6 Tips to Make Your Renders Instantly Cooler

[@cgboost]

What are your secrets to make your 3d renders instantly cooler? Let us know below! 😎

[@mastrmn]

When using eevee, I definitely do lightmap baking and irradiance volumes!

[@gradedraw4455]

I hide mistakes with motion blur and bloom(heck lot of it) also adds realism

[@BlenderSecrets]

Great video Martin! My tips would be: add some people (if it makes sense in the context of the scene of course) to make it even more interesting. Use photographs of real sky as the background rather than using 3D clouds (can't beat the photorealism of, well, photo's) and use as much nature as possible - lately I've been photoscanning some of those weeds that grow at the corners of buildings, after seeing Ian Hubert do it. To my surprise, you can 3D scan them if it's a wind-still day. Just don't put them too close to the 3D camera, as it'll look a bit weird. That kind of chaotic nature can't really be replicated easily. Scan some rubbish or natural, organic chaos whenever you see it, it adds a lot of realism.

[@FadingPixel]

I glue glitter on my monitor. (It's a joke)

[@kolupsy]

Moths add realism to EVERYTHING!

[@chewbaccabox]

Moths make everything more realistic.

[@nasifn2015]

@Ian Hubert

[@abhilashpawar1875]

Yes!

[@tecuaniistapalnanaskayan2628]

Alright enough with the Ian Hubert shit lol

[@illNPC]

@@tecuaniistapalnanaskayan2628 -_-

[@siraniks]

when you're talking about nature, as my boss say "add wildlife to it" ... that stag really compliments the scene

[@maclanesmith8704]

Finally a tutorial that fills in all the missing pieces. I guess I was trying to be more of a scientist than an artist.

[@TravisDavids]

Your end result looks absolutely amazing! So much valuable information in this video! Thank you for also using my vdb clouds :)

[@MartinKlekner]

Thank you so much Travis, those clouds were a big help! Also, in the video, I think I butchered the pronunciation of your surname, so... sorry for that :-D

[@BlenderSecrets]

That cloud shadow trick is brilliant 😍

[@cyrkielnetwork]

It works also as leaves shadow

[@akarmdit2267]

20 minutes is truly very awesome as it seemed...kudos B

[@MagicSwordFilms]

My jaw DROPPED when you added the turbulence field and wind to the leaves. That looks perfect. I have your landscape class all queued up and ready to go as soon as my Winter finals are over! You guys put out great content that is always helpful

[@jurgenvantomme]

Again a perfect video. I like that you explain things in a calm way this is rare these days. Almost everyone tends to be hyperactive in there video’s to add an extra ‘fun factor’. Your outdoor scene was a funny addition. I am happy to see nature again ... on screen :-)

[@MartinKlekner]

Haha, glad you like the style, thank you!

[@Lishtenbird]

When I want my renders cooler, I add an NH-D15.

[@MartinKlekner]

:-D Good one

[@randomamerican6320]

Could you elaborate on that? ( Rookie here )

[@DeeKoul]

@@randomamerican6320 The NH-D15 is a CPU air cooler by Noctua. So it was simply a joke :D

[@tommegg8486]

Oh, I usually watercool my render

[@shoheito]

i tape ice to my cpu instead

[@test_test_arsch1119]

I'm just so grateful that I live in a time, where it's possible to get knowledge like that for free. Thank you so much!

[@gehriggosselin9468]

Holy shit this is such a good video. Immediately actionable steps that have definitely helped my shots already. Thank you for this!

[@MartinKlekner]

So glad to hear it is useful!

[@Alectron8]

@@MartinKlekner eh? You didn't make the video...

[@MartinKlekner]

@@Alectron8 I created this video for CGBoost channel

[@3dgreenhorn]

woah!! perfect timing. I was just searching for this topic everywhere.

[@VicVegaTW]

The leaf paths are so nice

[@himanshupandey7564]

It's actually insane how much better the end result is wowwwww

[@nickjito]

Bro! I am a c4d user... giving you a standing ovation on this presentation. Great tips! Thankyou.

