Blender - Easy Eevee Environment for Beginners (Blender 2.8)

[@Olav3D]

I’ve actually not seen other people use modifiers as much as you have to create abstract renders before. Most of the time it’s either particles or add-ons. 🤔 Modifiers are really quick to set up, so I enjoy these videos.

[@TheDucky3D]

Olav3D Tutorials thank you man

[@BlenderRookie]

I agree with you. His use of modifiers is very impressive.

[@hflmpak]

Olav3D Tutorials that’s true and simple bro

[@TheQuantixXx]

you should check out midge sinnaeve. he uses modifiers alot with great results

[@emas5511]

honestly my favorite tutorial maker on the entire website, so this is assuring it's gonna be good

[@Ai-dj6mh]

For everyone whose character is dark when they import them: Select the character's body, go to the Shader Editor and disconnect all the Nodes from the Output. Then select the MaterialOutput Node and press Ctrl + T. Three new Nodes should appear, one of them being an ImageTexture Node. Now, open the Diffuse-Picture File (that should be saved somewhere on your PC). After that is done, go to the Edit Mode, select all faces (with A) and then go to the UV Editor. You will have to select everything there as well. Then you can tap "Assign" in the Material Tab on the right. I hope this helps, even though, it might not be the perfect solution.

[@zeduarte7580]

it worked thanks! but now my character is not affected by light... only has the default texture that is not affected by anything, do you know how to fix?

[@sparkt7494]

@@zeduarte7580 For me it worked when putting the color of the Image Texture into a Diffuse BSDF Node and then into the output

[@RyanZafar]

@@sparkt7494 how do you do that

[@RyanZafar]

You can also do it by connecting the Base color node's "Color" directly to the material output's "Surface." makes it look a little weird, like its an emission material so the light points dont really affect it.

[@RyanZafar]

or just download it as an fbx file

[@TJ-cx2pj]

Best tutorial maker ever in blender eve

[@TheDucky3D]

Bobbi Epperly thanks

[@SkinnyBlackout]

Next time you want to cut something in half you can press 1 or 3 on the numpad to snap to horizontal axis and then 5 to switch perspective to orthographic. Just so you won't have to aim with your selection box to cut something in half and this way is really fast.

[@TheDucky3D]

thanks man

[@SkinnyBlackout]

@@TheDucky3D At your service ;D

[@3Dpilot]

Btw, you can also select 1 vertex that is in the middle and use "Axis select" :)

[@justcause4stunts101]

Look, i just cut this boat in half 😂

[@chvrleshd]

LOL bro I think you should be the only one authorized to make blender tutorials. No lame jokes or heavy breaths or mouth noises. Just straight-up clear and concise tutorials. I'm finding myself getting more comfortable with blender as I watch more of your videos.

[@omid5689]

Best blender tutorial channel in KZbin

[@fleshTH]

I have been attempting to use Blender for years. I've had some minor success in the past making a few simple random things, but it was very difficult and after some time, I forgot how to do it or even get started again. I have used several of your tutorials as inspiration to make things and this time I think it's sticking. I'm understanding how things work a lot more now.

[@NoFaceNoFace]

Because of mainly this channel I learned Blender in literally 3 days

[@TheDucky3D]

No Face that’s awesome

[@RSpudieD]

So simple yet I would have NEVER thought of these techniques...good job!

[@posebukse]

Great vids, keep em coming! If you really wanna make something look big the way our eyes are used to, skip the depth of field. Humans associate that with small things, when the focus field of the camera is narrow because of big aperture (tilt shift galore, shifting the narrow focus plane). Getting a scene that big in focus isn't a problem related to depth of field because the distance between the character and the alien thingy is so big. You'd have to place the camera way closer for it to feel real, like over his shoulder. Then you could have the dude blurred out and the thingy in focus or vice versa.

