10 Tips to make Your 3D Render more Cinematic

In this video, ‪@MartinKlekner‬ shares several tips that he learned throughout his career as a cinematic 3D artist. From composition, camera placement, lighting to final compositing and EEVEE rendering tricks, you will learn practical workflows to make your renders more cinematic.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:28 - Scene Overview
02:52 - Tip 1: How to place your camera
07:36 - Tip 2: Aspect Ratio / Resolution
09:40 - Tip 3: Proper composition
11:37 - Tip 4: Focal Length & Camera Roll
15:00 - Tip 5: Flipping the Composition
16:26 - Tip 6: Basic Lighting
20:45 - Tip 7: Advanced Lighting
25:08 - Tip 8: Adding Fog and Bloom
26:30 - Tip 9: Eevee Render Settings
28:02 - Tip 10: Basic Compositing
30:12 - Outro
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⇨ Cinematography: Theory and Practice by Balin Brown: www.amazon.com...
⇨ The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition by Gustavo Mercado: www.amazon.com...
⇨ Painting with Light by John Alton: www.amazon.com...
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[@StylizedStation]

Well done, lighting is so important to any scene, it can't be neglected at all. I've said this a few times, but lighting can COMPLETELY make or break your scenes.

[@DevGods]

Love to see Zach is expanding his company!! Nice to meet you Martin this is my first video seeing you !

[@MartinKlekner]

Hello sir, thanks so much for the kind words! :)

[@CurtisHolt]

Thanks Martin! Always a joy to watch :D

[@MartinKlekner]

Cheers, Curtis!

[@cgboost]

Learn how to bring your Blender rendering to the next (cinematic) level, with 10 tips by Martin Klekner. Learned anything new? Let us know in the comments below! ⇨ Martin's KZbin Channel: kzbin.info ⇨ Project files and Blender 2.8 Shortcut PDF (email required): cgboost.com/resources/ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 01:28 - Scene Overview 02:52 - Tip 1: How to place your camera 07:36 - Tip 2: Aspect Ratio / Resolution 09:40 - Tip 3: Proper composition 11:37 - Tip 4: Focal Length & Camera Roll 15:00 - Tip 5: Flipping the Composition 16:26 - Tip 6: Basic Lighting 20:45 - Tip 7: Advanced Lighting 25:08 - Tip 8: Adding Fog and Bloom 26:30 - Tip 9: Eevee Render Settings 28:02 - Tip 10: Basic Compositing 30:12 - Outro

[@Tosmo]

Love this video, I have always been a lot more interested in cinematography in the animation. Too many people miss out on how much a little bit of camera work can help improve their renders and animations.

[@houmanhr8641]

Awesome!

[@diegocastro4594]

Love this. You always get the basic information for 3 lights for one character and I find always super complicated to set up the lights for scenes with more going on. This totally brought me plenty of more concepts to think about for my next projects. Excenelt video!

[@AaronJOlson]

Man,, I've used blender for quite a while, and the first trick at 5:20 with being able to fly the camera around with Wasd, was mind blowing. I had no idea we could do that.

[@ardiloki_]

Same

[@LL-ne8bw]

Thanks! Martin! Love this video, hope to see more of this tutorial!

[@jacksonfunksworth3822]

The quarantine joke earned you a sub, fucking gold

[@tbcreative562]

The scary part is it's not even a joke

[@deewhite1979]

Nice one. Thank you!

[@dommafia]

OH martin! I've been following you for a while. Your Roman helmet tutorial has so many nuggets of knowledge! Thank you for all you do.

[@MartinKlekner]

Awesome! Glad it helps!

[@jimmy-k6770]

Why are you so underrated, I hope you have a good life

[@santhoshmg2319]

Awesome👏😊

[@Shamysoza92]

This is fantastic. Love the approach, not a Blender person myself, but the cinematic aspect for lighting and camera can be applied anywhere. Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@activemotionpictures]

15:37 - What sorcery?!! Wow!! the OGL code allows for screen space flip with the camera! Not possible on other software, just in Blender! Thanks for sharing that awesome tip!!

[@milkbread5036]

Wow this is gold! Thank you so much!!

[@stanleymwangi6524]

You are a master!

[@blackout5145]

Do more like this one awesome

[@Mr.Pump1990]

What a great video! There are so many tips and tricks explained in a short time and right on point. :)

[@Leukick]

Very well done

[@Querenciatv]

Awesome Work ✌️

[@salaivv]

Great lighting! And well explained.

[@Glowbox3D]

Great work sir! Great lighting and composition beginners guide!

[@powersprouter]

thoughtful overview, thank you.