[@JenD-jw5uj]

Great tutorial! I learned so much. When I watched it the first time, I thought it would be too complicated but I understood almost all of it and it made my scene really cool!

[@DennisRyu]

General tips from landscape photography works wonders too. For example make the foreground a little bit (really just a smudge) warmer and the background colder white balance. Because that is how we see the world and it adds a lot of depth to the image. Either by two light sources or even easier in such a case a quick gradient filter in final composing. So yeah, checking out landscape photography tutorials if you do landscape or architecture photography if you to buildings and so on really helps to improve.

[@MartinKlekner]

Yes, good tip! I should get back to photography a bit more myself ;-)

[@guinness11]

Great tutorial! I will definitely be using some of these techniques!

[@ireneuszpawlik837]

Nice eye opener, I love this video!

[@dohickey7184]

This video is absolutely brilliant, not just for 3D artists but artists in general, I learned so much about background composition from this and I have never done 3D rendering in my life

[@kaizokuonii51]

Thank you for listing everything at the start so people can decide if these tips are for them before watching 20 minutes or skipping ahead!

[@DarkDiaspora]

Beautifully done Martin. Thank you so much.

[@millerrobayo4004]

Hey Marty! Really useful video tutorial. Thank you.

[@MartinKlekner]

My pleasure!

[@steprockmedia]

Well made video with great tips, done at a pace we can follow. Can't possibly ask for more.

[@CDArena]

Taking the leaves a step further: blowing dust in a desert environment (tumbleweeds?), papers in an urban environment; gusting rain/snow. Animate a noise texture (X coordinate, and W factor on 4D noise) in foreground or just above ground plane for some mist . Blender's ocean texture on oceans, lakes, rivers, even puddles will look more real. Adjust scale, choppiness, and wind velocity for an appropriate look. Velocity can be animated to simulate gusts.. Wind velocity can be used to give the sensation of flowing water in a river too, as can texture mapping and sliding the coordinates. Make your trees look even more real by adding a lattice around them and gently bending them in the breeze.

[@Kimb4000]

I can't wait to try these tips!

[@kath5847]

Turns out i've already been using some of these techniques without realising it but now that I know what i'm doing, I can do it better than I was before. This was really helpful especially since I was struggling with an environment render.

[@monles_yen]

I am totally shocked by God ray! How tiny this step is, how epic it just made...

[@richeeze]

There is so much to learn, its kinda exiting. Thanks for the awesome vid!

[@demon-b2u]

Good stuff, Martin. Clearly presented and easily followable.

[@MartinKlekner]

Thanks David! :-)

[@GrandeGio95]

Incredibile scene but what is more incredibile is your teaching skills, simple and to the point!

[@Geordiecrafts]

I know I'm very late to the game here, but this is one of the most useful blender videos I've watched in a long time. Thank you so much for this!

[@samfisher3283]

Thanks for sharing your awesomeness with us. This is very helpful!

[@therobustmole1137]

So many of my old projects died because of that frustration! Thanks for this.

[@Necrocidal]

14:16 *Ian Hubert intensifies*

[@n4thanstewart]

These are excellent, thank you!

[@danilodelucio]

This is really awesome dude, thank you so much!!

[@dannyburns1185]

Awesome. Who would give this a thumbs down? Great work!

[@MartinKlekner]

Thank you! :)

[@abiyyupanggalih854]

this is what I waiting for *environment* 👍

[@weiwenh5248]

Very nice video ! 👍 I love how the video touches opon technical settings in a casual way, since they're crucial, but not so front and center to become tedious. Great video thanks!

[@FrancescoPaggiaro]

Very interesting all the tips, thanks for sharing

[@Jared_Evans]

Martin, this is jaw-dropping! I love the birds animation especially. Maybe it's just because going outside into the nature is not my favorite thing, but that's something I never would have thought Blender was capable of. I will definitely be trying to replicate something like that, but maybe with soldiers charging against each other instead (Heroes of Bronze idea maybe??)

