down for my uni projects

[@AlfieVaughan]

It's a good one to know! I did a video at the start of the year all about using it for tracking too 👍

[@LifeStreamAni]

Love this! Would definitely buy a step by step course if you ever do one. Such a wealth of knowledge

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! And noted 👀

[@redoniproductions]

Awesome work as always! One of the few channels that actually make Nuke and Blender accessible for complete noobs like myself

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha, thank you!

[@ocdvfx]

I loved this one! Felt like you got straight into it and kept dropping hammers of info

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! I'm making a bit of a shift in how I structure and present my videos so hopefully this is a bit more engaging!

[@itsholken]

cool video, the bit about adding extra hair in the cg was interesting definitely gonna try that next time i do something like this.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks dude! I saw they did it on some shots on the breakdown and it was really effective for blending the edges of the skin

[@orie_]

Been waiting for a full workflow breakdown for this effect. Looks great!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@BassplayerNX05]

Awesome. Recently started getting back into Blender and Nuke. Really enjoying the channel!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much :)

[@thejokeman7819]

Great tutorial! I really loved the VFX from The Creator so very cool to see a video from you about it. Keep it up!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much 🙏

[@srmono]

This looks great Alfie, you always make it seems so easy. Thanks for the breakdown!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot dude! That's very kind of you :)

[@Jazzley]

Nice tutorial! I'm now starting to learn Blender so this tutorial has great timing! You make it look so easy, are you sure you didn't work on The Creator?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :) Haha no but I have a few friends who did

[@juliengouz]

As always, very useful and great to watch : well done Alfie !

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! :)

[@alcoolwarriors]

It's always worth to invest time in watching your content! super informative and interesting

[@AlfieVaughan]

That's lovely to hear! Thank you 🙏

[@jesusfreak2017]

Love it! The only part that didn’t hold up well was the neck flap which had the mask moving around a bit too much. Other than that, amazing job! I especially loved the bit about adding the beard hairs on top to make the seam more natural on the jawline. Great attention to detail there!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Yeah I totally agree. I wish I'd done it as a 3d holdout so it looked better but I'd sort of run out of time to spend making this video and just needed to get it out 🤣

[@BlueZiFX]

Awesome! I watched The Creator 2 days ago and I was amazed by the VFX as well

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Yes it's a great film. One of the best I've seen in a while. Especially after watching the breakdown and seeing they didn't shoot any clean plates 🤣🤣🤣

[@BlueZiFX]

@@AlfieVaughan ILM always makes us surprised by their magics haha

[@jancordero7045]

I really should start using more 3D projections inside Nuke 😪. Also, great touch on the slight shadow along the edge of the 3D that’s in contact with your face!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! It really helps :)

[@fab118]

Really Nice vfx shots. I really like your workflow. Thank you for making this kind of video.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Glad you liked it :)

[@MusicaUrbanaBrasil]

Amazing work bro! Let me ask you..Do you recommend for a small team of 3 members to use Blender + Nuke instead of using Maya and Nuke for an independent film series VFX? Do you have problems working with Blender and Nuke since Maya has more integration tools with Nuke?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! I wouldn't say Maya has more integration with nuke tools. There's no overlap other than custom tools studios have made themselves. You're probably better off using blender in a small team

[@MusicaUrbanaBrasil]

@@AlfieVaughan Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I have a small team and we don't have enough budget to buy blender and Maya, so I was looking for a solution for high-end VFX without breaking the bank account.. So I'll follow your experience and use Nuke + Blender

[@roguepigeon]

Really love object tracking breakdowns!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@thehighestsoapbox7561]

Sweet vid, clear breakdown, great hair.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Hahahaha 🤣 love it!

[@supapoopacoopa1544]

Love this tutorial, very good at explaining how you did it

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! 👍

[@Shizuku0510]

The video is awesome!!! Surprisingly, we have the same TourBox and tripod!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! Ah cool 😎

[@kevinschwaiger8325]

Amazing! Thank you for showing the workflow :) Your videos 10/10!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot 👍

[@KEVS_3D_studio]

Thanks for sharing every single trick from your proces :) !

[@AlfieVaughan]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@notreallyErebos]

The results look amazing

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!! 🙏

[@conorsvfx]

Looks Great! Only one thing slightly stood out to me about the final shot, the long vertical part of the neck was a little inconsistent sometimes as you were going along the pores. It might be better to draw a line down along the neck for the part you're cutting out so its always deforming correctly. I'm nitpicking at this point though the final result was insane, way better than anything i could do, great work!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Yes I thought about drawing a line too. I definitely would do something like that if I did it again. My initial plan was to make that part of the next with some 3D geo so it was perfectly accurate. But getting the deformation right as the head moves would have been quite tricky and I just wanted to finish the video by then 🤣

[@theDyingArts]

As someone who works in Nuke at a studio, do you actually pay for it at home too? I can't bring myself to and the non-commercial version, while great to have ... is a little lacking when you're used to the full version.

