Chrome Ball + Grey Ball + 360 Cam for HDRI Lighting (C4D / Redshift)

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
  • 🔥 RESOURCES I CREATED FOR YOU!⚡
    ️🔥 FREE STOCK FX:
    www.vfxcentral...
    ⚡️💻 VFX CRASH COURSE:
    www.vfxcentral...
    ⚡️💻 AFTER EFFECTS COURSE:
    www.vfxcentral...
    ⚡️STOCK FX:
    www.vfxcentral...
    ⚡️💻 VFX MENTOR:
    www.vfxcentral...
    ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️
    ** THE RUclips EQUIPMENT I USE **
    📷 🎙️ My Equipment:
    bit.ly/vfxamazon
    FAVORITE PLUGINS:
    ▶ACTION VFX:
    www.actionvfx....
    ▶AE JUICE PLUGINS:
    aejuice.com/?r...
    ▶BIG FILMS BLOCKBUSTER VFX:
    bigfilms.shop/...
    ▶MOCHA PRO:
    borisfx.com/st...
    ▶MUSIC:
    bit.ly/vfxmusic
    ▶MATTEPAINT:
    bit.ly/vfxmatte...
    ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️
    SAY HI ON SOCIAL:
    ▶Instagram:
    / vfx_central
    ▶Facebook:
    / vfxcentral
    ▶Twitter:
    / vfxcentral
    #cinema4d #redshift #visual effects

Комментарии • 65

  • @i20010
    @i20010 5 лет назад +71

    A two exposure 8bit file isnt an Hdri file. It holds very little exposure latitude. You need to bracket at least 4-5 exposures, than combine them to get a good amount of light information in a 32 bit exr/hdr file format.

    • @luisbarros4587
      @luisbarros4587 4 года назад +26

      You are right, but considering the way he set his workflow doesn't really matter, because he's using lights and geometry to bounce light around into the objects. The worse thing about this video is actually the lack of a linear workflow, you would never grade your hdri to match the grading of the plates, in fact in vfx, you'd work with LUT's that you could load into your renderer and or compositing app to check if it matches, but would work with the ungraded plates to output the renders, because you don't want to contaminate your outputs...
      There a few big misconceptions in this video, which are unfortunate, for they can be very counter productive in a proper vfx pipeline, still it is very informative and to be fair, to properly explain the whys and how's to do it accurately would take a longer than 36 minutes, because you'd have to go and explain colorspaces, LUTS, tonemapping, 8-bit vs floating color information and so forth...

    • @smortonmedia
      @smortonmedia 4 года назад +5

      @@luisbarros4587 Do you know of a tutorial or series of where all of that could be learned? So far, this is has been one of the better videos I've found that has opened my eyes a lot to achieving better vfx. But you seem quite knowledgeable and would love to know of additional resources that I could reference :)

    • @croEdHunter
      @croEdHunter 4 года назад +2

      @@luisbarros4587 So, you are saying, color grading comes last once we have the final raw render on top of the raw footage? And then we grade both?

    • @BigAl444
      @BigAl444 4 года назад +1

      @@luisbarros4587 Thanks for your insights. Curious, in making an hdri for lighting, could you shoot a perfectly exposed shot of the chrome or scene in RAW format, then change the exposure and export several for the bracketing effect? Now that I think of it (I haven't watched the entire video yet), is he just using the chrome ball for a quick reference in post or he also using it to generate the HDRI? From my experience, you need a very high dynamic range HDRI in order to get great lighting in 3D, at least in my engine, Corona Renderer.

    • @KRGraphicsCG
      @KRGraphicsCG 3 года назад

      I wonder if this camera can do different exposures manually

  • @chosenideahandle
    @chosenideahandle 5 лет назад +11

    Thanks for another great video. Only $650 with shipping included for a chrome ball AND a grey ball? What a deal😆. I headed to my local craft shop to buy those jumbo chrome Christmas tree ornaments for $4.00 each (Canadian dollars, so that's about $3.00 US each). I painted one with a certified neutral 50% matte grey, and glued them to some 1/2" dowels. $650 vs $6.50. I've been using the Simple HDR app (Nick Campbell and company) to control my THETA S. It brackets seven images (covering 12 stops) that you have to merge yourself in Photoshop or Affinity Photo. It's a few minutes more work, but you're getting full HDRIs out of it.

    • @VFXCentral
      @VFXCentral  5 лет назад

      Yea I totally missed the bracketing :( dangit!

