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Who doesn't love a good disaster movie? Guilty pleasures :) Here is an interesting behind the scenes look at some of the special effects for the movie 2012.
October 26th, 2009
231 Comments
kadeer
15 years ago
I WANT to learn that! Adnrew do you know of any websites which give tutorials for 3D Studio Max as good as u do with AE tutorials? most of us are desperate here!
i want to destroy my city!!
i want to destroy my city!!
zafar
15 years ago
Andrew,
wow great movie please make tutorial .Good work andrew
you can do some thing different
wow great movie please make tutorial .Good work andrew
you can do some thing different
lachlan
15 years ago
plzzz make a tuorial on destroying a city or building!!!!
emaillachlan@yahoo.com.au
emaillachlan@yahoo.com.au
U are Amazing...!!!
Like Ur Said This website is the best I've ever seen
I am From Aceh NAD, Indonesia
May you in the shelter of god.
Thank u soo much.
Like Ur Said This website is the best I've ever seen
I am From Aceh NAD, Indonesia
May you in the shelter of god.
Thank u soo much.
Hey Andrew.. You think you're up to destroying a city ALA 2012??.. It would make a great tutorial.. or three 
Lugen
16 years ago
Oh-Oh! Someone will be in trouble in LA...
Wait a minute...
O.O
Anyway: Are they stealing tutorials from here?
Wait a minute...
O.O
Anyway: Are they stealing tutorials from here?
Kris
16 years ago
Yes, those are some very well composited believable graphics ... but ..Did I really just witness John Cusack out-running an earthquake in a Lincoln town-car.. in LA traffic??? and also piloting a Cessna like plane between falling sky-scrapers? wow! Might aswell add in like 10 Chupacabras fighting big-foot dressed in drag in the back of a cab driven by Bruce Willis, to make that even MORE believable.
Is this the prequel to Kevin Costner`s "Postman" ??
Ha ha you would have to be a retarded knuckle dragging mouth-breather to even write a script involving this.
Should have never taken down that Berlin wall ...seemed to have kept the world safe from those German film makers.
Is this the prequel to Kevin Costner`s "Postman" ??
Ha ha you would have to be a retarded knuckle dragging mouth-breather to even write a script involving this.
Should have never taken down that Berlin wall ...seemed to have kept the world safe from those German film makers.
Sam
16 years ago
I recognise the 3DS max interface they used for the 3D.
Just wondering if they used the RayfireTool plugin or they use their own plugin
Just wondering if they used the RayfireTool plugin or they use their own plugin
vic
16 years ago
i soooo hope they do this movie right. an old friend of mine (who was deep into ancient mayan history) and i actually wanted to do a movie on 2012, 11:11, and the whole nine- and we even did a short 3+yrs ago, before he jetted to lala land. lol. my god. please hollywood--don't f*@k up the church's money on this one!! please! the effects look decent and there's no keanu reeves on the trailer--so we see!!
videocopilot crew---keep up the good work!!
peace!
--vic
videocopilot crew---keep up the good work!!
peace!
--vic
jason
16 years ago
heyyy master adrew could you make some efffects for this its because its pretty cool......to look and i love it
caiko
16 years ago
ohh my rio de janeiro huauhahuauha ohh god not yet!
rio 2016 man! fist uahuhuUHAUhaa ok ok nice movies, so what program to use for this movie houdini( errk! )
rio 2016 man! fist uahuhuUHAUhaa ok ok nice movies, so what program to use for this movie houdini( errk! )
Fixxou
16 years ago
well i saw few things about this movie, my bro was working on sequences with Dneg ( London VFX Post production Company ) a lot of work was done on shake and Nuke .. 
The next one he is working on now is Ironman 2 ^^ i will tell you more about when ill have informations ( he 's lead sequence .. )
The next one he is working on now is Ironman 2 ^^ i will tell you more about when ill have informations ( he 's lead sequence .. )
metallik
16 years ago
you are a genius pleas poste a tutorial 2 show us how you managed to create this scene.....
