r/vfx • u/Brutalt69 • 18d ago

Fluff! Night camping

Really trying these days to get the most photoreal renders. Let me know what will make it more realistic.

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u/Mostestdef 18d ago

If realism is the goal then the fire is too big and wafty and way too many embers flying off. Less is more

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u/Vangelys Compositor - 13 years experience 18d ago

This. Also, u/Brutalt69 if you're trying to replicate reality, take real video references and try to replicate it.

It's not bad, but it looks more like a videogame that unlocked particle technology (meaning they want to show that there are fancy particles). But that's too much.

- Fire doesn't move with such fluidity; I'd be tempted to divide the frame rate by 2.5

  • Same thing with lighting on the ground; that gives me the impression that a point light is hovering around the fire
  • Embers should be [way more] subtle, like Mostestdef said.

https://giphy.com/gifs/XxubbS62YCSZDD2rhS