What's the best 3D workflow, the best 3D program? (Blender, Cinema 4D, Unreal) | Moving Meditations

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Today on the livestream, I'm chatting with the five winners from my latest 3D challenge, which had 3,600 artists submit, and a total of 24 years of communal work. I'll chat with each winner about their approach to 3D in general, their inspiration, and get into the specifics of how they created their winning submissions for the Moving Meditations 3D Challenge. We'll get into lighting, animation, materials, modeling, and more. Sit back, enjoy a drink and get ready to learn and grow together!
CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 Countdown
0:05:05 Intro
0:07:52 Keeps
0:09:07 2nd place - Suparno Panda
0:43:46 3rd place - Dmitriy Koveshnikov
1:18:23 4th place - Christian Warstat
1:50:37 1st place - Andras X
2:23:27 5th place - Jihoon (anna)
2:42:00 Weekly Challenge Review
2:57:39 Q&A
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[@mohammadbintareq3085]

I really want to join one of your challenges, but my computer is a slow rendering computer so I can’t get into the challenge.

[@indigowolf8712]

The "Rapper", is called "The Weeknd ". He is a SINGER, he doesn't rap. He's officially the most popular artist atm. He performed in the SUPERBOWL!!! His SONG blinding light was No1 globally for months. He's had numerous no.1 songs and albums. He has collaborated with Daft Punk!!! Daniel Arsham made his Album Cover. I'm not sure why you assume he's a rapper but it's sad this still happens exclusively and frequently to Black Artists. Please issue a correction, and briefly consider why you assume he was a rapper.

[@cvampaul]

@@indigowolf8712 huh?!

[@ZeusCreates]

Thank you so much for doing this Clint! Was a pleasure talking to you! Had so much more to show and tips to give out, but unfortunately ran into some technical issues near the end. Had a good time nonetheless! :)

[@zteir]

😢

[@tinchoponzio]

Zeus you're amazing bro! so much talent!

[@rohitsen2046]

ভাই তুমি ফাটিয়ে দিয়েছো 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@BipinRaviEkka]

Wow...Congratulations... As a 3D Artist, I thought Animation & Gaming is dead in Kolkata.

[@adityasemwal008]

proud of you bro

[@dreamzdziner8484]

When an engineer becomes a creative its freaking awesome.😁 That planning and execution is 🔥👌.

[@nikhilkrishnan2445]

In India most of the engineers does engineering degree first and then pursue some other career of their dreams :v

[@avatr7109]

@@nikhilkrishnan2445 I have a BSc degree and idk wtf to do in life... Apart from Blender(but no one hires self taught blender people in india)

[@nikhilkrishnan2445]

@@avatr7109 join in a vfx firm bro. Some companies give free training if u have decent portfolio. Companies like dneg, technicolor etc does that otherwise pay for the training in certain companies and get a job.

[@yeetbro3659]

@@avatr7109 Theres high demand for Liquid Simulations in VFX Companies in India. I'm 13 and my dad took me to a VFX Studio so that the artists there could guide me on what to do as a beginner. They said that simulations of Liquid and Fur are highest in demand and at this point it wouldnt matter what software it is.

[@neonblaster6961]

@@avatr7109 u better learn revit its 3d and u can get a high paying BIM job easily

[@visivle2655]

Man, Jihoon is awesome!!!!!

[@zteir]

IKR

[@xanthousKnight]

Agreed. Despite having the least experience he cared for so much technical stuff. The most I learned in this video was from him. awesome work.

[@Vaibhavsharma-xd5qq]

Blender is literally taking over the world🔥

[@vipul3571]

yea, one Indian win this compitition, thank you suparno.

[@ihatetomatoees]

WOWWW BERRRY NICE SIR

[@metalsoup6950]

Clint knows what he's doing is invaluable... I know he does. This work is so important. Shoutout to the homie for building this amazing community of pure talent and genius

[@ryanmussio2856]

These blender artist are insane

[@randomguy3766]

@Zombies Eat Jerky possible because anyone can download it and call themselves Blender users moron.

[@zayniacgames]

This is so awesome to see how many unique developers and solutions are out there. Anyone these days can make quality art or CGI with free technology.