Richard
16 years ago
VideoCopilot gotta find out about the FX, and see if they could turn it into products! That would be great!
i like the fx but i don't like it when the movie is just all about fx with no story so finger crossed
Morpheo
16 years ago
I??´m not a really huge fan of Emmerich movies (Except Stargate, that was awesome,,,). Indeed, they result the same for me, if you take a look to Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and this 2012, is the same formula, all plenty of effects and not depth into story or actors performance (that is totally ridiculous, Cusack seems the new Nicholas Cage, I hope that it won??´t be a "Stay away from the #%&!ing bike...ring, ring" on the script), well, you cannot wait so much from Emmerich and Harald Kloser, this one writer of Aliens Vs Predator...you know.
Furthermore, although the effects looks really well they are the same in all of his movies, you can see the same camera plane where people goes away running to camera and behind is something of destruction that comes to the same camera until fill all, and I??´m a bit tired of it.
I love CGI, but is sad to see so good effects mixing with really bad blue/green screen inside cars, or plane crossing shoots, and overall really bad actors performance. But in the other way is cool to see what is capable 3DSMax with powerful computers. So in the other way, i still preferd other directors as Cameron or Scott that make CGI/Special Effects have sense in their movies.
Finally, Emmerich does not waste time in to convert Videogames into movies, so for this we are saved, but, ufff, Uwe Bolt in there........
Furthermore, although the effects looks really well they are the same in all of his movies, you can see the same camera plane where people goes away running to camera and behind is something of destruction that comes to the same camera until fill all, and I??´m a bit tired of it.
I love CGI, but is sad to see so good effects mixing with really bad blue/green screen inside cars, or plane crossing shoots, and overall really bad actors performance. But in the other way is cool to see what is capable 3DSMax with powerful computers. So in the other way, i still preferd other directors as Cameron or Scott that make CGI/Special Effects have sense in their movies.
Finally, Emmerich does not waste time in to convert Videogames into movies, so for this we are saved, but, ufff, Uwe Bolt in there........
jun3dmax
16 years ago
stunning VFX,,,
I wonder they also using realflow plugin on this movie...
Lots of highend VFX softwares they using nowadays, making our jobs doing easy..whew
Hey andrew,,thnx Man
I'd learn a lot from you,,,keep up the good works,,
I wonder they also using realflow plugin on this movie...
Lots of highend VFX softwares they using nowadays, making our jobs doing easy..whew
Hey andrew,,thnx Man
I'd learn a lot from you,,,keep up the good works,,
Jacky Liang
16 years ago
That is very incredible. I wonder if they used Hovak physics in there... Oh and still 3ds max ftw!
I also wonder how long the physics calculation is going to take on my computer...
I also wonder how long the physics calculation is going to take on my computer...
Lanre
16 years ago
Well this is a mother of all disaster scene, I hope andrew will keep posting stuff like this, its a source of inspiration.Thanks.
Avinash
16 years ago
This is Awesome, They have used a good deal of 3Ds MAX and Photoshop... Chk out Time (1:11 and 1:13 (min:sec))
Farhan
16 years ago
Hi
oh Man thats great thanx andrew for sharing thses kind of things
Thanx from ur little student
farhan
oh Man thats great thanx andrew for sharing thses kind of things
Thanx from ur little student
farhan
nacet tag
16 years ago
i`m a 3d artist and this is an amazing FX.
for the destruction scenes they used a lot of 3d script and a plugging called rayfire it`s an amazing destruction plugging for 3dsmax.
thank`s Andrew for sharing this with us
for the destruction scenes they used a lot of 3d script and a plugging called rayfire it`s an amazing destruction plugging for 3dsmax.
thank`s Andrew for sharing this with us
Max Porto
16 years ago
Amazing trailler! Question: Andrew, did they have used After Effects in this movie? Which software is used in this kind of production? After Effects is able to do that?
