Why visual effects artists love this shiny ball

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2024

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  • @RaksoBackwards
    @RaksoBackwards 3 роки тому +1401

    Sometimes I forgot how hands on, creative, and difficult jobs like VFX are. I almost always think of them as sitting at a computer but they do so much more than that

    • @waywardmind
      @waywardmind 3 роки тому +46

      If you haven't already, you should check out Corridor Crew channel. They do a ton of VFX work themselves, and they have a series called VFX Artists React that is excellent.

    • @lizzyol
      @lizzyol 3 роки тому +2

      @@waywardmind lol literally came here to say that

    • @SioGG
      @SioGG 3 роки тому +5

      @@waywardmind I'm so glad they started that series, now I have an actual reason to tell people about Corridor

    • @rodom303
      @rodom303 3 роки тому +6

      You’ve never watched vfx artist react?

    • @EthanFilms
      @EthanFilms 3 роки тому +2

      @@waywardmind yooo that show rocks! Been a corridor fan since like, 2010 around when I first discovered freddiew

  • @Azeria
    @Azeria 3 роки тому +6225

    Me: submits dissertation for VFX degree and hops on UA-cam to forget about it
    VOX: *Shiny Ball*

  • @fabianalfonsoooo
    @fabianalfonsoooo 3 роки тому +3100

    ah yes the holy ball of the visual effect artists

  • @what-the-eff-jeff
    @what-the-eff-jeff 3 роки тому +853

    This is I love watching Vox, I learn things I didn't think I would ever want to know.

  • @crionidel
    @crionidel 3 роки тому +1783

    Why am I watching this video explaining what an hdri is. I'M A CG ARTIST, I AM USING ONE RIGHT NOW.

    • @albertdedeaux8921
      @albertdedeaux8921 3 роки тому +61

      Ok we get it youre an "artist",stop bragging

    • @Mikaelj
      @Mikaelj 3 роки тому +164

      Hahaha me too, i took some hdri in the weekend. but its funny see how non vfx people explain our stuff 😆😆

    • @HelgaCavoli
      @HelgaCavoli 3 роки тому +74

      'Cos it's a well done video.
      Also, you're checking if they got stuff right.

    • @aronsalamon4490
      @aronsalamon4490 3 роки тому +20

      hdri haven

    • @crionidel
      @crionidel 3 роки тому +134

      @@albertdedeaux8921 sorry coach, i'll do better next time i swear

  • @AwesomeTechTeam
    @AwesomeTechTeam 3 роки тому +89

    Thanks for posting this! I was the VFX Wrangler on set for the most recent season of American Gods and I used that ridiculous ball EVERY DAY. Definitely my secret weapon 👌

    • @rylanlucyk6931
      @rylanlucyk6931 3 роки тому +3

      do you know which software they used to import the hdr mirror ball data into the rendering? I have a theta 360 and I would like to start rending with it. Thank you

    • @mangomanftw5538
      @mangomanftw5538 3 роки тому +1

      @@rylanlucyk6931 hahahaha he'll have to google that 😂😂

    • @LannasMissingLink
      @LannasMissingLink 3 роки тому +5

      @@rylanlucyk6931 ptgui is the best software for stitching a hdri together. Then photoshop to blend the exposures together and to clone stamp stuff out (like the tripod or colour checker)

    • @Langwidere903
      @Langwidere903 3 роки тому +1

      Oh my goodness the VFX have been phenomenal so far these first 3 episodes! Great job!

  • @ethanjaceabad4592
    @ethanjaceabad4592 3 роки тому +3922

    What normal people think of VFX: Green screen
    VFX artists: Cheap Shiny Ball

    • @HelgaCavoli
      @HelgaCavoli 3 роки тому +32

      That's just the execution. Stuff is all around us, but not everyone sees things (and apply into problems).

