Speed Compositing | Nuke | Far Cry New Dawn Teaser

(Timestamps below) The following Nuke compositing time-lapse was created between the 14th and 30th of November of 2018. It's was screen recorded using screen ninja for shot 10 of the Far Cry New Dawn teaser created by Fire Without Smoke and directed by Paul Dixon.
It includes every single tweak, test, feedback, adjustment, and versions of the comp. In this video, you can see how we approach the shot but you also get to watch the "evolution" and its development from the RAW plate to final delivery to the client.
It condenses 10 days of compositing iterations into a 1-hour video.
Don’t forget to leave a comment below and support me on Patreon: / hugosdesk
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Breakdown
01:35 - Conform and Plates
02:11 - Lens Grids
03:09 - 3D Tracking
06:38 - Keying
09:49 3D Projection
14:35 - More Keying
17:15 - Back to the Comp
27:33 - Lens Flare
28:56 - Back to the comp
35:38- Testing the bomb
36:28 - Testing the heat haze
36:41 - Testing the flash
37:14 - Testing more bombs
38:48 - Making the flash
40:50 - Back to the bomb
41:46 - CG Composting of the bomb
53:12 - Heat Displacement
54:00 - testing some fire
57:36 - Lens Displacement
59:59 - Render pre-comps
1:00:21- Final adjustment
1:01:18 - Final shot
Hope you enjoy and please leave a comment below.
Compositing credits:
VFX Supervisor: Hugo Guerra
Compositing: Hugo Guerra and Bjorn Omar Gudmundsson
Matte Painting: David Gibbons
Junior Compositing: Joakim Engstrom #nuke #compositing #hugosdesk #vfx #foundry

[@HugosDesk]

Really appreciate all the support on the video but I have to say, it’s bizarre that I have 6 dislikes. Really? You dislike that I am sharing production ready techniques in Nuke for free??? Really? This is a real project for Ubisoft. You don’t even see this stuff on KZbin. This is not some “test” or “concept” shot am making, it’s the actual comp from the trailer released for Far Cry. How can someone dislike this??? Some people are weird.

[@netflixreview3104]

They jealous

[@HugosDesk]

Haha, well it's 7 now. My personal record. Never had so many dislikes on a video, lol

[@AriseWorks]

@@HugosDesk Possibly gaming kiddos looking for more info on the game and getting frustrated with the inability to comprehend what this video is in the first place. That'd be my take.

[@CaptainChromaKey]

Dont think about it to much - way to many dislike bots on youtube - and yes I did not make that up^^ Keep up the good work! And thank you so much :)

[@zaferfanari9320]

Thank you so much! you are awesome!

[@MachineElf1111]

Beautiful work

[@Omarencarnacion1]

this is amazing man thanks for share it

[@frekaingcodeh831]

This is incredible, you’ve made something amazing!

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for your support. Glad you liked it. More to come soon.

[@frekaingcodeh831]

Hugo's Desk can’t wait!!

[@yadav-r]

Not a compositor, it was really fun to see it deconstructed. Thanks for sharing man, really appreciate it.

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for watching

[@VFXVIBE]

Was waiting for it... Great work.. :-)

[@kennethbenitez6195]

Love the insight this provides. Thanks for posting!

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for watching. I have a few more ‘speed comps’ on the channel and have a few more planned

[@manikayyanar5506]

Hi Hugo, I'm very much inspired on seeing your videos. Also, i've gained a lot of knowledge from you and they are very useful to me. Thank you for posting the videos

[@HugosDesk]

No problem thank you so much for watching.

[@vedatkaplan]

I learned so much thing from Hugo's compositing videos. I think compositing not just abut the tool. Its also related to the method which you selected for fixing the problem. And here i got the so much thing about the " how I can fix this problem. " Thank you so much. And sorry for my bad English.

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for you kind words. I really appreciate your support and thanks so much for watching my videos. Makes me very happy,

[@HugosDesk]

And yes it’s all about the core skills and not about the software. During my career I have switched compositing package 4 times. And I am sure more will appear in the future.

[@nutellaj1778]

it's just awesome! thanks for sharing!

[@vipulhamirani4927]

I have no words to tell you............ thank you so much.....keep it up

[@Carteblanchefx]

It's awesome!

