James Combridge

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@natyxxx9882 20 сағат бұрын

Amazing process

@jamescombridgeart 20 күн бұрын

Hey folks, I hope you enjoyed! You can check out the freelance artists template here for free: jamescombridgeart.gumroad.com/l/huxka

@JMarvelous23 20 күн бұрын

I used Cinema 4D for years and can't get it back now. I just don't get how an open source project is by far less user friendly and harder to achieve the simplest things such as coloring an object and making it glow. You have to almost be a rocket scientist to figure anything out in Blender. MIND BOGGLING! I hate Blender so much but I have to use it now unfortunately. Makes me want to give up on it because I used to do things so quickly and easily in C4D and this is just a jump through hoops program.

@jamescombridgeart 20 күн бұрын

@@JMarvelous23 there are most definitely way easier ways to colour an object and make it glow than this method haha. Like a few clicks for real, this is a much more advanced procedural approach. But I feel your pain, it's hard to become entrenched in a software and be forced to change ❤️

@JMarvelous23 19 күн бұрын

@jamescombridgeart feels like the blender UI wasn't made for designers but engineers and scientists. I think it should be intuitive and easy to grasp and it's not. There are many other things I could mention aside from coloring an object and lighting it. Just baffles me how an open source project seems this messy. I want to love Blender and use it but at this point I'd rather pay $900 a year to use C4D because its more fluid and easy to learn new things and accomplish more for me anyways.

@federicolanzarotta9187 22 күн бұрын

Man i love this but 10% to 15% preformance gain is not small nor irrelevant especially for the kind of scenes in which you'd need to use dynamic LOD

@neil1375 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for explaining this. Have you shared your Blend file of this setup anywhere? As it would be good to have a look at and play with to see if it could be improved upon etc?

@jamescombridgeart 23 күн бұрын

@@neil1375 not currently sorry! Let me know if you come up with anything

@neil1375 23 күн бұрын

@@jamescombridgeart I'll build out the node tree and have a look at it etc.

@lucasdigital Ай бұрын

This looks great, and talk about timely! I was labouring on a set of concrete stairways. I think this would be so much better as a geometry-node-based system, except I haven't invested the effort to learn geometry nodes. A moment later, I took a break to watch a few minutes of KZbin. Boom! The perfect solution just randomly appears in my feed. 😃

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Haha great to hear! You could absolutely use the stock array tool for stairs too. Although this setup would allow you to randomly instance a collection of different steps for added variation!

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Hey folks! I hope you enjoy this node setup and the array tools product! Pssst! The first 10 purchases on gumroad will get 25% off using the code 'EARLYBIRD' . Head on over and be the first ;) jamescombridgeart.gumroad.com/l/Array-Tools

@BartlomiejRoczniakArt Ай бұрын

Hey is it using instances to creat array?

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

@@BartlomiejRoczniakArt yes. It can instance itself, any other object, or a collection

@BartlomiejRoczniakArt Ай бұрын

@@jamescombridgeart nice thank you :)

@kaizu4914 Ай бұрын

sorry but I can't enter discount code on gumroad, is that the number of first purchase have reached 10?

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Hmm. Should be an option to put in at checkout. Is it not appearing?

@kaizu4914 Ай бұрын

@@jamescombridgeart Yes it is, I did not see discount field to enter...

@kaizu4914 Ай бұрын

I think something in "Checkout form" you forget to press "save changes"...?

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

@@kaizu4914 thanks for bringing up, I'll look into it 😎

@brandosbucket Ай бұрын

Is there a node that displays the result from a node? like a numerical value, rather than just anonymously pipes it through?

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

@@brandosbucket not that I'm aware of, but that's not saying much 😉. Besides from checking vertices count in viewport stats that is.

@merinoCreations Ай бұрын

Just subscribed to your channel from a recommendation @CurtisHolt. I am looking forward to following where you are going with your channel!👏👏👏

@m55vj96 Ай бұрын

you can use the AO node in shander editor for the same result

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

True! Very similar results. I like that I can be very selective about which meshes cause the blend with this approach, either are totally valid depending on your needs

@freakingcoolindies Ай бұрын

I'm 16 minutes in, and this has gone from something to have on in the background while I work - to taking over my main monitor in full screen. 😭😭 How long have you been practicing your craft for, James?

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I've been a concept artist / illustrator professionally for about 8 years, and used 3d and Photoshop as a hobby for about 5 years before that. I reckon I switched to blender around 2017. Hope that helps!

@3BD_RA7MAN Ай бұрын

Broo how to do that with geometry

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Live premier at the moment. Trying it out for the first time! dw I got u ;)

@JoeElShawadfy Ай бұрын

This kinda reminds me of Runtime virtual texture in Unreal but easier to setup in blender. awesome work James!

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

@@JoeElShawadfy totally. I know there's a way to transfer and blend Uvs with modifiers too but I'd love to find a way to have that done in this node too, I bet someone smarter than me has found a way 😉

@freakingcoolindies Ай бұрын

James, I am a none dev, but this is one of the best design youtube videos I have ever seen - point, blank, period. God damn your pace makes me feel like I am using "Calm" and your art is incredible. Bravo, sir.

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Hey thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed! Don't worry, it's been sped up a lot! ;)

@Matthe9256 Ай бұрын

First time watching you this video was good and chill 👍

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

@emmanueliyege244 Ай бұрын

You are a blender unreal engine bridge.