    • @777Mikos
      @777Mikos 3 роки тому +13

      VFX artist: Google search for something that looks close

    • @Founderschannel123
      @Founderschannel123 3 роки тому +3

      Pls buy my cheap shiny ball from a scammer pls🥺

    • @TheGenSmit
      @TheGenSmit 3 роки тому +7

      Hey the Grey ball is just as important!

    • @qualia765
      @qualia765 3 роки тому +7

      they equally important. But usually Green screens are used to do things quick ,with a big budget you can get people to manually mask stuff out

  • @fly1714
    @fly1714 3 роки тому +1687

    Video: *about a VFX secret*
    Me: "Haha wide Spiderman"

  • @mongoose621
    @mongoose621 3 роки тому +2413

    "I've been in the industry for 17 years"
    Dude looks about 25

    • @ddlakes
      @ddlakes 3 роки тому +55

      Dude looks like young lean

    • @annamienam
      @annamienam 3 роки тому +216

      Yeah he’s been searching since he was 8 you got a problem with that

    • @Saffrati
      @Saffrati 3 роки тому +7

      James Harden without the beard

    • @wanjevi
      @wanjevi 3 роки тому +2

      Hahahahh nice one

    • @SnailHatan
      @SnailHatan 3 роки тому +7

      @@annamienam Searching? What were you trying to say? Your comment makes no sense

  • @xmlthegreat
    @xmlthegreat 3 роки тому +120

    As someone who's having to work on a scene without an HDRI this video hits hard

    • @LannasMissingLink
      @LannasMissingLink 3 роки тому +2

      Oof... i dont envy you

    • @-Burb
      @-Burb 3 роки тому +4

      Dang that sounds tedious. I know next to nothing about any VFX stuff, so I’m just curious: why aren’t you able to use an HDRi for your specific project? I would’ve assumed they could be used as a starting point for lights on any set.

    • @briankloc
      @briankloc 3 роки тому +6

      @@-Burb sometimes they don’t shoot HDRIs on set for a take or forget to capture a lighting setup. It’s not that they can’t use HDRI, it’s probably that one is not available from the shoot.

    • @LannasMissingLink
      @LannasMissingLink 3 роки тому +1

      @@-Burb you cant just use any hdri cause it wouldnt be the same lighting that was on set. Vfx only works if you can integrate the cg perfectly, so you cant tell whats cg and whats real. That doesnt work if the lighting of the cg object doesnt match the live action plate

    • @-Burb
      @-Burb 3 роки тому +2

      Ah I see. Thanks to both of you for explaining! :D

  • @weeliano
    @weeliano 3 роки тому +11

    When I was at ILM, we use a fisheye lens and a Nodal tripod to shoot multi bracketed photos and then stitched together using PTGui. When I was learning about VFX, I also bought a gazing ball and experimented with it. With a relatively affordable 360 camera like the OneX, I don't have to go through the steps of setting up the large DSLR with a heavy FishEye lens and shooting all the shots. I can easily take a 360 HDRI image remotely with my phone. I am now seeing a lot of multi sensor ball camera systems coming out of Shen Zhen and Hong Kong, China, these devices can take massive gigapixel high resolution 360 HDR photos with just a single click on your phone. Taking 360 photos have never been easier.

  • @menardes7541
    @menardes7541 3 роки тому +115

    I was just writing about HDRI's for my thesis, then this video popped up in my subscriptions. The coincidence scared me. :)

    • @yunanda
      @yunanda 3 роки тому +4

      Your phone hears you

    • @mukuldev9199
      @mukuldev9199 3 роки тому

      This usually happens with me too

    • @egodreas
      @egodreas 3 роки тому

      Just make sure you don't actually use anything from this video in your thesis, or you're quite likely to get an F. The guy doesn't really know what he's talking about :-)

    • @kimisaacbuelagala1314
      @kimisaacbuelagala1314 3 роки тому +1

      @@egodreas what are the wrong information here?

