Avengers Visual FX

I just finished recording 3 hours of training for the Explosive Train sequence so while I finish editing that... check out this amazing demo from ILM on the VFX work for The Avengers. 3 Hours of recorded training is probably 1.5 hours after editing out rendering and bad jokes. Stay tuned, it's a big series.

POSTED:
13 years ago
77 Comments
Peter
12 years ago
Denapix
13 years ago
amazing work, its really a ton of compositing
13 years ago
thank's andrew for this great new tutorial , really amazing
and i need to tell u that Action movie essentiel 3 would Make Me Soo Happy
And , please Make more tutorials without element 3D ! i don't have it
mouad
13 years ago
i put this in the wrong place , sorry
13 years ago
Wow, that digital New York is insane. It never even occurred to me that they weren't really shooting in New York. I guess that means they did their jobs right!
13 years ago
This is inspirational, beyond epic
Ed van der Laan
13 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Your on IMDB !
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3135304/

Great. Thanks for all.
13 years ago
Andrew,

could you please say something about this, anything

I started this thread but nobody didn't say anything it's about how they were using 3D spheres for projecting on geometry:

http://www.videocopilot.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=106483

THANKS A LOT MATE!
Dawson
13 years ago
You could make your own avengers with video copilot products SO COOL!!!
prathamesh
13 years ago
hye dude when train tutorial is out ?
Samuel
13 years ago
Why? You just looove to to do this to us! haha But we all like you just the same.
Rich
13 years ago
Woah there! Don't be so hasty with those scissors Mr Kramer. If the bad jokes go, I go.

And I don't wanna go. This sites keeps me productive. The rest of the web, generally, doesn't.
Grant
13 years ago
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13 years ago
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Eric
13 years ago
Hey Kevin - the dude who posted the short film. I was very impressed by that. Top notch!
Almost Darkslide
13 years ago
I can't wait anymore!
Jordan
13 years ago
Is there a website where I can watch how Special/Visual effects for movies were made? Just like the video here?
13 years ago
nice job on the FilmState awards
Sandy
13 years ago
Kez
13 years ago
Meh - I was excited to see this new tutorial, up until everybody keeps saying it used FumeFX.
I've already spent enough money on AE/Optical Flares/Pro Scores/Action Essentials etc.
Don't fancy spending MORE money on another plug in. What happened to all the tutorials that were just made inside of AE, without expensive plugins.
Daniel
13 years ago
Bro, your jokes are the shit. In a great way.
Kevin
13 years ago
They really did an awesome work!
Check out this short movie: http://vimeo.com/57148705
AlmostDarkslide
13 years ago
Well done Kevin, outstanding work!
Wasib Qureshi
13 years ago
I want to say these days tuts going high on sizes.. (Above 100-150mb)
its hard to download that much at low speed connection i suggest provide us link also for low size but okay quality videos too.. Please Andrew
13 years ago
Click the green SD button on the tutorial page to watch low resolution version.

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/metro_city/
jean
13 years ago
Hi Andrew,i???m your fan from Morocco!!)
its will be a great Tutorial.
Thanks for all
Denver
13 years ago
Andrew deffinitely Love us
Patrick
13 years ago
Hello from Austria!

When the series will be released? I'm looking for it a few times a day.
An approximately release date would be very helpful.

Best regards and keep going
13 years ago
looks pretty good, cant wait
IMRAN KHAN
13 years ago
How the Offices Inside the building is made with Photographs And it looks real?
can we use these technique for Metropolitan or 3d softwares?
Roy
13 years ago
It looks real because the the camera is moving and you're not up close to the window. The closer you get though the more modeling and detailing you would need to do to fool the eye. That's why Metropolin buildings look good from a distance but the closer you get the more realize it's just a sham - lol. You probably could do this in Element 3D but it would be much eaiser to do in proper 3D program.
Nominated VFX work
13 years ago
The category of Best Visual Effects for the 85th Academy Awards.
Who is going to win?

