CG characters - history & step-by-step VFX creation

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @Marksman3434
    @Marksman3434 5 лет назад +32

    Damn, didn’t realize how pioneering the work for The Mummy was. Pretty cool stuff. Also, very underrated film.

  • @BrandynQuigley
    @BrandynQuigley 5 лет назад +50

    This is filling the void that is the lack of special features on Netflix. You're a hero

  • @konraddobson
    @konraddobson 5 лет назад +11

    Fascinating stuff. Never really gave the mummy much thought but it was pretty great at the time. Seeing this makes me want to rewatch it with renewed interest.

  • @segasega8
    @segasega8 2 года назад +1

    ✨✨✨✨👏👏👏👏👏👏GENIOUS!!!!

  • @scottjohnnyhelgemoaune2951
    @scottjohnnyhelgemoaune2951 5 лет назад +75

    02:31 what?? A person that mentioned Jar Jar WITHOUT complaining?? FINALLY!

  • @michellew.3691
    @michellew.3691 5 лет назад +2

    Even the Text 2 Speech System uses this flesh-muscle simulation to hold the golden standard of not touching a microphone to record his own voice!
    Joking. Thx for this video

  • @avtpro
    @avtpro 5 лет назад +12

    This was a really good walk-through video of the whole process because it dealt with past and current techniques. I especially enjoy the skeleton, muscle systems developed by ILM. We weren't privy to this footage even on the DVD featurettes or Cinefex.

  • @earumamaadu
    @earumamaadu 5 лет назад +3

    The best bot voice I have ever heard. Where did you get it?

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад +3

      It's Google WaveNet.

  • @sumatrasumatra9336
    @sumatrasumatra9336 5 лет назад +25

    Davy Jones, Gollum or Richard Parker (Life of Pi) just to mention a few of other CGI characters that introduced huge improvements back in the day

  • @brandonsmith4361
    @brandonsmith4361 5 лет назад +1

    I really enjoyed this video great job that digital creatures and now I really want to see some creatures like the centaurs and werewolves and don't forget the the flying ones that fly to London

  • @shukis17
    @shukis17 5 лет назад +2

    The Mummy is a great film one of my favorites, great story telling, great comedy, great horror at times. What really nails it as a great film was CGI Imhotep he looked great and frightening to this day, if they didn't take these necessary steps to perfect him the movie wouldn't have been so well received. I still love watching the film mostly to watch the multiple transformations Imhotep goes through, along with him eating people!

  • @KasperFrandsen
    @KasperFrandsen 5 лет назад +2

    I remember I had the Mummy special edition on VHS with the making off feature after the movie that you used a lot of clips from here, I must have rewatched that feature 20 times.

  • @nathanaelhahn
    @nathanaelhahn 5 лет назад +25

    Just thought I'd give a shout out to Pixar studios for the invention of hair animation-- they had nothing to work with for Monsters Inc., and created an entire system to achieve their goal.

  • @CaspromProductions
    @CaspromProductions 5 лет назад +1

    Great great video. definately one of the very best videos to watch on the subject. If only this was made during my graduation to keep not just the students but the teachers motivated too! Great content!

  • @zerozoneyt
    @zerozoneyt 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you man!! I love to see someone speaking about our job, usually we are just left behind -_-

  • @jeyfomson6364
    @jeyfomson6364 5 лет назад +5

    I'm happy I subbed to this channel and I'm also happy you referenced the mummy, because this movie doesn't get the credit it deserves. Awesome video 👍

  • @sneydercuripoma4804
    @sneydercuripoma4804 5 лет назад +16

    Amazing video man! I love the content of your channel.

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks very much!

  • @daan3898
    @daan3898 5 лет назад +203

    • @moric4677
      @moric4677 5 лет назад

    • @deandra1735
      @deandra1735 5 лет назад +3

      yes

    • @AllegedlySpiffy
      @AllegedlySpiffy 5 лет назад +3

      Is this what is mostly used for digital characters in Hollywood nowadays?

    • @Great.Milenko
      @Great.Milenko 5 лет назад +13

      @@AllegedlySpiffy no , mostly a combination of zbrush , 3ds max , and maya.... although blenderis certainly making itself known more and more in the last few years.

    • @agfagaevart
      @agfagaevart 5 лет назад +1

      @@AllegedlySpiffy
      cinema 4d / softimage / etc.

  • @varunnair83
    @varunnair83 5 лет назад +1

    So cool !