[@TheDucky3D]

posebukse thanks, that helps

[@fanshinchan1995]

I've been using Blender 2.79 for some months and Blender 2.8 it's a little bit complicated to me so I really appreciate this tutorial

[@TheDucky3D]

glad it helps

[@ashybl]

Man you’ve been dishing out these videos like breakfast! Very nice. Would be cool if you could make some fractal keloidoscopic environment (something similar to Dr. Strange movie)

[@grayter]

I find myself just hitting the like button on your videos before even watching them..

[@AwesomeSauceShow]

With watching your videos I'm starting to think i could do 3d for real :)

[@TheDucky3D]

AwesomeSauce yeah man anybody can do 3-D

[@Vframesvinothkumar]

YOU ARE SIMPLY AWSOME AND VERY VERY GOOD AND DOING LOTS OF EXT ORDINARY THINGS IN A SIMPLE WAY , MANY YOURUBERS ARE MAKING VERY CRITICAL SO KINDLY PLEASE KEEP GOING MANY WILL BE YOUR FAN SOON

[@vaibhavjadiya6638]

For me you are next to blender guru .😇👍

[@eobet]

Went from zero to utter insanity in like 10 seconds. Super neat trick! Really blew my mind. :D

[@anahatalaporta3439]

Now this is the chance I have been looking for If this is not the blender ideal blender channel, I really don’t know what is I mean look at what he created in like 5 mins

[@jeancardona143]

I came here from Olav3d tutorials and I love your tutorials, please don't stop making these !

[@eliasfog6353]

I've started to learn Blender and have found awesome tricks with modifiers. Thanks!

[@Factomsito]

I have the same wallpaper... but the one I made with ur tutorial jaja

[@TheDucky3D]

Jerry Fargeant sweet

[@legitgarbage8852]

How you got the lights right I can't do it please help

[@Mia-Stardust]

A good amount of great lighting and composition compressed into an easy to follow ~10 minute Video. Thanks!

[@firstnamelastname061]

This channel is a goldmine for beginners! And your art is also damn amazing!

[@fuego09esmeralda]

In my first try, I had to deviate some at the end, adding a few more lights so I could get decent results... In my second try, I tried to follow more closely, but I can't get quite the results I see on your tutorial... My first try looks better somehow... I might be doing something wrong at some point... That nice contrast of shades and lights in the floating sphere pieces is missing in my renders... Still it's a nice exercise to get acquainted with the controls in Blender... I might try it a third or fourth time... 🙂

[@felathar1985]

@@scott_itall8638 i learned today that if your scene scale is too high the lights wont work properly

[@passionunlimited]

@@felathar1985 how do you reduce the scene scale then?

[@Tycho_L]

Aali Don't know if you got it already, but here is what I did: Hold shift and select everything in the menu in the top right. Hit S and scale it way down (probably more then you think is needed). Then you can move the light to the place where you like it and it is done. This at least worked for me, so maybe (if you haven't gotten it already) this will work for you :)

[@HappyPrometheus]

I really like that flower/labyrinth shape. I am a happy duck too! :)

[@TheDucky3D]

Happy Prometheus thanks

[@leonfacand3d]

such a direct and effective style of presenting

[@themzaid]

For everyone whose character is dark when they import Collada (.dae) file from maximo, select vanguard_Mesh under Armature, go to Shading tab and just increase the value of Alpha in Principle BDSF from 0 to 1. Do the same for vanguard_visor.

[@MachineElf1111]

Brilliant once again mate, you teach the way I think and make Blender way more approachable , many thanks

[@manuelB707]

This Guy is awesome and the results also ! Keep on going man! Love your Tuts!

[@TheDucky3D]

thanks

[@polzovatelxs3617]

Same like Curtis Holt! Great!

[@musolo78]

Ducky this is sick man!!! Give us more!!!

[@artao5]

Co LL ada Not Codalla Sry, that was just grating on me a bit. Good informative video :D

[@TheDucky3D]

artao5 I needed that, couldn’t figure out how to pronounce it

[@svyat3181]

Codalla sounds better anyway, they need to rename it :)

[@gepisar]

great vid! I tried this, but just couldnt get the lighting right. I couldnt get blender to make the light in the abstract white in the centre no matter the volumetric density, light power or color. Any tips?