    • @egodreas
      @egodreas 3 роки тому +8

      @@kimisaacbuelagala1314 While there are a few things that are outright wrong, it's mostly a case of incomplete and confused information. For instance, HDR images does in no way require a chrome ball (which the on-set VFX crew would refer to as a "light probe"). The chrome ball is just one of many ways of capturing a panoramic image of the scene (technically referred to as an "environment map"). Although we generally do want our environment maps to also be HDR, those are technically two completely independent concepts, and conflating them the way he does in the video just makes for a confusing explanation.
      Also, he never explains what HDRIs actually are. What he is talking about instead is "tone mapping", which is a random example of something one can use high dynamic images for, but doesn't really say anything about HDRIs themselves. In fact, tone mapping is something we definitely will never want to do on an HDR environment map, so it's completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

  • @Mimiastar
    @Mimiastar 3 роки тому +45

    And to think of just how good VFX are getting, I never thought it’s a whole art form

    • @XxamorOo
      @XxamorOo 3 роки тому +1

      VFX is at its very best when it's unnoticeable, so that's why most of the time vfx artists are inappreciated when they do a good job

  • @kisaragi-hiu
    @kisaragi-hiu 3 роки тому +56

    6:20 HDRI Haven!
    Most HDRI repositories are really expensive (because taking and processing these HDRI paronamas is _really_ tedious and itself expensive in the first place), while HDRI Haven instead releases everything they take into the public domain (via the CC0 license) and relies on donation.

  • @cuthbertrichardson7811
    @cuthbertrichardson7811 3 роки тому +189

    The spider man in the cover reminds me of wide Putin

    • @arfan_hafiz
      @arfan_hafiz 3 роки тому +7

      Hahaha, I see you're a man of culture.....

    • @techmad8204
      @techmad8204 3 роки тому +7

      wide Putin!

    • @alti2b
      @alti2b 3 роки тому +3

      W I D E P U T I N

    • @clint5406
      @clint5406 3 роки тому +4

      Or Ben Swolo

    • @antoniasalinas513
      @antoniasalinas513 3 роки тому

      Wide Parker Walking but he's always in frame

  • @lawrencepettifer4102
    @lawrencepettifer4102 3 роки тому +38

    I feel like Vox has just been watching corridor crew and analysing their comments and techniques!

    • @SirWrender
      @SirWrender 3 роки тому +8

      Nothing wrong with that ;)

    • @jjgunt
      @jjgunt 3 роки тому

      @@SirWrender do you guys ever work with the reflective ball or do you take Panoramas/360°- Camera images?

    • @SirWrender
      @SirWrender 3 роки тому +1

      @@jjgunt We composite a bunch of 360 images into a single HDRI image for our reflections

  • @damercy
    @damercy 3 роки тому +28

    I now understand the importance of that teapot object and sphere ball in 3D's Max. 😅

    • @KawaiiCat2
      @KawaiiCat2 3 роки тому +1

      Lol haha I always wondered why it was in Maya. Now I know

  • @Jey-fx2zs
    @Jey-fx2zs 3 роки тому +25

    I can’t imagine how a VFX artist must feel having to edit out non actors from the shots
    “Is that an actor or a guys wearing a long red coat?”

  • @haziq3636
    @haziq3636 3 роки тому +519

    Some UA-camrs: Excessive spend on lighting, camera, and editing
    VFX artists: BEHOLD MY SHINY BALL!

    • @MrRoboticeyes
      @MrRoboticeyes 3 роки тому +31

      @@cottonballs185 wrong, 'bad' VFX is the one that has manufactured look and not going to fool adult, 'good' VFX however are already fooling you without you even knowing it's there.