[@bao6150]

i love the fact that the preview caching looks like realtime in the timelapse :D thanks for sharing Hugo, and dont worry about the dislikes

[@roccominore2202]

Great work!

[@EugeniaLoli]

I envy you for being able to work 10 full days for a single scene. Much attention to detail, which I hope your clients appreciated.

[@HugosDesk]

Well I worked 10 days in the entire trailer. We did 6 VFX shots in total plus the grade and conform and tracking. 10 days from shoot to deliver.

[@EminHasanzade]

Great work! We want more videos of this type

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much, I only started recording my screen as I works a few months ago so only have this project and a Games Cinematic for Warhammer that is not out yet. But I am going to start making this type of timelapse from now on. I will also make a full “normal” deconstruction series about this show since it was voted by my Patreons. Thanks for watching.

[@HugosDesk]

I am very glad you liked it. I have a few people that did not liked the video.

[@HugosDesk]

Hugo's Desk will be live on Twitch tomorrow Sunday, 17th March from 15.00 GMT. This will part Two of a CG compositing Nuke workshop using a real production shot. Hope to see you there. www.twitch.tv/hugosdesk

[@twifeedo]

This is gold. Also very pleasant music in background. If anyone stll hesitates to take part in the course that Hugo is currently doing you should wait no more. I'm already noticing some techniques that are teached in detail in the course and we're not even in half way of it.

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for the support

[@VFXVIBE]

Will love to see the "Deconstruction" of this shot in detail. :-)

[@HugosDesk]

It’s coming soon. It was voted by my Patreon last month. Thanks

[@souravsharma5668]

@@HugosDesk where is it? i really want to see

[@GoldwireIT]

I'm a subscriber and I'm really inspired by your work and skill level, but basically all your videos are far too advanced for me to extract any useful tips since I'm a total newbie, but I have a dream that one day your videos will be useful to me so keep up the good work. :)

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for your kind words. I have made a full Nuke course on Kickstarter last fall and we started it on December. That one is Nuke from scratch. Maybe you can join next time we do it? We are on week 5 of the course out of 15.

[@GoldwireIT]

@@HugosDesk I learned about your KZbin channel on Allan McKay's podcast and I enjoyed your interview. You mentioned the book "The Art and Science of Digital Compositing" so I'm currently reading through it. I'm also going through some After effects tutorials from a tutorial website, but next week I'm going to start going through some of the ones they have on Nuke. Like you said, you are software agnostic so I want to learn both AE and Nuke and some other programs. I have a good background in Photoshop so graphics isn't totally new to me. Your work is really inspiring and I would like to get on your level some day. :D

[@GoldwireIT]

@@HugosDesk I'm also aware of your Kickstarter. Even though it's for beginners like myself, I would prefer to learn a bit about Nuke before I commit to a course, but surely one day I will! :)

[@oliverwildt6041]

@@HugosDesk I wanted to ask if the course will be done another time. Is this confirmed with this? I remember in the QnA regarding the course it was said that you guys dont know if you will run the course another time. I would join the next one for sure.. unfortunately i just recently got into compositing so i only found out about your channel at the beginning of the month! All the best!

[@kalyanj4567]

Phenomenal 🙏🏼

[@gfxfilms2012]

Great job

[@user-jt8yt8qs5j]

Great video Hugo! Hope to see more videos from you in the future.

[@alexanderfeldman1230]

Holy crap this is awesome! I've been looking to get into nuke for a while, but most tutorials are short and hyper focused on one specific action. It's awesome to see an actual industry professional doing work

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much

[@EremitaCriminale]

AMAZING :O

[@revathybabu6914]

Amazing !!!

