Recreating real cities in Blender

I break down my process for creating cities in Blender into 7 practical steps. The scene in question is a test for a potential film project. For the final scene, I'd probably spend a lot more time on that train, but for the purposes of the tutorial I felt this was good enough to demonstrate the techniques involved. Hope it's useful!
Google Earth geometry tutorial:
Link: • Google Maps to Blender
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Step One
1:50 Step Two
3:02 Step Three
3:56 Step Four
5:36 Step Five
6:56 Step Six
8:33 Step Seven
Tags: CG, CGI, 3D, Blender 3.0, VFX, Filmmaking, Dublin, Train, Bridge, Street, Night Scene, Tutorial, How-To, Eevee,

[@crispyam8267]

probably the best blender city scene breakdown ive seen, this is sick

[@rachonprice]

This breakdown is insane man, thank you for posting I'd love to see more content like this!!

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thank you so much! I’d definitely love to do it again. I could really improve on my explaining. Making tutorials is hard work. Who knew!

[@cedricaguilar4501]

My main problem at creating a city/street is that I don't know how to place the buildings, details, etc ... By using real 3D reference I feel like I could save 60% of the total time I need to build this. Excellent tutorial.

[@nig786]

This is amazing man!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@modupeokebiorun4244]

This level of usage of Blender is insane...........nice one brother

[@Willsing7]

I love your work flow! Thanks for posting!

[@contrapposto8389]

An excellent and inspiring breakdown. Thank you very much!

[@Harry_irl]

I've never even used Blender but it's so cool to see a render of a place I'm very familiar with, ended up watching the whole video even though I didnt really have any use for the information. Great work!

[@BenMoranFilms]

Ah thanks so much!

[@rogerramjet2656]

Well done. Loved your walkthrough. Thank you

[@karakadir8860]

this was so relaxing while also being one of the best general rundowns on how to recreate real cities and citie scenes in general. Thank you!

[@BenMoranFilms]

Wow, thank you!

[@TaeeDaProducer]

This Is Perfect . It Looks Good

[@jaypee8411]

Absolutely amazing work Ben, your talent is endless. Very good explanation too, I had absolutely no idea what was involved in CGI and it looks so real. Keep it up

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thank you so much!!

[@ROYSMoGraphDesign9900k]

it's must be Excellent *Blender Work* Great work keep it up brother

[@ursroymustang]

Amazing breakdown...

[@ToxicTMGraphicDesigner]

Wow, absolutely brilliant breakdown. Really helpful, inspiring and very enjoyable to watch. Been years since I felt the need to comment on a yt video. Would love to see more of these type of videos

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thank you so much! That’s so encouraging. Well I’ve got more planned so I hope you enjoy them! :)

[@piezz1234]

so cool, really shows u can do anything in blender

[@edem2]

You are extremely inspiring! Thank you for the breakdown!

[@TDPlayz]

This is insane! Thanks for sharing :D

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thanks for watching!

[@chiefrecords_]

Thank you! This is awesome!

[@StudioGoldsmith]

Solid stuff man

[@cegyt5558]

NO WAY!!! you used blender??...Your a Legend Dude!!

[@gebrailfodred6911]

Great work

[@greeneagle08]

Great video man, thanks!

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thank you!

[@tamicoker]

I love this

[@sergeygrappah5960]

6:35 oh god what a flow

[@Vishwjeetrana_28]

Amazing

[@yorkipudd1728]

Extremely helpful.

[@BenMoranFilms]

Glad to hear!

[@studysmartinfo6378]

I appreciate your hard work

[@noelhutz]

Great tutorial!

[@BenMoranFilms]

Cheers!

[@jafarsadiq6226]

Thank you for sharing valuable knowledge

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thanks for watching Jafar!

[@corbinvking]

your phenomenal, wow man

[@arbitrary6069]

you are a gold mine of information. bloody amazing. visiting ireland next year, team ireland ‼️‼️

[@jordsjek]

Amazing man! More please, especially the last step!!!

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@ezlos1736]

Crazy

[@cianoner]

Eyyyy Lets go Dubs!

[@zarinahsguides4686]

Bravo

[@Dazza_Doo]

Well Done

[@user-ei9lq4gs2g]

from "I modelled a car " to "I bought" to "it might've been free". lmao

[@BenMoranFilms]

Haha!

[@byjayt]

your talented man

[@LittleSandFlea]

My brain crashed watching all those polygones, my computer will explode.

[@BenMoranFilms]

I was doing this on a pretty bad laptop at the time, and I didn’t know about the decimate modifier, which would definitely be useful in getting that tri count down to a more manageable level.

[@marcos_acero]

i saw this on reddit haha this is so cool

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@charlesbrain5535]

great tut

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thanks!

[@AZANlA]

GOATED

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thank you!

[@blendwithnuke]

Subscribed

[@EmvyBeats]

❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@DaveHuxtableLanguages]

Loved this. Inspiring! Did you really say “add some puddles and moths”?

[@OliseForel]

Nice touch on the chromatic aberrations on the edges. What focal length did you use on the lens?

[@thekingrobert]

Great stuff, i'm working on an animated short this my help...will help

[@BenMoranFilms]

I’m glad to hear it!

[@day1ona_]

[@Insomnijac]

Can you please explain how you were able to delete everything outside of the camera’s viewport? 🎉great videos by the way, love your VFX breakdowns. Keep up the great work!🎉

[@BenMoranFilms]

Thanks so much! Of course-from camera view, enter edit mode, make a box selection of everything you want to keep and then hit CTRL+I to invert that selection, and then hit X to delete it.

[@lithiumpoisoning8677]

Brilliant, however any camera shot with trees is a nightmare because they are rendered as ugly polygons in Google earth

[@BenMoranFilms]

True! However it would be relatively easy to delete these trees and use them as a marker to place higher poly trees. If I had known about Blender’s tree generator add-on. I probably would’ve included that as a step.

[@lithiumpoisoning8677]

@@BenMoranFilms Ohh cool

[@AntonAntoni97]

You propably shouldn't use shaking at this shot. On real it would be made by drone or helicopter. That would be more smooth. I like to see that sort od thinks by the lense of Pacific Rim 1 and 2. Rest of tutorial is awesome.

[@ronrivero9931]

what tools did you use for the camera tho? is it all in Blender?

[@jaaanai]

you're such a handsome man

[@pxrposewithnopurpose5801]

ahh yes moths

[@INfoside_OFFICIAL]

what could i use instead of renderdoc? i use mac so its not available for me :(

[@BenMoranFilms]

Unfortunately as far as I'm aware, it does only work on PC. It's a real shame, but I'm sure they're working on making it compatible with Mac.

[@thespider-man2596]

Hi! I'm reaching out because i am making a very ambitious spider-man fan film. I'm looking for people who can work on the cg effects and imagery. Would you be intrested in being hired to help out? Your very talented from the looks of it!

[@nickolasdavi5830]

eu posso usar o Google earth pro

[@GrifChan]

My city doesn't have 3D TwT

[@locaoimh]

I can't see the link on how to download and import the Google Earth data.

[@BenMoranFilms]

You’re so right! Added it in there.

[@4.0.4]

Your name might be Ben Moran but to me you're a Ben Genius 😊 🚪🏃

[@Techshadowzz]

Yo bro i will pay you to make this but its east harlem new york. Serious invoice if you’re interested

[@flimmakerworthly]

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