    • @Bluestroke_
      @Bluestroke_ 3 роки тому +5

      Bold of you to asume cinema doesnt spend tons in lighting camera and editing 😔

    • @haziq3636
      @haziq3636 3 роки тому +6

      @@Bluestroke_ No i didn't. If anything i'm just making fun of certain youtubers who overspent their money on unnecessary things without improving their content 😅

    • @Colourisedspoon
      @Colourisedspoon 3 роки тому +1

      @@cottonballs185 then you have not seen any worthy animation and renderings yet

    • @Alex-kh8zj
      @Alex-kh8zj 3 роки тому +1

      @@cottonballs185 obviously movies aren't going to make vfx better than needed

  • @c.b.7153
    @c.b.7153 3 роки тому +131

    Only here to say 1 thing:
    *W I D E S P I D E R M A N*

    • @FrattaTV
      @FrattaTV 3 роки тому +1

      Why I see the W and N larger than ide spiderma?

    • @Great.Milenko
      @Great.Milenko 3 роки тому +1

      widerman.

    • @ryxnpierce
      @ryxnpierce 3 роки тому

      @@FrattaTV you got seeing problems?

  • @lnterestingg
    @lnterestingg 3 роки тому +4

    So that’s why the mandalorian looks so beautiful. He’s a big shiny hooman

    • @garuttinho
      @garuttinho 3 роки тому +2

      the mandalorian actually uses LED pannels instead of green screens, that's why

  • @abhishekkulkarni2918
    @abhishekkulkarni2918 3 роки тому +2

    If I sit down think for million years..... I wouldn't have thought about that shiny ball

  • @JaydentheMathGuy
    @JaydentheMathGuy 3 роки тому +177

    1991: In 30 years, we’ll probably have flying cars.
    2021: Shiny Mirror Ball

    • @localwillow9948
      @localwillow9948 3 роки тому +6

      Planes are essentially flying cars. Both fly, both have wheels, both use fuel.

    • @zami5534
      @zami5534 3 роки тому +1

      @@localwillow9948 ok so i will drive my plane in a highway.

    • @vinujabandara1566
      @vinujabandara1566 3 роки тому +1

      @@zami5534 there is an actual flying car it functions like plane with extendable wings.

    • @zami5534
      @zami5534 3 роки тому +1

      @@vinujabandara1566 wow, is it a prototype or can you actually buy it publicly?

    • @vinujabandara1566
      @vinujabandara1566 3 роки тому +1

      @@zami5534 it’s not technically public but you can preorder it I think and when they start production you can get one.

  • @djrios06
    @djrios06 3 роки тому +40

    This is hella dope. No more needs to be said.

  • @ishandubey4767
    @ishandubey4767 3 роки тому +3

    VFX is a wonderful field, it's a beautiful culmination of science, engineering and art, it's amazing how innovations in computer vision and Artificial intelligence are turned around info beautiful masterpieces in the form of cinematic art.

    • @alystdesign
      @alystdesign 3 роки тому +1

      agreed. despite what people think there's science in this kinds of things

    • @ishandubey4767
      @ishandubey4767 3 роки тому

      @@alystdesign indeed there's cutting edge research that goes into it, most of the big studio productions have their own R&D centres, with highly qualified scientist and researchers.

  • @lkvideorang
    @lkvideorang 3 роки тому +1

    The amount of times I've spent hours trying to manually light a scene and have it look nice, only to plop an hdri in and instantly it looks amazing XD. HDRI Haven is a godsend!

    • @Cyanidedan
      @Cyanidedan 3 роки тому

      The fact that it's available for free amazes me

  • @pranavathalye87
    @pranavathalye87 3 роки тому +3

    Upvoted just for HDRI Haven... It's the lifesaver!

  • @shahrukhahmad5491
    @shahrukhahmad5491 3 роки тому

    _Cut for them is like action for you_ 01:10
    Probably the most underrated statement❤️

  • @annaeeee7516
    @annaeeee7516 3 роки тому +13

    I just realized that I didn't actually understand HDR. My sun photos will be better now 😄😂

  • @user-rf9tt9fl1w
    @user-rf9tt9fl1w 3 роки тому +19

    6:54, Of course a guy obsessed with light will choose Impressionism

  • @ccrimsonfox
    @ccrimsonfox 3 роки тому +35

    This reminded me of that scam called "Fushigi" for some reason.

