Primal Predator VFX Masterclass

Build an Epic Full CGI/heavy VFX Trailer

Mastering the creation of a production-quality VFX teaser, starting from scratch, working on scene assembly, environment creation, lighting, fx & compositing.

One of the most important thing is understanding how the entire VFX production pipeline and workflow works, so that's why all our new Masterclass will be 100% project based. Mastering VFX shots creation using different plug-ins, tools and features is a complex task putting all pieces together starting from an empty scene and make it working as in the upcoming trailer will gives you a complete skillset to create amazing reel contents and be ready to stay in production as a freelancer or in company team.

In this course I will share my secrets and techniques for creating impressive shots in 3ds max, mastering water FX with Phoenix, adding dynamic and particle FX with TyFlow, creating explosions with Embergen and working on lighting and look dev with V-Ray.

Lesson by lesson we'll build our skillset to become a professional artist or move our career to next level.

Join our comprehensive 3ds max course and discover the secrets of creating breathtaking shots featuring thrilling dinosaur chases. This course will equip you with the skills to craft mesmerizing scenes filled with explosive action, captivating water effects, and an array of impressive visual effects. Our course covers every aspect of the process. Learn how to harness the power of 3ds max and unleash your creativity as you bring these incredible shots to life. Embark on an exciting journey where you'll master the art of cinematic storytelling and create awe-inspiring visuals that will leave your audience in awe. Don't miss this opportunity to become a master in 3ds max and take your skills to new heights. Let' start creating amazing shots !

If you are a students of any grade/school you can have a special price of Euro 149,50. Feel free to contact us to know more about it.

Registering on our website will give you a lifetime 10% discount on all products/courses.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Primal Predator is the perfect course for anyone wanting to learn more about scene assembly, set dressing, populating procedual environments, shading, lighting, creating complex dynamic setup, adding amazing particle, pyro, water and volumetric effects, managing data between shots and different tools following a step-by-step series of lessons simulating the entire creation and planning process.

Some topics we are going to cover with this course :

COMPLEX HEAVY VFX SHOTS PLANNING / PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PREVIZ AND SCENE LAYOUT
SET DRESSING AND PROCEDURAL ENVIRONMENT CREATION
CREATING COMPLEX SCATTERING SETUP
I/O AND CACHES MANEGEMENT
LEARN HOW TO USE 3DS MAX LIKE A PRO
UNDERSTANDING REAL WORLD WORKFLOW AND PIPELINE
TERRAIN MODELING, SOFT BODY DYNAMIC, GRAIN AND PARTICLES WITH TYFLOW
FIRE, SMOKE, DUST, WATERFALL, RIVER, FOAM, SPRAY AND WET SIMULATION WITH PHOENIX
REALISTIC MATERIALS FOR CREATURES AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
PRODUCTION READY LIGHTING SETUP AND LOOK DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES
CREATURES INTERACTION WITH ENVIRONMENT ASSETS
CLOUDS AND LARGE SCALE EXPLOSIONS WITH EMBERGEN
UNDERSTANDING MULTI-PASS AND MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSITING
PLANETS RENDERING AND SETUP
MANAGING COMPLEX VOLUMETRIC EFFECTS
WORKING IN POST PRODUCTION TO ADD SECONDARY EFFECTS AND COLOR GRADING

Assets will be posted and students will be able to download everything to work on it.

Reviews and support will be online on our Discord channel.

More informations about this VFX Masterclass cna be found on our website, you can see a detailed list of shots we'll work on and all informations about contents.

https://nyjofx.com/primal-predator-masterclass

CREATING COMPLEX SHOTS IN A SIMPLE WAY

Primal Predator is the perfect course for anyone who wants to learn more about scene assembly, set dressing, populating procedural environments, shading, lighting, creating complex dynamic setup, adding amazing particles, pyro, water and volumetric effects, managing data between shots and different tools following a step-by-step series of lessons simulating the entire creation and planning process :

Learn how to manage complex tasks in a simple way
Create amazing shots working like in a big studios
Follow lessons at your pace when you have time
Learn advanced compositing techniques for full-cgi shots
Work like a professional FX artist creating fire, smoke, dust, water and explosion simulations
Learn from an high skilled artist and instructor with more then 25 years of experience in production
Enroll now, pick your seat to be part of Primal Predator, one of the most complete VFX Masterclass around the world

SHOT BREAKDOWN

Primal Predator project is based on 8 full cgi shots. Here you can see some informations showing the storyboard idea, final look you will reach and what you will learn following all course lessons shot by shot. For all scenes we'll take care about naming convention, layering, scene and asset management in a efficient and professional way.