Greetings from Brazil.
P.S. They have distroyed the Cristo Redentor, in Rio de Janeiro. Bastards. hehehe.
Greetings from Brazil.
P.S. They have distroyed the Cristo Redentor, in Rio de Janeiro. Bastards. hehehe.
Antônio
16 years ago
Andrew,
You should explore the Maya's world! What about?
Maya looks to be a great tool
Greeting from Brasil.
You should explore the Maya's world! What about?
Maya looks to be a great tool
Greeting from Brasil.
mike l
16 years ago
these effects looks so rediculously good! prob the best than any movie out there to date!! the whole entire 3d enviroments are nuts..
the only thing is its stupid there releasing it on nov 13 they should have atleast had it come out dec 12!
the only thing is its stupid there releasing it on nov 13 they should have atleast had it come out dec 12!
Benji88
16 years ago
This movies must be great, can't wait to go and see it.
Btw witch is the biggest movie u have worked on Andrew?
Btw witch is the biggest movie u have worked on Andrew?
robenghuse
16 years ago
The funny thing is that the year 2012 was just a miscalculation, so the title of this movie doesn't make sense anymore when they are talking about the maya-calendar.
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/26/1517242/2012-a-Miscalculation-Actual-Calendar-Ends-2220
By the way, great CGI
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/26/1517242/2012-a-Miscalculation-Actual-Calendar-Ends-2220
By the way, great CGI
Davis
16 years ago
A Tuorial would be nice. I know it takes about a week to do such a shot if you know about what you're messing with but a simple tutorial would be also nice.
Andrew keep it up!
Davis
Andrew keep it up!
Davis
realy nice FX but why go and se tha movie just for the FX whe know allredy that it has super nice FXs!!
more imortantly is how they have done it . think om going to sit down by my computer for about a yhear and figure it out
more imortantly is how they have done it . think om going to sit down by my computer for about a yhear and figure it out
Matt in MO.
16 years ago
Am I the only one that doesn't want to see this movie?
I would rather go see a good story supplemented by special effects than a movie of special effects supplemented by a mediocre story.
I would rather go see a good story supplemented by special effects than a movie of special effects supplemented by a mediocre story.
You know Andrewâ???¦Iâ??????d like to get your opinion as to what 3D software these companies use to make these grand scale effects? What do you think?
ArilD.
16 years ago
This looks really great! Going to watch this film!!
And i want to know how to destroy things like houses in 3D max! So Andrew, please do a tutorial about this!
ArilD.
And i want to know how to destroy things like houses in 3D max! So Andrew, please do a tutorial about this!
ArilD.
Dextrmania
16 years ago
eventhough its too intense...interms of visual effects,no movie will stand infront of the autobots...2009 VFX award goes to THE FALLEN!!!who wants 2 bet!!!????
ibrahim mohammed
16 years ago
To
MAX STUDIOS
R u sure they have used 3DS MAX for the destruction of the city. I thought they used After effects. PLZ let me know
Thanks
Ibrahim
MAX STUDIOS
R u sure they have used 3DS MAX for the destruction of the city. I thought they used After effects. PLZ let me know
Thanks
Ibrahim
Hey Andrew,
Greetings from South Africa!
Thanks for this! Looking forward to the movie once it's released. I personally think that you have more than enough tutorials on here that teaches one to destroy everything (including the entire planet) ... what would be nice is for you to run through some of the effects in these YouTube clips and giving a basic run down on how it could be done on a no-budget production.
Andew: "See that crack that forms on the road when John looks out of the window of his car? Well, that's a crack that can be found on the Action Essentials DVD and is set to Overlay and masked with keyframes to animate the crack one bit at a time."
Something like that. Just basic theory of how you would have done it...
Other than that, keep up the GREAT work
L
Greetings from South Africa!