    • @donnymcjonny6531
      @donnymcjonny6531 3 роки тому +1

      Contact juggling is real and can be super interesting, Fushigi just never told people it would take years to get decent at it.

  • @CanErduman
    @CanErduman 3 роки тому +1

    Great job. Videos like this would be great to have, when I began learning 3d. Here is a tiny story about what amazes me with this technique:
    What I found very interesting is, that you can get nearly 360 degree dome out of the chrome ball. At one shoot, I was hiding behind the chrome ball, when we took the hdri. I wasn't visible at all! And once unwrapped, you could see my arms and t-shirt clearly and they had an influence on lighting!
    That would be amazing to show in another video!

  • @TheJumiFilm
    @TheJumiFilm 3 роки тому +22

    that thumbnail tho

  • @BigMamaJama
    @BigMamaJama 3 роки тому +1

    I do this digitally for video games! Capturing a digital environment’s shadows and lighting

  • @Zuvro_
    @Zuvro_ 3 роки тому +16

    Vibes that i got from the thumbnail : "Mom i peed the bed again"

  • @nav91827
    @nav91827 3 роки тому

    Hats off to these people whose success is an irony.
    It is their triumph when we can't differentiate the VFX from the rest of the world.

  • @whimsy5623
    @whimsy5623 3 роки тому +7

    As a 3D artist, let me tell you that HDRI haven (6:44) is Gods gift unto mankind.

  • @spd_bird
    @spd_bird 3 роки тому +2

    We also use these for reflection textures in 3D modelling for video games as well!

  • @palash024
    @palash024 3 роки тому +3

    The slack notification at 7:00 got me😁

  • @revolvency
    @revolvency 3 роки тому +1

    Vfx artist always had a ball of steel, to not sleep during deadline

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 3 роки тому +51

    This is new to me

  • @lazyninja4504
    @lazyninja4504 3 роки тому

    3 yrs since seeing this HDR option on phone. Got to know about it today. You are welcome to see my birthday party videos.

  • @luachutin7078
    @luachutin7078 3 роки тому +32

    Me: green screen
    Vox: ball that cost 20 bucks

    • @pshindigamingmobilegamer2609
      @pshindigamingmobilegamer2609 3 роки тому +1

      That is not secret

    • @SentinelSeptim
      @SentinelSeptim 3 роки тому +4

      This is gonna be an r/woosh comment but they play different roles. Green screens for importing CG/outside media and the chrome ball for imitating a light source to better make the object/scene believable.

  • @johanzac
    @johanzac 3 роки тому

    I love this. Thank you Vox.

  • @kabyamtalukdar3066
    @kabyamtalukdar3066 3 роки тому +6

    00:27 Phil Edwards is a GARY OLDMAN doppelgangar

  • @seankale5116
    @seankale5116 3 роки тому +1

    as a 3D artist this video makes me happy.
    as a 3D artist lighting makes me both happy and scared.

  • @ProfessorSyndicateFranklai
    @ProfessorSyndicateFranklai 3 роки тому +5

    How far we've come in twenty years. I can't wait for technology to advance further, and one day we'll get to live in VR worlds like star-trek instead of being confined to our tiny apartments.

  • @Alorio-Gori
    @Alorio-Gori 3 роки тому

    Thank you Vox 🙏... Another great video 📹

  • @lanaistheneworange3013
    @lanaistheneworange3013 3 роки тому +105

    Noobies: Adding VFX in film is not my cup of tea.
    *VFX artists: Hold my tea pot.*

    • @gonderage
      @gonderage 3 роки тому +4

      blender vfx artists: hold my monke

    • @AVeraFluidProject
      @AVeraFluidProject 3 роки тому +2

      @@gonderage a blender user will always appear when least expected.

    • @XxamorOo
      @XxamorOo 3 роки тому

      As a 3ds max user, i approve of the tea pot

  • @spectacularspaghetti1849
    @spectacularspaghetti1849 3 роки тому +1

    This video is so high quality, cant deny it.