[@evgenyudod8502]

Oh, It's amazing,very useful tips. Thank you Martin!

[@OscarObians]

2:05 lol Futuristic, dystopian future where everyone has to stay home on quarantine isn't so futuristic anymore

[@mma_hack]

thats the point

[@marcd7332]

Oscar Obians That’s the joke

[@user-tw1vn4ze9s]

Thank you 👍 I learn a lot

[@tomsonpl123]

Thanks so much, absolutely brilliant video, so much important informations in one place. Thanks matte!

[@aidenlee7897]

Amazing teaching

[@marcotronic]

excellent video and very well prepared! Thanks!

[@patricklevar]

This was great thank you very much #keepfilming

[@capriceHR]

True! So many important things learned in one short and interesting video!

[@alexdib3915]

Really great video man, thank you. Good stuff about balancing rules, realism, and your gut/"eyeballing"

[@DarkDiaspora]

Amazing tutorial well done and thank you

[@subhashchandrabose315]

2:14 it's corona time...

[@jedidorn]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@WolfieDesigns]

Martin What An amazing video!! Thank you for the useful tips ❤👏

[@angadrai6588]

CG Boost: *talks about quarantine and police in future* me: checks the upload date

[@benparker2522]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@DoctorORBiT]

9:25 If you really want to get the aspect ratio properly. Leave the settings at 1, and set the X resolution to whatever your Y resolution is times the ratio. So for instance, if Y is 1080, you type "1080*1.85" into X, and you get your desired ratio!

[@eugenepetersondesign7022]

Great tutorial! Thanks for Sharing!

[@lukeds5703]

Thank you! I learned so much

[@CloneTrooper584]

This was very helpful, thank you!!

[@CubOfJudahsLion]

Awesome tutorial.

[@mindcreativestudios4709]

Absolutely incredible video!

[@animatorizwan]

One of the best video with excellent tips for 3d render. 😍😍✌️✌️

[@DevPalliSri]

This tutorial seemed like a story. Thanks.

[@Stoerfishprojekt]

i follow zach since i started with blender almost 10yrs ago with 2.61 back in the good old agenzasbrothers days, when the videos were 'only german' .. and after all that time it is really nice to see that i am always come back to him and (now) to his company and this amazing video-features to learn even more about blender and all this basics round about 3d and filmmaking thank you .. just(!) THANK YOU!

[@BlenderSecrets]

Very nice!

[@ceporalles4922]

Thank u so much for this video. It helped me to create my own cinematic :)

[@dougieladd]

Excellent thanks!

[@WesleySales1]

Amazing video. Thank you so much for this. I learned a lot!

[@JordanGrantDev]

This was really helpful thanks.

[@bauboshelis]

wow. amazing the way you teach it

[@cosmiccat7586]

so helpful thank youuu

[@TheLoveMiku]

Thank you so much.

[@lostangel2192]

Thanks this is exactly what i need

[@shanias.t9083]

This is just what i needed cuz my scenes look flat

[@1TheRaven]

Beautiful video. learned a lot even outside blender.

[@lostcrusader8053]

Thank you so much for this. This will definitely help me to keep in mind when making each work look a masterpiece! 😁

[@cristinocanga]

Really good tutorial

[@learning3d742]

Very well done Martin. Thanks!

[@robestey5628]

Great info. Thank you so much.

[@PhantomWowfull]

I love videos about compisition and feeling ! Man can you try to do that with an exterior architectural scene ? I done good overall compositions, but nothing that looks very cinematic, or more interesting than what a magasine would take. Also feels like the cinematic views are a lot more effective when there are characters around ? I liked the shot you showed at the beginning, but if you can make a video that would be sweet !

[@aminenach3678]

thanks for the golden info

[@artcalligraphy8039]

thanks. very good tutorial.... with a lot of useful technique details

[@cgimadesimple]

I love it !!!

[@moonlightblue9196]

Thanks! I needed a video like this. You make learning blender so much fun :) Also, thanks Mr.Han!

[@daniilponomarenko6847]

Great video! Can't wait to start your Substance painter course!

[@MartinKlekner]

Enjoy! :-)

[@joaniepepin4968]

Same, haha! I got the time for the course right now but no job, so I can't afford Substance Painter until that's solved.

[@Tre_Di]

Thank you so much!

[@mastjappa]

Awesome stuff, It is really nice that you go back to the fundamentals, which are overlooked in the cg world by a lot of people. And indeed I loved the COVID joke.