[@HugosDesk]

Don't forget to sign up and watch my free Nuke Compositing Workshop live today at 18.00 UK. The more people that sign up to watch the stream the more likely we will make more live events in the future. Your support is much appreciated. Let's try to have an open community where sharing and knowledge are free and not behind any paywalls. Hope to see you today at the Q&A. Thanks so much Remember this free Workshop is brought to you by BenQ Europe: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3729826412762332941?source=H-YT

[@nidhivaishnav3059]

Oh my god this is amazing I wish I will able to day only 50 % of it one day you are amazing sir you are my role model

[@MrRemo110]

I don't know why this stress me so much, maybe because i don't know nothing about what you'r doing xd anyway great video

[@tigerroar6071]

I gave like first, then started watching. Waiting for you to see you do a deconstruction. Your videos are blessing for junior copmer like us. Thank You and God bless

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for the support

[@woolenwoods665]

very educational, thx! it is crazy that a couple.of sconds of clip takes so much effort to craft...

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much. Well it takes more time because you are making iterations and responding to feedback all the time. But keep in mind I worked 10 days in the entire trailer. We did 6 VFX shots in total plus the grade and conform and tracking. 10 days from shoot to deliver. So it was not just this shot during this time.

[@woolenwoods665]

@@HugosDesk did u also involve the grading process? or u just send the material to the colorist?

[@HugosDesk]

This specific shot was graded by me. The colorist did grade the rest of the trailer.

[@woolenwoods665]

@@HugosDesk may i.ask.how.much it cost to craft. shots like this?

[@HugosDesk]

The 3rd part of my Nuke CG compositing workshop will be today, Wednesday, 20th March, 18.00 GMT live on Twitch. If you have Amazon Prime you can use it to subscribe to my Twitch channel for free. Supporting my Twitch channel will allow me to continue making regular streams with real production VFX shots. Also, don't forget to watch the show live so you can ask questions during the stream and help me reach Partner status on Twitch.www.twitch.tv/hugosdesk

[@saaki2856]

good work

[@younisatwi3691]

Hugo amazing work as usual, one of the few and rare professional vfx channels out there, thank you !And btw how did you animate the grass footage, is it some sort of a displacement effect in nuke?

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for the support. I wish there where more professional channels but I guess people are too busy. I split my time 50/50 so I can also share my workflows. Regarding the trees yes I used a displacement gizmo but the idistort would work as well. Thanks again for watching

[@parthdashora9594]

This composition will take around 50 tutorial of 30 minutes each to explain briefly 🙄😂 phenomenal 🔥

[@monocore]

This is content that isn't even available behind a paywall. This is priceless.

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for watching. I do have a full Nuke course behind a paywall! It’s even better! Haha 😆

[@monocore]

@@HugosDesk There is no better way to promote premium stuff than with premium free content.

[@chai112mno]

Amazing

[@SAideRsaY]

Looks so awesome, I love it! I just wished that someone on KZbin shows how to do that in After Effects, as I haven't touched Nuke yet..

[@HugosDesk]

You should try Nuke. Maybe start on this series: kzbin.info/aero/PLw7TZXbFAyfekqugTO9sJBdTKGpZUiv4D

[@saikotwo]

AMAZING X 10.000

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks mate

[@DanielManguinha]

Maravilhoso! Quero chegar um dia nesse nível! Parabéns pelo seu trabalho e por esse canal, não existe nada igual na internet! Meu inglês é meio capenga, posso tirar uma dúvida em português? Uma dúvida de principiante na verdade, no momento do flash, no color correction, a parte clara nos elementos (nas árvores, nas casas etc) está voltada exatamente para o lado de onde sai a bomba, como se houvesse uma máscara, mas você não usou o Roto. Qual técnica você utilizou naquele momento, para mascarar os elementos para clarear somente do lado de onde vem a luz da bomba? Deu para entender? Para ser mais preciso, no tempo 45:44 mais ou menos

[@Sher245]

Hello, Hugo. Thanks for sharing this amazing piece, really enjoyed and learnt a lot watching it. I had a question regarding the extreme white nuke effect/lighting that you designed for the elements when the boom happens 39:38, I fail to see what goes around making this effect, can you elaborate please? thanks

[@MaxChe]

Комплексный шот, крутая работа!

[@HugosDesk]

Sorry what?

[@MaxChe]

I say cool work man!

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much

[@joojosart7772]

Stunning! I watched to the end. How is it possible to keep orienation in so much nodes :O Your nodetree must have filled square kilometers :o

[@HugosDesk]

Haha, thanks so much for watching! I guess I am so used to this now that I don't even notice that it's big!