  • @latestGreen
    @latestGreen 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you for your work! Love it!

  • @allandm
    @allandm 5 лет назад +15

    Great video. Though I'm surprised Lord of the Rings wasn't mentioned. Also missed the compositing part at the end, to integrate the cg into the live action scene

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад +3

      I think in Lord of the Rings, there's very few digital characters. Most of it was done with special makeup and prosthetics :) As for compositing - true - although it's not exactly part of character creation. It's more about integrating it with the plates.

    • @allandm
      @allandm 5 лет назад +3

      @@VFXGeek yeah true. But there was Gollum, it really good at the time i felt like it deserved a mention haha! LOTR is actually what got me into vfx and I'm a big fan so, slightly bias xd

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад +1

      True :) I completely forgot about Gollum.

    • @dndx5
      @dndx5 5 лет назад +1

      @@VFXGeek maybe having your brain full of ILM made you forgot Gollum? ;)

    • @deadman-zc5ro
      @deadman-zc5ro 5 лет назад +2

      @@VFXGeek will Gollum didn't forget about you precious

  • @dmitrypatriarkh9757
    @dmitrypatriarkh9757 5 лет назад +4

    So unique and informative content on this channel! I feel like i'm watching documentary movie! Thank you for such incredible quality!
    P.S. You dont need to do tutorials. There is a lot of them. Go on doing your stuff

  • @johnprudent3216
    @johnprudent3216 4 года назад +1

    I always thought The Mummy (1999) should've gotten it's Oscar due. I remember watching the animation break down over and over when I finally got a copy of the movie on DVD. If memory serves, Hollw Man later was nominated, which irked me, cuz it basically did the same things The Mummy did first. That movie (as well others and ILM), in it's own way, inspired me. I just wish I acted on that inspiration. Well I ain't dead yet lol.

  • @LIFEJACKET
    @LIFEJACKET 5 лет назад +1

    Best channel I've subscribed to! Can't wait for you next video!

  • @BagoGarde
    @BagoGarde 5 лет назад +2

    great stuff

  • @TREALxx
    @TREALxx 5 лет назад

    such a dream work/job

  • @erikalarik5498
    @erikalarik5498 5 лет назад +2

    I love it. Keep these videos coming!

  • @patar3323
    @patar3323 5 лет назад +21

    Almost forgot it was a robot voice toward the end lol

  • @ConnorEllisMusic
    @ConnorEllisMusic 5 лет назад +2

    12:27 both here are CG. That's a CG model of our boy.

  • @KidoKatsuragi
    @KidoKatsuragi 5 лет назад +79

    "usually made with ZBrush", 3 seconds later shows Blender. Heh.

    • @earumamaadu
      @earumamaadu 5 лет назад +1

      Can you sculpt in blender? Didn't know that.

    • @v1kt0us
      @v1kt0us 5 лет назад

      @@earumamaadu ¬¬

    • @jascrandom9855
      @jascrandom9855 5 лет назад +3

      @@earumamaadu You can do everything in Blender.

    • @fakhirkhan9689
      @fakhirkhan9689 5 лет назад

      Zbrush was more prominent in those days

    • @DayMoniakkEdits
      @DayMoniakkEdits 5 лет назад +6

      Maybe they made the model in ZBrush but rigged it in Blender ?

  • @JediNg135
    @JediNg135 5 лет назад +4

    Is this a synthesized voice? There are tiny things that seem to give that away but largely sounds like a person. The way it pauses slightly when saying abbreviations for one. Great video!

  • @CanberkSezer
    @CanberkSezer 5 лет назад +2

    Great, i enjoy watching your videos.

  • @RMShoaib
    @RMShoaib 5 лет назад

    After watching this video...i am subscribing your channel

  • @Lumibear.
    @Lumibear. 5 лет назад

    Simon Clutterbuck!? Helluva name you got there feller!

  • @CptYesterday93
    @CptYesterday93 5 лет назад +1

    13:26 lovely sound mush of the 2 background musics

  • @mosog8829
    @mosog8829 5 лет назад

    @3:57 Blender used in your demonstration? That's interesting.

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад

      Why not?

    • @mosog8829
      @mosog8829 5 лет назад +1

      @@VFXGeek Am happy to see that. Because I use Blender.

  • @Cola-42
    @Cola-42 5 лет назад

    I totally enjoyed this video.

  • @megha55339
    @megha55339 5 лет назад

    Great vedio 😊👍

  • @ariel12131
    @ariel12131 5 лет назад +2

    5:17 i remember playing Paladin with that monitor.

