10 Tips for creating Epic Landscapes in Blender

In this video, ‪@MartinKlekner‬ shares 10 tips he learned from his extensive time focusing on environment creation in Blender. He gives general tips but also shows concrete techniques, providing useful pointers for your own large-scale scene production.
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ADDITIONAL VIDEOS
⇨ Martin's landscape breakdown from this video: • Large-scale Landscape ...
⇨ Martin's personal short film project: • Heroes of Bronze "Jour...
⇨ Martin’s 1st breakdown tutorial: • Large-Scale Environmen...
⇨ Martin’s 2nd breakdown tutorial: • Environments with Geom...
⇨ Martin’s compositing tutorial: • Introduction to Compos...
⇨ Viewport optimizing tips: academy.cgboost.com/courses/m...
⇨ Rendering Tips: academy.cgboost.com/courses/m...
RESOURCES
⇨ Gobos (use "cgboost25" for 25% discount - affiliate link): blendermarket.com/products/go...
⇨ Scatter Addon: www.blendermarket.com/product...
⇨ Alpha Trees package: www.blendermarket.com/product...
⇨ PureRef software for reference image gathering: pureref.com/
⇨ Midjourney AI: www.midjourney.com/
⇨ Spruit Sunrise HDRi: polyhaven.com/a/spruit_sunrise
⇨ Icelandic landscape at CGTrader: www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/ex...
⇨ Seagull model: www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/an...
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Discount
01:31 - #1 Study Reference
03:12 - #2 Concept Before Details
04:15 - #3 Camera First
04:48 - #4 Know Your Camera Lens
06:22 - #5 Use Gobos
07:22 - #6 Atmospheric Effects
08:27 - #7 Optimize Assets
09:55 - #8 Use 2D Planes
11:14 - #9 Nail the Horizon Line
12:51 - #10 Render Layers & Compositing
13:57 - Outro
MY SYSTEM
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4,2 Ghz
GPU: GeForce GTX 3070
RAM: 64 GB
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#b3d #tips #landscape

[@darrennew8211]

This is what I love about CGBoost more than any other teacher. It's not just "here's how to operate Blender." It's "here's how to create art with Blender." Even some of the pre-CGBoost-rebrand videos were things like "here's how to make concept art" and "here's how to organize your files on your disk", which I never see anyone else talking about.

[@bean_mhm]

Really helpful, thanks for the tips!

[@Schmidtli93]

Great work as always Martin :-)

[@sidekick3rida]

Invaluable knowledge. Thank you!

[@migrantmemoirs]

Your videos are awesome, I will definitely take your course

[@jonosvlog9913]

very good tips, thanks for sharing!

[@Carlosruizart]

Great as always. It's amazing to see, the ease with which you use with Blender and I like how you develop these tutorials. Thank you very much for your advice. They help me learn more about creating landscapes with Blender. I congratulate you again for your work.😉

[@MartinKlekner]

Thank you!!

[@heyjude9537]

love your work, bro, I've learned some invaluable things from your tutorials, the price of the tutorial is very cheap compared to what you get if you spend the time.

[@victorebhodaghe3885]

love your intro animation so much

[@Dominoha]

thank you!

[@migrantmemoirs]

Your couse is so so good, I watched all your videos, amazing. keep on

[@MartinKlekner]

Thanks!

[@mostafamohamed6118]

Man, You're worth your weight in Gold!

[@SvensContent]

Wow, amazing. I will definitely do this course. Unfortunately, I was too late, so the code does not work anymore. I hope you will have a new one in 2023. I subscribed your newslatter and hope I will get there soon a code :) Happy New Year.

[@szhamteck9680]

please make video about tips for making realistic environment closeup render

[@cgboost]

thanks for the idea. We'll keep that in mind for the future.

[@samuelmulick3496]

This was quite helpful! I do have a quick question though, where do you get the images you use for the sky planes?

[@cgboost]

Hi here is the website: texturify.com/category/sky-backgrounds.html ~ Masha

[@samuelmulick3496]

@@cgboost Excellent! Thank you!

[@cgboost]

@@samuelmulick3496 you're welcome :)

[@luduvugla]

Hi Martin, where can we find some big open field images such as one on 9:49? Thanks!

[@MartinKlekner]

Hi, those textures I got from Google Maps, using the GIS addon in Blender. I grabbed a texture of a large terrain and then played with it in Photoshop to get rid of houses, fields etc.

[@luduvugla]

@@MartinKlekner Thanks, great method, will try that!

[@mosog8829]

@3:57 I think the best tool for concept is Nvidia GAN

[@blackswan6386]

sorry i missunderstood the description, i thought you show how to make landscape, but you just downloaded one from your friend and add details like trees etc. do you show how to create landscpe ? any other video you can recommend ? thanks sir

[@cr0uchingtiger]

8:00 - I can't find the tutorial you're referencing here. Looked back through the videos and I noticed the underwater one, is that it?