[@AlfieVaughan]

I would if I had to but I asked Foundry if they'd consider giving me a license for my channel a couple of years ago and they generously agreed in exchange for me making some of their Nuke tutorials. I have a good relationship with them now both at work and at home. But if that didn't exist, I'd be ok paying for nuke Indie as I do a fair bit of freelance work and make money from using Nuke on KZbin so it's a bit of a stretch to say I'm not working commercially 🤣 I think indie is priced pretty well for professional individuals

[@danialsoozani]

very well done and explained! I hope one day I learn these like u

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! 🙏

[@zequee]

when i feel burned out i always watch ur vids. makes me want to do better in vfx

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks! That's lovely to hear :) Glad I can be a source of inspiration! Happens to us all 😅

[@BenPascoe-jj2pz]

Really great to see the compositing!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot!

[@JAMRAON]

Any chance to see more of your videos using TourBox? I'm thinking about getting one but I'm hesitating. It would be great to see more demonstrations!

[@AlfieVaughan]

This is the original video I did when. I was sent it. I show it a bit here too. If you're thinking of getting one you can use my discount code AlfieVaughan to get some money off :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJucgKWQo7iVZpIsi=yDHBRWHvXGPc6Yjt

[@JAMRAON]

@@AlfieVaughan Alright, will do! Thank you!

[@gehriggosselin9468]

Hell yeah. This'll come in handy with some shots I need to do soon for a short!

[@AlfieVaughan]

😎

[@cornagudera]

great tutorial specially the compositing! Thanks!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! 🙏

[@SwompyGaming]

cool! Roto of the neck seems to be sliding a bit, since you had your scan, could you not have rendered at UV pass and connect the alpha to that to get it tracked into you plate and avoid the spline having the boiling effect?

[@AlfieVaughan]

My initial plan was to do that with some 3D geo but getting the weight painting right so it didn't slide was too much of a faff. The roto was a bit of a cop out but I couldn't be bothered to do it properly 😂

[@SwompyGaming]

I've definetly been there, it still works though! at the end of the day it's about delivering a result. I watched the creator last evening and thought to myself, now when I'm out of work I should try do something similar. then you uploaded this!@@AlfieVaughan

[@chrisfichtner4258]

Very inspiring! I've been using Davinci Fusion for compositing lately, and as much as I like it, I like Nuke better and will probably switch back in the future!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! I use fusion a little bit. I made the Patreon graphics from this video in Fusion. But I much prefer nuke for big comps

[@cgmou3345]

really amazing tutorial! love to see you sharing more tutorial like this! cheers!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@mrstroodle4717]

in the movie, theres shots with people standing behind the AI robots and movie behind them, and they are visible through the robot parts. How would making a clean plate for that situation go?

[@AlfieVaughan]

From what I understood from the behind the scenes breakdowns and interviews with Gareth the director, they didn't really shoot any clean plates as it was all on location in remote villages with minimal crew. So in this case it would just be brute force. A lot of painting clean plates manually from whatever they had. They also said some takes were up to 45 minutes long. So they could usually go through the extra footage and find bits to use when the backgrounds weren't as obstructed. But to answer your question about the people specifically, it's usually a case of taking a frame before they're covered, isolating the various body parts and then animating them in comp as they pass behind the foreground actors. It's one of the hardest types of cleanup to do and takes a lot of time and skill. The fact that ILM did so much of this in this film is really more impressive to me than all the flashy explosions 🤯

[@CAMEBA]

Awesome explanation and workflow! Lots of golden tips

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@blenderleb]

That looks really good! So cool! You are a very talented VFX artist! God bless!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much 🙏

[@MaangePeenge]

Amazing work! Also i could really use that box

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! Maybe you'll win 🤞

[@akeem2752]

This was a good video. I was trying to do something similar a few months ago, i just couldn't get it right. Maybe I'll download your files and give this a shot

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you 🙏

[@gordonrobb]

This is amazing. I need to give this a try.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! 👍

[@GabrielMendezC]

Awesome work Alfie! Keep it up 🙌

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!!

[@johnperry8127]

Wow, that's so cool! Do you know how many times I've watched the first minute?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks very much!

[@juanortega7493]

Amazing work! Are you using AgX? And how you set up your color space in Nuke for Blender's AgX? Thank you!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! No Im working in Aces as that's what I'm used to and how we do everything at work still. I like the look of AGX but it's not really got an established workflow when going to other software yet. Will be interesting to see how it progresses!

[@MajeckFN]

Nicee effect Alfie 🔥

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! 🙏

[@dannybcreative]

Well done! Super nice work.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! :)

[@SPEZIALOKOCHA]

Fantastic video. Need more vids like this

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!!

[@mariorodriguez8627]

Great work! How long did it take you work on the project?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! It was a few weeks on and off. It took a couple of days to model and rig the CG robot parts. Then I shot a couple of tests for the effect before doing the real thing. And then about 2 evenings per shot to comp. But spread out over a few weeks whenever I had time :)

[@kenomy2160]

Inspiring Workflow ! Congrats for the effect, its really selling :)

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! 🙏

[@parsidh11]

Why is he so unrated? 💀 He is damm cool artist 🌝 keep it up bro I'm your new follower 👍

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much!

