RaffoVFX

Assets: image sequence Venice shot (tutorial see also tutorial just published)

Here you can download the image sequence to exercise with the concepts that I show you in the tutorial publiched just after this post!

It's one of the shots I made in Venice, and is a perfect scenario in which you can practice to understand what to do when you have difficult shots for camera tracking.

If you use it, before importing it remember to set the project on 25 fps.

Stay tuned later!

VFX WALKTHROUGH : Flying Gondolas in Venice

Hi!!

In this video Im showing you the entire making of the scen of the Flying Gondolas in Venice!
This video is all about the compositing in After Effects, next videos will be about the Blender part.

Enjoy!

Original files: Blender tentacle with phisics

Here is a downloadable example file for the tentacle destroyer with phisics, of which I posted the tutorial last week.
I didnt share the original file with that specific tentacle because it is a model bought on cgtrader, so it would not be respectful for the author to redistribute his models here.

So I replaced that tentacle with an easier version, just to let me share this with you.

(Thanks Viens Vite for letting me notice this!)

TUTORIAL: VFX in Blender- splitting the render

Hi !
I wanted to share this thing since forever, but I managed to do it only now, because I finally collected the necessary materials for making this tutorial!

If you are into VFX in Blender, you MUST understand render layers and their potential!

I have a good news: if you watch this tutorial, you will never need a new gpu :D

Because they literally lighten the load on your memory during the rendering, but most importantly, they are necessary for a professional compositing...

Original files: Render Layers for VFX tutorial

Note:

Here you can download and use the example file that I used in the new "render layers" tutorial that Im about to post right now!

- open the compressed RAR using winrar or similar.
- before trying to render, you probably have to bake the smoke first (just play the animation)

For anything, feel free to ask :)

Blender tutorial: tentacle destruction simulation

**NOTE: OUTDATED video! My newer workflow gives much faster and stable dynamics, watch the new version at this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91325989 

In this tutorial I show you how you can create and handle phisics interaction between a rigged animated character (like my tentacle) and rigid bodies and particles!

Plus I show you how to give inverse kinematics to the tentacle in ord...

TUTORIAL part 5 : BULLET TIME EXPLOSIONS - [ADVANCED version]

PART 5: Stereoscopy, the freeze effect and how to manage the render without crashes.

Here we go with the final and most important part!

useful LINKS:

-BULK RENAME UTILITY (free software for properly renaming multipel files) https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk2022-03-21 18:56:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Original files: bullet time explosions (blend file + vdb + image sequence))

Here you can download the files related to the bullet time explosion tutorial:

Notes: you may have to rebake phisics and particles (just activate visibilty for particles and click on bake all dynamics, then do the same for the smoke domain).

- original blend file + vdb sequence

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tvKDhbRglUeoax1duJMWjSuMLRTnr269/view?usp=sharin...

TUTORIAL part 4: BULLET TIME EXPLOSIONS - [ADVANCED version]

PART 4: PARTICLES, SMOKE, RENDER SETUP

useful LINKS:

- rbdlab addon for destruction in blender https://blendermarket.com/products/rbdlab?ref=450

- easy version for beginners at this link (totally different workflow) https://www.patreon.com/posts/62947033

For simplicity sake this tutorial is divided in 5...

TUTORIAL part 3: BULLET TIME EXPLOSIONS - [ADVANCED version]

PART 3: RIGID BODIES + HOW TO MANAGE BLENDER PHISICS

useful LINKS:

-how I make shaders for explosions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY0JsRdlAzI

- rbdlab addon for destruction in blender https://blendermarket.com/products/rbdlab?ref=450

- easy version for beginners at this link (totally different ...

TUTORIAL part 2: BULLET TIME EXPLOSIONS- [ADVANCED version]

PART 2: SCENE SETUP AND PREPARING OBJECTS FOR PHISICS

useful LINKS:

- rbdlab addon for destruction in blender https://blendermarket.com/products/rbdlab?ref=450

- easy version for beginners at this link (totally different workflow) https://www.patreon.com/posts/62947033

For simplicity sake this tutorial ...

TUTORIAL part 1: BULLET TIME EXPLOSIONS- [ADVANCED version]

PART 1: THE CAMERA TRACKING

LINKS for stuff mentioned in the video:

- rbdlab addon for blender https://blendermarket.com/products/rbdlab?ref=450

- easy version for beginners at this link (totally different workflow) https://www.patreon.com/posts/62947033

Finally sharing this tutori...

Assets: Bullet time explosions - base image sequence

Yoho!

Speaking about BULLET TIME EXPLOSIONS - THE ADVANCED VERSION !

The tutorial is almost finished, coming in 1-2 days and will be divided in 4-5 parts for simplicity sake.

For now, IN THE ABOVE LINK you can download the base footage already converted into image sequence if you want to use my exact same footage.
Or you can make your own base video, just ensure that first you listen my indications in the tutorial.