[@alexdreke5339]

This comp is soooooo sick man. i notice a mistake though the flag from the wind turbine not moving at all, it should fly against the nuke or may be torn apart hehehe. but the comp is soooooooooooooo good

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for watching. You are very kind with your words

[@akhiljose1299]

Wow . awesome

[@hellheaven11]

Damn it i have class tom morning and its already 23h but cant stop myself from watching...

[@HugosDesk]

Haha sorry

[@hellheaven11]

This morning was hard for me to wake up but totally worth it haha

[@z8editing]

Oh man this is a lot of work This is surprisingly very enjoyable to watch in fast forward, it's almost like your machine is on autopilot ahah Jokes aside, this is amazing and the first time i see something like this on youtube. So thanks alot for sharing that. I just have one question if you don't mind: I may be wrong, but I beleive you received the matte painting with all the elements already prepared. Is it usually like this for this kind of shot or sometimes you only have a reference and do it yourself ? Cheers

[@shtaarjean8003]

Hi Hugo thanks for your effort you put in to teach us nuke ;) i have a question can u recommend a hardware upgrade for nuke i use i7 6700K and 16GB RAM , 970Pro M.2 with intel integrated GPU 530HD however i"m doing some personnel projects i notice some lag in viewport even tho im using EXR Files and my task manager says im using 10GB RAM do u think i should get rtx 2070 or upgrade CPU

Hello Hugo, tanks for those great tutorials and the access you guve to your work. I have a very simple question : why did you (as a team), "bother" shooting the shot with the wheat plants when I feel like it took a lot of hours of work and it would have been pretty easy to do it otherwise, wouldn't it? Am I missing something about the importance of shooting it for real ?

[@amarjari]

Hi Hugo , what factors to I have to check for just after I comp my cg into live plate ?? I am more on the 2d side so not aware of this.

[@hellheaven11]

Do you think its possible to do something like this on after effect? I have a hard time with the camera movement so i use fixed props and the perspective is always weird

[@TheMANIKB]

please help me. how to create depth of field for matte painting projection

[@tlkja8490]

best channel i subscribe you

[@taunado]

Great! Thank you. I understand Photoshop has less of a learning curve, but I'll prefer to invest in Nuke and do everything there. Is it just as effective, if not more so, to use Nuke for the entire process?

[@HugosDesk]

Well Nuke is a compositing tool for sequences and Photoshop is for stills and photos. They do not serve the same place in the pipeline. Nuke is used to make film, video and animation and photoshop is used in photos, design and graphics.

[@horrorspidey7033]

Just wow

[@user-dc8ip1xv1e]

Awesome, man!!! But I watch "You just have to be better at using geometry to mask elements and particles" whilst. -)) I hope I'll watch this tutorial in next month -) I have a question. What online course from Nuke do you recommend for beginners/middle Nuke users?

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks, I would recommend my own Nuke Course I did on Kickstarter. We are on week 5 now but you can still join I you want. Interested?

[@user-dc8ip1xv1e]

@@HugosDesk Do you mean this course? www.kickstarter.com/projects/hugosdesk/hugos-desk-presents-the-complete-nuke-compositing?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Nuke%20Course

[@marioCazares]

Love

[@Qwa7]

From explosion there are no shadows. The mountains look flat, especially during the explosion

[@HugosDesk]

We do have shadows but we tone them down since it did not look very good. Also, the client wanted the explosion to only take a few frames since the trailer had to be very short so we kinda had to fake the speed and the shadows to make it faster. Real nuclear explosions take a long time to form a mushroom. Regarding the Mountains, they look flat because they have a haze around them and they are far away. But anyway, this is a very stylized trailer, it was never meant to be realistic. Also, we only had 2 weeks from the filming day to the delivery o the full trailer so time was very tight and compressed. thanks for watching.

[@thechannelitrollwith1645]

I’m not sure what I’m watching tbh. Are these all 2D images composited in Nuke to a camera movement? What exactly is the advantage of not doing this in 3D? Time it takes for realistic texturing/shading and to render? Is the sheer scale too large? Or are there underlying restrictions based on either client or technical preference? I’m looking at this with very minimal knowledge of both the actual content and overlying concepts, let alone any sort of low-level technical understanding. I’m coming from a photography->digital art->3D background so this looks like animated Photoshop more than 3D. I guess it could just be somewhere down a pipeline i’ve never needed nor was able to venture. Any insight to the billion questions would be appreciated. Loved watching it nonetheless.

