VGHS Hit Effect Tutorial - with PlayfightVFX!

[@TeaRexTheMighty]

I have never touched the program, never tend to either. Never had much liking in making videos when going 3 years in media.. still I watched the whole video for some reason. Super interesting!

[@aaronversteeg5470]

+TeaRex i just realised the exact same thing, wierd

[@ShiroYuza]

to those people saying "so they have to do this every time someone gets shot in VGHS" this isn't even tedious enough, you gotta remember they filmed VGHS on sets meaning they have to roto every person that gets shot and thats the life of a VFX artist

[@SeamlessR]

Serious information is serious.

[@GtwoMD]

SeamlessR does this mean we're gonna see some crazy vfx in your upcoming videos?

[@FinalGrade]

SeamlessR Seamless? You watch VFX breakdowns?

[@SeamlessR]

***** Long time ago some friends and I were going to try and do tiny indie movies. Got real into the Freddiew/Corridor Digital videos :)

[@FinalGrade]

SeamlessR Sounds just like me and my friends XD

[@santiagobirkenstock]

Seamless, here ? World is so small...

[@Medienmechaniker]

Little tip that helped me out several times. When you have noise in your keyed shot, use the keyed layer as an alpha-matte. The noise cant be seen anymore.

[@MineRockerAnimations]

This is great! Usually After Effects tutorials on KZbin are not really helpful but this one is nice.

[@WinstonMakes]

RJFS: Next Lesson - How to publish KZbin video with proper levels.

[@kev_mcx]

***** Dannggggggg

[@frollard]

***** Smartassery aside; this video is quite low :(

[@luismagana1742]

***** Ayy LMAO.

[@Medienmechaniker]

***** Shots fired.

[@SamiNaseem]

+Winston Moy RJFS: Next Lesson - How to publish KZbin video with jokes that don't make me cringe

[@00chaka]

Looking at this I can honestly say I'm a rookie and very green. I usually make my effects for my KZbin show off of my iPhone and pile hours and hours on top of the effect to make it right. You guys at PlayFight and RocketJump are amazing!!! I can't wait to save up for a proper effects studio, so I can learn better from you guys. Thank you.

[@jennings45]

+Chakapocalypse u can get cs6 for free if that's what you were talking about

[@00chaka]

+Jennings I don't know anything outside of my iPhone. (Sad I know) so I don't know what a cs6 is. Forgive my ignorance

[@jennings45]

ok, I didn't either, it is the software used to make all of the effects you see in most movies and even used in this video

[@gphiproductions]

Wow! That's a lot to pull off that effect. Hats off to you guys. Much respect!

[@theundeadinari7339]

Great tutorial! This effect was one of the ones I was most curious about when the I first saw VGHS. Thank you!

[@aidinb6721]

Holy wow i never knew it was this complicated

[@RobCartwright]

Aidin B True, but judging by the amount of times the effect was used in the show, you'd have to think they did this once and created a preset for it. Then all the VFX artists would have to do is apply a quick track and make a few tweaks.

[@aidinb6721]

Rob Cartwright Definitely but there were probably many cases where they had to do it by hand.

[@TheChadOlson]

Aidin B When it was initially done using Hitfilm, they did release a nice convenient preset for it. I'd have to compare the two visually to see if this 'busier' version feels better or not.

[@jakelenny2014]

Aidin B lol 3/5 they're damn advanced

[@XFourty7]

I saw a commercial on TV yesterday for the show "unreal" on showcase, not necessarily something I'm into, but I recognized Johanna Brady instantly! Awesome stuff :P

[@OurPokemonGoAdventures]

I used this tutorial for a pokemon go short film ('First Catch'). I was trying to think of a pretty way of doing the pokeball catch animation, and I used this tutorial as a starting point!

[@DawidOZloty]

He started to editing this on 27/11/2014 at 7:30PM and he finished on 05/12/2014 at 3:44AM... Damn, I don't have enough time for that ;p

[@jakelenny2014]

Dejv its because he posted the video months ago but re uploaded it because it for beta stuff

[@expressmotionproduct]

RJ film school is very good and helpful really appreciate everything you guys are doing!

[@agral100]

I'm so happy that I got AE 2 weeks ago, I actually understood what was happening in this video. ;-D Keep up the good work!

