Jetstrike Render Breakdown!

August 29th, 2016

I think the Aviator was on TV this weekend so I was inspired to make this image and here is a little breakdown:

BREAKDOWN:

First thing I did was load this model from the Jetstrike collection and convert the materials to a physical shaders.
I was going to just place the ship over a cloud background but I noticed it looked like the aircraft was emerging through the clouds so...
I took some dust stock footage and placed it around the craft with Mesh warping. Making sure to put some in front and behind.
I used a Z-Depth pass to blend the ship into the cloud layer.
As a final touch I added some fog to the render to simulate mist.
For motion blur I animated the Turbines with the Jetstrike Rig controls with some additional radial blur.

Andrew Kramer

POSTED:

9 years ago

59 Comments

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8 years ago

tank you.
goood.

baraka mchaka

9 years ago

your tutorials are so great, thank for sharing to public

Divyank

9 years ago

A tutorial would be helpful, if you can please. I can't do just by reading. Sorry and thanks.

Logan

9 years ago

Hi Andrew, though I have had element 3D for quite a while now, using it to composite is still a little foreign to me. If possible could you do a video where you describe how to create z depth. I'm sure you probably already have and its a simple check box in element. But if you could refresh my memory.

Thank you for your time VC team!

Paolo CalÃ²

9 years ago

weekend rendering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZLob9VI7M&feature=youtu.be

Paolo CalÃ²

9 years ago

Amazing, how to create smoke elements?

NK Films

9 years ago

Just rendered out a Battleship in New York VFX breakdown! It's basically deliveroo with ultra protection...

Enjoy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww_Jg5B7GTE

VFX Breakdown coming soon!
www.nkfilms.co.uk

Misel D.

9 years ago

Video tutorial would be great if it's possible. You've achieved very impressing look with Element 3D .

oshi

9 years ago

awesome work andrew...glad to see that you are not posting tutorial.
check out my work which is related to this
unfortunatly i cant reach andrews level but its pretty good
http://www.techmers.in/2016/09/jetstrike-render-challenging-to-andrew.html

ThomasO

9 years ago

Way cool and great inspiration as always! Like the breakdown and the additional elements. I'll have to read up on the Z-Depth pass.

Bao

9 years ago

Awesome!!!

ryan johnson

9 years ago

Sir AK/VC Team:

Was that your ground assault jet model they used in the opening credits of the "Night Manager (2016)?!!"

ryu

9 years ago

camer used?? i mean camera lens millimeter??

Digiphic

9 years ago

What a great shot Andrew!
It's really impressive!

Digiphic Studio
http://www.digiphic.com

JC Brown

9 years ago

this is awesome. Thanks for explaining

karthick

9 years ago

how to use mesh wrap tool

George Laird

9 years ago

hope this a tutorial idea in the pipeline, it look great as always coming from Andrew, even if it is a short one!

Ratra

9 years ago

The Smoke Element is that unique AK's touch, making this render look so much more awesome!

David Vizurant

9 years ago

Like this kind of breakdown, it is like a short tutorial

Oleg

9 years ago

Thank you very ... Cool work!

Jason W

9 years ago

Honestly Andrew, things like these are great for more advanced users that can figure out how to do these things without a tutorial but, just to look at compositing from additional perspectives. Even if you just created the blog posts in that way would be great. I know there is so much effort on behalf of you and the team to get a multitude of projects finished so We appreciate whatever you share with us at the table. Thank you VCP.

lovelysoul

9 years ago

thank you andrew kramer

lovelysoul

9 years ago

hank you andrew kramer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H58RxSdiyQs

Chris

9 years ago

ok we need a tutorial, I'm one of those stupid people that can't learn by reading and seeing a few pics.

Jason W

9 years ago

@ Chris: The good news is you don't have to!! If you go back and look at the z depth pass tutorial with the falling support or, the train car explosion, they cover the basics of how it was done. When you start combining all of these awesome tutorials is when the magic happens...That my friend, is the essence of VCP!! Good luck!

Anh Huyen Nguyen

9 years ago

Element 3D reel
https://youtu.be/GhIoW_c1Vhw

JamesGodfrey

9 years ago

Genius!

Joseph

9 years ago

The warped dust is a great idea and really nice effect!

Micheal Malcolm

9 years ago

Awesome!!!!

Mike

9 years ago

Do you use twitch for Chromatic Aberration?

Owen Walters

9 years ago

I can't imagine. Twitch is, by it's own nature, a little too hard to control to be reliably used for chromatic aberration simulation

Kevin

9 years ago

Use Sapphire Warp Chroma. Go to 18:44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZrINPzFzo&index;=1&list;=FLpczRf1zwIM2iCydOiy728Q

Mike

9 years ago

Thanks,
I found this for 15 bucks, http://aescripts.com/efx-chromatic-aberration/

StevenJ

9 years ago

There are many ways to accomplish this in After Effects. I'm just curious what ANDREW's method is

Just curious. And frankly it's driving me crazy wondering. I should see a doctor or something.

