4k Cinema Grade Footage

I'll provide you with the highest quality footage that you see on the big screen. No more using your phone for VFX. Learn things like color management and practice using 1000's of dollars worth of equipment today!

Full Body Motion Capture Data

Included in this course is custom high quality motion capture captured using a rokoko full body motion capture suit. Kiss mixamo goodbye and use a custom made asset that the pro's would be using.

Custom HDRI

Perfectly match your CG lighting with a custom HDRI that I captured on the set. This is a very common practice in the industry and will help us learn how to properly light CGI in blender without any guess work.

What you'll learn

Blender 5.0 ACES Workflow

Blender 5.0 introduces ACES color management which changes the game for VFX workflows. What might sound scary is actually pretty easy so I'll guide you through everything to make it as simple as possible.

From ingesting to CGI to Compositing

We'll be learning everything Blender 5.0 has to offer and so you'll be able to tackle any challenge that comes your way. I want even the most beginner of artists to be able to form their own workflows and make their dreams come true and so I'll be teaching you everything in this course.

How to Handle Industry-Standard Assets

Stop using your phone and use what the pros use today. This is one of the biggest things that will greatly help you in your VFX Career. I remember not having the experience when I went into the industry and so I don't want you to make that same mistake. Everything from footage to HDRIs to motion capture data will be provided so you know exactly what to do if you run into it in the industry!

About the course

This course is designed to take a blender beginner to become an amazing VFX artist in no time at all! It took me 3 years to get something half as good and so I want you to create something breathtaking to skip all the slow learning steps. I want to get you hands on using industry standard methods and assets so that you can apply VFX concepts more easily and get a job in the industry as fast as possible! This course will teach you everything you need to know for Blender 5.0 VFX so you can hit the ground running and start building your demo reel sooner rather than later. Come with me and I'll get you on the path to success!

3D CGI in Blender 5.0

We'll learn advanced techniques for CGI in Blender and apply many CGI concepts into one shot!

Multi-pass Compositing in Blender

Compositing is one of the most important parts of the process, but also the most challenging to understand as a beginner. I'll break it down in an easy to follow process so you can get your shots looking the best that they can!

New ACES Color Management

Blender's newest feature is ACES color management and so I'll show you everything you need to know in order to proper utilize it for the best results!

Jacob Zirkle

Hi everyone! I'm a Nuke compositor and 3D Generalist currently working in the industry! I've worked with clients such as A24, LoReal, Hulu and many more and I'm so excited to share my experience to help you along in the industry! Throughout my career, I've learned a lot of things about Blender and VFX and with Blender 5.0 I wanted to create a course that goes over all the basics so you can start creating amazing work now! Blender is an upcoming powerhouse in the VFX industry and I find there aren't many courses that focus on a more industry focused workflow and so that's how this course was made. I run a youtube channel as well as my own VFX studio, and so come with me in this course and I'll lead you on the path to success so that you can go from beginner to pro!

Course Requirements

- Blender 5.0 and 4.5 (Free) - Davinci Resolve (Free) - Nuke Non-Commercial (Free) - Rokoko Blender Plugin (Free) - Cats Blender Plugin (Free) - Blenderkit Plugin (Free) - Production Crate Account (Free) - 2060, 6 cores, and 16GB ram minimum - Some basic knowledge of Blender

Curriculum

11 Chapters · 16 Lessons

  1. 1

    Download the Course Files

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Download the Course Files

  2. 2

    Chapter 0: Greetings and Course Breakdown

    1. Welcome to the course! Free preview
  3. 3

    Chapter 1: Best Settings for Blender VFX

    1. How I set up my Blender project and render settings Free preview
  4. 4

    Chapter 2: Color Management and Footage Prep

    1. Footage Prep and learning ACES Color Management Free preview
  5. 5

    Chapter 3: Ultimate Guide to Camera Tracking

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Best Tracking Settings and Theories behind Camera Tracking

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Solving the Camera and Setting up a 3D scene

  6. 6

    Chapter 4: HDRI Lighting and Basic Scene Setup

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      How to correctly use HDRIs and Match CG lighting

  7. 7

    Chapter 5: Motion Capture and Retargeting Animation

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      How to use Motion Capture to animate a character

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Fine-tuning motion capture data on the Mech

  8. 8

    Chapter 6: Masterclass in CGI in Blender

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Adding our Mech and Helicopter CG into the shot

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      View layers and final animation tweaks

  9. 9

    Chapter 7: Slap Comp and Rendering Multi-pass Files

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Explaining light paths and AOVs

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Slap comp and final CGI exporting

  10. 10

    Chapter 8: Advanced Compositing in Blender

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Compositing concepts and Blender's Compositor Explained

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Cleanup and final post-processing

  11. 11

    Chapter 9: Color Grading and Final Export

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Final Color Grade and Export

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