[@cgboost]

Here it is! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3OzZqtubK2Bjqcfeature=shared

[@luislugo92]

The final result is impressive, thanks for sharing your knowledge, one question: What capacity does your computer have? It is to have an idea of ​​how much my machine will suffer haha

[@MartinKlekner]

Hi, thank you! My system: CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4,2 Ghz GPU: GeForce GTX 3070 RAM: 64 GB Nevertheless, this scene wasn't too difficult to render, since it uses only a few terrain maps.

[@artikostudios1136]

What website/application do you use for the refference gathering noteboard?

[@cgboost]

Hi Artiko, thanks for the question! Generally there's not a specific website, it actually really depends on the subject. Pinterest is a great website to find any kind of references, I personally use it a lot. Can't speak for @MartinKlekner but for real landscapes you can simply use Google Images search. If you need something more fantasy or concept arts, I would suggest to search also on Art Station and Behance. I personally check all of them: Pinterest, ArtStation, Behance and Google. I hope this helps. ~ Masha

[@artikostudios1136]

@@cgboost Thank you!

[@cgboost]

@@artikostudios1136 you're welcome ^^

[@joelescudero1415]

Do you plan to launch new courses for next year?

[@cgboost]

Can not give any specific info ;-) but you know we are always working on something ;-) You can check the news and announcements here. updates.cgboost.com ~Egon

[@chalkpix]

Hi Even I m learning blender.. I just want to know what is the best configuration required for blender... I m planing to buy new desktop (computer)... To enhance blender learning & for job also.. Please give me some suggestion to build good configuration system... Thank u sir

[@cgboost]

It is all based on your budget and also on type of work you want to do. Large scale environments are quite demanding though. Please check the comments above. ~Egon

[@vikaskumar-lr4cn]

Hello .I am making a model for turbosquid but I am getting error again and again . So is there any alternative for checkmate turboqsuid model inspection .I have read that turbosquid is working on checkmate for blender. But I want to check my model in to blender so that it could be the right mesh for all the gaming engines and for the mesh certification Program

[@cgboost]

If I get it right, the checkmate is assisted control provided by turbosquid stuff. Basically you can check it yourself if you comply with the rules they (and the gaming industry) have. www.turbosquid.com/CheckMate ~Egon

[@vikaskumar-lr4cn]

@@cgboost thank you. But the checkmate is only for max,Maya,and C4D it is not for blender

[@vikaskumar-lr4cn]

@@cgboost turbosquid had announced that the are working on checkmate for blender 2012 but still it is not provider may be the get some issues. So is there any alternate for checkmate.

[@Pigzel]

what's that Windows error thing at 10:05 with 0.25 speed

[@cgboost]

:) - that's the 'Windows blues' - a feeling all Windows users know ;)

[@nicolenew1708]

THANK YOU FOR BEING THE BEST SINCERELY YOUR'S CHARLETNEWTON

[@AvidSonicFan]

You just said not to confuse Gobo with "Hobo"? I'd more associate the term "Gobo" with Gobo Fraggle from "Fraggle Rock".

[@sudhanshukumarthor6707]

Can you teach me please??

[@cgboost]

You can join our courses at CGBOOST.COM ~Egon

[@sandeshrajbhandari8952]

optimizing assets is where I struggle the most.

[@cgboost]

Yeah that is the master skill, it comes with the practice ;-) Keep on going. ~Egon

[@avatr7109]

guess i need world creator

[@bmfilm3306]

4:10 not only it will shape your idea, it will shape your future (when you will be left without a job)

[@cgboost]

The discount has expired.

[@Cyrus1932]

Thanks for all the great content! The course itself looks fantastic, I bought it just now

[@cgboost]

@@Cyrus1932 Thanks a lot, Dan! Hope you will enjoy it!

[@titusandronicus4826]

I sneaked around the course for some time now. Now I buyed it at last. Looking forward to learn some cool stuff. Thanks!

[@nongkhaipeople]

10:07 what

[@cgboost]

Hi if you mean what is that blue screen, it's what you sometimes see when windows crashes. ~ Masha

[@whynotanyting]

Alternatively, Stable Diffusion allows you to generate as many images as you want since it's open source and uses your own computer's processing power. A bit of a hassle to set up. There are websites, but they limit you with credits.

[@nnap1154]

Bruh

[@ronihalabi]

certified bruh moment

[@user-wh4wm3mw7l]

The truth: you can only build a decent landscape if you buy an add-on.

[@cgboost]

We believe that our Environments course defies that 'truth' showing that you actually can do nice landscapes with just vanilla Blender. Although it is true that some paid addons immensly help in the process and can make it much faster and easier to create stunning landscapes.

[@ArtisanCyanide]

Please, for the love of god, don’t advertise the use of AI …

[@MartinKlekner]

Well, I think it is good for precisely this one thing: getting all sorts of visual inspiration for your personal artwork. Calling it "concept art" while using AI, thats something I do not condone though.