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for watching. It is a complicated question. We did it using matte painting for 2 reasons. First to have a more stylised and game look to the shot and second making this in CG would be so much more expensive. It would require weeks of modelling, layout, rendering and lighting. And with clients we would have spent the entire time re rendering the shot. In this project the cheapest option was a meet painting. Thanks again

[@ZaryPhotography]

The music at the @1:40 mark reminds me of streets of rage i dont know why

[@rossdanielart]

Is the normal speed version of this available for sale?

[@MrGamerChoi]

I'm a junior compositor who works in a film VFX house for less then half year. I'm also a new subscriber to your channel, I love your contents so much! Currently I want to up my game in compositing but I just don't know how to be better in it. The most confusing part in compositing is that I don't know what should I include in my scene... I wonder if it's possible for you to create a video to briefly describle what are the important things that we should take care of / look for before woking on it. For example, If I'm working on a CG compositing shot, the fist thing I need to do is check the black & white points, color, motion blur...etc. What about keying...etc. I hope my question makes sense, it doesn't have to be really in depth about every value/skill. Maybe breifly naming important terms like black & white points, denoise, brightness of the OG footage...etc. Thanks again for the awesome videos !

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for the sub and the kind words. Well, as a matter of fact, I have created a full Nuke course on Kickstarter. It's a 15-week course and we are on week 5 at the moment. On this course, we go over everything n Nuke and compositing. Have a look at the details: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hugosdesk/hugos-desk-presents-the-complete-nuke-compositing

[@awazsobare3827]

Please Answer My Question . I am learning Fusion at school and i will graduate soon , so my question is will Fusion be an obstacle for my in the VFX industry. Which tutorial do you recommend for beginners to learn Nuke beside yours.

[@HugosDesk]

Well, I would say that Fusion is not industry standers at all. Nuke is dominating all VFX houses. Having said that, it should be possible to transfer your knowledge from Fusion to Nuke since they are both Node Based applications. Regarding tutorials, maybe try my Kickstart course? You can still join, we are only on week 5 of 15. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hugosdesk/hugos-desk-presents-the-complete-nuke-compositing

[@awazsobare3827]

Thank you a lot for answering my question and i would love to join your course but i can't because of my financial situation (i am a syrian refugee living in Belgium). Thank you again . @@HugosDesk

[@HugosDesk]

That is ok, I will keep posting free videos too. Thanks

[@blionart]

What tool do you preefeer, a powerful laptop, or built pc for Compositor and Supervisor

[@HugosDesk]

I personally prefer a workstation. I currently use Mac Pros and at The Mill we used Z HP workstations. Laptops are just not powerful enough for the bandwidth we need in VFX and editorial.

[@benjaminaustnesnarum3900]

I'm aware it's a node-based compositional tool, but exactly what Nuke is, I've never understood. *(I'm probably angering people by saying this)* but it seems like it's comparable to After Effects, though more catered towards high-end VFX? Its ocean of possibilities seems vast and deep!

[@JasonCobble01]

You are right it is node based. Whereas AE is layer based. Node based is far more powerful in visual effects. It allows multiple iterations and changes to the composite throughout the shot. It is much more difficult to produce feature film vfx in a layer based system such as After Effects.

[@banagarivineethkumar9792]

good work . send me footage link Bro

[@vipulhamirani4927]

Fire and distribution compositing tutorial

[@owboky102050]

The music link?

[@puppadread787]

What software do you use at 3:12? It could simplify my VFX workflow in 3D software.

[@HugosDesk]

That is the software from the Phantom high speed camera.

[@puppadread787]

@@HugosDesk Thanks, mate. :)

[@Lb_75.p13]

pleeeaase do a deconstruct version !!!

[@HugosDesk]

Yes, that is my next video series. As voted by my patrons.

[@uwirl4338]

Okay, what the fuck. Time to learn Nuke.