  • @ebtntw
    @ebtntw 3 роки тому +4

    more of random things like this that i never knew i needed lol

  • @christopherpitt1645
    @christopherpitt1645 3 роки тому

    VFX artist here, the grey ball you see at 20 seconds is actually more useful as it gives better colour/shadowing information then the chrome ball. The chrome ball is more for verifying your HDRI and other lights are in the correct position.
    Nice video otherwise. p.s. rembrandt is the best reference for lighting

  • @Clover-lx8mh
    @Clover-lx8mh 3 роки тому +52

    I was wondering why There was barely any comments
    Turns out This just came out-

  • @mauriciolee7349
    @mauriciolee7349 5 місяців тому

    Wow! Thank Vox for such an EYE-OPENING video. I did not know this trick before.

  • @sahanakilaru1148
    @sahanakilaru1148 3 роки тому +4

    I watched the whole video but I still feel clueless.

  • @G4M1N6
    @G4M1N6 3 роки тому +2

    nowdays the chromeball is very rarely used to make the actual HDRI (if at all then only at very small productions that cant justify spending 300+ bucks on a 360° camera or the nodal stand that is only used for HDRIs), nowdays usually its either the small 360 camera or a normal camera on a nodal rotating stand, former is quicker while the latter produces very very good HDRIs (with the right software) wich could be needed if you have big clear reflecting surfaces on your CG object that would make a bad quality HDRI visible.
    the chromeball really is mostly used together with a matte-grey ball for light refernece for artists to be able to recreate the lighting as acurately as possible.

    • @weeliano
      @weeliano 3 роки тому

      Agreed, it takes a long time to calibrate and lining up to shoot a decent 360 HDR with a Fisheye lens equipped DSLR. Later you have to crop the circular photos and stitch them together in pano software like PTGui. But that was essentially the workflow at ILM layout department. With a 360 camera, it is so much more convenient.

  • @kevinmathewstudios3832
    @kevinmathewstudios3832 3 роки тому +15

    I thought this was another video about Tobey Maguire and spiderman multiverse😂😂

  • @dr.poojanpatel7625
    @dr.poojanpatel7625 3 роки тому

    Thanks Vox for constantly enlightening me on subjects I’ve never even thought about ?

  • @AnonymousMC
    @AnonymousMC 3 роки тому +3

    Hi everyone! :D I hope you stay safe and have a nice day, God bless you!

  • @CorporalDanLives
    @CorporalDanLives 3 роки тому

    +1 love for the Theta. A VFX guy was visiting me in Japan and I showed him mine (they’d just come out), and he lost his mind. I think he bought five or six of them before he got back on the plane home.

  • @BadassBobY
    @BadassBobY 3 роки тому +4

    Video editors : Aaaaah, Video editing is soo tough, I guess how tough doing VFX work might be
    Meanwhile VFX guys : *Shiny Ball go brrrrrrrrr*

  • @zeeyannosse
    @zeeyannosse 3 роки тому

    awesome vibes ! love the Degas answer about obsession ;)) cheerz to Leo Bovell at Tryptyc studio !

  • @geocyo8835
    @geocyo8835 3 роки тому +21

    Something's off here. Yeah. "Offred".

  • @nowaruku
    @nowaruku 3 роки тому

    I was there that day they shot for Handmaid’s Tale, it was really cool to see what the edited product turned out to be.

  • @jawnhansen235
    @jawnhansen235 3 роки тому +11

    This guy looks like he’s 12 and 55 at the same time.

  • @gonderage
    @gonderage 3 роки тому +1

    ohhhh that's how hdris work! ive used them all the time in blender, but i never knew the science behind it.