    • @chosenideahandle
      @chosenideahandle 5 лет назад +1

      @@VFXCentral well you have the automatic bracketing with the two images, but just with the two images.

    • @matthieucroset
      @matthieucroset 5 лет назад

      Do you have examples of 3D renders you did with your workflow? I'm curious to see if you can reach the shadows quality and fidelity of a real scene and match it in 3D with a Theta. thanks

    • @irfanpratama2241
      @irfanpratama2241 4 года назад

      With the bracketing sure we dont have any additional mess with area light light, right? Because its got more dynamic range. Cmiiw, but noticed that you got work in 8bit rgb that gonna compress the dynamic range into a linear one, so its capping the light intensity.

  • @AndrewPRoberts
    @AndrewPRoberts 3 года назад +2

    You've really opened yourself up for people to mess around and add stuff to your scene haha

  • @RobWatt
    @RobWatt 5 лет назад +4

    Matt Damon teaching VFX now, nice

  • @raymonddillon3016
    @raymonddillon3016 3 года назад +1

    EXCELLENT! Introduction my man!

  • @Kenaz
    @Kenaz 5 лет назад +15

    Thanks for these great tutorials dude. You seem to post exactly the type of stuff I need and want to learn.
    It's hard finding VFX Redshift CD4 tutorials and explanations of the practicals needed to set it up! Cheers!

    • @VFXCentral
      @VFXCentral  5 лет назад +1

      No prob!! Glad you liked it!

  • @ariaperdana24
    @ariaperdana24 Год назад +1

    Why is that HDRI is a JPG????? You can't light a scene with 8 bit jpg

  • @craigrothwell5290
    @craigrothwell5290 3 года назад

    Much wisdom, wish I'd found this before my last shoot... Thanks :)

  • @FrammieOnlyLove
    @FrammieOnlyLove Год назад

    What possible if I do it without 360 cam? Just have a Chrome ball is enough or not?

  • @SF-fb6lv
    @SF-fb6lv 14 дней назад +1

    I thought the grey sphere was supposed to be 18% reflective, not 50%.

    • @VFXCentral
      @VFXCentral  13 дней назад

      @@SF-fb6lv yea I was an idiot. I might take this video down and remake it. I didn’t fully understand

    • @SF-fb6lv
      @SF-fb6lv 12 дней назад

      @@VFXCentral No. It's a great video, I learned a lot...

  • @blackhatultra
    @blackhatultra 3 года назад

    How do you shoout your HDRI professionally, I mean fisheye lense and multibracketing. What's your workflow?

  • @np-iv2gb
    @np-iv2gb 2 года назад +2

    because of you I had to go back to locations and take all the hdri photos again. Don't listen to him, she doesn't know what she's talking about.

  • @littlecurrybread
    @littlecurrybread Год назад

    i love the way you teach

  • @terryrhuebottom
    @terryrhuebottom 4 года назад +1

    This had a lot of great information in it. Something I was surprised about was the cost of kit with the spheres. $650.00 USD I understand that it is specialty equipment but it's insanely easy to replicate for well under that price.

    • @braddlackeyy
      @braddlackeyy 4 года назад +1

      You can paint a grey ball and get a chrome garden ball at any home decor store.

    • @terryrhuebottom
      @terryrhuebottom 4 года назад +1

      @@braddlackeyy Very true. Actually, I'm taking some foam craft balls using some Bondo, sandpaper, wooden dowels, and a combination of a medium grey primer and chrome spray paint. All of which I have on hand. The only thing I don't really have is the case but Harbor freight has something comparable for a lot cheaper. the other brackets and pivot mounts are stuff I can either fabricate or already have too. So easy peasy stuff. Guess having my studio temporarily turned into a wood shop is going to be more useful than I thought.

  • @NathanShinholt
    @NathanShinholt 4 года назад +1

    How would color correction fit into the workflow? For instance, if they're filming in a flat or RAW profile, would they grade it for realism with a rec 709 profile, do all of their 3D work using that as a reference, and then composite the 3D elements before the final grade?

  • @REDPanti
    @REDPanti 5 лет назад +7

    Thanks For The Awesome Information

  • @abdelkarimkeraressi1418
    @abdelkarimkeraressi1418 2 года назад

    you can use that chrom ball and extract from it hdr. shot that in different EV then you need special software to wrap that prob to spherical projection and there youi go .

  • @bulletbullet1352
    @bulletbullet1352 5 лет назад +1

    There are no visible in reflection and cast shadow items in octane render
    What should I do?