  • @SaiyamVerma
    @SaiyamVerma 5 лет назад +8

    Turn on captions at 4:00.

  • @faroukzanou7242
    @faroukzanou7242 5 лет назад +1

    Love ur contents

  • @BloodyFlowerFilms
    @BloodyFlowerFilms 5 лет назад +2

    I knew The Mummy was the first one to do motion capture. Everyone keeps saying it was Lord of the Rings, but all the behind the scenes showed Arnold Vosloo on the Mummy set doing everything in like a black suit before he’d be CGI’d over.

  •  5 лет назад +65

    is this a robot talking??

    • @flybeep1661
      @flybeep1661 5 лет назад +3

      I think so.

    • @dschommer
      @dschommer 5 лет назад +18

      I don’t know but it’s annoying to the point of being almost unwatchable.

    • @eviltwin2322
      @eviltwin2322 5 лет назад +4

      Not sure but English clearly isn't the first language of whoever wrote it.

    • @simonlitton
      @simonlitton 5 лет назад +9

      I think the voice is computer-generated, which is appropriate for a video about digital characters. Also plenty of dodgy English in the script.

    • @DaveLennonCopeland
      @DaveLennonCopeland 5 лет назад +1

      Rohit Jogi - I thought the same... would say, it is... The voice sounds good, but the way it talks is like bad CGI... :)

  • @hmed9719
    @hmed9719 5 лет назад +4

    What is the name of the background music starting at 5:09?, thanks in advance.

    • @rakibulislamanik9431
      @rakibulislamanik9431 5 лет назад +2

      I wanna know that too

    • @highlander85
      @highlander85 5 лет назад +2

      Helali Mohamed Me too

    • @tonilanger1460
      @tonilanger1460 4 года назад +2

      Its not directly a song, its more like a base loop that you can adjust to your needs. The name is: Veles - by Drew Forbes. Found it after manually forsting through the Filmstro library for an hour. That track was driving me crazy.

  • @Kamcio44
    @Kamcio44 5 лет назад +9

    Great video man. Did you made and animate that model of mummy that you showed in blender ? If so will you consider making any tutorials on blender in the future ? You are very good at explaining stuff so I think you would do great ;) Keep up the good work !

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад +9

      Thank you :) I did not make the model. But I have rigged it, and applied motion capture data, for this video.

  • @ForestZhang
    @ForestZhang 5 лет назад +3

    SGI O2 Workstation! Like this video!

  • @thelolladorfking2416
    @thelolladorfking2416 5 лет назад +44

    4:00. Blender. Oh, I'm done. Thank you. B L E N D E R .

  • @animatorizwan
    @animatorizwan 5 лет назад +1

    very nice video. Wow blender skin shader is very nice. May I know the source or the image of the node tree. It is very amazing. Plz help me out.

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад

      Thank you. You can find the shader here: www.blendswap.com/blends/view/85303

  • @Depriety
    @Depriety 5 лет назад +1

    12:26 "source: Unreal Engine"
    Yeah, no, I doubt that. This demonstration was shown in a talk at CitizenCon. It belongs to the game "Star Citizen" which is currently in development and it is most definitely *not* using the Unreal Engine, but rather Amazon's build of the Cry-Engine (I think it's called Lumberyard?). No idea where this has *anything* to do with UE.

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад +1

      So, Unreal Engine is sharing this on their official channel, because it has nothing to do with their software?: ruclips.net/video/mkkWCmljMSA/видео.html

  • @akumax3506
    @akumax3506 5 лет назад +5

    Your channel is now perfect due to the voice 😉

  • @tarrdani6326
    @tarrdani6326 5 лет назад +2

    4:00 blender 😍

    • @tarrdani6326
      @tarrdani6326 5 лет назад

      @BJTvisual2005 BJTvisual2005 ?

  • @sherifmazhar
    @sherifmazhar 5 лет назад

    This is awesome

  • @perseohernandez755
    @perseohernandez755 5 лет назад

    WoW ... I love it !

  • @nicholashamilton40
    @nicholashamilton40 5 лет назад

    Nice work I really enjoyed this.

  • @gower1973
    @gower1973 5 лет назад +8

    A digital hairdresser is now a job haha, welcome to 2019

  • @chandansharma2705
    @chandansharma2705 5 лет назад

    ITS VERY NICE PRETENSION

  • @Xaider1026
    @Xaider1026 3 года назад

    I hope these vfx artists paid more than those Hollywood celebs.