[@smudgetheblurb]

I am in no way at this level but now this is in my brain for future reference. Very well explained

[@4rjohny5]

Thank you Rocket Jump Film school and PlayfightVFX, thank you for doing this Brian and Josh! One of the most Entertaining Classes ever! =) I gotta try this, i really loved that star look at 11:07 so i tried it out with my green screen to make a star man haha. I gotta try the full effect. Following u guys on Twitter, i'm from Canada too. ｼ

[@instanti1]

Yes, more breakdowns and also could you make a tutorial, of how did you make the intro, both vghs and yours

[@Ali-wf9ef]

I Don't Know Anything about After Effects, But I watched the whole thing cause I'm So much into visual effects and the video was really interesting. Hope I get the time to learn this stuff sometime.

[@SantiagoLeunda]

Hey RocketJump and people! First, thanks a lot for starting a film school, you guys have quite literally shaped my ideology of film making. I actually just finished editing and posting a new short film on my channel and it would mean a whole lot if anyone would leave a comment and let me know what you think.

[@AntonGutierrezFilms]

You guys make wonderful tutorials! Can you do one on rotoscoping cause I have no idea how to get started with that

[@jakelenny2014]

Anton Gutierrez Films search up a tutorial of rotobrush, really simple you just keyframe and animate a roto, and after you can add refine soft matte for smooth edges. or if you dont like rotobrush you can just create a mash and keyframing it which is longer but neater

[@AntonGutierrezFilms]

Jake Lenny thanks for the tips! In the last 2 months since I posted this comment, I already did that and can rotoscope now haha

[@jakelenny2014]

Anton Gutierrez Films your welcome!

[@RumleKjaer]

Really great tutorial, and very funny part and great information at the same time. Loved 9:54 haha 😂

[@SVAFnemesis]

Sometimes I wonder how people learn to achieve these effects. Surely this isn't something you can stumble around and figure out.

[@Darek_B52]

Little discipline and a hunger for what ya want goes a long way...that's how I learned to edit. (whole portal experimenting and screwing around)

[@ChrisLeeX]

a lot of it comes down to reverse engineering things you like

[@coolmatt1111]

You had to do this with every hit... I am sorry for you

[@VegTutor]

+hay oh I think after a while they developed a template/preset where the workflow could be faster, if they didn't.... I don't know what else to say. However, since this is a tutorial, it probably only takes them 5 minutes per each hit since if they were to go at their own pace.

[@YoeriKurvers]

Wow didn't know AE had Mocha! Love the way you guys make these video's fun and entertaining!

[@hesidoabducido7]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Loved the beard eldering timelapse effect.

[@FinalGrade]

Good to know Playfight hasn't completely fallen off the face of the earth.

[@OgatRamastef]

I like it! In a future video share your ways to organize the workflow between premiere & after effects in a long project, like a VGHS 40min episode, for example. Do you create a aep for each original shot? Or one aep for each edited shot? Or even, you copy/paste a small sequence of edit shots into after to vfx them all together? Show us the "best practices" in organizing workflow! Thanx!

[@JoshPaice]

Awesome tutorial!

[@JordanAlexanderson]

Thanks for the tutorial guys, really helpful.

[@Seymour101]

I know After Effects i've spent a full month working 8h a day on the soft and i find this tutorial pretty tough to follow , i understand everything you do and why you do it but it's pretty damn fast . I can't imagine someone who's never used A.E following this tutorial .

[@SM-LIONHEART]

Film school shooting an intro with the guys back to the light, nice job

[@MrHaydnSir]

this is incredible hope to do things like this one day

[@jackbeason8058]

Man, rocket jump is so cool!

[@kitkatkid090]

Loved it. Exactly the kinda thing i need.

[@Tedworthington]

Pretty awesome. Would like to see you guys do a beginners guild to After Effects.

[@bizkit.]

Awesome dude, more of this please

[@gustafengstrom8139]

If you have HitFilm instead of AE, there actually is a VGHS Derez effect template done inside of HitFilm. Really neat

[@nicosoftnt]

how did you get old? havee you a tutorial? that was awesome!

[@AccentBeats]

Love the videos!

[@BrysonBlt]

That is pretty damn cool.

[@ptw1987]

Beautifuly presented video. well done!

[@CapsLockKeyon]

As trivial as it sounds...can you guys do a tutorial for a good technique for a earth shaking camera shake for when 'booms' hit? You know what I mean right? Like someone getting shot, or a grenade going off, the camera shake that happens to show how epic the 'boom' was.