Thanks for this! Looking forward to the movie once it's released. I personally think that you have more than enough tutorials on here that teaches one to destroy everything (including the entire planet) ... what would be nice is for you to run through some of the effects in these YouTube clips and giving a basic run down on how it could be done on a no-budget production.
Andew: "See that crack that forms on the road when John looks out of the window of his car? Well, that's a crack that can be found on the Action Essentials DVD and is set to Overlay and masked with keyframes to animate the crack one bit at a time."
Something like that. Just basic theory of how you would have done it...
Other than that, keep up the GREAT work
L
Neon
16 years ago
Hi Andrew! This is very cool. Can you creat your funs a building collaps tutorial? PLEASEEEEEE
Marcky
16 years ago
Wow fantastic! Can't wait. Hope "King Andrew" can create a simple tutorial for us.
sly
16 years ago
this movie will be awesome indeed.
Can you give a Tutorial on this Topic? - like say any town and a wide spread destruction.
I could imagine to combine this with the "Earth Zoom" tutorial in order to fly into the scene of horrible devastation *hrhr*
Off the Record:
Andrew, WE WANT YOUR T-SHIRTS !!!!
Greetings from Germany
Can you give a Tutorial on this Topic? - like say any town and a wide spread destruction.
I could imagine to combine this with the "Earth Zoom" tutorial in order to fly into the scene of horrible devastation *hrhr*
Off the Record:
Andrew, WE WANT YOUR T-SHIRTS !!!!
Greetings from Germany
Caine
16 years ago
The effects are obviously extremely complex [understatement] and pretty darn awesome, as long as you don't take the sequence of events for that one limo driven family too seriously.
Thanks for the tease AK
Thanks for the tease AK
Rutger
16 years ago
Awesome visual effects, only bad thing's the movie is actually based on a calculation-mistake. Because the Maya's used 4 calenders (Who even does that, 4 calenders???) they made the mistake while translatinng it from Maya to GWT, so it appears the world will not be destroyed in 2012, but in 2208...
So they might as well change the title
I haven't watched the behin-the-scene's yet, but it looks freakin'awesome!!!!!!!
So they might as well change the title
I haven't watched the behin-the-scene's yet, but it looks freakin'awesome!!!!!!!
DUDE, this earthquake is the most destructive thing i've ever seen. i hope it wont get real!
it should take me years to create this effect in 3ds max.
thanks for sharing andrew!
it should take me years to create this effect in 3ds max.
thanks for sharing andrew!
William R. Cousert
16 years ago
Looks nice! But why did they release so much footage before the movie was released?
Maxstudios
16 years ago
The Most Incredible Movie and Special Effects I Ever SEEN!!!
And they used 3Ds Max.
And they used 3Ds Max.
Ayb from the philippines
16 years ago
what a film!!!!
owh my goodness. .
Sir Andrew are you one of them?
i mean the artists?
hahaha. .
owh my goodness. .
Sir Andrew are you one of them?
i mean the artists?
hahaha. .
Adriel Rosenfeldt
16 years ago
EPIC! I hope that doesnt happen in my area after i graduate
wowee from Edmonton Alberta Canada
wowee from Edmonton Alberta Canada
Funque
16 years ago
I think it looks great, but what i hardly can understand is, that all is made in the computer but in the end it looks like film.
FloVC
16 years ago
the movie titles look like "andrew kramer style". could it be that you are showing us some of your recent work??
Mike
16 years ago
BAD DIRTY WORK of hudreds of people
plastic heath and sometimes You see EVERY effect they used on it
don`t waste your time for watching it
thanks Andrew ^)
plastic heath and sometimes You see EVERY effect they used on it
don`t waste your time for watching it
thanks Andrew ^)
Feru
16 years ago
Nice destruction effects, I already want to learn them!!!
Congratulations From Venezuela!!
Congratulations From Venezuela!!
Cool shots and FX. I will see this movie, but only for the FX in it...looks like the acting is typical cheesy acting...but te FX are totally awesome.....Hey Andrew, did you work on this movie too? I can't see them doing this without you.