[@JuanMarceloOliva]

got the same problem, render ends up rally dark, no help?

[@tatianamaria4766]

booo, this is my issue too

[@DBadr]

Me too

[@lopellana5]

same here. help

[@sundaw]

yeah same here

[@idek4990]

eevee renders so much faster for me im so glad u did this lol

[@darrennew8211]

Thanks for the great, quick yet complete tutorials! Can one do this, then switch over to cycles seamlessly?

[@TheDucky3D]

yes, lighting will be different tho

[@Numocron]

This is another awesome tutorial I love it.

[@TheDucky3D]

thanks

[@Numocron]

Ducky 3D You're very welcome.😊

[@jasonbroadwell4091]

this was fun thank you, my lighting is always really dark compared to everyone's tutorials, to duplicate this I needed 30kW not 30W, volume density .06 not .1 I must have some other setting messing things up, still looks pretty cool though.

[@sachinpatl]

That was lit bro! Keep us posted with such good content.

[@TheDucky3D]

Sachin Patil thanks I will

[@muhdmizan5003]

best tutorial as always.. nice

[@StrikeDigital3D]

that looks so cool and is so simple!

[@jomesias]

You’re the best Ducky!! Freaking awesome!

[@alaslipknot]

hey man, thanks a lot for these tutorials, i believe you should really make a premium series for this because it is the best and most achievable thing a beginner can do in blender and its just so motivating. with that said, i have a question/request plz, when we use an array modifer, is it possible to somehow "randlmize" the material of all the "Childs" of that array? the easiest way i found to use "multiple colors" for an array is to apply the modifier and then just play around with the shader editor to get intresting results or just apply different materials to different faces, but am wondering if maybe there is a better/smarter way to do this. Thanks a lot man and plz keep this up, i rarely hit the ringbell icon on KZbin and your last video just won me over, cheers!

[@mubeenmohamedshahul1988]

For me, I can never understand the basics if I dive in the applications first. Kramer helped me in AE, you helped in Blender. Thanks a lot! I'll sure send my works in your Insta once I get a new laptop!

[@carlos321698]

You're on a roll guy.

[@belepbelep5421]

Great easy to follow, clear explanation, many useful advices, TY TY TY , Bests

[@FremontVideos]

this is so easy., i think i will just go get a job tomorrow.

[@ShakeelAhmed-rg8he]

Awesome and easy steps bro....I think this is the right channel for me😍

[@factsnknowledge7658]

I'm really impressed by your work! Thanks so much man, subbed!

[@Artiststan]

Collada format: exists Ducky: Codalla

[@vloqy]

I didn't know about mixamo , it will be very useful in the future.

[@sreeragramachandran8805]

Really Really thanks Nathan i think thats your name anyways thank you so much for helping me improve in 3d art and animations its really helpful i really dont know how to express my respect to you as my teacher really helpful

[@srproductions5650]

Unreal video, I don't expect a reply here but why does your light have such a nice glow around it, yet my light is very dim (exact same settings as yours) your light has a nice aura around it

[@sebastianmax1002]

Love your videos man

[@TheDucky3D]

thanks

[@wolfblade9720]

First off hats off to Ducky for pulling an awesome tutorial vid. However I have 2 problems, first is the lighting problem at 5:46. How is it able to shine that nice? Can't get it that way. 2nd is the model I imported turns only pure black after adjusting the light and world light. Pure black as in no color no texture lol. Anyone can help me? 😕

[@wolfblade9720]

Update: Downloading the models from Mixamo site as fbx file will fix the problem of only seeing it single tone. The lighting part have to adjust accordingly if the values in the tutorial are not producing the same result. 😀

[@wolfblade9720]

@Remi Blein You have to experiment around with the lighting values. I don't have a solid answer because even I had to bump up to staggering values just to get similar lighting, not a perfect 1:1 replication of what Ducky3D did. If you still don't understand how lighting works in Blender, best to try checking the documentation manual/ other tutorials.

