Remaking TOP GUN In Blender

[@AlfieVaughan]

What effect/ film should I remake next? 👀

[@vfxboi1593]

Brahmastra ( in case you don't know jus search brahmastra trailer )

[@amswil3232]

Fallout series😊😊😊😊,I really love your videos but nuke scares me sooo much

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! It's a bit daunting at the beginning but once you get used to it it's really great to use!

[@Matheussbttemp]

Some scene from Robocop old movies

[@amswil3232]

@@AlfieVaughan I see

[@planemo2118]

Making a project in Blender that you truly feel enthusastic about is the best feeling in the world, especially when the result is on par with your expectations.

[@AlfieVaughan]

I love it!

[@Makedonas61]

SIr just so you know, an F16 is not a navy aircraft and thus cant land on an aircraft carrier. Excellent work btw, youre amazing

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha good to know, thanks! I don't know anything about planes. I just make pretty pictures 🤣

[@relentlessdroning5835]

@@AlfieVaughan Also cute detail about dangling wires on nose landing gear, but on real aircraft all the wiring looms are secured in place :)

[@opti12]

Those custom textures add way more than the effort that it takes! That's a really good one to get it to the next level, love it

[@AlfieVaughan]

I think so too! Definitely going to do more of that on future projects :)

[@stache_obj]

loved the color grade on all of the shots. and really really clever thumbnail. loved that too

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks very much! The thumbnail is my favourite thing about the video 🤣🤣🤣 a late night idea

[@kerhabplays]

yoo Stache

[@FileNotFound404]

This is like one of the best recreations of anything I've seen in blender. Bravo!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@grabbitt]

Excellent work Alfie. This was an excellent outcome

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you Grant! 🙂

[@kerhabplays]

hey

[@joshi905]

Hope this remaking series continues! Its so good

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! I'm enjoying making them :)

[@zillaquazar]

I'm blown away, When you first show the shot i was thinking we are being shown a shot from the movie then we will see the work you are doing. Nope that was your shot and it is incredible. I have nothing but compliments for you.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Hahaha 🤣 thank you so much! That's great to hear

[@cemgulpunk]

The result looks like a high-end vfx job. I respect your dedication to Blender.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot :)

[@ASKVFX]

This has to be some of your best work. Outstanding job!

[@AlfieVaughan]

That's very kind! Thank you :)

[@fiveoneecho]

This looks really great! One thing that took me out of it for a shot was the takeoff roll of the jet. Realistically, it should've been launching from one of those steam catapults, and it should've been a very violent experience from the POV of a mounted camera. I point that out because I feel like it's a pretty big "feel" thing for the genre, and I know that it's the kind of specific thing that a much larger-than-you-might-expect group of people are aware of. But literally everything else makes a great sequence that conveys the perfect Top Gun energy!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Yeah I don't know anything about planes so not surprised it's not accurate. I just wanted to make something that looks cool

[@Julmeni]

Your videos are always such a joy to watch! Not only for the beautiful VFX work and the fact I learn something new every time, but also the narration and pacing is incredible. Keep it up, man :)

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much! That's really kind :)

[@BrunoKrost]

Althought I went into the character and prop animation path, I still find lots of joy when doing some VFX work. This shot was amazing! Specially the flight off scene when the camera focus into the wheel.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@benmcconnel8255]

Amazing Alfie. So good mate and inspirational. Really looking forward to the next one too!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot!

[@intgr]

6:32 Man, that’s so inventive and smart! The shots look so good too😮

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you so much! 👍

[@iamethio]

seriously this is another lever i love itttt

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! 👍

[@yafvfx]

We need a full nuke compositing course Alfie ✊🏽

[@AlfieVaughan]

Ive been thinking about making one 👀 maybe over the summer. I need some time to record it!

[@yafvfx]

@@AlfieVaughan So cool, we'll be waiting

[@espirite]

Stunning work. Nice to see someone using Affinity photo as well!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! Yeah I got it fairly recently just for making my thumbnails and really like it

[@gamingragdollalpha]

Man, you nailed it.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@AKAHatter]

When I said "fly into the sunset" I didn't actually think you were gonna do that lol Nice work!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks dude 👍

[@adeyoliver1680]

I'm inspired by what you can achieve in Blender, even though I'm just getting into it again and for 3D printing rather that video at this stage. Absolutely 100% agree with the high topology from the outset, I keep forgetting though and subsurface modifiers don't count when you're exporting an .STL as they're only a visual cheat unfortunately, so end up having to redo, doh!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much! Haha yeah they're important. I forget too sometimes 🤣

[@rileylass1109]

The light wrap tip is really clever!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! I use it a lot

[@theG.P]

You are So Underrated, This is Masterpiece ❤ You are a Perfectionist, That's Industry level Output.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much :)

[@dlaw3987]

Great job!! Always look forward to your new releases.