Marco
16 years ago
what they didnt tell you is AK did this whole scene by himself, while in the shower.
Alexander Grennell
16 years ago
Alex from Jamaica...Love those effects. Hope to see a tutorial from your site or advice us as to the type of software used to create them....
dodo
16 years ago
how?
how how how how how????
Andrew..next tutorialâ???¦.how to distroy an entire city?
omg that looks really breathtaking!
andrew, please teach us to destroy OUR city
how how how how how????
Andrew..next tutorialâ???¦.how to distroy an entire city?
omg that looks really breathtaking!
andrew, please teach us to destroy OUR city
Axel
16 years ago
Andrew in you next tuts: how to distroy an entire city!!!
hehehe with reactor in 3D Max or Destruction and SilverBullet in Cinema 4D!!! heheheh ok peace out Andrew
Axel from El Salvador in central america!!!
hehehe with reactor in 3D Max or Destruction and SilverBullet in Cinema 4D!!! heheheh ok peace out Andrew
Axel from El Salvador in central america!!!
Patrick Donnelly
16 years ago
I work at Hydraulx, one of the visual effects studios that worked on 2012 and we use Maya, I'm pretty sure most of the other houses do as well.
You know Andrew...I'd like to get your opinion as to what 3D software these companies use to make these grand scale effects? What do you think?
Brett Perry
16 years ago
Yes we have the technology to destroy LA, but do we have the budget? If you're a major Hollywood studio you do. I'd like to see how many people worked on the actual effects and what was CGI verses real scale models. Inspirational no doubt, but not really possible without the support a studio / producer can offer.
Rogier Colijn
16 years ago
Might be something fun for the next tutorial, "HOW TU BUILD LA FROM SCRATCH AND THEN DESTROY IT" I think it would take around 40 minutes right
They did a really nice job on creating a photo realistic LA (remember like the very old computer renders, they looked like plastic)
They did a really nice job on creating a photo realistic LA (remember like the very old computer renders, they looked like plastic)
Benjamin Franklin
16 years ago
Sorry... It already happened.
If you adjust the Mayan calendar to sync with the Gregorian calendar the 2012 Mayan date occured around 2006 Gregorian.
http://www.ortelius.de/kalender/form_en2.php
If you adjust the Mayan calendar to sync with the Gregorian calendar the 2012 Mayan date occured around 2006 Gregorian.
http://www.ortelius.de/kalender/form_en2.php
Mishig
16 years ago
Hi Andrew. Can you make a tutorial of that video when Sam walking suddenly land divides into parts. You posted this video on blog, do you remember?
Thanx
Thanx
Isda Afiq Wafiuddin
16 years ago
Really awesome effect! This site also have a great tutorials. Make some more tutorials!
Greetings from Malaysia.
Greetings from Malaysia.
Did you hear Andrew ?
We want to destroy something :}
This kind of 3ds max with after effects tutorial will be definetely perfect!
maybe our number 100 tutorial ? :}
We want to destroy something :}
This kind of 3ds max with after effects tutorial will be definetely perfect!
maybe our number 100 tutorial ? :}
bhupesh
16 years ago
nice movie.............pls make tutorial of desatroying the whole city .pls even it become a tutorial of 3 hours i willl seee it...
spademax
16 years ago
"Andrew Kramer here for Video copilot .net for a new very exciting tutorial. well , today we'll destroy LA..." it sounds great! you can do it Andrew go for it!
go for it!
Charlie
16 years ago
Hi Andrew! That is brutal. Can you make for us a little building, or landscape collaps tutorial?
Woow!! This looks fantastic, great job man!
I'm gona try to make this one. This really looks nice.
I think that's why I love VideoCopilot.net
I'm gona try to make this one. This really looks nice.