[@hansxie5503]

Amazing. It make the whole thing alive.

[@demosakumasi]

Thank you very much man, you really answer the one truest problem I always encounter when making a render!

[@zahreddinesoualem3213]

CG boost you're the best

[@user-qc1mc2ly8j]

"pretty boring" *is better than anything i will ever make in my lifetime*

[@bronxandbrenx]

You're the best. Thank you for this amazing tutorials.

[@cgboost]

Glad you like them! ~Egon

[@alexvaulin1140]

Simply amazing stuff! So inspired!! Thank you!

[@АртёмГонштейн]

Thank you very much, in detail, understandable and interesting, and also thanks for the subtitles))) Очень качественное видео, спасибо

[@Lishtenbird]

3:32 The artistic name for the foreground object that emphasizes depth is "repoussoir" ("push back") and that has been widely known and used by old masters. But indeed not so much for blur, I suppose; at least I don't think views made from camera obscura projections featured any. And it even took a while for cinematography to appreciate lens effects, since initially camera manufacturers spent a lot on making lenses as non-existent for viewers as possible to make pictures look "true".

[@MartinKlekner]

Thanks a lot for further info on this! You are right, my comment was more connected with the blurred foreground element, which is more of a cinematic tool :-)

[@tomoyaogawa4485]

Thank you so much for the so many great tips Martin! I’ve certainly learned a lot from this video!

[@MartinKlekner]

Glad I could share! Enjoy ;)

[@YoIomaster]

Wow man, great video! Liked and subbed!

[@matyastomoga9944]

Thank you for this awesome video! You taught pretty useful techniques step-by-step, that is understandable by everyone. Keep up the good work!

[@aboudibvideos]

amazing!! Tnx for sharing! 🥰

[@dennisfeikema6344]

Great tips, explained at a nice pace! My personal tip to make renders more cooler is adding story elements. Let other people fantasize about whats going on in the scene.

[@MartinKlekner]

Nice, thanks for a great idea!

[@Albertt3D]

thanks for sharing this knowledge

[@viktorsadchikov2923]

That's great! Thanks!

[@mahirfr]

Bro, at leaves adding section of the video you saved me for not quitting my few month old project where at a point I was frustrated on how to rotate the particles while falling I watched many video but they were not relate able as you because I was trying to animate leaves. Thank you so much,..

[@leecaste]

cg_Mahir maybe you should look outside youtube instead of giving up. docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/physics/particles/emitter/rotation.html

[@mahirfr]

@@leecaste Thanks,. But I fixed that already. But hey your recommendation was great thanks again..

[@maryn4150]

thank you sooooo much this means a lot to me!! great work thank you thank you thank you!!!!

[@brianavarro]

amazing work

[@ArpanSrivastava98]

Moths add realism to anything (:

[@hvanmegen]

also remember: the further you can look into the distance without any 'fog', the colder and less moisture-absorbing the air is... you can't have a leaf-shedding tree in full winter at 1 degrees C.

[@leecaste]

Why not?

[@RUDIARIUSmax]

@@leecaste because physics

[@silverviz5600]

So if the horizon is clear and not foggy it implies the air is colder in that scene?

[@tiagopesce]

@@silverviz5600 yes. I usually Just use the Skytexture mixed rgb with some hazy Gray and get a generic moisture, because that Skytexture node make a staggering cold horizon

[@tomar666]

Fantastic!!!!!! :) Thank you !!!!

[@Dvorkin82]

As one great man said: birds add realism to everything

[@Aptass]

Great video! I learned a lot of new tricks

[@Optimus97]

"The birds started focusing on center object, like some sort of insect" And then I said out loud like Ian Hubert: "MUTHS!"

[@shanepurcell8116]

My tips is to make things look more cinematic. Some color correction goes a long way. Some vignetting as well. Maybe some slight glints.

