6 Tips to Make Your Renders Instantly Cooler

In this video, ‪@MartinKlekner‬ shares 6 tips to breathe life into your 3D renders and make them instantly cooler. From light rays, to atmosphere, adding birds and falling leaves, these will help you bring your artwork to the final result. Demonstrated on an environment scene in eevee.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:45 - 6 steps to final result
02:30 - Resources & Addons used
03:03 - Adding blurred foreground element
04:27 - Adding moving cloud shadows
06:44 - Godrays
07:37 - Falling leaves
10:59 - Flying birds
16:34 - Adding Atmosphere
19:43 - Outro
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[@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 -_-

[@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

[@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.

[@siraniks]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@BoogerBrain]

The leaf paths are so nice

[@BlenderSecrets]

That cloud shadow trick is brilliant 😍

[@cyrkielnetwork]

It works also as leaves shadow

[@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!

[@nickjito]

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

[@3dgreenhorn]

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

[@himanshupandey7564]

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

[@DarkDiaspora]

Beautifully done Martin. Thank you so much.

[@GoesPlaySomething]

Cool!

[@monles_yen]

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

[@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!

[@akarmdit2267]

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

[@richeeze]

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

[@danilodelucio]

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

[@alexvaulin1140]

Simply amazing stuff! So inspired!! Thank you!

[@ireneuszpawlik837]

Nice eye opener, I love this video!

[@steprockmedia]

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

[@am4teur]

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

[@samfisher3283]

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

[@n4thanstewart]

These are excellent, thank you!

[@Necrocidal]

14:16 *Ian Hubert intensifies*

[@guinness11]

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

[@user-qc1mc2ly8j]

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

[@aboudibvideos]

amazing!! Tnx for sharing! 🥰

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@Kimb4000]

I can't wait to try these tips!

[@viktorsadchikov2923]

That's great! Thanks!

[@FrancescoPaggiaro]

Very interesting all the tips, thanks for sharing

[@YoIomaster]

Wow man, great video! Liked and subbed!

[@therobustmole1137]

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

[@Albertt3D]

thanks for sharing this knowledge

[@lemniskate_ayd]

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

[@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 ;-)

[@demosakumasi]

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

[@GrandeGio95]

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

[@brianavarro]

amazing work

[@pukey82]

Awesome, thanx for sharing! :)

[@PoMkAc27]

Nice video ✌️I love CGBoost academy video tips 😎

[@ArpanSrivastava98]

Moths add realism to anything (:

[@Chewbacca2000]

Thanks man!

[@hansxie5503]

Amazing. It make the whole thing alive.

[@gtvdejv]

Good stuff, Martin. Clearly presented and easily followable.

[@MartinKlekner]

Thanks David! :-)

[@James_Cook_Explorer]

love this channel

[@TarrDan]

This is really useful, Thank you!

[@abiyyupanggalih854]

this is what I waiting for *environment* 👍

[@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??)

[@tomar666]

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

[@tillfreitag4446]

Thanks!

[@f0cusmeister284]

Great video!

[@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 ;)

[@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.

[@Aaws424]

Great advice 👏

[@user-wl3pt1tj6x]

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

[@jasoncatlyn7331]

Thanks for the tips!

[@Aptass]

Great video! I learned a lot of new tricks

[@kione]

This is the way!

[@annamota12]

thank you!

[@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!

[@AdnanKhan-yk6yi]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@SaintsROB]

Good job on this one :)

[@zahreddinesoualem3213]

CG boost you're the best

[@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 :-))

[@bronxandbrenx]

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

[@cgboost]

Glad you like them! ~Egon

[@juanfernandojimenezbuitrag2434]

You are awesome!!!!

[@maryn4150]

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

[@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!

[@millerrobayo4004]

Hey Marty! Really useful video tutorial. Thank you.

[@MartinKlekner]

My pleasure!

[@bortuda]

great!

[@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

[@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

[@Aquarius-CZ]

This is perfect :-)

[@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.

[@voyageruk2002]

great tips danke

[@Dvorkin82]

As one great man said: birds add realism to everything

[@1EAS1World]

3:20 I had to learn this myself lol, I didn't even think it was an actual strategy. Also great video!

[@andreytrukhachev7417]

Cool, very cool. It is very efficient and helpful video! Thanks a lot🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@goldenetoilette9442]

Very good video

[@dannyburns1185]

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

[@MartinKlekner]

Thank you! :)

[@cgflip5242]

Big like ❤️

[@calebbrazeau4597]

thank you very much.

[@cgboost]

Welcome 😊

[@mayanksaini7012]

ambient occulsion and depth of field always works

[@9999rcrajesh]

This tutorial mast very valuable for me thank you very much... ❤️...

[@gaecha]

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

[@darshjoshi1641]

Cool

[@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 :)

[@akroaX]

I click like multiple times! Thank you

[@alfinimagine]

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

[@apachon]

Nice video .

[@peterbaur4810]

great, very great :-)

[@aljazsusnik205]

Can't believe this was rendered in eevee