  • @flioink
    @flioink 5 лет назад

    That mummy model looks so goofy and rubbery. Even at the time the cg was overused.

  • @zeroman614
    @zeroman614 5 лет назад +3

    Beep-bop-beep, I am a narrator, beep-book-beep

  • @ronydey2696
    @ronydey2696 5 лет назад

    Amazing mocap (motion capture) and photorealistic frame rendering liquid simulation ,CG mesh creature sculpting by pixologic Zbrush, Autodesk maya auto rig concept myself Rony an animation CG & VFx student from India

  • @onix3d
    @onix3d 5 лет назад

    thanks for creating these videos

  • @craggolly
    @craggolly 5 лет назад +2

    Dude this video is amazing.
    Can we ever hear your voice though? Or anyone's voice?

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад +2

      At some point that might happen ;)

  • @rfpcs1
    @rfpcs1 5 лет назад

    I noticed that Blender 2.79 and 2.8 are used in this video. 2.8 is the biggest game changer in real time rendering ,

  • @Franfairline
    @Franfairline 5 лет назад +1

    13:49 What software is it?? Industrial Light & Magic proprietary one??

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад

      I can't recognize it. Perhaps it's proprietary.

    • @_hintoflime
      @_hintoflime 5 лет назад

      At 13:12 it's referred to as HairCraft and a quick Google search confirms that it's something created by ILM. They also have a published paper on it here: dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2927401&dl=ACM&coll=DL

  • @nikunjthakar1953
    @nikunjthakar1953 5 лет назад

    Nice...

  • @v1kt0us
    @v1kt0us 5 лет назад +2

    Come on, this should be in 4K!

  • @jackruefli8163
    @jackruefli8163 5 лет назад

    Absolutely fascinating

  • @jorisbourgouin2290
    @jorisbourgouin2290 5 лет назад +1

    Great job ! Your video is really interresting and it worked perfectly :)
    Can you give the song in your video please. it's very good too

  • @extasyGH
    @extasyGH 5 лет назад +6

    OMG... Its blender 3d. A superb win for the team. #B3D

    • @3dvfxprofessor
      @3dvfxprofessor 5 лет назад

      Blender wasn't used for the Mummy. ;-) He just added some Blender clips to the video.

    • @extasyGH
      @extasyGH 5 лет назад +1

      @@3dvfxprofessor until proven otherwise, still maintaining the win. 😊

    • @artstalker8065
      @artstalker8065 5 лет назад +1

      It was not Blender, no one uses blender for movies VFX

    • @3dvfxprofessor
      @3dvfxprofessor 5 лет назад +1

      @@artstalker8065 Not true. There are a couple of examples where Blender is used for movies. Like Spider-Man 2 or The Man in the High Castle. And Blender was used with Houdini for the full CG-feature Next Gen.

    • @extasyGH
      @extasyGH 5 лет назад

      @@artstalker8065 ruclips.net/video/ZpfUJDxEfz4/видео.html
      Do your research before you open your trap to criticize.

  • @recklesflam1ngo968
    @recklesflam1ngo968 5 лет назад +1

    Nice, blender and a SGI O2 :P

  • @Flamincactus
    @Flamincactus 5 лет назад +8

    4:00 BLENDER! :D

  • @timur7381
    @timur7381 5 лет назад +2

    I keep kidding myself that one day I'll master one of the packages and do 3D as a hobby)

    • @mattburkey
      @mattburkey 5 лет назад +1

      Download Blender (it's free), join the Blender community on Facebook and start watching videos by Blender Guru, CG Geek, Remington Graphics, Gleb Alexandrov, CG Cookie, Blender Sensei, Mr Sorbias, Mandala Motion (to name but a few of the great resources). I started as a hobby but eventually I was able to quit my job and become a professional animator for a living. I'm entirely self taught. Don't kid yourself that you can't do it, it's possible. It takes time and patience, but there's nothing more satisfying than watching your creations come to life. Blender is evolving all the time but if you want to see it's potential take a look at 'Next Gen' on Netflix which was animated using the free Blender software.

  • @leviterande
    @leviterande 5 лет назад

    the mummy looked absolutely fuckin real and puts to shame 99% of newer VFX

  • @maiamaya6083
    @maiamaya6083 3 года назад

    amo mucho esto :3

  • @Eradifyerao
    @Eradifyerao 5 лет назад

    Are my eyes decieving me?! @3:58 Blender is recognized in an Industry Light and Magic documentary? Even the beta 2.8 - wow....