[@AlfieVaughan]

And I look forward to releasing them 😁 thanks a lot! 🙏

[@danielsonderhoff5882]

Please make more to Blender!! I love it and love your style to make the yt clips.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! I have lots more of these videos planned :) Another one is coming out in a week or so

[@ABMultimediaDesigner]

This looks absolutely amazing

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you very much! 🙏

[@dannybcreative]

So cool! Very inspiring as usual. Keep up the good work.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! 🙏

[@HomieOficial]

You have to be kidding! This is absolutelly crazyyyyy ❤‍🔥

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@deepaknarayan3713]

Probably we entering a new era of film making

[@heinschultz8970]

Amazing work. One can see you really enjoy what you're doing. Nice! one

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you :)

[@conorsvfx]

Awesome this is your best video so far! Movie quality

[@AlfieVaughan]

Wow, thanks a lot!

[@andreybagrichuk5365]

Amazing content man, please keep going !

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot!

[@ChrisDarby80]

Great work! Although I haven't seen an F-16 take off from an aircraft carrier since I was playing F/A-18 Interceptor on the Amiga

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! I don't know anything about planes so I wouldn't be surprised if this video isn't totally technically accurate 🤣

[@ChrisDarby80]

F16 is my favourite jet so accurate or not it was great to see!

[@Joshbrucemedia]

Looks Beautiful! 😍

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks dude!

[@ocdvfx]

So sick! Excellent work as always

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@owenjenkinsofficial]

Amazing work!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@TanjirouKaumadou]

Love it! Good job :) Keep going

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@SHKAAL887]

Really lovely stuff - great work man!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! 🙏

[@Jazzley]

This is crazy good!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! 🙏

[@vishalvijay8085]

Handy down ... U r literally amazing 😮

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thank you!

[@thomandy]

I would have loved to see the render settings. I'm currently struggling to get my youtube uploads to look like the same as my exported file. I have tried just about every render setting, but even on 4K I can't get it to look like your intro. It looks amazing!! Both H.264/65 1080p on KZbin looks just like 360 on Vimeo. It's insane. I also tried Cineform and DNxHR.. neither fixed the issues on youtube. So yeah, Id love to get to know your final export settings if possible! :)

[@AlfieVaughan]

I used to render to h.264 from resolve with more or less default settings. I now use h.265 but even using h.264 it still looked good. My settings now are a 3840x2160 timeline rendered out in Rec709 gamma 2.4 to an h.265 move file. Hope that helps!

[@thomandy]

@@AlfieVaughan Appreciate it!! :) Thank you.

[@anurudhaabeysinghe2549]

Bro! This is the bomb! If you ever release a step by step tutorial - i would be the first to purchase!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thank you! I'm moving away from step by step tutorials a bit as this format tends to be better received on KZbin compared to my slower, more detailed videos. You might find what you're looking for if you go back through some of my videos from the last year or so. I've got some more in depth ones

[@anurudhaabeysinghe2549]

@@AlfieVaughan will do thanks Alfie..

[@MJ12GRAVITON]

Wow, amazing! Keep it up mate!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@metalsiren]

Amazing… I will learn a lot from this😊 Just one question… At the beginning,why are the planes going down into the hangar of the carrier? Instead of exiting to the deck above to lift off? Different planes?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! Yeah they're different planes but I agree the context is a bit odd 🤣 basically there's a really cool shot in the film where they reveal like that. Slowly coming down the lift. But then I didn't want to make a load of shots of people getting in them and then going back up. Would have taken way too long. So I just did a jump cut like it was more of a montage 🤣

[@metalsiren]

@@AlfieVaughan perfectly understandable 😉👍 The 1st Top Gun is one of my top 3 of all time, mostly because I was an impressionable 10 years old😅 Next… you can tackle water sim with The movie “the Hunt for the Red October” when the sub “flies” out of the water 😝🫡

[@MicDoesThings]

Amazing as always and I'm assuming you have played the soundtrack, too. Awesome!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks a lot! Haha yes I did. It's a great riff 😎🎸

[@MicDoesThings]

@@AlfieVaughan one of the best ever written IMO

[@ForcePF]

VERY cool. And you make it look so easy. It would take me a month to do this (If I could even do it at all) 😄

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks a lot! I had a week off work to be fair and it took me most of the week 😅

[@cosmicnation]

Generally, do you prefer to render out motion blur from blender or do you use a render pass and do it in nuke?