I think that's why I love VideoCopilot.net
amzing effects, John Cusack has still got some cool left over from 'High Fidelity', cannot wait for another cheese fest of stuff exploding, planes flying through fire, and probably some annoying child and a dog that refuses to die no matter how extreme it gets.
Eric
16 years ago
I think both rayfire and volumebreaker are excellent looking tools. but until volumebreaker is in actual production, it is difficult to weigh the pros and cons. For rayfire, they have been around for a while and we all know that it gets good results at least. for volumebreaker, it's hardly started but has made a fantastic entrance with this upcoming movie. Only time will tell I suppose.
Speedbreaker
16 years ago
Yeah! I made some cool destruction blackboxes (presets) for TP.
Perhaps I'll upload them to the forum.
I made some cool destruction blackboxes (presets) for TP.Perhaps I'll upload them to the forum.
@speedbreaker
Nice one chief! I had only known of Rayfire but that Cebas Thinking Particle suite is amazing, do you see how much stuff is there!
Are you still doing your destruction tests? I enjoyed them...
Nice one chief! I had only known of Rayfire but that Cebas Thinking Particle suite is amazing, do you see how much stuff is there!
Are you still doing your destruction tests? I enjoyed them...
Great effects, but... hope to follow a plot, even if it will reduced to a banal escape movie.
Anyway, great special effects.
Anyway, great special effects.
Speedbreaker
16 years ago
@Dextrmania
right, I guess they used both because volume breaker was still in development as they started the fx work for the movie.
If you watch the video closely you can see the TP icon on all of the Max previews for the destruction.
right, I guess they used both because volume breaker was still in development as they started the fx work for the movie.
If you watch the video closely you can see the TP icon on all of the Max previews for the destruction.
Dextrmania
16 years ago
@speedbreaker
thanx for the link. but i want you to see this also:
http://www.mirvadim.com/index.php?id=videos
thanx for the link. but i want you to see this also:
http://www.mirvadim.com/index.php?id=videos
Speedbreaker
16 years ago
@Dextrmania
they used the new cebas plug-in volume breaker to prebrake
the towers and thinking particles for the simulation:
http://www.finalrender.com/products/products.php?UD=10-7888-33-788&PID=60
they used the new cebas plug-in volume breaker to prebrake
the towers and thinking particles for the simulation:
http://www.finalrender.com/products/products.php?UD=10-7888-33-788&PID=60
Dextrmania
16 years ago
I've seen this trailer probably a year ago,they didnt even specify the release date of the movie.i was really amazed,specially when i saw the cg ocean flowing over the chineze man and so.i searched the internet for anything related to it...all i got was the reall scientific notificatin about the world being devastated by natural phenomenon in 2012. But after a very deep search...i found out that it was that shitty damn hard software maya behind almost 80% of the VFX. for the destruction, ray fire was the ultimate tool.as it's only compatible with 3ds max at this time...that means max was used to some extent.Rolan Emmerich is just another big figure in directors list.cant wait to see the movie.thanx for the link Andrew.u can go to Mir Vadim's official site to see how they used his tool rayfire to destroy the twin towers....its just amazing!!!!
Whasa Dudes
16 years ago
Well, I think this is an excuse to use only CGI for this scene...They can try really to destroy L.A. to look more real...
I am kidding.
L.A. is fine.
The effects are great, but most of the Disaster movies...are real disaster...
I am kidding.
L.A. is fine.
The effects are great, but most of the Disaster movies...are real disaster...
This gonna sound negative, but....
HOW IN HUMAN BEINGS CAN YOU STIL WALK ON SHAKING STREETS DURING A 10.5 EARTHQYAKE????
However, these are my thaughts
Seems to be a good movie further, little far fetched but looks amazing!!
HOW IN HUMAN BEINGS CAN YOU STIL WALK ON SHAKING STREETS DURING A 10.5 EARTHQYAKE????
However, these are my thaughts
Seems to be a good movie further, little far fetched but looks amazing!!