http://ae.tutsplus.com/articles/in-depth/a-look-at-the-85th-academy-awards-for-best-vfx-nominated-films/
Pague
13 years ago
can you made a tutroail where you explain how to create the green screen scence from the avengers
Alain Maiki
13 years ago
Amazing...I can't wait to see the Train Trainning
13 years ago
Im pumped! Your tutorials are always of the utmost quality, and always original!
shorey
13 years ago
very cool andrew thanks for added this video!!!)))
IMRAN KHAN
13 years ago
Amazing Things, can't wait To See, what are all the new things in
This Tutorial.
PureMotion
13 years ago
Well.. it seems Andrew did use infact FumeFX.
He posted on facebook that it might become his next favorite plug-in.
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13 years ago
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Banjo
13 years ago
Hi Andrew,i'm your fan from Ukraine!!)
Thanks for all,good luck!)
Mike
13 years ago
i like the explosion of afterburn more than FumeFx
Udipt
13 years ago
Can't Wait anymore,Great Work Andrew...
Matthew
13 years ago
Hi Andrew,
can you make a Tornado Tutorial?
Argos
13 years ago
Great job. If William Wyler raise his head ..... Ben Hur would be another story ....
klaus brandenburg
13 years ago
I usually don't request a Tut but the Avengers FX Breakdown really got me interested in the warping from one equirectangular map into another and so on. Can you figure out a way to do this inside AE or is this only possible with the big boys toys?
Gaurav
13 years ago
Are you talking about the flattened HDR image?
13 years ago
Mental note: TOP WEB UP and grab some food and sunlight, might be a while before i go afk when this drops.
I wouldn't have graduated uni recently without u Andrew.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do I get a red response? :p
Bart
13 years ago
I'm checking the site twice a day searching for anything You publish because everything you publish is always interesting.
Thank you, Andrew!
Looking forward to Explosive Train...
Matin
13 years ago
Hey andrew, Great job!
and i wanted to remind you about the reflections of the explosion on the train.
If it's fume FX what about the people like me who have no idea how to use it? can you give us some alpha channel materials of the fume FX explosion?
13 years ago
i can't believe they did camera projections for every freaking window of the buildings, i must say it was very clever but ._. it's too much work, now i see why this movies costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
Thanks for sharing Andrew, i'm a big fan of you.
shivansh
13 years ago
love u andrew sir cant wait for that
justin Melson
13 years ago
I've been looking forward to this turoaial all week!
onkar h
13 years ago
one of the best vfx from ilm!!!!
sean
13 years ago
HolyShhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
13 years ago
Like any good creative project. If you don't do the prep, create the resources, do the hard work first - the narrative, the storytelling part, is compromised.

It's old advice, but its good advice.
13 years ago
The amount of and depth of the detail is mind boggling. When you hear of a films $250 to $300 million price tag, it almost seems too little. The amount of man hours needed to put something of this magnitude together is staggering. Thanks for the glimpse Andrew. My dream of following in your footsteps has now been slightly squashed! Ha ha.
Vincent
13 years ago
Awesome, really excited about this! Thanks Kramer I really appreciate all you do bro! You've saved my butt countless times!
13 years ago
Andrew, don't edit out the bad jokes. That is one of the reasons why I love watching your tutorials ;D
Paul
13 years ago
Awesome! Can not wait any more!
13 years ago
Wonderfull!!!! For me it's impossible learn all videocopilotstuff it's too much!
dendi
13 years ago
1 hour bad jokes and 30mins tutorial will be awesome,
the smithy
13 years ago
amazing amount of work. if they didnt show us,nobody would ever know how much work they put into it. i might put my head in an oven now and cry, lol, just kidding. gives me heaps of ideas on how to tackle things
13 years ago
Andrew, how can we help you out more? I moved on to web design and web programming so, not going to buy more products (did buy element) but I still want to help you out since you help so many other people. Do you need some stock photos of anything I could get for you (used to do some photography and video)? Are there any more contests in the works where people can contribute to help you guys out more?
As you learned from the background contest, there are a lot of people who would like to help you out with almost anything that you would need. All you have to do is ask. I bet you could get any photography, b-roll, basic graphics (logo?s whatnot), photoshop work or whatever that you needed if you asked your fans for it. Money a lot of us don?t have (full time college student again here). A little time and some basic entry level talent, a lot of your fans have.
13 years ago
I love how everyone already knows what will be covered in this tutorial down to the very detail... smh lol
The Dark Khigt
13 years ago
Great job, and super visual effect! With 3d element can do the same, I tried on your lessons Andrew and not a lot of improvisation. Here shown keyning plus 3d models! My problem is that my computer is not master this powerful rendering! Those guys have vidio card valued at several thousand dollars, and powerful computer)))))
BigLou
13 years ago
New York filmed in New Mexico! Really cool post, I'd love to use this as an example on my blog! Thanks for posting!
Joel
13 years ago
Cant wait hope to learn some good compositing techniques !!
13 years ago
Amazing man, I'm so excited for the upcoming tutorials.
BTW Andrew, how much GB are your jokes only?
13 years ago
I'm actually holding off posting a video until I touch it up with the tips and tricks from that new tutorial AK