[@AlfieVaughan]

I almost always do it from Blender. 3D motionblur is always better if you have the luxury of rendering it. Also, my GPU is a lot more powerful than my CPU. So rendering it in 3D makes comping a lot lighter where it could become a bottleneck for speed if I start adding loads of comp motion blur etc. Both ways have their uses but that's how I do mine :)

[@TrueURIEL]

Pretty insaneee

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you 🙏

[@KEVS_3D_studio]

Amazing work.! When you get too the point, where you are in doubt, regarding the amount of vfx. The level of realism is huge ! :O I could not help thinking, how it would be, if you dived in too the film "Gravity" maybe the scene with the spacejunk collision :) It is truely awesome too see your breakdowns ! Thanks a lot

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you so much! Yes sometimes in the middle I feel like I lose momentum a bit. That's why I like to render the v001s and get a good idea of how it's all coming together. It helps because I can see it all working which makes me realise I'm nearly done but also shows bits that could be improved. Thanks for the Gravity suggestion! I have a "space" scene on my list of videos I'd like to tackle. I'll definitely give it a go :)

[@gaz_3827]

Although the effort is much appreciated, It would've made more sense if an F/A-18 or even the F-14 was taking off from the carrier as well as reworking the takeoff animation as carrier based aircraft attach to a catapult that assures more accelleration and shorter take off distances. agin on aTechnical level this was very good just noting some details that grab the attention of a flight enthusiast...That if you don't mind.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Always good to get feedback! I appreciate it. The honest truth is I know nothing about planes so wouldn't know what is and isn't technically correct. All I know how to do is make it look cool 🤣

[@Diamantfeuer1]

Looks awesome! just a question: Where did you get the aircraft carrier 3D model from? Or did you do it yourself?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! I got the model on CG trader I think

[@anishbapat4240]

0:26 - Did you use an HDRi for the sunset or is it an image plane? Looks great especially with the haze

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! That one is just a few jpegs I downloaded from textures.com that I turned into a matte painting. I did use an HDRI on the previous shot as the camera move was quite big. But all the other shots were just normal 8 bit images. It was quite hard to push them without breaking them to be honest 😅

[@designfreedom3651]

Very good!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! 🙏

[@Xraller]

The first thing I would do is research what kind of jet can take off from an aircraft carrier. The jet you chose was a F-16. An Air Force jet. Would not be able to take off or land from an aircraft carrier. Maybe do it with a Navy F-18 next time.

[@AlfieVaughan]

A few people have mentioned this. I don't know anything about planes. I just wanted to make something that looks cool 😅

[@arias3d]

How good does all this look, I'm just wondering if the F 16 can take off from an aircraft carrier?

[@AlfieVaughan]

I have no idea to be honest 😅 I just make pretty pictures. The physics of it all isn't my area of expertise 🤣

[@twiki9995]

No, the F/A-18 Hornet or the F-35C are the carrier fighter jets. They have the required tail hook and stronger landing gear to handle a carrier landing.

[@kerhabplays]

What I really need rn is a Nuke X 3D Render tutorial video😭...Dude this looks flippin fine🔥🔥🔥

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks very much! I've got a whole playlist of nuke tutorials on my channel and 2 of them focus on compositing 3D renders. Worth checking out! I think it's what you're looking for 👍

[@kerhabplays]

@@AlfieVaughan W..Gonna check it out 💯

[@Ffaarel]

That is a fucking cool thumbnail man.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks! I had the thumbnail idea before I'd even made the video 🤣 thought it would be fun

[@nihilusedit1447]

That's so cool, I'm trying to make a similar scene but for a military exercise with a French plane the Rafale, and it takes so long to model (even if I like it), do you have any advice to do the Udims ?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Good luck with yours. I don't use UDIMs I'm afraid so I can't offer much advice

[@nihilusedit1447]

@@AlfieVaughan Thank's, ok no problem, love your content anyway !

[@VisualistAyush07]

Bro cooked perfectly

[@AlfieVaughan]

Hahaha thanks!

[@waylandmayo]

awesome!!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@storiz107]

Please, make an extended course/tutorial, it will help me a lotttt 🫠🫠

[@AlfieVaughan]

I don't really do extended tutorials I'm afraid. People generally prefer this style and pace of video on my channel

[@nfilms17]

Love it!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@davebrainvfx]

Awesome!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@spencertaproot8086]

Hoper there are some davinci resolve tutorial for 3d artist in future

[@AlfieVaughan]

Davinci isn't a 3D software??

[@99brickstudios]

That's not a Helicarrier 😅

[@AlfieVaughan]

I know nothing about planes 🤣 I probably meant aircraft carrier

[@thehypest]

Hi! For the takeoff bit at 0:22 did you comp the sky in or it's an hdri environment texture in blender, an image on a plane/card or something else?

