VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 75

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Wren, Sam and Niko are joined by visionary CGi Generalist Ian Hubert to break down the best (and worst) VFX from your favorite Hollywood films!

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00:00 Intro
02:03 Avatar: The Way of Water
09:09 HyperBole! The Hyperball Hates You
12:20 Sherlock Jr.
18:48 Express VPN
20:37 Outro

[justmultidimensional]

I think that, as an artist, the best compliment you can get is when people argue whether your creation is CG or Real

[arteckjay]

Even if it looks like it did 13 years ago, that's just a testament to how incredibly ahead of its time the first movie was.

[Kjleed]

Just saw Avatar 2 and I can’t get over how photo-real everything looks. I need someone working on the shot to tell me what’s fake cuz I couldn’t tell.

[FulcanMal]

"I think it's just a few people with loud voices."

Man, this is true for so many instances of "internet outrage". Every time I see an article that says something like "internet up in arms about x", if you actually track it down to the sources, it's like three twitter accounts.

[ursomrano]

I genuinely don't understand peoples reaction to the new Avatar trailer. I saw that and was blown away and speechless. It made me realize just how far technology has come because before I thought that CGI fully crossing the uncanny valley was impossible, until I saw this trailer and I felt nothing but excitement for what the future holds for CGI.

[seangalvin]

James Cameron started out as a VFX guy and is a DIY legend. I not only think he would be a great guest on this show, but I predict he will be a guest come the end of the year!

[dscorpio]

Just knowing James Cameron has lifetime career experiences studying underwater life just has me so excited for the sequel. Just the imagination that make pandora going underwater is just crazy.

[FSH-fvww]

Just watched Avatar 2 (twice) and god, every single shot looks photo realistic. There isn't 1 shot that took me out of the experience.

[eddiek]

I suggest you guys take a look at Prehistoric Planet by David Attenborough - possibly the most realistic looking dinosaurs filmed through the perspective of a documentary. Just gorgeous.

[madhavdhilip]

Glad I'm not the only one that got the belt tightening scene stuck on my mind. There are 100s of mind-blowing shots in that trailer, but that one shot is the most impressive to me.

[hitenbhatt]

The fact that Ian Hubert's animation is played right after the Avatar 2 trailer and still holds its own makes Ian a true common man's legend!

[seanhutt]

Not only was Ian a massively influential and knowledgeable guests to have, but he also seemed to genuinely get along and the three of you have excellent chemistry with him

Hopefully we'll see him as recurring guest on this

[Lexyboogie]

Knowing what motivates James Cameron, I feel like the whole point of Avatar is to show the advancement of CG. That’s why I don’t see him slipping live action water shots into the movie. He’s doing the sequel in a water environment precisely because he wants to show how revolutionary the water tech is.

[allercon]

The water in the first Avatar was all CG as well. When you guys covered that in an older video, it blew my mind. It still looks so real to this day.

[stevesmith]

Obviously it must be frustrating seeing the arguments around Avatar 2 as VFX artists, but just the fact some people are convinced that it's real is testement to the quality of the work in a way, it's so good that people can't even believe it's effects anymore. Then you've got the other crowd ofc who think it doesn't look any better but I guess that comes down to the classic problem where when VFX gets to a certain quality, especially on small scale shots, it goes unnoticed by a lot of viewers, despite being hell of a lot of work (sometimes more than spectecle shots) and great technical achievements. Great breakdown of the advances made, that water is insane!

[craigrussell]

Holy crap, I've never seen Ian Hubert before, but not only is his work incredible, his honest breakdowns of how basically everything he's doing is cheating are such an amazing way to help me appreciate his work even more. What a great artist.

[DarrenWallaced]

I normally skip the sponsor section but I really appreciate Jake's effort and desperation. 5 Stars

[StenWasTaken]

Avatar was already a CGI masterpiece, the second one will be an even bigger one. I can’t wait for it to get out, I’ve been waiting for so long!

[AaronPalmer]

Ian Hubert is a Blender Legend. When I started in Blender he was one of the first people I watched. Go show him some love as his Blender film is incredible with insane Visual effects.

[vandersonvalley]

I was absolutely blown away by The Way of Water trailer! It looks phenomenal! People take so much for granted and aren’t really good at looking at details. Most artists who pay attention who obsessed over detail have that same eye.