Blender Tutorial: How to Turn HDRi to 3D ENVIRONMENT

[@BrightAfternoonProductionsPlus]

"Hope you learned something" dude this entire video is a masterclass

[@polatkemalakyuz2021]

lol

[@hhigh_af]

Truth absolute knowledge bomb dropped hahahaha

[@reelo5672]

"Hope you've learned something." Bro, that was a treasure trove of knowledge!

[@hhigh_af]

Facts

[@th.e.nglish]

Intro is pure class mate!

[@MetroTO.]

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[@JesterLegend4life]

Let's cut the crap ✂️

[@Ponk_80]

Nah, it’s just post millennial crappy humor.

[@hullthedeejay.]

Made my day

[@juicyfruit348]

@@Ponk_80 haha CRAPPY humor ba dum tsssss

[@ritviksingh909]

Finally an HDRI tutorial that I didn't know I needed! So happy, keep it up man!🎉

[@magmabuddy]

OMG!!! I HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN A TUTORIAL LIKE THIS. KEEP IT UP MAN. LOVED THE TUTORIAL ♥♥

[@JukkaMartama]

Nice one! It works with the Lecagy EEVEE also, you just have to set the Blend mode from Opaque to Alpha Blend from the material settings.

[@tomiviitanen]

Cool, okay good to know. I'm so unexperienced with eevee.

[@Arthr0]

but alpha blend just goes 1 or 0 gradient dont work. More realistic is alpha hashed but added noise

[@espirite]

Ahhhh mate thanks SO much for sharing this. It was driving me nuts trying to get the same results in Eevee.

[@poochyboi]

dude...what?! I've learned so many things that I didn't even know was possible in just 10 minutes. and ive been using blender for 3 years now. instand subbed that was actually insane!

[@IljaS-j4x]

Dude you saved my blender life!! Holy shit, this video deserves waaaaayyy more views! An actually helpful video regarding hdris. Thank you very much!!!

[@rsher_digital-art]

This is a wonderful, inspiring tutorial. I've worked in Blender for about five years and this one is a revelation!

[@HalfMatt404]

To make backface culling work in material preview/rendered mode you can also go to the material properties tab and in the settings drop down check "Backface Culling". Although this method would not allow for light to come into the room from the outside, just view the inside.

[@dooomshortss]

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[@jorgerosas1094]

Master! I could fastly solve that , thank youuuu

[@blackbrohere]

u just helped a homie out, thanks!!

[@AlsoLarry]

ily

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

It's great to see a tutorial like this that covers a way to do something in Blender that I have never known how to do even though I have been using Blender since 2.26, way back in 2003. Just one tip: Generally you get better results when you set the bump strength to 1 and vary the distance setting. There are probably uses for higher strength settings but I have never seen it look as good if I set it above 1.

[@tomiviitanen]

Thanks for the great tip! Funny that you mentioned it because I just discovered that while doing this video and actually used it in that way on the second example there in a video.

[@HarnaiDigital]

This is absolutely freaking Genius.... I have been thinking about something like this but couldn't figure out a way to actually do it. LOL good work.

[@WorkEmail-d5i]

Ohhh That's Great mene bht try kiya mujhse ni ho raha Please Sir help

[@mikealbert728]

Cool. The HDRI Maker add-on does this too. Thanks for the tutorial

[@rogerotakufernandez5995]

This guy grabbed a like from me in the first minute of the video itself with the floating already line, nice sense of humour u got there bro😂 How come no one else has ever made a video on this before? Is it because this isn't possible in previous versions of blender & only ver4.0 can help with it? I mean like this so sick man! Plz do make more videos like these

[@tomiviitanen]

Hah, thanks! This has been possible in blender since forever. I was really surprised also how poorly this has been covered in KZbin and kinda tried to bring it up in intro :)

[@matthewpiljek7122]

Great tutorial, and the intro is making me subscribe. Keep up this style of multiple examples in each video. By not splitting it into 2 episodes, I was easily able to tie the 2 examples together

[@blenderlearn865]

one of the best tutorials i've seen

[@wallerron]

this was simple and down to the core of the subject. well done!

[@alejandrohuerga7736]

Finally a great use for the default cube! Thanks!

[@zana3d]

Absolute gold. Lovely intro, great pacing, interesting content. Thank you! Liked and subbed

[@VERSALL99]

DUDE THIS IS WHAT IM LOKING FOR FROM YEARS AGO !! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH

[@protocross]

Kudos! This is the best HDRI 3D environment mapping I've seen! Thank you, TV!

[@glenn_r_frank_author]

wow I have never seen this technique or even thought about this concept before. Great tutorial!

[@Beryesa.]

How come you only have this many subs?? This is very efficient & high quality, no random cuts or flashy attention seeker edits :D (OK maybe except the intro lol)

[@semih8096]

this video is a gem! thank you !! guys do not skip, watch every seconds of it you will learn many..trust me!!

[@s.patterson5698]

This is a classic. Never seen a video like this on KZbin!! So glad I clicked on!!!