[@michaelsmusicinstruments9980]

very nice tricks, thank you. after hours or days of work and you render your scene with textures the first time: ammmh, i know that feeling :-))

[@jasoncatlyn7331]

Thanks for the tips!

[@TarrDan]

This is really useful, Thank you!

[@am4teur]

What I got from this video: wow I really need to add more birds!

[@StevenCasteelYT]

I think I just got some music production insights from your bit just before the title card. Every little detail / layer gets you closer to quality. Like adding a grunge / grime texture layer on a model. Maybe it's like adding a saturator in Ableton. Or humanizing the drums by unquantifying them a bit.

[@asadhabib8876]

Wow what just happened... Amazing video

[@lemniskate_ayd]

Crazy cool and informative video! Thanks, that’ll definitely help me improve my renders 🤩

[@pukey82]

Awesome, thanx for sharing! :)

[@mayanksaini7012]

ambient occulsion and depth of field always works

[@tillfreitag4446]

Thanks!

[@PoMkAc27]

Nice video ✌️I love CGBoost academy video tips 😎

[@GoesPlaySomething]

Cool!

[@annamota12]

thank you!

[@proplayer682]

Foreground and framing your picture or painting is fundamentals in art it self not only movies.

[@DesignsbyDonBrown]

16:39 If you don't have a fog texture, you can plug the noise texture into the gradient texture for a similar effect.

[@cgboost]

Thanks for the tip Don ^^

[@HyperAxoloto]

This is definitely Matte Painting skills - love it - 2.75D in this case

[@Aaws424]

Great advice 👏

[@Shorty3D]

Good job on this one :)

[@TheJusufovic]

You could improve position of the clouds, they dont have depth. Now they dont look parallel to the ground.

[@Ranstone]

*Perpendicular.

[@Chewbacca2000]

Thanks man!

[@rhopinu]

This is the way!

[@JoshFromPerth]

Awesome man, very much appreciated, great work! As you say, often 2D FX are a better option for anything that doesn't require interaction, which is most landscape/static shots

[@gower1973]

We had a copy of that constable painting in our house, at least I think it was a print, imagine it was the original :)

[@activemotionpictures]

18:49 - Awesome! What was the smoke footage you used for that plane? is it a running loop of image sequences?

[@alfinimagine]

Amazing artwork, i using blender about 7 years ago and still suck to make my 3D artwork looks very life, Thank you

[@sicfxmusic]

7: Deer looking straight into your soul 19:40

[@trygvij1604]

THE INTRODUCTION WAS SOOOO GREAT! Nice seeing your new employee at work! Thanks a lot for this tutorial :D Edit: Is he a partner with or an employee at CG Boost? :O

[@cgboost]

Well, this is not Martins first video. I guess he is a bit of both, a partner and an employee. 😉 ~Zach

[@More-Rago]

woah what you did with the birds gave me an idea. you could use the same technique with invasion scenes or dogfights. thank you!

[@akroaX]

I click like multiple times! Thank you

[@AdnanKhan-yk6yi]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gaecha]

I will say adding SFX adds so much to a little animated render like this

[@randomamerican6320]

Thanks for the amazing advice and tips! If it's not impossible to make a request, I've always wanted to learn from someone masterful enough, To spend maybe 30 straight minutes, going over each, and every command. Every window, starting from left to right, top to bottom, what this command is called, what it does, why and when you would want to use it... ....maybe create one particular cool representation /model out of it ( So we can do the exact same alongside you?) I know it's a lot to ask, but I would watch it 5 times over until I memorized every command, and I cannot find one KZbinr that knows / can teach correctly / engagingly, and I feel like you'd be amazing at it AND it would be an absolute MONSTER of a video that would bring in THOUSANDS of new artists and who knows what type of art we can grow the community into! I hope you consider this monstrous task, I'll be watching every one of your videos to pick up snipets here and there. Thanks for everything, - Your New Subscriber