SHOT 01 - "The Primal Land"

Preparing camera animation / scene layout and animatic
Terrain modeling using TyFlow, procedural texture generation
Exporting and optimizing terrain mesh
Daylight lighting / Realistic athmosphere
Scattering plants and rocks using Chaos Scatter, masking and variation techniques
Clouds setup with EmberGen, export sim data to VDB, shading with V-Ray
Multipass compositing techniques / Look tuning and additional effects in DaVinci Resolve

SHOT 02 - "Dinosaur swimming"

We see dinosaur hunting and swimming in a calm water river :

Preparing camera animation / scene layout and animatic
Water simulation and extension with Chaos Phoenix, dynamic interaction with animated dinosaur, spray/foam setup and optimization, rendering tweaks to find best speed VS quality setup
Wet mapping simulation, using data in material editor to control water/skin interaction
Alembic cache management
Light rig setup
Believable dinosaur material setup / SSS shading techniques, displacement optimization
Multipass compositing techniques / Look tuning and additional effects in DaVinci Resolve

SHOT 03 - "Small waterfall"

Dinosaur is hunting in a forest and it comes out from a small waterfall :

Preparing camera animation / scene layout and animatic
Creating simple but effective BG environment setup using free assets and Chaos Scatter, tweaking materials and textures
Small scale waterfall setup with Chaos Phoenix, dynamic setup and optimization to avoid artifacts and strange behaviour, wet mapping simulation and material setup
Rendering setup optimization, Multilayer rendering with splitting techniques
Motion blur and depth of field optimization, 2.5D, 2D and 3D techniques
Lighg rig setup
Advanced multilayer compositing techniques

SHOT 04 - "Raining on foilage"

Rain falling down in a forest, macro camera on foilage details :

Preparing camera animation / scene layout and animatic
Macro shot on foilage with high density details
Procedural foilage animation
Rain system setup with TyFlow, caching and optimization, meshing
Dynamic simulation with Dinosaur/Plants interaction
Mud and terrain simulation setup
Massive scattering techniques with Chaos Scatter
Light rig setup
Multipass compositing techniques

SHOT 05 - "Falling sky"

Some small meteors falling down from the sky, a larger one collides with the ground behind mountain creating an amazing large scale explosion, debris, dust all over the camera :

Preparing camera animation / scene layout and animatic
Creating a new environment using the SH01 terrain, cleaning up mesh
Plants/rocks scattering with Chaos Scatter
Falling meteor setup with EmberGen
Large scale explosion setup with EmberGen
General theory about creating explosions with EmberGen
Tweaking shading, lighting and rendering setup in EmberGen
Exporting data from 3ds max to EmberGen
Light rig setup
Rendering and compositing tricks to manage layers coming from different software
Complex multilayer setup and additional effects in DaVinci Resolve

SHOT 06 - "No place to hide"

Time goes fast, but not fast enough, explosion is over, life is over too, we are in a dead and cold land, dust, smoke and fire all around :

Preparing camera animation / scene layout and animatic
Creating a realistic cold and dead land environment with procedural techniques and Chaos Scatter
Cloudy sky setup with EmberGen, simulating lighting in the sky
Smoke, fire and dust assets creation with Chaos Phoenix
Procedural material burn effect
Ember and dust particles setup with TyFlow, working with forces and collisions
Scene and rendering management tricks
Multipass and multilayer complex setup techniques, additional look dev and FX in DaVinci

SHOT 07 - NEW ! "Earth"

Preparing camera animation / scene layout and animatic
Creating a realistic planet earth asset
Large scale meteor procedural modeling
Creating gas, dust, particles and tons of FX assets to meteor
Creating additional small scale debris flying away
Space light rig
Multipass and multilayer complex setup techniques, additional look dev and FX in DaVinci

SHOT 08 - NEW ! "Meteor rain"

Preparing camera animation / scene layout and animatic
Scene management with multi-layer FX assets
Creating realistic large scale clouds with EmberGen
Cloud dynamic interaction with meteor
Exporting VDB data to 3ds max
Clouds shading with V-Ray
Meteor simulation with Phoenix and TyFlow
Render setup optimization to render large volumes and FXs
Multipass and multilayer complex setup techniques, additional look dev and FX in DaVinci

I want this!

Pre-recorded lessons, online support on our Discord channel, all project files !