  • @TriadAgone
    @TriadAgone 3 роки тому +4

    I remember in highschool learning how to make HDR photos manually by stitching either digital photos or scanning and stitching physical photos on the computer. Now our phones do HDR. What a waste of a course lol

    • @secretscarlet8249
      @secretscarlet8249 3 роки тому

      Nah, learning about the basics will help you in the long run.

    • @TriadAgone
      @TriadAgone 3 роки тому

      @@secretscarlet8249 meh tbh it's like teaching someone to use an abacus unnecessarily

  • @tenpotkan7051
    @tenpotkan7051 3 роки тому

    I like how they showed us the dark hole in the forrest on the normal picture and then switched to some trees to the left of the hole, which were just as visible in the normal picture, in the HDRI picture. It feels cheap.

  • @harshenvy
    @harshenvy 3 роки тому +6

    Last time I was this early government was actualy doing stuff and compromising

    • @spencerhall4953
      @spencerhall4953 3 роки тому

      Nobody asked

    • @jacklai8933
      @jacklai8933 3 роки тому

      @@spencerhall4953 no one asked for any of these comments, yet they still expect to see one.

  • @MidAsHun
    @MidAsHun 3 роки тому

    Awesome work Vox Team!

  • @zynosgd9982
    @zynosgd9982 3 роки тому +3

    Thumbnail for this video: *exists*
    *song for Denise starts playing*

  • @fukudacal
    @fukudacal 3 роки тому

    chrome ball the hero of all.

  • @pearlahanthem4932
    @pearlahanthem4932 3 роки тому +4

    I already saw this shinny ball in Chronicles of Narnia B.T.S.

  • @klloydplata4098
    @klloydplata4098 3 роки тому +2

    Spider-man: Far From Home has the perfect Special Visual Effects because it is soooooooo very amazingly realistic just like the "fishbowl" head of Mysterio.

  • @sureshsalunke8051
    @sureshsalunke8051 3 роки тому +4

    Just relax and watch

  • @SaiAkashTumu
    @SaiAkashTumu 3 роки тому

    Finally understood what HDR is

  • @nnmartin94
    @nnmartin94 3 роки тому +3

    It's cool how the Mandalorian set technology is slowly replacing this tool.

  • @SoAS26
    @SoAS26 3 роки тому

    I always knew that the shiny ball was special.

  • @watchdealer11
    @watchdealer11 3 роки тому +188

    Bruh it's a ball he bought for $20.99

  • @roro_81
    @roro_81 3 роки тому

    Let's take a moment to appreciate the bit at the start dedicated to the box

  • @watchdealer11
    @watchdealer11 3 роки тому +10

    I saw that scene from The Handmaid's Tale

  • @NoisqueVoaProduction
    @NoisqueVoaProduction 3 роки тому

    I always talk about this in youtube comments, but the Pixar was not suppose to be a Storytelling Industry, it was supposed to be only for Special Effects.
    The Luxo Jr. Short film was suposed to be just a Demo to show lighting on spherical surfaces (hence the Lamp and the Pixar Ball).
    So they made this short film basically to show off the lighting product but people got caught in emotion with the animation story and the rest is history

  • @utkarshgupta137
    @utkarshgupta137 3 роки тому +3

    Anyone else here the slack notification at 6:59?

  • @jojolafrite90
    @jojolafrite90 3 роки тому

    Good physically based shaders with the right amount of fresnel for any material (and the rest of course) is what is the trick and make it so the virtual light interactions do ressemble the filmed scene, of course. Yeah, I understood HDRI was important when I learned 3D just for fun, years ago, when it was only new, also.

  • @Orrinn123
    @Orrinn123 3 роки тому +6

    5:15 the difference between that and the next one is so much that lighting is the last thing that makes it unrealistic. The first one moves with the camera and has no shadow. The next one has a shadow and the camera is on a tripod. The difference between the 2 was probably so little that you intentionally exaggurated the difference by changing other stuff than lighting

  • @voorachter2733
    @voorachter2733 3 роки тому

    I really like these episodes about film making.