[@AlfieVaughan]

It's an HDRI but I used it in Nuke so I had a bit more control. So the renders had no sky and then I brought the camera into nuke and put the HDRI on a massive sphere and rendered it through the camera with Nuke's 3D system. That way I could control it a lot easier and then comp the CG on top

[@thehypest]

@@AlfieVaughan top! Thank you!

[@TimothySnowman]

Super cool render, great job! But it pains me to see an F-16 instead of an F-18, lol.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Yes, I know nothing about planes 🤣

[@jimderks3340]

Hey, before purchasing the files, was this done in Nuke Non-Commercial by any chance?

[@AlfieVaughan]

It was comped using a full nuke license which means it can be opened in non-commercial too :) you just can't go the other way (.nknc files can't be opened in a full license)

[@fed_blend]

sick!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@VotechsDigital]

NGL your VFX on this video is amazing since the last render challenge u did If u can do this quality with only blender, what about Houdini magic 😢😢😂😂😂

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! Haha I think about learning it a lot but I don't really have the time

[@maxdyomin]

great work! try to remake intro from Shogun (tv show)

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! I haven't seen it but I'll check it out :)

[@antonfromsweden]

110% Render Resolution won't add any overscan, it just adds more resolution..

[@AlfieVaughan]

I also set the focal length of the camera to focalLength/1.1 😉

[@ZDepth_VFX]

Nice

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@billcedarheath387]

Cool video and informative. F-16 aircraft are Air Force jets and are not carrier capable. The Navy F-18 is what should be used.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! I don't know anything about planes so not surprised if this isn't factually accurate 😅

[@mattandgames]

Cool

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@tejedi84]

Wow ❤

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@DMVB2307-u6d]

Excellent just work on the sound effects a bit more :P

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! I put 99% of the time into the visuals and about 5 minutes into the sound 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheOne1oz]

Did you do heat distortion in Blender or Nuke? 6:43

[@AlfieVaughan]

I used a gizmo in Nuke that I got online called RealHeatDistortion

[@stateflower3213]

How could you not show the final product!?!?

[@AlfieVaughan]

What do you mean?? It's the first part of the video 🤣

[@Павел2акк]

Это ах.... О!!! Красавчик

[@AlfieVaughan]

haha thanks!

[@dr.plague2676]

It looks so good, but it hurts my eyes to se f16 on a carrier.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Yes a lot of people have pointed that out 🤣 I don't know anything about planes

[@Mini.podcast_wala]

Please create tutorial audi car driving video

[@zczjj]

why don't you use maya?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Because I learned Blender first and never felt the need to switch

[@Some_Guy_Called_Raven]

Is there a reason why you didn't use the F-14? This is more like Iron Eagle.

[@AlfieVaughan]

I just don't know anything about planes 😅

[@Some_Guy_Called_Raven]

@@AlfieVaughan That's fair.

[@the_not_so_blender_guru3692]

did we just carrier launch an f-16?

[@AlfieVaughan]

🤣🤣🤣 I don't know anything about planes

[@mike_s_media]

Except.... you lowered the jets to the storage level of the aircraft carrier and then showed them on top firing up... Also, those are F-16's which are not carrier based Naval aircraft... You want F-14 Tomcats for the Navy and an aircraft carrier!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha yeah. They're not really meant to be the same planes taking off as going down the lift. It's more of a montage. I just liked that shot 🤣 I also know nothing about planes so not surprised the details are wrong

[@Butters-ly3hq]

😲

[@Berget3DProductions]

You keep saying helli carrier... And can't see anyone pointing this out, so tilting, you are cancled... Have watch to much marvel apparently.... AIRCRAFT CARRIER!!! Cause you know... It CARRIES AIRCRAFTS!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Sorry yes. I realised I got that wrong during editing. I just used the wrong term. Clearly I'm not an expert. Nothing to get angry about though 🤣

[@Dpate10]

The first shot doesn't look as good as the others; the light that shines through looks fake and the jets look like they're made of plastic. The camera shake on the second shot looks artificial. Otherwise good.

[@AlfieVaughan]

👍

[@Dpate10]

@@AlfieVaughan Can’t even take constructive feedback 🤣🤣

[@AlfieVaughan]

It winds me up when people just comment picking things apart all the time. You do it in everything you comment. Personally, if I was going to suggest some improvements to someone else's work, I would start by saying something nice. Instead of slating it and then tacking "otherwise good" on the end. But that's just me...

[@Dpate10]

@@AlfieVaughan You basically receive 0 negative comments on all your videos. You’d think you could handle just one.

[@AlfieVaughan]

It's not the quantity. It's that all of YOUR comments are always so negative. As you pointed out, everyone else is nice. It's not that I can't hack feedback. I just don't see why everything you comment is phrased so brutally... Just say "I liked this but thought this could have used some work." It's not hard to be nice