[@FelonyArson]

CapsLockKeyon In Hitfilm 3 just apply the shake effect

[@CapsLockKeyon]

Hitfilm 3, the $300 program I just learned about 2 seconds ago thanks to google? O_o Or am I off base here? I was looking for something a little bit more...expressiony and tips from doing it from scratch.

[@FelonyArson]

CapsLockKeyon then just shake your camera in the right moment

[@weused2bestoned]

CapsLockKeyon you can do it with keyframing.. zoom in slightly, use your arrow keys to pan the layer you want shaking.. but only pan 1-2 clicks to the top right, then bottom left, top left, bottom right.. make the movements a few frames between.. so that when it's played back the screen shakes to the positions fast and just looks like a wobble. you can easily make it larger or smaller, faster or shorter by stretching your keyframes out

[@bouchandre]

CapsLockKeyon Add the effect Slider control to your plate, press alt-click on the keyframe button for the position of your plate, type in wiggle(8,0) but instead of a "0" use the expression pickwhip to go and select the slider control. This way you can animate the shake with with a keyframes on the slider control. You can also change the "8" to whatever you like.

[@nenolima5595]

wawww... great!!! just a question... do you have to do step by step to each attack you give in the opponent in the real scene? or there's a way to short it when you do the first one? tnx!

[@expressmotionproduct]

The debris all put together is available on my channel great job RJFS! all credit to them

[@jacobwilliams7705]

Loved the video really cool but can you make an easier one for someone who has no idea what they are and are just starting in this thanks

[@phatcorns]

15:20 What was the point of deleting all the anchor point data?

[@danielfoster1453]

phatcorns whenever you have a mocha version like cs4 to cc it will come with an anchor point data because whenever you paste it on the null it messes up the track. but now in cc 2014 and 2015 they removed it since it was hella useless

[@NFNERF]

I would recommend changing the opacity to the falling chunks, I don't know if that is possible, but it would be a good idea so it doesn't draw the eye away from the main shot

[@Mr16thPrestige]

Was it seriously this much work for each hit FX shot in the series? Doing a series this awesome on such a low budget is 10x more impressive now.

[@freddierowe-crowder7178]

We need another series

[@jonhenn3984]

It would be a good idea to show the final effect at the beginning of the tutorial to get the viewer interested.

[@RollLandOh08]

at 3:45 how did you change the ellipse tool's size? because i rage quit when i reached that mask path and i don't know how to change it, please help

[@RollLandOh08]

+Roll Land Oh LOL thanks

[@erikpopek9357]

Great tutorial! Very good job on the effect! If this was cheaper I think more people would try it out but it's amazing that you guys made this for us anyway 😀👍

[@ControlAltD]

Hey, this tutorial was amazing! Is it any different or anything that has to be done differently for square objects like the targets in The Pit from season one?

[@vacuum-artz5519]

oh my god thats awesome dudes o.o

[@GlassTecRacing]

I just wanna know how to make those sweet overlays that pop up now and again (particularly the first one with his name on it)

[@choche2180]

Can you guys do a tutorial for how to do explosions? I want to learn how to make the explosion from, for example, an RPG, and then also the effect of somebody being hit by the shockwave and being launched through the air.

[@TheLongestDivision]

ethanc I always find the easiest way to pull off a realistic explosion is to use some kind of pre-keyed explosion asset, then combine that with a wiggle expression. The body being hit by a shockwave would be a huge project in and of itself. You could probably pull it off using turbulent displacement and/or some 3D tracking. I'm taking suggestions on my channel for tutorials at the moment, if you'd wanna see a full one you should comment on my channel! Hope this helps, best of luck! -Zac

[@xnekonekoo3594]

OMG Yess. i have always wanted to learn this

[@DJPonchofy]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@prior81]

Is this the 2'nd or 3'rd time this is uploaded? I know i've seen it atlest once before!

[@prior81]

MrTang Ok, cool. Was worried I was going crazy for a moment! :) I guess it was on the PlayFight VFX channel then?!

[@TriforceStudiosVideo]

I HOPE you guys are still replying to comments? So I've gotten my roto, but I'm doing it live with no green screen. Will this effect look MASSIVELY different if you don't have the Sapphire Gen Art plugins? I feel like my effect just doesn't carry the same weight. Maybe its the way I filmed it, maybe its the way I interpret the tutorial, but I really think not having S_Distort and S-Glow makes this come off differently. Help?

