amazing! I like this one even more:
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A course? Is there any way to watch/buy this? Can’t speak Chinese so any help would be appreciated 
I have bookmarks of some free courses of them, I 'll share them as soon as I get back home.
P.S. Even I can’t speak or read Chinese but somehow I managed to register myself on their site. 
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Great! Can’t wait for the linkz!
To post what I posted on the fb group a few months ago:
So since a lot of you reacted so enthusiastic about Cheng Gang his reel. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcTs-ssSlWo )
I’ll also share his (Chinese) cascade tutorials:
Unreal UE4游戏特效基础入门（一）-学习视频教程-腾讯课堂 (2nd link, just under the ue4-related image)
In which he first explains his “mindset” workflow and initial idea’s for these effects in a mind-mapping app.
then he goes and shows how he created some of the effects used in the reel. It wont go into all details, and to be fairly honest…
almost everything he shows is rather basic and should be in anybody their skill set after a few months of real time vfx. (at least for ue4)
Regardless, imho that is a good lesson as Cheng is using rather basic stuff to create mind-boggling effects, showing how important timing, anticipation, buildup, feel for movement is.
And its that knack for this timing/anticipation that I know I am still lacking.
The combined videos are around 3-4 hours, and even though they are in chinese… if you know ue4/3dsmax you can follow it quite well.
To give you an idea on how well he thought the effects trough… riiight before the creature is summoned one of the beams moves closer towards the floor, creating more dust and debris.
Its those little things you occasionally dont even spot that makes his effects some of the best I have seen in a long while.
Oh, and protip if you want to take apart the reel itself, watch it trough http://www.youtubeslow.com/ which allows you to watch youtube videos even slower.
Oh, and cgwell has more videos vfx related, some of them for unity.: https://cgwell.ke.qq.com/
Just be patient as the website is slow as dirt for non-rather-local internet users.
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as @Luos_83 already posted
This is what I had in my bookmarks. I also have some source files lying around. I ll see if I can find them
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Looks sick, how do I sign up for the website. The sign in process is all in Mandarin. Looks like I need a phone app or somthing?
Just in case you dont know where to click for the Cheng Gang videos:
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Hello, I am very happy to see your question, first of all, I am a Chinese, and secondly, I also visual effects division, and third, you made these sites I have close contact, these courses I have to learn, I also hope to learn and exchange with foreign friends. Finally, I’m sorry I’m not good at English
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@Sirhaian CGWell$CGJoy are both online tutorial website.They have lots of good courses that must be paid.you can login both use the account QQ.There is also online VR tutorial about UEAboutCGBTW CGJoy allowed pay by VISA,CGWell can not.I’m Chinese.Glad to help yours:stuck_out_tongue:
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@Keyserito I did an fx test once and the guy critiquing it negatively said, “Feels like you just threw the kitchen sink at it.”
Mileage may vary.
Depending on the game, throwing kitchen sinks might just be the perfect thing to do! :^D
But I understand: sometimes clarity is more important than overwhelming the senses. Either way, now I’m curious to see the test. lol.
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Really appreciate this post, thank you! Keyserito! Your isometric Hero VFX breakdowns on youtube got me started, thank you for those as well!
yar. Just took a look at your site. Always good to see another VFX artist join the ranks ;^]
Hi guys, do you know if it’s actually possible to join this course somewhere? or if they released the videos from the lessons? On CgWell, it’s called “Game Effects Improvement Classes (Three)” (at least this is the translation from Google ) It would be great to learn these techniques Thank you so much for your info. Anto
I’d be very interested in watching the course you posted here http://bbs.cgwell.com/thread-36066-1-1.html. Is it on the page somewhere?
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Even if it is, a repost of this stuff doesn’t get old xD
Cant. Stop. Watching.
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Me too interested in this course http://bbs.cgwell.com/thread-36066-1-1.html
This is like “Everything you need to know about VFX” course. But I can’t figure out how to watch/download this course.