  • @TheSatzy6699
    @TheSatzy6699 Год назад

    Great content n explanation

  • @Chrisdgallego
    @Chrisdgallego 3 года назад

    Hi, so if I understood right the chrome ball is used as a reference to place the light source on its position(I'm sorry my English). Am I right?

  • @JWS1968
    @JWS1968 4 года назад

    Excellent tutorial I don't use redshift but this was still very useful.

  • @KenedyTorcatt
    @KenedyTorcatt 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for this, THIS VIDEO IS GOLD!

  • @damienkessler1718
    @damienkessler1718 5 лет назад +2

    Hi ! Thanks man. Would be cool to have an alternate video using ACES color profile to get the saturation and colors right easily.

    • @jovicasmileski
      @jovicasmileski 5 лет назад +2

      Check out Andrey Lebrov for that

    • @VFXCentral
      @VFXCentral  5 лет назад +1

      @@jovicasmileski yea he already did that video

  • @raol635
    @raol635 2 года назад

    Thank you.

  • @gekfurian
    @gekfurian 3 года назад +1

    It's unbelievable that a 360 camera with hdri exports a jpeg. Why couldn't it just export hdris with light sources so that you don't have to create your own lights in 3d?

  • @DONDA-zc7sn
    @DONDA-zc7sn 2 месяца назад

    🍿

  • @maopingliao2327
    @maopingliao2327 5 лет назад +1

    very nice. Awesome Information

  • @sutuvfx
    @sutuvfx 4 года назад

    thanks a lot men, saw your sisgraph presentation than finally found your channel. awesome...

  • @kuunami
    @kuunami 5 лет назад

    If you had shot the hdri with the macbeth chart would you paint it out before exporting the hdr to use in Cinema 4d?

  • @sejunoh3990
    @sejunoh3990 4 года назад

    Thank you this was just what I was lookinh for!

  • @TheLoner70503
    @TheLoner70503 3 года назад

    Since i saw the Star Wars extras dvd with Tom Knoll with the chrome and grey ball, i wanted to see a tutorial about that. This is a tutorial...with balls.

  • @lokyloky3420
    @lokyloky3420 4 года назад

    So cool! Thanks for explanations!)

  • @Personal_Revival
    @Personal_Revival 26 дней назад

    I want to visit your site. is there something wrong with your site? it won’t let me.

  • @monologtr_
    @monologtr_ 5 лет назад

    thanks for tutorial. can you make full aces and hdri workflow tutorial?redshift c4d+nuke+davinci resolve

  • @jamesmaynardjr
    @jamesmaynardjr 2 года назад

    Does sphere size matter?

  • @user-zx9ri1wf3i
    @user-zx9ri1wf3i 3 года назад

    amazing

  • @Scripture-Man
    @Scripture-Man 3 года назад

    Really good video :-) Though after all that time setting up the chrome and grey balls, I'm surprised you didn't add some objects to the scene to test it out.

  • @vfxsquad511
    @vfxsquad511 4 года назад

    Thank you

  • @renardvivek2239
    @renardvivek2239 5 лет назад

    does insta 360 work properly for HDRI?

    • @JWPanimation
      @JWPanimation 4 года назад

      Yep, I've made some fairly decent, quick, hdri's using the 360x. Insta 360 x is good if you have a Samsung s8 or s9 because you can control the 360 remotely, not all android phones work though, so check if yours is compatible. Work flow is to shoot raw and with the manual function bracket through your ISO's. Stitch the two hemi's together with Insta's software and use either PTGUI or Luminance (free) to assemble your images into a proper HDRI .hdr or .exr.

  • @Maopingsculpture
    @Maopingsculpture 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you, great teaching video!

  • @danielkupisinskicgi9204
    @danielkupisinskicgi9204 5 лет назад

    amazing stuff man u explain this stuff very well!

  • @jeffsaffron5647
    @jeffsaffron5647 3 года назад

    When to balls are more expensive then actual camera.

  • @minuscolochao1557
    @minuscolochao1557 4 года назад

    the balls are so expensive

  • @fimich
    @fimich 7 месяцев назад

    Hdri tiff😂

    • @VFXCentral
      @VFXCentral  7 месяцев назад +1

      I know. I was young and stupid. I need to delete this video and update it. lol. We can all laugh together

    • @NarekManukyan
      @NarekManukyan 3 месяца назад

      @@VFXCentral ahahahahha this reply made my day. I am actually interesting in this hdri topic how to make it as it needs to get realistic scene. please tell us if there will be a new video.