I will be back REALLY soon!


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BLENDER TUTORIAL: EXPLOSIONS shaders + compositing

Hi!

IMPORTANT: the tutorial for the bullet time advanced version is in the making as promised. Just taking some extra days because its demanding. In the meanwhile enjoy this one!

In this tutorial I share with you my favourite setup for shading any explosion/fire in blender, and then compositing in after effects (optional) to get the best out of it.
Also you can get download this explosion vdb sequence in the level 2 tier of the patreon. I made it appositly for this tutorial for...

ASSET: EXPLOSION vdb sequence

Hi!


In the link above you can download a new nice explosion vdb sequence that I made for you.
Just import it in blender using keyboard key F3 / importVDB.

Im also posting the tutorial on how to manage explosion shaders properly and how to comp them!

Important notes, please read:

1) sorry for speaking about explosion in days like these, but I was doing this stuff since forever for serious educational content... its not fooling around.
Anyway if you find th...

TUTORIAL: EXPLOSIONS BULLET TIME - [easy version]

Its Bullet-time time!

In this tutorial I show you how to create the famous effect from the matrix movie using an explosion with rigid bodies flying all around.

Here you can find related links:
- RBD LAB addon : https://blendermarket.com/products/rbdlab?ref=450

-Bulk Rename Utility (the free software that I show in the tutorial) : 2022-02-23 15:24:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Tutorial: Soft buildings in Blender!

Important note: before watching this, first ensure that you already did the "bend buildings" tutorial, which is the one before this. That tutorial will cover the complete process from the beginning to the end, instead this is just another variation of things that you can do on that same poor bulding!

Original files: soft buildings (blend file+textures)

Here you can download the original Blender file of the Soft Building tutorial.

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

- you will not see the deformation because you have to bake the cloth first! Which simply means : select the Deform Cage (the wireframe rectangle that covers the building and in the phisics properties panel click on "bake all dynamics").

-It includes the textures for the building but not the image sequence for the camera tracking (because its nots the main argument of the ...

TUTORIAL: compositing in After Effects (Bendy Buildings tut. part 2)

Here is the part 2 of the Bendy Building VFX scene creation!
Here we make the compositing part in After Effects, with some cool tricks that you can always use in your projects (In the first chapter we created the scene in blender, instead here we make the compositing in after effects).

All AE + blend projects files and footage available for download in Patreon levels 2-3-4 .

Have fun :3

Original files: (After Effects compositing + all fotage) - Bendy buildings

ALSO full video tutorial part 2 about the compositing following in a few minutes !

At the link above, you can download the AE project files related to the Bendy Building tutorial part 2, which means the compositing part:

- the original AE project (the real project on which I worked in the tutorial)

-all the necessary image sequences and footage

If After effects doesnt automaticly find the files, simply click on menu File / Dependencies / Find missi...

Original files: bendy buildings (blend file + image sequence)

At the link above, you can download the files related to the bendy building tutorial:
- the original project (the real project on which I worked in the tutorial)

- the image sequence of my video

-all the textures included

Is possible that blender will not find the image sequence, in that case you simply have to reconnect it (in blender, simply click on File - external data - find missing files ).

In the next days I will also upload the AE project file for...

Tutorial: Bend buildings in Blender!

Hello!

Im so excited to start the first official month of this patreon with this complete Blender tutorial.

Lets see how can we bend buildings in real videos using Blender!

In this 1st part we create the entire scene in blender, from zero to the final render.

The second part will cover the compositing part.

In these days I will also upload all the original files with the image sequence in the level 2-3-4 of the patreon, so that you can practice with it !

Ju...

TUTORIAL: YOU DON'T NEED A GREENSCREEN. Master motion tracking skills in blender

First Blender video-tutorial reserved for the patreon!
We will see how to setup a visual effects scene in blender. In particular, with this video I want you to OWN AND MASTER your motion trcking skills to the next level, sharing with you techniques that I use.
When you get used to this workflow a bit, you can actually do it in 5 minutes!
Im very happy to share my knowledge about this important process, because we are gonna do a lot of vfx shots in this patreon in the future. So ensur...

ORIGINAL PROJECTS (+image sequences) : You dont need a greenscreen

NOTE: on windows, use Winrar to extract the files. Default extractor doesnt work good.
At the above link you can download the original project of the first patreon's tutorial [ you don't need a greenscreen! ] . Also includes the 2 images sequences already prepared for you (1 hd, 1 with hight contrast for tracking), so that you can exercise with it directly!

ASSETS: NUCLEAR EXPLOSION

Hi!
Here you can download a ready-to-use 3d nuclear explosion and you can put it in all your projects for commercial and non commercial use. Its the original project of the nuclear explosion that I created in Blender some years ago, it includes already the shader, etc.
You simply need to bake it.
Important note: this was created with blender 2.82, so you need to download also that blender version (yes, you can have different blender's versions in the same computer without any problem...