[@nikolaskana4277]

So many great tips, learned a lot!!! Thank you!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Glad you liked it! 👍

[@anurag720]

Just had a question, why you use the 3d scan for your head like you could have used a dummy head 3d model in blender, am i missing something?. Btw great video

[@AlfieVaughan]

A generic 3D head would have worked ok too. I used a 3D scan because that way the shape of the jaw matched mine exactly so the holdout was more accurate. I could have used a head model and sculpted it to be a similar shape but that's probably more work than doing the scan :)

[@ajay7637]

really enjoy the nuke breakdowns videos...

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! I enjoy making them :)

[@donutheads2058]

Hey!!!! I've got a TourBox too!

[@AlfieVaughan]

They're great! Really like using mine

[@swatrick_payze]

very cool breakdown 🔥

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! 🙏

[@Samuelp5]

Hey Alfie, what do you think about doing any more Fusion compositing stuff?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Yes! I used fusion to make the Patreon graphics at the end of the video. I've started to use it a bit more and I'd like to do a follow up video soon now I know it a little better. Stay tuned :)

[@brysonalley140]

awesome video! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks so much! 🙏

[@VORONETIC]

Im starting to learn VFX ,this is awesome information ,thanks

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@JAOpictures]

how do you "minus the detail" after you blur for the frequency separation? Please and thank you. I'm trying to do this in fusion

[@AlfieVaughan]

Once you've blurred the footage you just have to merge it with the original and set the blend mode in the merge to minus :) Hope that helps!

[@JAOpictures]

@@AlfieVaughan thank you so much!!

[@harveyabrahams]

Love the vids!! Such an inspiration

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!!! That's very kind :)

[@sahdsalmi3935]

Gimme gimme gimme tourbox 😂 , like always Alfie brother you rock!!Cheers

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha! 🤣 Thank you 🙏

[@mikegentile13]

Great workflow!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@indepmedia]

Love this video. Can't wait to try this myself

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! 🙏

[@jacek3358]

Love it, would be honored to test the tourbox

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot!

[@olivierb2657]

Once again very nice work! Need to go back on your discord and try hard again! Learning Houdini and Nuke right now…😅 Cheers!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much! Glad you liked it :)

[@JoshFryer]

My friend, SUPER rad video! I keep telling myself I'm going to get further into Nuke soon, but "real" work keeps getting in the way. (And, they're having us work in Flame at work.) 😢🤣 Can't wait until the next video! ✌🤟🤘

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much! Yes, it's always a challenge finding the time 🤣

[@gabrielmundaka]

This so inspiring to watch thank you

[@AlfieVaughan]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Utsab_Giri]

Yeah, but how would you do it in a moving shot? Thanks!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Same thing. Object tracking works the same with a moving camera. I just didn't have anyone to film as I live alone 🤣

[@Utsab_Giri]

@@AlfieVaughan I meant, creating the clean plate for a moving shot.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Oh right. Quick camera track, make some geo for the back wall and project the clean plate on it. I used the same technique in my recent Spiderman video to paint myself out of a moving shot

[@Utsab_Giri]

@@AlfieVaughan Thanks!

[@Nareshistudio]

Thank you for the amazing tutorial

[@AlfieVaughan]

Glad you liked it! 🙏

[@Shazi_VL]

Awesome work!! Keep it up 👍

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you :)

[@razbrutman5839]

Amazing job! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! 🙏

[@oshea_entertainment]

Is it possible to use the object tracker for motion tracking? I want to try doing this😅

[@AlfieVaughan]

What do you mean motion tracking? Like a 3d camera track? Or 2D?

[@oshea_entertainment]

@@AlfieVaughan 3d camera track. Sorry for not being specific 🤐

[@AlfieVaughan]

All good! Yes if it's a camera track you just use the camera settings that's there already you don't have to add one for an object

[@oshea_entertainment]

@@AlfieVaughan thank you

[@DiptanshuGiri]

awesome as always!!!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@alexunderstands]

Learned a lot from this.. thanks!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Glad you enjoyed the video! 👍

[@brodybrowne8960]

Really Cool Video!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot!

[@DavidChavez-Polanco]

Nice work this is insane !

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks a lot dude! 😎

[@nikhilbhojne6395]

Hey there, can you please make a detail tutorial about using aces and how to tweak HDRI for more realism like inLight vfx channel and if possible , workflow should be in after effect.

[@AlfieVaughan]

I don't use after effects anymore I'm afraid. I probably will make an updated workflow video soon but it will be in blender and nuke

[@nikhilbhojne6395]

@@AlfieVaughan Alright, thanks by the way

[@AdrianLopez_vfxwolf]

Great tute.. been looking at trying something similar.. inspired by The Creator..

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@YashasviDwivedi.v2]

Ex-tremely Helpful

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!