Hey. I'm finishing school in a couple of months with a BFA in visual effects. My industry experience is pretty much nothing, but my knowledge of visual effects methods is pretty expansive. So in the spirit of relieving the terrible itch on your head you get when you see a great effect on screen, I'm here to tell you how it's done.
I had the idea to create with this thread after I heard someone say "Oh, well it's all done with computers" and it's not. Computers may be platforms for the artists to create the effects, but the truth is that real people put a lot of hard work into this stuff and everything is done by hand. Not to mention, it's pretty interesting... to me at least.
So fire away if you want. I might not be able to say exactly how a particular scene was done, as in what software was used, but I can tell you the common technique used for that type of effect.
I had the idea to create with this thread after I heard someone say "Oh, well it's all done with computers" and it's not. Computers may be platforms for the artists to create the effects, but the truth is that real people put a lot of hard work into this stuff and everything is done by hand. Not to mention, it's pretty interesting... to me at least.
So fire away if you want. I might not be able to say exactly how a particular scene was done, as in what software was used, but I can tell you the common technique used for that type of effect.