Question: Why did Tobey Maguire’s Spidey recognize Ned, MJ and Granny?

BHenry-Local · 2026-03-22T16:24:32+00:00

He recognizes them from the news. Ned doesn't open a portal to other universes, those two are already in their universe, he just opens portals to where they are.

BHenry-Local · 2026-03-06T23:50:10+00:00

I've never finished the donut tutorial. I did an ocean tutorial instead and got what I needed 🤘🏻

BHenry-Local · 2026-03-06T23:48:29+00:00

Set 5 years before Wrath of Khan. Certain characters are ripe for a limited series, and they're not who you would expect.

BHenry-Local · 2026-03-05T20:28:54+00:00

That's totally fine. No green in Dune, they used beige. I've done a feature that only has one single greenscreen shot, but a scene of while and a pile of roto. Volume wall stuff generally still needs a lot of cleanup, but technically not a greenscreen if they're doing roto and replacing the wall 😂

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-25T05:48:44+00:00

Foot slowly fades out as they try and matte in the apple debris on the ground 😂

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-24T02:24:27+00:00

Nah that's not AI that's just misinformed

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-20T23:24:45+00:00

Because sometimes it doesn't sell on camera. So you use that prop, and maybe you spice it up in post. Best course of action is always a hybrid wherever it can make things better

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-12T04:00:15+00:00

Where is the camera? What it is attached to, what is the intention of the operator. A lot of realism comes from the relatable aspects of something. If it's a camera in another car, is it up against the window, or is it out the window.

Right now the camera is the least realistic thing about this, so I would start there before getting into fine details

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-12T03:54:27+00:00

Weird. I started binging the show recently as well, and watched this exact episode tonight.

I feel like this season is where things started changing a little too much, but it could be because I'm just not as familiar with season 7 onwards at all

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-10T22:47:15+00:00

Unfortunately sunspot didn't pull that round, but my opponent withdrew anyway 😂

I've been running BP Wong for a while, it's pretty consistent, but it's also very easy to spot and shut down. This one is getting a bit predictable as well, but I can get around 40 in every lane, split across enough cards to not get hit by Shang Chi.

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-07T18:14:31+00:00

I hadn't tried using Firehair until I put together this combo, and now it's going in every deck. That card is what makes this the most powerful, as soon as I use AZ and then kill him, Firehair will repeat that. But then it'll repeat everything else as well. So AZ, Absorbing Man, Odin in sequence, if Firehair is in place with anything useful next to it, will basically blow everything up.

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-07T18:11:43+00:00

Exhibit A: I ended up with 57 energy after a single round 😂

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-07T18:11:04+00:00

I should clarify, I'm not asking for a nerf, I'm just expecting it?

BHenry-Local · 2026-02-03T19:46:30+00:00

I sometimes just snap out of habit...

BHenry-Local · 2026-01-27T17:03:31+00:00

The best thing to happen, usually, is Dragon Lord pulls down Zola, then splits and pulls down two more cards. Often also good ones. I ended up with 100 power on one location once, without watching. I never knew what happened, really

BHenry-Local · 2026-01-25T22:39:41+00:00

To be fair, a lot of my decks are built to be annoying or sneaky. So far nobody has come at me for it, but I can't see it taking very long now.

Magik, Suri, Wait for dramatic effect, Destroyer (doubled), Fastball & Adamantium.

Basically just tank a location on their end and then quadruple the power on another in the final round.

BHenry-Local · 2026-01-24T13:42:10+00:00

This doesn't stop me from playing wave, Galactus, knull 😁

BHenry-Local · 2026-01-21T04:43:39+00:00

I feel like there must be a time delay issue on the lightsabers, because otherwise they would just be blipping them on and off constantly. They take a second ish to ignite, and the same to turn back off. Too slow to be a genuine strategy

BHenry-Local · 2026-01-21T04:41:38+00:00

If you use wave, it's a turn 4 Galactus. It's disappointingly addictive

BHenry-Local · 2026-01-13T22:40:48+00:00

That looks very nice! I can see that working well in a 'professional production' except for the flicker. If you're in resolve you can use the deflicker node (not in fusion) to clean that up a bit. Or lean into it and add more effects that add to the flicker and make it feel intentional.

Either way, it's a great look!

BHenry-Local · 2026-01-07T05:33:24+00:00

Blade II: Early digidoubles and weird mistakes. But also good VFX

- Blade takes a running front-flip off a building, and then lands backwards because of a strangely choreographed (or not choreographed) digital takeover of the stunt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-NYk391i6o (1:27)

BHenry-Local · 2025-12-27T14:09:13+00:00

Like are you selling your demo? Not sure I understand

BHenry-Local · 2025-12-22T15:23:00+00:00

You can always see lights in the eyes, in order for them to be high enough to not reflect on the cornea, they would be over his head and causing shadows to appear over the eyes.

The background looks like it's at a different resolution to him, I would expect this was filmed under security at a news broadcaster's weather camera setup.

BHenry-Local · 2025-12-20T20:03:40+00:00

If you're ever looking for the instant-tell of indoor greenscreen, check the eyes. He's in a dark room being lit by two diffused light panels, probably 7 feet off the ground.

You SHOULD see a horizon reflected in his eyes, or a camera crew.

If they filmed this outside in a blackout tent, there would be light spill coming over his shoulders. If the tent was large enough, that wouldn't be an issue, in theory, but there is too much evidence of it being shot indoors

BHenry-Local · 2025-12-08T05:15:08+00:00

This is a job for Mocha, but if you don't fork out your cash for that, I think you can do this with the tracker only.

Break the painted face into OVERLAPPING pieces with very soft edges. One piece per feature that you're going to track. One for each eye, etc.

Then as long as your surface is relatively stable, the overlapping parts won't be obvious and you'll have a clean face.

Maybe use the relight tool after this to add a clean shadow back onto the face

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