[@weizhang7577]

How to obtain nuKE project

[@feshprod1121]

Strange that you dont use 3d to apply the effect after the shot...! very amazing and very very long work you so sick !!^^

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much. What do you mean 3D?

[@feshprod1121]

​@@HugosDesk yeah sorry, i mean about 2d texture in 3d world, why you don't made a full 3d project, it is for pleasur or for technical achievement ? for

[@HugosDesk]

We did not do it in full 3D because we only had 2 weeks from the shoot onset until delivery. We would not manage to make a shot like this in full 3D in just 2 weeks. Also, it is much cheaper in 2D and the budget was not very big.

[@feshprod1121]

@@HugosDesk understand, it is amazing very powerfull, same like 3d, with 2d it is very nice and the render, but very big work ;), see ya buddy..

[@ady7d77]

With this course will I work in a big company?

[@HugosDesk]

If you are good enough... If you are not good then sorry can't help you there... lol

[@netflixreview3104]

No patron link?

[@HugosDesk]

There is a Patreon link on the KZbin page and one on the video it self on the top right corner. But here it is also: www.patreon.com/hugosdesk thanks so much for watching.

[@realBarthes]

Man, how many years did you master your skills ?

[@HugosDesk]

Been working in VFX for 20 years and 15 of those with Nuke

[@realBarthes]

Professional stuff!

[@ady7d77]

It will be to beginning to advance?

[@HugosDesk]

Yes, it is an intense 15 weeks course from scratch.

[@karlopavicic5747]

Hmm I think the camera movement kills it. It makes it really obvious that these objects are just 2d cutouts, to me at least. I tried to look at some ref to compare but didn't really find similar stuff that would have such sharp shadows. Most of the footage is pretty bad, but seems like generally everything gets brighter and just dims. At a later point your image has heat distortion and looks a bit color burnt (maybe that was a client request) that part seems like too much. Still, the setup is impressive. I heard good stuff about nuke.

[@HugosDesk]

Thanks so much for watching but not really looking for feedback. This was a real project with real clients and real deadlines (only 2 weeks from concept, to filming to deliver and broadcast for the entire trailer with 1 min) so we did what we could. It was also not meant to be photo-real or realistic. It is a stylistic trailer. Yes Nuke is very good.

[@karlopavicic5747]

@@HugosDesk Well I believe feedback can always be good, even for future projects, but I know what it's like working with tight deadlines! Also did you flash the wheat while filming or was it done in comp too? I can't quite tell from the recording

[@HugosDesk]

Sorry but after working 20 years in the industry I do not welcome feedback anymore. There is always too much of it! The flash was filled for real in camera yes. The camera is also a real camera move done Onset.

[@nicolashe1]

Man! after seen this I think it would have been easier to do those front bushes in 3d ;)

[@HugosDesk]

Well we only had 2 weeks from shoot to deliver so no time for full 3D

[@deepakragul307]

@@HugosDesk he is talk8ng about those front wheat (green sceen one) in 3d

[@HugosDesk]

Well Client really wanted to film something real on the shot! So... we did!

[@THE-le4jl]

personal note 0:42

[@ianvicknair1607]

wish we could see the files

[@HugosDesk]

You can have access to the Nuke script and one frame by supporting the channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/hugosdesk

[@GustavoRibeiro-fi7nb]

It is still possible to join your course?

[@HugosDesk]

Of course but keep in mind the course has started already and we are on week 5 out of 15. If you are interested send me a private message on Twitter @HugoCGuerra

[@VortekShow]

Could you do a video in conforming? There are no resources out there

[@HugosDesk]

I will do a conform course on Kickstarter soon. Keep an eye for my channel

[@apmanti12]

There is one on fxphd about nuke studio, it's by Hugo too, so it's good.

[@HugosDesk]

That is old now. I am making a new one. More info soon.

[@apmanti12]

@@HugosDesk Keep us posted. While your nuke class would be kinda overkill for me as I just can't afford to pay over 1000$ right now, I would be interested in good conforming/project management class if it would be cheaper and not as long.

[@HugosDesk]

Well, I can understand you may think $1000 is a lot but I can guarantee my course is unique. We have 3 teachers with decades of experience in Dneg, Mill, ILM, MPC, among others and all plates and footage on the course are from real productions, include you can use some of them on your reel.