[@rashaze7891]

Wow amazing 👏

[@mubeenmohamedshahul1988]

Bro you just made me go from Zero to Hero in 10 mins! Thanks a lot man! Also, how to animate the Mixamo characters? Cuz in the thumbnail he's posing differently than he's imported in as an armature. Please help. Besides, I became the official designer for my college, and you're the one who helped me. You're the Andrew Kramer of Blender. Thanks!! Love from India.

[@ernovonschwiegenau9696]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, i have a crazy looking result, its amazing

[@PolygonIsland]

Love the video, I didn't know about the Mixamo character thing. I was able to finish my main project right now by using one of the characters on there. Thanks!

[@TheDucky3D]

sweet

[@uberfliege8289]

dig your flow...your tuts are akin to Goldie Locks and the Three Bears...Just Right..Kudos

[@paulokhayat]

i wouldn't really call this a beginner tutorial, because you don't explain a lot of the actions that are used in the video, so that beginners can understand what they do and use them in other scenarios. nevertheless, this was insightful to watch, and i did manage to learn lots of tricks to make environments with!

[@fotografiaemmersonsantos1936]

Thanks! Fantastic and Simple! Great Job!!

[@spacecolors100]

thanks for the well-explained tutorial (that's fun learning)

[@julfenneck9848]

Duck.. thank you ton travail est impressionant et inspirant merci encore frero

[@hflmpak]

Nice bro

[@Raksasa187]

you inspire me to do more sci fi stuff!! very nice!!

[@ananthanarayananr9176]

Awesome as always

[@TheDucky3D]

thanks

[@C.pavani]

Hello. Thanks for the tips, they are very valuable. I set all the parameters here the same as yours but the bloom effect was weird. The only difference is that the "Volumetric" parameter on the render tab is written as "Volumetrics" and has no checkbox to enable it, that is, it is already enabled. I downloaded the same version but the difference remains. Can you help me? I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes: I'm from Brazil and I'm using google translate.

[@spikerama]

Thats a good one Ducky. Loved it.

[@t1ramisu]

I Subscribe Great job 👍👍

[@1na_muse]

Epic as always👏

[@hypercardriver5557]

Wow awesome job! You rock!

[@TheDucky3D]

thanks.

[@barmetler]

For some reason, I have to turn the brightness of the lights up to 1000W to get even close to your results. I don't know what's going on XD

[@BeepBoop-z2v]

Same! Also it fades from red to white instead of red to orange to white

[@awayfrombrains9726]

I have come up with this problem some time ago and left a comment under one of Ducky`s tutorials. I think that has something to do with the size of the objects (imagine a 10W light as a flashlight and try to light up a stone and a building with one).

[@barmetler]

@@awayfrombrains9726 I have thought the same thing, but sometimes I had that problem even if I did everything exactly as he did. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I used blender 2.81, and he 2.8 or something...

[@awayfrombrains9726]

​@@barmetler well I thought about that, but the thing is that I use Blender 2.8 too, so it does not really depend on the version (think so). In my future projects I will try zooming in right at the beginning and scaling down all meshes, hope this will help.

[@legitgarbage8852]

same problem here

[@MKRIDES]

Awesome tutorial.. keep up the good work..

[@TheDucky3D]

MKRIDES thanks

[@BoredTruckn]

Not really sure what I'm doing wrong but my lights are SUPER weak. Like, setting them to 200 barely lights it a quarter of yours. And if I try to use the volumetric box everything is practically black.

[@MrPaceTv]

lets go!

[@TheDucky3D]

yep

[@lorforlinux]

Fabulous videos bro 😊

[@TheDucky3D]

thanks

[@andx4024]

fast and good. thats what i like!