[@lhagun]

2:49:38 Yoow... my work mentioned woohooo. Now i feel like im part of the party of those god tier masterminded artists hehe. It made my day, thanks to you all

[@DeFaulty101]

I had a great idea for the next animation challenge: aerial establishing shots of fascinating locations!

[@Pyramid_Skeem]

Send it to clint via the discord link in the description

[@prymexxxx]

Dmitriy had some great insights. Learned alot from him!

[@theguytheguy.]

He was talking to much and trying to get the spotlight

[@ageneral007]

@@theguytheguy. you're jealous or what? He can talk too much if he wants to

[@prymexxxx]

@@theguytheguy. he had the spotlight

[@prymexxxx]

@Zombies Eat Jerky because he was relevant

[@theguytheguy.]

@Zombies Eat Jerky thank you zombie we should write a new Bible together so people like @prymex can understand

[@creationsbydemand4608]

Incredible work! So much talent here😮👏👏👏

[@RizipYT]

5th one is the Best For me, His work is awesome 😍

[@harem137]

These competitions are brilliant from clint...great to see blender finally getting up there as a 3dfx program

[@rayzhang989]

really learn a lot through the video

[@thhm]

Really good tips on the breakdowns.. not a blender user, but will try some of these in 3ds Max. :)

[@jo88sip]

I’m wondering if it’s too much to ask for each winner to do a break down before the livestream. I’m taking this from Kenny Beats beat battle finalists having to do that. Just an idea, maybe it would be better that way.

[@lesterlauritzen]

Blender to AE is a great plugin for those that need a way to get perfect camera and object moves from blender into AE. I like the technique he used though of tracking planes. Smart.

[@Impromtu.Hijinks]

My journey just started. Wish me luck

[@ilikemykatd2894]

Goodluck being a pro takes time. If you dont give up you can do it

[@pxrposewithnopurpose5801]

THESE GUYS ARE GIGA CHADS ESPECIALLY SUPARNO AND JIHOOOOOOOOOOOONNN

[@j.f.3104]

I noticed Andras is a bit hesitant about saying he used stable Diffusion for references. I think we need to come to terms with this as it's a new technology that is here now and that will get implemented and used by everyone in the near future (as it just doesnt make sense regarding workflow and time to not use this awesome technology). I see no problem in using this as a source of inspiration.

[@Jadinass]

There are several issues with this especially for artists who want to use this. First there is the legal precedence that only a human can create intellectual property (Slater vs Naruto) so an AI created image cannot be copyrighted. Second, the training data that an AI uses to create images contain artworks from artists and those artworks certainly ARE intellectual property which creates an unsolved copyright dispute. This situation, even if it is legally in favor of AI is certainly unethical. At the bare moral minimum an AI created image cannot and should not be considered your creation.

[@j.f.3104]

@@Jadinass I mean... we are talking about using it for inspirational reference here nothing else. I guess you have seen the video and what amount of work he put into the piece.

[@tengkuadam1399]

@@Jadinass Urghh that hurts my brain. Since the AI made the art, it cant be considered mine. But the AI uses art made by other people so it should be considered theirs? But the devs made the AI, does it belong to the devs? The art wont exist if the AI didnt exist but the AI wont be able to make the art if other artworks didnt exist. But I made the prompt, is it mine? Arghhh mah brain!! Sounds like such a nightmare to legally define ownership of AI assisted art.

[@musoneraplacide1532]

after seeing these guys I'm very regretting how I started 3d during covid and quit after 2 months for no reason 😪

[@shashwatkauraw8085]

Great to see an Indian on second place

[@smalltownproductions4444]

great content

[@nic-ori]

Thanks.

[@pxrposewithnopurpose5801]

Its nice to see a bangali guy win 3d

[@divyansh2890]

Man, Why we indians address our people as Bengali bihari Rajasthani Etc. He's indian, Just be proud of our indian guy

[@pxrposewithnopurpose5801]

@@divyansh2890 i talked about ethnicity not nationality

[@swaroopks9710]

Suparno 👏👏👏👏

[@kamikaze2613]

Can Jihoon dictate my entire life for me??!!? Haha I cant get enough of his pace and tone

[@Consisto77]

Does anyone know which tutorial are they mentioning about measuring progress? 50:55

[@donaldcanonoy3312]

Thank´s ;)

[@yudishbasnet5727]

Is it to late to start learing blender 3d ..one week in n I m overwhelmed ... 27 years old already

[@AGamer753]

Suparno 👍👍👍👍

[@pxrposewithnopurpose5801]

blender should work on eevee more

[@aaronjohnson4604]

When recent high school graduates tell me that they want to go into IT, I cringe. IT is something that you have to have in you. It’s not for the indecisive.