[@aliqaiser3393]

@Hugo's Desk can you upload this in realtime please

[@HugosDesk]

Sorry, but I can't do that since this was captured in timelapse. I could not capture weeks of work, it would have been to much capture. You can slow down the playback on KZbin if it helps.

[@aliqaiser3393]

@@HugosDesk yes it alot then nothing but i wish the video should be at 60fps :D

[@KURCHUMOFFICALNEWS]

грибрк ядерный взрыв находится заднем плане горы?

[@abhishekroy2031]

Are thr backgrouds downloaded?

[@HugosDesk]

What do you mean? The entire matte painting was made by David Gibbons, a very senior artist, use to be lead at The Mill.

[@abhishekroy2031]

@@HugosDesk Thanks for rply.. 😊 I want to ask that in studios where artists get images for their matte paintings?

[@user-qp7pw6ns5c]

I really want to figure out how to generating depth pass. timestamp 32:07

[@HugosDesk]

Well if you are using the Scanline Render in Nuke you automatically get a Depth Pass. Just line up your geo or cards in the 3D space in depth and on the viewer check the ZDepth pass. You may need to grade the Depth to see it. Hope it helps.

[@HugosDesk]

Btw, Hugo's Desk will be live on Twitch today Sunday, 17th March from 15.00 GMT. This will part Two of a CG compositing Nuke workshop using a real production shot. Hope to see you there. www.twitch.tv/hugosdesk

[@user-qp7pw6ns5c]

@@HugosDesk WOW~I'm so excited that you replied to me. I have seen the depth pass successfully. Thanks a lot! Actually, I'm watching the video of your Twitch from three days ago.I'm from Beijing, so I'll see you on Twitch at 11pm~ Btw, I like your video very much,you're doing a great job.

[@HugosDesk]

Not a problem. Looking forward to seeing you later. Thanks for watching.

[@TRIALMAXstudia]

very cool) thank you for your work, you inspired me to study Nuke, and I'm from Ukraine, it's not all so simple)) but, where did the birds disappear after the bombing?))

[@HugosDesk]

Well the Birds are a stock element so I did not had them flying away so they where “pulverised” ??? Haha

[@TRIALMAXstudia]

@@HugosDesk makes sense))) the temperature there is hot xD

[@ashishghimire9094]

How are you mate? Please be safe wherever you are.

[@TRIALMAXstudia]

@@ashishghimire9094 Thank you for your support! we really appreciate it💛💙 I'm fine, on the first day of the bombing I left Kyiv for the west, and now I'm in Lviv. It's calmer here, but today, for the first time, bombs fell on Lviv (fortunately not in residential buildings), they are destroying fuel depots all over Ukraine (but we are fighting and we will win!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@ady7d77]

this come in the course of 1000 dollars in hugo's desk?

[@HugosDesk]

What comes in the course? Not following

[@apmanti12]

@@HugosDesk i think he is asking if this shot will be available in kickstarters nuke class.

[@HugosDesk]

This shot will be used on the class yes. All my shots are. Thanks

[@antjarvis]

Very nice, if not particularly cheerful.

[@HugosDesk]

What???

jesuss

[@user-nn1nr5tn6r]

为什么不发布正常速度的……大佬

[@HugosDesk]

It was recorded as a time lapse so I don't have everything. I can't really capture 2 weeks of screen capture. You can change the speed in KZbin to 0.25x if it helps. Thanks.

[@RadRost]

Great work, but you could do it three times faster and easier in AE)

[@HugosDesk]