[@MightyGamesYT]

I am trying to learn 2 things please do it. Cant seem to find it for 2.8 1. How to animate an object which have animated texture. (Like a gun have a galaxy texture which is moving and also animate the gun) 2. Camera tracking and adding a 3d text in a wall. Text sticking to the wall. Please please do it every bathing 3d in my channel is made in blender

[@darrennew8211]

For the second one, the Track Match Blend videos cover absolutely everything about camera tracking. You can get it on the blender web site for like $20, or if you're unable to support Blender, you can find it on the youtube channel of "AlcoholAdicted". I don't think the technicalities have changed much in 2.8, even if the interface might be a little different.

[@TheDucky3D]

ill try something out

[@dedeskuty5289]

Mighty Games for the video texture you can use an existing galaxy video as the base color just use an image texture node and open the video

[@MightyGamesYT]

@@dedeskuty5289 that work? If yes i will try it out and thanks for the help

[@sacredscrollz9468]

Im putting the point light on sphere and practically no light coming out. The only way I can see my light is if its the sun light. I highered the power/strength by alot like 5000 t o10,000 btw.

[@streitfilmsschweiz3222]

its also by mine

[@GamiHQ]

I know I'm super late, but make sure bloom is turned on in the render engine settings

[@kunjpatel3357]

@@GamiHQ I have that turn on but it is not working. Man I need help

[@frolicclaws1899]

Do you have bloom on?

[@kunjpatel3357]

@@frolicclaws1899 he has definitely bloom on. Because I am having that same issue

[@nmathew1987]

God damnit. you are so good! Question - have you ever tried using cloud GPU computers like paperspace to run blender? Is that a good idea, or should one invest in a GPU ?

[@creedvision6177]

Awesome tutorial

[@creedvision6177]

Awesome tutorial

[@AndreyBulgakov]

Wow! it's amazing! Thx for superb tuts!

[@darrennew8211]

Suggested topic: Import a model from Mixamo, including an animation (or two!) and textures/materials, and just have them move in place.

[@mateochilla986]

Way too cool dude !

[@TheDucky3D]

thanks

[@georgekolesarek7682]

Diggin on your shit dude. Glad to see more artists. Even the simple shit looks very cool.

[@KaasTVNL]

nicee some good tut that i like

[@TheDucky3D]

sweet

[@pawaalfilms]

awesome

[@SeanDaPaulSeh]

my lights are coming out waaaay different, all my settings are the same but every time i add a light, it's suuuper weak. i have to turn it up to like 300W to even see much of anything, and there's not a super hot center like in the video

[@hichamsekkil5260]

I have the same problem :/

[@ameee___]

same

[@sauravk865]

I've the same problem. Does anyone have any solution?

[@DmitryDaren]

@@sauravk865 are you guys on a Mac ?

[@laurentsimard4008]

same

[@RisingLegend19]

amazing!

[@gurupods]

NICE BHAIYA

[@tristandecker5273]

All of your tutorials are so great. I appreciate your focus on modifiers. It's fascinating what they're capable of. I got stuck on this tutorial, though. I tried a different character (Exo Gray) and when I imported it into Blender, only the "bones" imported. If I use the soldier you use, it works just fine though. I assume it's a Mixamo problem, but can you shed any light on the issue?

[@jsync01]

Great video as always quick short and easy and the final product always looks like it took hours to make. Just a quick question I noticed your lights say power instead of energy and have the W next to it (I think its means watts), how would I switch the light to use power instead of energy?

[@mainblender9918]

Dudeee ,ur the best

[@hectorfoss6180]

Can you make a tutorial on how to export renders and animations, kinda new to this and there aren't really good tutorials for it. I can render the things, but I don't know how or where to find the thing in the file system. BTW love the videos Soo cool

[@TheDucky3D]

ill make something for that

[@theposmoboy]

great tutorial Nathan, you are a genuis boy... have a question, what hapend if you had used the array modifier direct into the object beside the empty??? big hug from Argentina... @Ducky 3D

[@robbroc]

really usefull, amazing use of evee.

[@mr1992er]

Great tutorials! What's your pc specs? You are rendering with gpu right?

[@TheDucky3D]

low bap i7 with a gtx 1060

[@HasanKeskintas]

Excellent videos, thank you

[@aleabarca5498]

My character is all black in the render view how do i fix that?