  • @chloeellis1246
    @chloeellis1246 3 роки тому +6

    They’re all secretly magpies

  • @kieransmith6820
    @kieransmith6820 3 роки тому +1

    I'm so in awe that just using the shiny ball can make 3d objects that real. If I were to buy one is it hard to learn how to use? I really want to try it

    • @troutfish8590
      @troutfish8590 3 роки тому +2

      Having an HDR is only a piece to the puzzle. It is only one aspect to achieving photorealism in CG. With that said you should give it a go! Tons of CG tutorials on line.

  • @Kryptictails
    @Kryptictails 3 роки тому +42

    never been this early

    • @nautikient2151
      @nautikient2151 3 роки тому +2

      We don't care

    • @Kryptictails
      @Kryptictails 3 роки тому +2

      Oh, I didn't ask you.
      And "we" more like "you"

    • @EndyMX
      @EndyMX 3 роки тому

      Nobody cares

    • @Kryptictails
      @Kryptictails 3 роки тому

      @@EndyMX didnt you just see what i replied?

    • @EndyMX
      @EndyMX 3 роки тому

      NOBODY.

  • @CringeAlert22
    @CringeAlert22 3 роки тому

    That Slack notification at 6:59 ruined this rather chill video

  • @bhuvaneshkrishna8474
    @bhuvaneshkrishna8474 3 роки тому +16

    Me thinking the whole time, why not just use a 360° camera...
    2 minutes later: ....or use a 360° camera🙂

    • @NomTom
      @NomTom 3 роки тому +5

      well a chrome ball is cheaper

    • @bhuvaneshkrishna8474
      @bhuvaneshkrishna8474 3 роки тому

      @@NomTom sure is

    • @MarkusLeist
      @MarkusLeist 3 роки тому

      @@NomTom I think it's one of the most expensive methods. A chrome ball is just a chrome ball. You need a proper camera, a lens and software to stitch the HDRI manually. Especially this manual process is quite labour intensive and therefore costly.
      No matter if you are a hobby 3D artist or a production company - it is quite probably more expensive to go the chromeball route than to buy a 360 camera and have an HDRI in minutes.

    • @ZalvaTionZ
      @ZalvaTionZ 3 роки тому

      @@MarkusLeist Just saying that if you are a hobbist in stuff like this you might have a decent camera anyway so just adding chrome ball and time is cheaper.

  • @ArinGokdemir
    @ArinGokdemir 3 роки тому

    Vox is putting out bangers.

  • @nepistic__1118
    @nepistic__1118 3 роки тому +18

    No of people checking comments without watching full videos.
    👇

  • @Bonsees
    @Bonsees 3 роки тому

    Thanks, I got flashbacks to my first computer graphics course where he had to code a teapot and shade it from scratch 😂

  • @liamhodgson
    @liamhodgson 3 роки тому +4

    6:59 that notification tho...probably slack?

  • @Larry21924
    @Larry21924 9 місяців тому +1

    This is top-of-the-line. I had the pleasure of reading something similar, and it was top-of-the-line. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint

  • @risbill1
    @risbill1 3 роки тому +3

    17 years? What was he like 4 when he started?

  • @waylontmccann
    @waylontmccann 3 роки тому

    Fantastic episode!! Thanks for sharing this.

  • @shize9ine
    @shize9ine 3 роки тому +9

    17 years in VFX and still using a 1.3 MP webcam... smh

    • @cityuser
      @cityuser 3 роки тому +6

      I don't think he's modelling himself xD

    • @Braham_the_Terror
      @Braham_the_Terror 3 роки тому +3

      You say that as if he uses that camera at work...even chefs like to eat instant noodles at home.

    • @shize9ine
      @shize9ine 3 роки тому +1

      @@Braham_the_Terror I meant more like if you're a professional in a particular industry, you own or use professional tools. Even though chefs eat instant noodles, they still own a stainless pot.

  • @azl5044
    @azl5044 3 роки тому

    Mine sure is.
    They will love it.