Well, this is not a competition. Faster does not mean better. Delivering high-quality shots in a VFX environment is not a matter of speed, it is a matter of attention to detail and making sure you have the flexibility of making last-minute changes without restarting your shot. Let's me explain why I did this shot in Nuke, if you allow me! I used Nuke because it is my tool of choice, it is the industry standard for VFX and the best way of compositing in a professional pipeline with multiple artists. Could I have done this comp in After Effects? Sure I could! But could I have done it fully integrated into a pipeline that allows 3 other artists to share assets and also open the same shot at the same time? Could I have done this shot in 4K HDR in the 32-bit float and still playback? Could I have 3D tracked the footage and use a proper lens distortion pipeline? Could I have done a proper industry standard grain management pipeline? Could I have seamlessly shared assets in and out of Maya for the projection mapping? Could I have done all of this using ACES color science and deliver a professional EXR to a colorist with all the dynamic range still intact? Could I have had a flexible script using nodes so I could easily make last-minute changes from clients? The list goes on and on... I wouldn't have been able to use After Effects for any of the above, and I tell you this from experience. I have been a compositor for 20 years, 10 of which using After Effects before I moved to Fusion, Shake and now Nuke. I moved because I reached After Effects limitations. A node-based application is the best way to compositing Visual Effects. Anyway, thank you so muhc for watching

[@HugosDesk]

@@even_odds What are you talking about mate? VFX takes time. You know I am going to tell you a secret. if you don't like my video, you can dislike and never watch it ever again! haha

[@HugosDesk]

@@even_odds Also BTW you are being a bit, rude mate. You know nothing of my project. You know nothing of my feedback or client requests. You are making assumptions that I was slow without knowing anything about this production. This is a real production shot, not a Tutorial.

[@therealpanse]

And this shows again, that compositing would be sooo much faster and therefore cheaper, if the techs shooting the plates would know (or care about) how to use and light a green screen correctly. Blue gaffer? equipment in shot *behind* the thing you want to isolate? So much time lost to correct other people's mistakes... But great work nonetheless. The dislikes are probably coming from people that expect at least in-engine (if not in-game) footage if you announce a game.

[@therealpanse]

(except you were there as vfx sup.... then... maybe take more care next time? :D )

[@zac3988]

me big dumb

[@VortekShow]

1h is just too fast 3 or more hours probably work better for speed Comp to extract something useful from it

[@HugosDesk]

Well i captured it at that speed so I can’t slow it down. This is just to have a general idea of how we approach a shot like this and to see the versions and feedback. A full deconstruction will be published later this month as requested and voted by my Patreons supporters. Thanks

[@JasonCobble01]

You can lower the playback speed on KZbin videos so you can watch it much slower.

[@nicholashamilton40]

What's your middle name?

[@HugosDesk]

What? Why do you need to know my middle name?

[@nicholashamilton40]

@@HugosDesk Is there something wrong with me knowing your middle name?

[@HugosDesk]

It’s just a wired question and not sure I want to post that in public. You can DM me and I will tell you. Thanks

[@nicholashamilton40]

@@HugosDesk What if you tell me and then I post it in public?

[@naifox1]

Do you think hugo that is fare that someone spend one hour watching this video without explaining what you are doing like this we can't learn from you bro

[@HugosDesk]

This is just a time lapse video to give you a general idea of our approach to a shot like this and also so you can see all the versions and changes from client along the way. A full deconstruction video was voted by my Patreons and will be published later in the month. I also asked my Patreons if they wanted to see something like this and they responded in a very positive way since it is not very common for you to see this much detail online. Sorry you don’t think you learn anything from this, many others do not share your view and I simply can’t satisfy everyone. I would advise you one thing, It would be helpful for you to be a bit more positive, I publish these videos for free. Like I mention before a full “deconstruction” series will be made of this VFX shot as voted and requested by my Patreon Supporters. Have a great day.

[@SaiRevanthology]

Lot of time is wasted on keying. Just few pictures would have been enough to do it in 3d. Why bother shooting. At the end it sure helped to sell the shot but still 🤷

[@HugosDesk]

There is no way we could have done photo real CG characters in 4K in 2016 with the budget we had. It was so much cheaper to film and do keying. Maybe today, 6 years later I would have done it in 3D but not back then. This project was very low budget. Also the entire project is in live action so we couldn’t do all the shots in CG!

[@yafatana]

After Effects is better .

[@HugosDesk]

Well they should not be compared. Nuke is the industry standard for VFX. Its used by every VFX house in the world to make the biggest movies and blockbusters. They are not used for the same stuff. Nuke is mostly used in a full VFX pipeline together with Houdini and Maya, it’s used for Aces and Deep compositing. After Effects can’t really work in a pipeline so they are really not the same at all.