[@Penguuproduction]

I'm sad I missed it, I wanted to get into 3d stuff but I work all day

[@hectorescobar9450]

Haha crazy how fast you can become good at 3D these days

[@StayFractalesque]

1:55:55 .. i would have had the overhead light flicker and get brighter up until the alien executes the telekinetic attack, and then explode, maybe a particle simulation of the glass shattering and falling, along with some illuiminated dust from the innards of the flourescent bulb, leaving only the red glow of the alarm lights down the hall silhouetting the alien, the red alarm flickers a few times, and in the blink of the eye, the alien is gone.. it's not a stranger things reference btw bro, it's akira.. you need to watch some anime bro, come on, enough with the prejudice ;-)

[@chr1st0pher]

i see we are avoiding mentioning what is obviously the best program ;)

[@akashdeepmandal3531]

suparno dada represent

[@unrealdoc6596]

👉👉👉Hi Bro, I really admire your ability to work in UE5. I work in C4D myself. Bro please make a video about transferring the project from C4D to ET5. With all the problems when transferring both about the render and its👈👈👈

[@kevinm3158]

Bro, *you should work in the Star Citizen environment team,* and Recommend Unreal Engine 5 for that game. They Need that Change or they will lose that $500M, the MMO with potential for the Future (As long as they use UE5). That game is Very Heavy and is built with parallax occlusion (That's why it's heavy and unrealistic)

[@aliabbas.14]

2:49:55 artist name?

[@gazinafi]

In South Asian, when we say school, we mean up till High School, like taking exams equivalent to SATs in Bangladesh as College. Any School afterwards we call it College and University... jusssss sayyyyin XD

[@HUNTERRRR]

😎🙏🏻

[@thenout]

Pro Tip: Watch with render challenge's soundtrack in the background: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnrVn6Kbg5uriJY then switch round at Q&A

[@harshveer4769]

Man you should train a stable diffusion kind AI pipeline to generate renders just by giving 3d prompt with some basic animations, you have tonne of data in the form of all your challenge submissions. If not, can you share the data so that I can create the same. It will be a beautiful project man.

[@questmarq7901]

That idea was around my head through the whole video

[@StayFractalesque]

whoever can come up with a AI text to video CGI render generator will change the world.. imagine making a short film in about the time it takes to watch the final product..

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

The only thing missing from Blender is a Take system like Cinema 4D has.

[@lizardpeter]

And light linking. I really need them to add that ASAP.

[@rano12321]

@@lizardpeter light linking is in k cycles.

[@randomguy3766]

Blender has something similar called scenes like Maya.

[@xanzuls]

@@lizardpeter it's been added.

[@Joviex]

Best Polygonal Modeler == Lightwave and/or Modo Best Texture SW == Designer and Painter Best UVing == Rizom UV Best Rigging/Animation == Maya Best Lighting == Maya/Unreal (depends on target) Best VFX == Houdini (static bakes) Best Comp == Nuke 22 Years doing it in TV/FIlm.

[@aryaman3083]

All rounder for beginners - blender

[@arjundua]

What do you think of Cinema4d ?

[@justshady]

@@arjundua motion designer

[@hectorescobar9450]

Best at general modelling & speed = Blender. I have been in the games industry for over 10 years, have tries almost every 3D tool out there in different projects and experienced dozens of pipelines.

[@Joviex]

@@hectorescobar9450 Neat, I work for Disney, Nickelodeon and DW doing pipeline and technical art, 15+ Years. We dont use Blender.

[@DimAngelProductions]

Andras X is so fucking humble my god

[@_andi_.]

VERGE3D ;)

[@manolomaru]

✨👋🤗🤗🤗👍✨

[@portableproductions5874]

ellow ellow

[@dailymemefunnyvideo]

🤣😂🙂

[@NoLMAOnade]

Cursed thumbnail

[@hohoho9939]

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[@S_a_afridi_]

Engeneer can do anything except engeeniring 😂😂😂

[@thomasfields7902]

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13) And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: (Acts 17:30)