@robin-berger Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the video. Very nice approach with the calm voice over. Makes it all over relaxing to follow along, even after a long day and still learn from it.

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Thanks Robin, glad to hear it ♥️

@kaizu4914 Ай бұрын

4 𝔨𝔢𝔶𝔰 𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔬𝔫 ℑ 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔲𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩: - 𝔖𝔨𝔢𝔱𝔠𝔥 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔰𝔢 - 𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔖𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔅𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔥 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔟𝔧𝔢𝔠𝔱, 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔡𝔡 𝔞 𝔟𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔭𝔞𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔶/𝔣𝔩𝔬𝔴 - 𝔎𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫: 𝔒𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔦𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢 > 𝔐𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔲𝔪 𝔓𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔰 - 𝔘𝔰𝔢 𝔅𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢 3𝔇 𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔴 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔭𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔊𝔬 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔱𝔬 2𝔇 𝔰𝔬𝔣𝔱𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔱, 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔡𝔢 𝔖𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔓𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔱 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔠𝔲𝔰 𝔬𝔫 𝔖𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔇𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔩𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔢𝔫𝔡. *𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝘼𝙄 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Nice. Pretty much sums it up!

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Thanks for hanging out folks! you can check out the finished design here 👉www.artstation.com/artwork/EzNl8K

@pravinrenders Ай бұрын

make sure to apply scale to objects other wise itll take a much higher to take the effect

@Darkovius Ай бұрын

artist template

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Enjoy! I hope you find it useful 😀. jamescombridgeart.gumroad.com/l/huxka?layout=profile

@blucatdev Ай бұрын

Great video James! Even as a non-artist, I learnt a lot. Also, thank you so much for your exceptional work on Elgem TD.

@jamescombridgeart Ай бұрын

Heyyy thank you! awesome to hear it! You're welcome 🥂

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for hanging out folks! Let me know if you have any questions.

@Maxwell_Nexten 2 ай бұрын

thanks!

@meshgen 2 ай бұрын

jiggery-pokery

@AllExistence 2 ай бұрын

Merging actually takes more time then rendering.

@aryanrai8687 2 ай бұрын

Loving this technique.

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Cheers! 😎

@unicornhuntercg 2 ай бұрын

Can you make it so the normal is also blended between the two objects ?

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I've seen this done with a dynamic weight paint based setup. I'd love to figure out how to add it to this node though for much easier drag and drop setup

@lastsonofktn 2 ай бұрын

What a treat to wake up to this info THANKS

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Good morning! 😀

@based8223 2 ай бұрын

What specs do I need for a PC to REALLY render animation?

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Depends how fast you want it to render, and how complex your scenes are tbh! I think so long as your hardware is from the last 10 years or so and you have a GPU at least maybe a 1070 or higher you could render most things with a well optimized scene, and patience.

@blenderisms Ай бұрын

Hi, the absolute minimum and have a really good experience with rendering is - any CPU you can find from the last 5-10 years, just try to get one with a higher single core performance (meaning the GHz number is higher) For a GPU you can probably find a second hand 1080TI, which is a total monster for it's money and VRam (it has 11GB, which is the most out of the 10xx and 20xx series) for RAM it's nice to get 32GB. This I think is a minimum. For example for quite a while I was working on an AMD Ryzen 3400, 32gb Ram and a 1080TI. Later I found a really good deal on a used RTX3090.

@mixl-e8l 2 ай бұрын

Great video! I just have one question, what was the point of switching the store named attribute node from float to color?

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Good point! From memory, I think that was the option that I could get working. I feel like float should also work though. Let me know if it does!

@coffeeslayergaming 2 ай бұрын

Underrated channel - Great video!

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! Cheers 🥂

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for hanging out folks! If you think of any improvements I can make to this setup, let me know in the comments!

@ThomasMoore-f6z 2 ай бұрын

Hi, my main suggestion or question would be could you make a way that this sand shader, when mixed onto the rocks looks the same scale as the sand beneath it. Because I would imagine by default, if using UVs, the scale could look very different. It would probably only really matter up close, but just suggesting.

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Totally! Using box project with the mapping nice set to object or generated would be a good work around

@leifn Күн бұрын

Not sure if that is possible with Geo Nodes, but for RVT i think there is some normal blending going on as well to not have a sharp edge between the objects.

@SUVO_RAW 2 ай бұрын

The purpose of nanite is to speed up work. The purpose of this sh&T is to choke your PC fast. lol

@emanuelgaff1349 2 ай бұрын

fk! u r living on a different level.

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

😆 haha thanks

@yoskkdkdk 2 ай бұрын

there’s no gain in nanite without hardware support for it

@juancarlospaco 2 ай бұрын

I done this decades ago with BGE in Blender, its just too slow, also Nanite works like Voxels but GPU, if you lower quality in Nanite you see the literal Voxel in real time, a photoscanned rock looks like a Minecraft rock.

@CasualRandom50 2 ай бұрын

this would be the bomb for the game engine godot

@kaizu4914 2 ай бұрын

Menu Switch is now my new favorite node!

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Totally - I can't wait to start playing around with it!

@jamescombridgeart 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for hanging out folks! Hang in their my designer friends, I have some more design related content cooking for you next up. so definitely sub & join the mailing list if you don't wanna miss it 🤓jamescombridgeart.gumroad.com/subscribe