Paul
16 years ago
Andrew - i thought you was going to reveal you made the opening intro sequence to 2012!!! LOL
elvijsb
16 years ago
so awesome that i just wanna cry. i got so many questions and one of them is: will i ever be that good to create something similar. yeah, thats my dream to be a pro.
However
16 years ago
andrew what the hell happened to your tutorial on the graphs????? pleaseee upload man its been like 4 weeks since u announced it coming in a week!!!!!!!!!!!
morty
16 years ago
Well, it saddens me to say, but I have a feeling this movie will be a piece of poo if it wasnt for the effects..
Right now, the movies with great fx + incredible story + good actors are counted on the fingers of my right hand |-(
Right now, the movies with great fx + incredible story + good actors are counted on the fingers of my right hand |-(
No doubt this is a must see for the effects alone. But I wonder, how much man power and render time is involved for that movie compared to say transformers?
Andrew
16 years ago
wow, I will give Emmerich one thing: he certainly understands the meaning of spectacle.
Josh M
16 years ago
wow those are indeed some amazing VFX. i just hope it doesnt turn out to be another "the day after tomorrow" kind of movie. well i didnt like it anyways i dont know about any one else. still i will go see this because of the CGI if nothing else.
ramesh
16 years ago
when they r travelling from car reminds me of cruise control tutorial of serious fx n compositing "product of vc"
BTW who needs to be up their with the big six anyways, look at "Paranormal Activity" 25k budget smashed the box office this last week.
Thx AK another awesome link. This will be an awesome movie to see when it's released. If everyone looks to some of AK's tutorials with 3dsmax and compsiting in AE ie. "The Bullet" This can be done by creative people like us.
AK you should have a colaboration with folks on here maybe even a contest of some sort for a feature film. I'm sure many of us, like me, would be more than happy to help. You should sooooo do that.
AK you should have a colaboration with folks on here maybe even a contest of some sort for a feature film. I'm sure many of us, like me, would be more than happy to help. You should sooooo do that.
Naqeeb
16 years ago
Man this Movie No Jokes Looks Amazing...Its next On my list...A must watch Movie
And I bet Andrew is going to love 2012. May be he is going to put something together based on similar ... or better for rest of us to chew.
Jarmo
Jarmo
Very cool and so much work to complete something like this ... but in the end it's all worth it.
Jarmo
Jarmo
That looks awesome!
Funny thing that a Mayan Elder (ones still following the Mayan Ways) explained that it is rather a dawn of a new age, or epoch, not the end of the world.
Still gotta love fire, smoke, destruction and everything in between.
-David
Funny thing that a Mayan Elder (ones still following the Mayan Ways) explained that it is rather a dawn of a new age, or epoch, not the end of the world.
Still gotta love fire, smoke, destruction and everything in between.
-David
Boris
16 years ago
WOW! It's amazing dude, but i guess that the true challenge is when the effects are imperceptible...i speak to drama movies, where if don't tell you, never know that there are effects.
PD: Sorry for my english, i'm chilean.
Thanks for... All!!!
PD: Sorry for my english, i'm chilean.
Thanks for... All!!!
Olympia Logger
16 years ago
Almost everything is CG and the next step is virtual actors.
Then the entire movie industry is ALL ours and Hollywood is dog-meat... and we're rid of most of the coutry's liberal wackos!
Su-weeet!
Then the entire movie industry is ALL ours and Hollywood is dog-meat... and we're rid of most of the coutry's liberal wackos!
Su-weeet!
Johann Torres
16 years ago
Can??´t wait to see the movie!
thanks andrew! i love seeing behind the scenes and specially VFX breakdowns
keep sharing this kind of stuff
thanks andrew! i love seeing behind the scenes and specially VFX breakdowns
keep sharing this kind of stuff
Nick
16 years ago
hey andrew......u should really make a tut with some advanced 3d involved...like this......or come out with a dvd training of doing this kinda professional effects.......my requests
Heres 5 minutes of actual footage taken from the film to lure people in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZxBYItj2sM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZxBYItj2sM
Brent
16 years ago
That is freaking insane! Definitely an amazing sequence to see on the big screen.