  • @jiggitah581
    @jiggitah581 5 лет назад +5

    What's also amazing is that i totally understand what the guy is saying and at the same time i have no clue what he's talking about! Its weird!

  • @frederikpapcun8965
    @frederikpapcun8965 5 лет назад

    12:42 from what movie is this???

  • @tafol8445
    @tafol8445 5 лет назад

    What's the videogame at 12:05 called? The one with the Japanese/Chinese girl standing behind a broken glass window?

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад

      That's from a trailer for Overkill's The Walking Dead.

    • @tafol8445
      @tafol8445 5 лет назад

      Thanks @@VFXGeek

  • @entertainment1101
    @entertainment1101 5 лет назад

    nice

  • @richardwulf1382
    @richardwulf1382 3 года назад

    Do you know of any tutorial that explains how to compose the 3d character model with the actor's movements?

  • @Yaroslav_Tselovanskyi
    @Yaroslav_Tselovanskyi 5 лет назад

    That's a nice ad for ILM

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 5 лет назад

    CG obstacles used to be: (realistic) water, fire, hair, smoke, facial movement (especially the eyes and mouth movements which even today some studios struggle with to get correct: Even the TINIEST fault will be detected by most people). ALL of these milestones have been overcome and even appear in consumer-level software.
    Here's to the software engineers who made all of this possible!

  • @hachetrescomacatorce2340
    @hachetrescomacatorce2340 4 года назад

    I have a question: better to study graphic computing or study VFX, to be in the film industry?

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  4 года назад

      If you want to work in VFX and you can study it, then that will be a better choice.

  • @geoffroywogblo9002
    @geoffroywogblo9002 5 лет назад

    i realy love this tks

  • @BassX1
    @BassX1 5 лет назад +3

    Name & artist of the track playing in the background?

  • @SomeAB
    @SomeAB 5 лет назад

    @VFX Geek : Does ILM still have a custom 3D software? To do part of the work or whole of it (I doubt the later).

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад

      I don't really know what they are using. But I would assume some standard software for modeling, and custom software for tasks like simulations, or hair grooming.

  • @od_static
    @od_static 5 лет назад

    Anyone knows where 12:25 is from? I'dve set my money on sth like Halo, but i cant remember that character in Halo...

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад +1

      That's Unreal engine demo. Not a game.

  • @Ahwanul12
    @Ahwanul12 5 лет назад

    what are the software that they used??

  • @Sa.d.bo26
    @Sa.d.bo26 5 лет назад +1

    The dude narrating sounds like the dude from that hearthstone channel

  • @abhishekverma3512
    @abhishekverma3512 9 месяцев назад

    Anyone can tell me whats the name of this software? And where i find a tutorial of step by step " how to make 3d digital character (bone,tissue,fat,skin) and how to joint them and make animation

  • @RomboutVersluijs
    @RomboutVersluijs 5 лет назад +5

    Please don't add sound when people talk. It's very distracting and we can hear them. Otherwise super nice video again

  • @l0gphroe
    @l0gphroe 5 лет назад +2

    12:24 Just fyi, both faces are facial capturing and CGI..

  • @documenthari
    @documenthari 5 лет назад

    12:28. Andy Serkis himself looks like a CGI Character.

    • @VFXGeek
      @VFXGeek  5 лет назад

      Because this is CG :) That's not real footage - both characters are CG created with Unreal engine.

  • @boringman6491
    @boringman6491 4 года назад

    Kaukasian the best

  • @medoedMihail
    @medoedMihail 5 лет назад

    What music plays in the beginning????????????

  • @imaginemindjalota88
    @imaginemindjalota88 5 лет назад

    Amazin salute to hollywood artists 👌👌👌👌is there anyone who teach me all this stuff free

  • @EugenicsBMX
    @EugenicsBMX 5 лет назад

    Blender adverting?)

  • @sniperatharvakalele5403
    @sniperatharvakalele5403 5 лет назад

    Can i create a realistic looking ANIMATED FILM just like THE WITCHER 3 Or assassins creed GAMES with Blender.Or both are very different things?Plz explain.?

  • @alberteinsteinthejew
    @alberteinsteinthejew 5 лет назад +3

    I dont know why but for me Andy Serkis is synonymous with digital characters

  • @rorororo-ww5vp
    @rorororo-ww5vp 5 лет назад

    Software?