Robert Siebert wrote:Sorry, but i would like to see more advanced lessons. There is enough basic stuff for FU, but not any difficult, complex, realism VFX shot solved in a tutorial.
It is easy to play around with some tools and say you can do this and those, but if you have to integrate for ex. volume fog and smoke generation in a real Footage that must have a realism look, this is quit another theme ....
Of course it would be great to see real world examples of hugely complex setups and comps that would be of a level that every major studio would be proud of. I would love to see those as well, sure.
The fact is that creating that kind of work usually has a serious price tag. Artists are often being paid thousands of dollars for work an a single such shot, and studios are obviously very protective of the workflow and intermediate results, meaning that it's impossible to share that work. That is assuming that the artist would even
want to share his best recipes. After all, if you spend two decades working hard to learn everything you know - which is your bread and butter - what is the advantage of sharing it with everyone?
There is this notion nowadays that everything should either be free or cost 99 cents (thanks for starting that, Apple). Which I think is a huge problem. People
complain about tutorials or books that cost 35 bucks. Or 10. Or 1000. Or sometimes even when it's a mere dollar - it doesn't seem to matter. "Hey man, this is the internet, just
give me the stuff already or I'll download it".
It's a real problem. All it does is either lower the quality of what is being offered, or kill it entirely. It's just not worth investing thousands into making the greatest teaching material ever if all that's going to happen is people just stealing it because they can't be arsed to spend a hundred dollars on material to watch on their two thousand dollar gaming rig.
So don't immediately diss the "simple" tutorials, especially when they are kindly being offered. Even the greatest, most complex shots start with, and are built upon, little nifty tricks and workflow tips that people keep sharing every single day.
And lastly, if at some point someone is brave enough to do something absolutely stellar, like sharing a career's worth of insight and knowledge
that can actually make you money, please support them. With your money. When that becomes a viable market again, we all benefit.