[@pelakalion]

An incredible master class! I think I found a gold mine ^^ !. I have learned a lot. To find something similar I think I would have to search the academic schools and pay. Not only that, the video is fun, entertaining and free. Thank you very much ^^

[@lily_astral]

How are you right now? Interesting times. Thank you for the helpful and informative video

[@barnabasszakal7258]

Martin, just discovered you, it is fantastic, so much value here, many thanks man!

[@MartinKlekner]

Thank you for watching! Cheers :-)

[@hamidmohamad9380]

very interesting and decent information thanks a lot

[@TY_Blender]

so neat!!

[@apachon]

Nice one !

[@conorsvfx]

Great tutorial! Headlamps on the car would’ve added another interesting backlight to the scene

[@CaCriGuz]

Amazing video. Thank you for sharing. :) Cheers.

[@pavanbhadaja8859]

That home key trick is really useful. I didn't know about that.

[@pushkarhirawat1886]

Really good video ❤️

[@rbettsx]

It's amazing how addicted we are to the visual language of film, which has its origins in the *limitations* of that medium, overcome and even exploited by many generations... one day, I guess, it must wear off.

[@Rayyarhs]

Kind of tips i love :)

[@amitbt69]

Beautiful tutorial! Thanks.

[@Ali_Aquiles]

Thanks ❤👌🏻

[@mdsanima]

awesome tips here! thank you so much!

[@opensourceradionics]

29:02 a noice texture? We get this with cycles for free! Just turn off the denoiser!

[@MC-ew7sc]

LOL 😂. So true

[@davidi1027]

I know this is a joke, but no, not really. doesnt work exactly like a real camera. the render noise only appears in specific area of the image.

[@hariharasudhanumasankar2520]

Hey brother... Nice tutorial about cinematics.... Huge applause for your efforts and production... It's so good... Hats off 🥳

[@ecstasy6913]

excellent thanks for sharing

[@MyNiftyJourney]

This is epic.

[@fut0n]

Great video and thanks for the additional content!

[@agnaldoartistartiaga2806]

Thank you for this tutorial! Very well done and very generous from you!

[@AllExistence]

Despite knowing so much already, I just LOVE those kinds of tip videos.

[@janvalta7752]

Such an interesting video Martin! It's great to see how these things actually work. And one more thing: I see many similarities with music. Of course there are the thirds or the Golden Ratio - one can often find the latter by i.e. Bach's compositions (all you have to do is to find the key moments in the musical form - start of a new section, start of a recapitulation section - and count the bars between them). But also i.e. your great composition flipping tip - you do it to refresh your eyes and see whether the scene has any flaws which you wouldn't spot anymore, because you've got used to them during your work. Actually I do pretty much the same with new tunes / chords / transitions in composition: if I'm not sure whether it works, I temporarily transpose whole the piece semitone lower / higher. That way, I hear clearly what's wrong. (I'd say it works this way: it's still the same music but it tickles different perceptors in inner ear, which is why brain considers it a new information, and therefore fully evaluates it again. ) So interesting! I must go through more of your videos - it's so much inspiration for me. Thanks again & cheers!

[@MartinKlekner]

Wow, thanks so much, Jan, never realized similarities between visual and musical composition, so awesome to read! Thanks for pointing this out :-) Hope you're doing fine! Martin

[@janvalta7752]

@@MartinKlekner Well, that's a great topic for a very long chat (preferably over a beer). Let's hope we'll get there soon my friend! :-) Cheers & all best!

[@MartinKlekner]

@@janvalta7752 I do hope, my friend :-)

[@raindropsneverfall]

I don't trust this video. Where is the heavy German accent?

[@cgboost]

Ha ha! It's a heavy Czech accent! :P

[@yannberte8291]

Italian is sung, English is chewed, German is spit, only French is spoken ! Joke ;-) When I was 16 (a long time ago) I had a german girlfriend and her accent was sooo sweeet !!!

[@juancarlosgzrz]

@@yannberte8291 what about spanish?

[@PeterAnthonyMartins]

What about Portugal's Portuguese?

[@opensourceradionics]

@@yannberte8291 Italian is shouted these days

[@Crossqp]

great video! one thing in general and rly no criticism: but its our atmosphere (through which the moonlight has to go) that gives the blueish color. the moonlight itself is the reflection of the sunlight, which is not blue :)

[@MartinKlekner]

Good point! Thank you :-)

[@cocboss3329]

Wonderful

[@marcocenteno977]

An Excellent class, I really enjoy it. Thanks a lot

[@darshansagar6397]

txx a lot man. for giving us good guide regarding cinematic..!!!!

[@BlenderFan]

Thanks for this very helpful tips and happy blending with Blender 3D

[@animomotiongraphics7289]

This is wonderful, thanks!