[@eddyraulquezadarodriguez2656]

This is a really good technique, wow

[@ErichToven]

OMG this will improve renders so much. Amazing tutorial

[@FxBurner13]

i watched many tutorials regarding this but your style to explain is awesome😍😍

[@zsigmondforianszabo4698]

It is always when I am eating. I tried to mitigate the chances watching blender tutorials. Looks like it is fate.

[@Hitornex]

yo this channel is incredible, every video makes you learn more than every masterclass

[@edojawaedo6696]

the best blender tuto ever, i never knew that we can do that in blender

[@SolarGranulation]

That was one f the best, most useful tutorials I have ever seen. Thank you!

[@marcusmanningtv]

I'm easily amazed by things I can't understand... and I gotta say my mind is blown right about now

[@SouvikKarmakar1]

one of the best blender tutorial i've ever seen . Thanks

[@hhigh_af]

Holy shit!!! That was crazy. I had no idea this was possible. Appreciate you teaching us, you did a great job explaining so all levels would understand. Peace and blessings upon you and your family. ❤

[@BlenderVedaEnglish007]

Your Tutorial was like apple products at first I didn't know I need it but now I got hooked

[@azudevcr]

Ok I'm going to reconstruct my head it just exploded!! WOW this is beyond awesome. Thank you very much!!!!!!!

[@theman7050]

The best video on the subject, period! I keep coming back to it :D

[@Good4love]

I love your humour. Merci pour ce travail, je m’abonne 🎉

[@basudevDash-p5d]

The best tutorial i've ever seen😮

[@bhaarath88]

bro , i am searching this for months , thank u for sharing this. subscribed immediately guru

[@ones_flow5652]

I didn't know this channel until now. Really funny start of the video. Instant sub! 🙂

[@prathamms3127]

this video is gonna blow up in blender community

[@OlliHuttunen78]

Erinomainen tuto! Intro oli ihan loistava! Mainioita käytännön esimerkkejä HDR taustojen käytöstä. Tätä täytyy testata!

[@tomiviitanen]

Moikka Olli! Kiitos, kiva kuulla. Oon myös eksynyt sun kanavalle joskus katteleen erinomaista gaussian splättäysmatskua.

[@Alienbacilusua]

Woah! Looks like some magic)) Kudos for incredible intro💙

[@patriciocalvelo1839]

Really nice technique! For the interior instead of adding light you can use the same HDRI as emission right? at the end that is the whole thing about HDRI

[@tomiviitanen]

You can definately do that. Cycles just like more physical lights than mesh lights. So you can get faster render times with those, and maybe also less fireflies. That's why I chose to do it this way, but you can of course do it either way.

[@patriciocalvelo1839]

@@tomiviitanen Perfect!

[@tiavstudio]

Tomi, this is excellent!! I learned something new and very valuable. Thank you for your efforts and teaching. Cheers!

[@johanneszwilling]

😱 That's some magic there! Never considered this to be possible.

[@marcinwasielewski8608]

SO amazing Tomi! You should make a downloadable extension that does that, that would be really cool!

[@HarryMcKenzieTV]

you're the man! that's so awesome! but I didn't see the 2 eevee renderers. it's only 1 also in 4.1

[@diptangshudey5370]

Because u didn't delete the default cube, I subbed!

[@rajendrameena150]

Omg, your video is super helpful, thank god KZbin recommended it, so thankful to you bro.... I watch it three times for complete understanding.

[@TuckerInVR]

Man, I have been using HDRIs the wrong way for so long, this is much better! Thanks for this tutorial!

[@donny_lu_]

Man, I'm just shocked and perplexed. I never thought you could use an HDRI map in this way, I came across many tutorials with techniques for creating realistic environments, blocking, camera projection, mixing PBR materials with real-life photos and many other things. How did you arrive at this result, like how did you think you could use the hdri map in this way?? Simply incredible, I loved your video Btw, great choice of thumb and introduction

[@ozstockman]

It is not first time somebody is using this technic. There is add-on designed specifically for it even though the resulted mesh created with Blender is later used with 360 virtual tour platform called KRPano. That's the only purpose it has been created for. The add-on is called PanoCam and costs about 10 euros. It is much harder to use though but I guess it is all about learning anyway. The method shown here is much easier than the add-on.

[@Mr.LeoNov]

It is actually not such a new thing, like in Twinmotion it's a built-in feature. Thought I must admit it's the first time I see someone doing it in Blender and this guy is the first one to break it down how it works. Gorgeous tutorial

[@RocksonCHAN]

I've been trying to do the same thing for years.... i've learnt something HUGE today !!! Thx thx thx Tomi

[@hvrmnd]

Thank you! I didn't know HDRIs can be hacked this way, it is so cool and simple. definitely trying this instead of making heavy environment files haha.

[@blindershrine8752]

This tutorial I’m waiting for a longgggg time🎉

[@bigslommy]

great tutorial:) I would add one thing tho. The point of HDRIs is in the name, High Dynamic Range. The texture carries light values higher than 0-1. By using the texture as emmisive, we throw this information away (I think, I concluded this from a project more than a year ago, so it is possible this changed). I like the trick with the sun but I would try using the hdri as an enviroment texture as well as the dome texture to get the full benefits of an hdri. I use this method quite often in Unreal Engine and find it very useful.