Mauro Arsénio
16 years ago
how?
how how how how how????
Andrew..next tutorialâ???¦.how to distroy an entire city?
how how how how how????
Andrew..next tutorialâ???¦.how to distroy an entire city?
jose lagos
16 years ago
Andrew you should do your best tutorials before 2012, the Mayan calendar does not lie O.o XD
Jeremy
16 years ago
hey just wondering if you realized how everyone posts kramer sent me here on every video you link us to
Jan
16 years ago
Amazing vfx. But Im afraid this movie will only be good beacause of it. And not because of the story. But a must-see
Joey
16 years ago
Ahh...looks like a movie to see purely for the effects and absolutely nothing else
Garrison
16 years ago
I think you should do a tutorial on how to make that sequence. Show us how to create and destroy LA from scratch. Should only take you a few decades to record.... easy.
Can't wait for this movie, it's going to be great.
Can't wait for this movie, it's going to be great.
Speedbreaker
16 years ago
@Yakito
3Ds Max, Cebas Thinking Particles, Cebas VolumeBreaker, FumeFX, Cebas Final Render
3Ds Max, Cebas Thinking Particles, Cebas VolumeBreaker, FumeFX, Cebas Final Render
Sick... sick.
I didn't know that earthquakes made the ground go all wavy!
I will see that movie for one reason, and one reason only... for the special effects.
I didn't know that earthquakes made the ground go all wavy!
I will see that movie for one reason, and one reason only... for the special effects.
haitam
16 years ago
hey Mr kramer you do all of effects in this movie ? or this is juste trailer of your best movie ?
Yakito
16 years ago
Does anyone has any idea what software does this studios use in order to make this type of movies?
David
16 years ago
scary thing is this will really happen one day according to the book of revelation. Trust in Jesus Christ
Thanks Andrew, you do great work!
Thanks Andrew, you do great work!
Sean B
16 years ago
Crazy stuff here! Can't wait to see the movie! If only I could do this sort of stuff haha
Thanks for the post about this
Thanks for the post about this
Oscar
16 years ago
Hell that looks awesome.
World governments should build floating sky cities to escape to when the time comes
World governments should build floating sky cities to escape to when the time comes
Steve
16 years ago
Amazing VFX, can't wait to see it. I am currently working on a project that is entirely cgi, except for the actors, so it would be nice to see exactly how they accomplished this scene. Nice find Andrew!
kimy
16 years ago
how they do this thing...i wish i could have a training or course with those guys....awesome...i will never get there 
Kevin C
16 years ago
I think they should have gone for realism and actually destroyed a major city. LOL
I think 2012 will be nothing more than a footnote in the history books, right beside Y2K, but I will see the movie when it comes out.
I think 2012 will be nothing more than a footnote in the history books, right beside Y2K, but I will see the movie when it comes out.
Ryan Steel
16 years ago
I think this is next generation CGI. A new era of versatility has begun in this film and it really is awesome.
Hi from Scotland...
Hi from Scotland...
iforssberg
16 years ago
Amazing effects, but will it just be still another catastrophy movie? How ever, I'm waiting for the tutorial for making this one in AE!
victor
16 years ago
great fx... but why are all great fx movies of late so weak when it comes to content, story, acting.... i'll see it anyway but only for the fx
Martin
16 years ago
Omg i cant wait there till this move will be released i will buy ticket in luxus as soonest posuble!!
ayal
16 years ago
how?
how how how how how????
Andrew..next tutorial....how to distroy an entire city?
how how how how how????
Andrew..next tutorial....how to distroy an entire city?
Great visual effect. Must have taken a lot of work to do that. Personally I don't like it when they pull a "George Lucas" and make an entire CG scene, but then again they couldn't really destroy LA. Thanks for the post!