Daniel

9 years ago

Amazing! So happy to see Video Copilot on the road again!

By the way, what's the meaning of "WIP" on the Depth Fog picture?

pinktop

9 years ago

it means 'work in progress'.. BUT..if youre talking about inception..its 'working is postponed'..

Joseph

9 years ago

WIP usually means Work In Progress.

El Guapo

9 years ago

Wow, that's a fantastic looking shot. These little blog posts always inspire me with new perspective with Element. Thanks and please keep em coming. Cheers.

Luccassino

9 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

CL8jsTSUIA

Luccassino

9 years ago

3D element + matte painting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhrYL7UflyM

Biere

9 years ago

I would LOVE to watch a full in-depth tutorial of this!

Jean Slim

9 years ago

Muito Bacana Andrew. Element 3D mudou a cena do After Effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ysKNcfCfR8

John

9 years ago

Funny... the part of this I thought was MOST fake looking was the background, and as it turns out, it's the only real part.

Thomas

9 years ago

Thanks for sharing things like this! We need more "tutorials" like this

jeroen

9 years ago

Hi!

Looks great! Wy did you use the z-depth pass and not the world positioning pass?

BrotifyPacha

9 years ago

World position pass is useful when your camera is moving a lot, but since it's a picture you don't realy need to use it. Or if it's not a pic, then i guess camera doesn't move that much.

jeroen

9 years ago

Hi!

Looks great! Wy did you use the z-pass detph and not the world positioning pass?

Israel2099

9 years ago

Very useful Mr Kramer. Actually i'm making a Short film all made in Element 3D with OBJ Sequences, this will be very useful

mani

9 years ago

hi ak we can use w-pass for depth fog ?

sam koreyah

9 years ago

WOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!

mani

9 years ago

HI AK tanx Man , what is somke elements its plugin r presets?

Brando

9 years ago

Mesh warp means you applied the Dust & Smoke Elements to the Airplane model slots ?

StevenJ

9 years ago

Mr. Kramer, thanks for the share! I was wondering if you could break down the step of converting to physical textures. Do you tweak any of the "channels" such as glossiness or reflectivity gamma, contrast, etc.? Or do you just "flip the switch?"

Thanks!

Andrew Kramer

9 years ago

I do indeed tweak the maps and shader settings. The gloss map in particular in order to get the right surface look.

Redo

9 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKQZN3eoKUo

This might help. It covers the PBR Albedo mostly. When you download the pbr range chart however, you will find the reflectivity and microsurface values for various nature elements too. All best !

Kai

9 years ago

Very nice render as always, also like many others I would like to know how you managed to create realistic chromatic aberration

zedul

9 years ago

Nice experiment and sharing...

David Robillard

9 years ago

Awesome Andrew thanks for sharing your workflow.

Usman Ellahi

9 years ago

Sir you used Z pass directly inside Element 3D or rendered it through 3ds max etc?

Joel

9 years ago

nice WIP on the smoke I wonder if particular could have been used with this method to create the trails I guess to get a real push through the clouds you would need to use a real smoke sim like turbulence fd or another. Still can't believe this is all done in AE you really make it look easy well done

Gonzalo

9 years ago

Nice Job, is this 3D model on Jetstrike?

Usman Elllahi

9 years ago

yes

Donnell

9 years ago

Andrew I did the exact same thing you did to try to re create what you did..except I made a mask around my model then added the saber plugin then added radial blur to that. Thank you for pushing us to be creative with these weekend renders

StevenJ

9 years ago

I second that! I really enjoy trying to emulate the looks we're seeing with these renders. It pushes me to learn and tweak and try new things. I think it's great to see what is possible with this plugin, and then learn how to do it the best we can!

Anderson

9 years ago

ok, now make it explode!!! ha!

Tural

9 years ago

great job but too easy.
We are expecting more than this one by you.
Regards!

GetOuttaHere

9 years ago

Andrew is not sitting there trying to fulfill your expectations. He owes you nothing.

If you can read, you will notice that there are tons of positive comments here.

You don't like what you see? Get outta here, a******.

StevenJ

9 years ago

Take it easy

I think Tural is just being playful. I think it's more than obvious to anyone that this is not an "easy" composite.

Hijazi

9 years ago

You intrigued me to see your skills. I only see your talking here too easy.

Steve Buscemi

9 years ago

Great job Andrew ! But we need more tutorials pls make some about rendering like this

sarthak

9 years ago

I'm your big fan andrew!!!
Everyone knows you here.!
LOVE FROM INDIA.

Yahya

9 years ago

so nice
great job
we are waiting for action essentials 4k xD

Omid Pakbin

9 years ago

Thank you Andrew!

NK Films

9 years ago

Really interesting process Andrew! Love the smoke elements with depth fog, it really sells the emerging plane out of the clouds effect.

AWESOME!

ludo

9 years ago

wooouw love it

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