It's no big deal though, it's my own video so I don't have a deadline or anything lol
arvid
13 years ago
Thanks for the birthday present <3
Daniel Broadway
13 years ago
Will this tutorial cover the creation of the FumeFX explsions? I've been doing some FumeFX R&D on my own, and I've almost got it there, but I haven't nailed it yet.

https://vimeo.com/user4717004/videos
PeopleCanFly
13 years ago
You've done some really nice work! I'm working on some Fume R&D;myself but just can't quite "get it" either. Hopefully this upcoming tutorial will shed some light on how Andrew uses it.
13 years ago
They should've used Metropolitan. Would have saved them tons of time trying to re-create all of those buildings!
Mansooryan
13 years ago
Huh? NY was created by CG? come on .. that epic .. that really hard work
culppepper
13 years ago
I love those kinds of bad jokes.
alwadhani
13 years ago
3 Hours Sequence 0,o, wow this must be amazing yay.
i think it might be similar to the Meteor Crash tutorial or is it going to be AF only mmmm? anyway thank you in advance Andrew
13 years ago
Is the Explosive Training free or a paid DVD?
Adrián
13 years ago
Too bad we are so far in Argentina of a production of this nature. my admiration
Terry
13 years ago
Its Awsome But i Wand Ask One Question For 3Ds Max


How To Render Obj sequnce Please Answer me Please Please Please Please
mike
13 years ago
Use this script : www.scriptspot.com/files/exportobjseq.ms
Terry
13 years ago
But i Don't Know How To Use It Please Give Me a Tutorial Or Snapshort Please Please Please Please
Toby
13 years ago
It's fairly easy to use. Put that script that mike posted in your 3DS Max scripts folder. Then select MAXScript in the 3DS Max toolbar, select run script and then select the exportobjseq.ms script. The only other thing you need to do once the script is "open" is select where you want to save it to and then name the sequence.
Slogan
13 years ago
Hey Andrew
A Tutorial on how to do Avengers using 3d Element would be great.....lol
The Real Deal
13 years ago
That would be a great tutorial. Im sure Andrew can do it in 30 mins.
Shades
13 years ago
Random comment declaring undying love for Andrew or just major kissing of his butt then asking for something for nothing.

There we go, I've posted the contents of most of the comments on the blog so others don't have to!*

*If only!
The VFX King
13 years ago
I can not wait....
When is it out.?????
Dave
13 years ago
What are you talking about ? that movie came out ages ago..itz called The Avengers
Jovica
13 years ago
The VFX King mean on the Explosive training you silly Dave! -_-
T
13 years ago
I my God...
Grant
13 years ago
im really exited of this new tutorial of yours!
mike
13 years ago
There no doubt it's FumeFx now if it take more than an hour.
I can't wait to know how to use it. Thanks for this Andrew.
Theis
13 years ago
I really hope it is! I have always wanted to learn how to use FumeFX!
Mackenzie Criswell
13 years ago
I imagine that it is a mix of fume fx and some stock footage, It also looks like ray fire might have been used a little bit.
Sherif Mohammad
13 years ago
Ah, yes. He actually mentioned it on twitter and Facebook. He uploaded a video with a couple of FumeFx tests. They look awesome! I suggest you check them out. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151253825806332
rocky
13 years ago
its an after effects tutorial not fume fx
Amir
13 years ago
+1
I really like to learn Phoenix FD or Fume FX