[@ForsythJC]

11:57 - "And why does it look like that?" Me 99% of the time using Blender, and then spending 900 hours freaking out until I find the simple mistake and facepalm. Hard. With a piece of furniture. Or a vehicle. LOL! Amazing tutorial, and sooooo helpful! Thank you!

[@ChaojianZhang]

I actually learnt more than HDRi from this video.

[@cordialpark]

Thats the best blender tutorial a ever seen , you do a pretty good job :)

[@aaronjohnson4604]

first of all, Greatest intro ever! lol I cant wait to check out your channel. Also thank you for taking that time to make this instructional content.

[@Harmicchi]

No perkele, siit on pakko olla joku 11 kk aikaa ku viimeks yritin just tätä selvittää, mut sillon en vielä löytäny selkeetä infoo mistään. KIITOS! 😍

[@kohpler]

This was fantastic. Thank you very much for the tutorial. Looking forward to seeing your next ones :)

[@zorbish]

I've always wondered how to do it, thank you!

[@techxippo535]

The intro is a high level ❤😂

[@EmilySmirleGURPS]

You can also work in Viewport preview if you go to the material settings and turn backface culling on

[@Mahti77]

Wait, what? You can actually use the default cube?!? Mind Blown!!!

[@DaveInVerdansk]

this is the best video on youtube. congrats if you're here

[@tombink]

(edited) This is a great tutorial (I'm what I'd call an advanced beginner)... the interior portion works perfectly as I follow along with the tutorial, but the exterior is not working when I switch to EEVEE mode (it does work in Cycles) and Tomi shows at the end (17:00+/-). The reflective globe does refect the ground in its lower 1/2 but reflects the default environmental texture in its upper 1/2 or simply shows a gray blotch overlaid. .... Looking at it further it looks to me like there's a 2nd, entirely different, environmental texture "pasted" on the of the tutorials ETex. ....Can't figure out what's happening...

[@tombink]

I figured it out. EEVEE does work.. but the details are not explained. You can't just switch to EEVEE mode. I'll elaborate when I have more time, but the gist is that you have to add the same enviromental texture to the World background that you've used to apply to the Dome... then it works nicely. My computer is not super powerful so Cycles is way too tedious and slow to respond.

[@3djimmy]

This solves so many problems and creates so many possibilities...and I haven't even finished the video. Immediate sub, many many thanks for this.

[@AudioVisualRomance]

makes all other tutorials I have seen so far appear like beginner tutorials for beginners, from beginners.

[@artisans8521]

By the way, elephant manure is great fertilizer. But the video is great, and thanks for saving the default cube.

[@yesdadbut960]

This is sooo useful 😢 thx and i love how much detail you put on that poop

[@pepegarcia712]

This tutorial is pure gold. Thanks a lot.

[@IglooCrafter1]

tried this out, my hdri had some slanted walls but i scaled the ceiling and it came out perfect, thanks for the video

[@pułkownikkaczodziobyzpodlasia]

Incredible work! Loved the introduction lol

[@davidleonardi836]

Best intro ever! Bel lavoro!

[@wheatskates]

For modeling the cube just switch the environment texture to the emission slot, use material preview and save yourself a headache.

[@tomiviitanen]

Listen this guy! If I would make the video again, I would definitely include this tip.

[@sirlefuppe]

whoo never thought abozt that. brilliant. thank you for sharing with us!

[@Henrique02021]

I was searching for something like that for so long thank you so much!

[@okannuryuz1484]

Best tutorial i have seen ever

[@sergeabt1046]

that intro got me to sub, well done!

[@sebastianodibusti]

bro this video is insane, thnx for share your knowledge 👏

[@BlenderForge]

Great tutorial! One question on the exterior scene: Is the second material slot needed if the first material is blending emission and diffuse anyway?

[@MichaelNatale1267]

I've been trying to do this for years. Thank you for sharing.

[@johnleighdesigns]

fantastic great to see your wisdom on these approaches really helpful to know these

[@Benqo]

Oh, man! This is so great tutorial! Thank you a lot.

[@yochintohere]

what an amazing intro

[@grenoblica]

This is really a great tutorial, it really helps. Thanks, I have to subscribe now

[@jmyang9101]

So kind of you!!! So good this video is !!! thank you!!!!

[@iPEMiC.]

This is special, congratulation I subscribed!!!

[@ArnagBaltaian]

Wow ive been waiting for this

[@samaluh]

I enjoyed this video, very cool and helpful.

[@theyashvaishnav]

Swear to god you helped me a lot thank you soo much and this video was master class

[@FX_AnimationStudios]

super... just super!! I loved also you started the tutorial :P

[@andreydm3456]

Absolutely life changing. Thank you!

[@thefourthwallmedia]

Can’t wait for the next tutorial!

[@Tomy_Yon]

A treasure of tips! Thanks 😊