[@gamerz0mbie664]

There's any way to use it as a preset once is finished? or i need to do all of this process when i want this effect? :0

[@stephennesheanerandallalba8930]

How did he edit when he vanished and re-appear again? I like that effect for our fight scene, please help me.

[@evan5690]

isn't the song in the beginning the whistling in the katamari video?

[@ogzeph9107]

What about the spawn and de spawn effect?

[@leocwpaulus]

In VGHS you have much momentan one from These Effects. Have you copy Them?

[@JonaMuellmann]

I've seen many comments about basic things how about a AE-Basics section, it would be also great for me to fresh up my talent xD

[@backtothegrid3531]

do more after effect tutorials please

[@Starscrayper]

How did you get your sound effects?

[@Crowlando]

SO cool!! :)

[@Tryad]

Wish you included a project file lol. Fantastic video regardless doe.

[@dominicskywalker]

will the add-ons work on After Effects CS6?

[@DHPshow]

Real good fun and useful

[@PaulLeonardo]

LOVE IT!

[@leeseales09]

Great tutorial! Was a bit complex. Any chance there will be ones for complete noobs at editing. I ain't got the cash to splash out on £200 software :(

[@tobiascornille]

***** There are already a lot of basic tuts all over the internet. Definitely check out videocopilot's beginner training if you're new to vfx.

[@MrGuilhermeFernandes]

The date on the computer is 11/27/2014!

[@shafinr]

The Canadian 'eouts' are somewhat satisfying.

[@corkben]

Um, I didn't think all the effects would cost so much, are there any alternatives? I can get by without sapphire but I kinda need the others... for free

[@jakelenny2014]

Corkben the ones hes using is more simple but using alternatives dont have the best tools.

[@nate9762]

13:01 sounds like he bout to cuss did anyone else spot that or am I the only one

[@jazzmonkey7147]

Where can we get the sound effect?

[@MitzukiFinest]

Was he green screen just so you could add a backdrop? So can you do it with footage from on set? Please answer.

[@orangelzp]

+Michael Cavaciuti Green screen would be easier, but you CAN do it in a set without one but in my opinion, just use a green screen to save troubles

[@KannaGanga]

hasn't this been uploaded before?

[@sonnycloudz9577]

is it possible to do it on Final Cut Pro???

[@k3rkis]

omg, i can only imagine how long did it take for you edit whole episode, adding growing beard and stuff.

[@erikkugelberg]

i really want to know how to put 3d objects moddeled in say blender into your scene! :)

[@jakelenny2014]

Erik Kugelberg they don't really use blender, they use 3ds max. but both two are kinda the same thing except with different tools but the virtually do the same time

[@TriforceStudiosVideo]

Anyone have the sound effect for the hit or am I just tripping and not thinking its just glass breaking?

[@omer1615]

Give us more!!

[@forever23D]

How about the sounds?

[@maxbolton4051]

why did it take under a month for the video to import into AE?

[@Adrianhvlogs]

when i download it i only get pictures

[@halloftheblock]

+Adrian.h vlogs does it come out as photoshop sequence?

[@halloftheblock]

+Ryan t. Inferno if so my advice would be setting it up frame by frame to best suit your footage and pre-comp it to make it into a new footage layer, think about it like stop motion, except nothing like that at all

[@linkprince9950]

how do u create gun hits

[@EdNorty]

Paul Dano teaching me AE.

[@sandipvibe4890]

which software is being used?😊

[@chunkalunkin2000]

adobe after effects

[@Klebestift]

So this was in front of a green screen. But what do u do if ur character is not in front of a green screen?

[@thomasip9938]

+TEAR he said at the start you need to roto it.

[@DarkWoodProductions]

Becoming a playfighter is the ultimate VFX challenge...

[@Redcrit]

That was a good and interesting video. Though I may certainly be picky but I am surprised the very first shot of this video is against the light and overxposed, plus the sould is not that good (especially for a RODE sponspored video :). Nevertheless you guys do a great job, just feeling I had to point that out.

[@DonutVideos]

I remember when this episode was in beta

[@usidumarasinghe418]

How to make realistic bullet hit? With blood

[@somedude5638]

thats a practical effect meaning it does not use computers, you need to make a squib with fake blood, i suggest corn syrup, chocolate syrup and red food dye mixed together for the blood

[@PrecisionHazardx]

Any easier way?

[@JSLR]

My mind went poof when I found out the part about putting the flare in in the luminance channel.. Never knew that existed xD