Create An Alien Landscape In 5 Minutes - Blender 2.8 Tutorial

[@whythovr6888]

Dude amazing tutorials. Thanks for not taking 30 minutes to show your process. Saves me a ton of time and I really appreciate it. Keep it up

[@ravnOne65]

instead of using the displacement map as a node, use it in a displacement modifier, in that way you will have a mesh. This mesh can be used in eevee too

[@darrenalbansyah]

can you help,how do i control the height of the landscape in the displacement modifier?? im using eevee btw

[@kotyaraw]

@@darrenalbansyah use brightnes/contrast in color menu

[@marcotp9]

Can anybody help ? My displacement map are not as sharp as his , they look like low poly almost

[@willywinzig5240]

thanks this helped me a lot !

[@riseoblivion237]

@@marcotp9 does your base mesh have enough geometry try adding a subdivision modifier

[@846nick]

fastest and most straight forward tutorial ive seen especially on such a complex program

[@lonewalker5435]

Just... WOW.. the best and easiest tutorial ever! You deserve more than 1 mil subs! Keep up the good work!

[@mrthiccest2985]

if you still have the files reply ... the google drive don't give me the terrains

[@lonewalker5435]

@@mrthiccest2985 i think i have them

[@mrthiccest2985]

@@lonewalker5435 ohh thanks

[@perttutuomaalamusic]

Awesome! I can now make really cool space terrains!! Life is so awesome, blender is Awesome and Blender community is awesome! Thank You PopNerd.

[@aldemar9416]

dude you are so underrated this is so amazing!!! Thank you for the awesome tutorials and keep doing what you're doing

[@PopNerdStudio]

Thanks!! Much appreciated :)

[@PopNerdStudio]

If you use this tutorial & post your work on Instagram, tag me @astronautalpaca on the post and I'll share your post as well! Also, let me know if you have any questions or critiques. Edit: Many people have asking for how to do this in Eevee: Through modifiers! Add a subdivision surface modifier and a displacement modifier, and use the height map as the texture in the displacement modifier. Edit #2: I've added this in the description, but if you havent seen it, if neither of these links for the maps work (they've been working for some people and haven't been working for others), I'd recommend typing "Terrain Displacement Map" into Google Search & you'll find a bunch of images.

[@parasfursule2622]

Nice tutorials but you should post frequently

[@PopNerdStudio]

@@parasfursule2622 Thanks, and yeah I'm planning to most more frequently soon when I get more used to creating & editing these videos.

[@funwithblender485]

it,s very helpful.Thank you.

[@darrenalbansyah]

how do i control the height of my landscape in the displacement modifier??

[@ernovonschwiegenau9696]

I cant find the right texture for the landscape, which image texture did you use? And yours look so detailed, how?

[@will1868-h5e]

Such a great tutorial, concise and to the point, and a really chilled vibe

[@richardbennett5115]

This was so informative and concise! Very good video, it is a shame that the drone sound in the background was so loud.

[@jacobcosquer105]

To see displacement in the viewport you can also use a displace modifier and add in the image there instead of having to stay on rendered view to see the displacement happen procedurally.

[@MrSerote]

You deserve more subscribers! Keep doing your thing! Love your tutorials

[@PopNerdStudio]

Thanks, I really appreciate it! I'm currently working on another tutorial that should be up sometime this week :)

[@josephbellamy2587]

This is a great style of tut. Keep em coming.

[@agatainventio9464]

Look hard but it’s so easy . Amazing tutorial bro

[@santidoesdata5128]

damn this was an awesome tutorial. Went on and decided to make a pretty elaborated render and ended up encountering a bunch of problems which I ended up solving. Great for practice!! thanks man

[@callmetyco1879]

For the Atmosphere at 2:15, I found it a lot better to use a UV Sphere instead of a cube as you see a white outline when using the cube.

[@qupation7296]

That's weird. Do you see the white outline when you render?

[@udbhavshrivastava]

super short and comprehensive tutorial man ! helped me learn and achieve some really cool new effects thank you so much ! ^-^

[@fulonimationstudios2408]

This is very helpful to me. Thank you very much for taking the time to make this 👍 I could never figure out how to add good atmosphere to my scenes before, and now I do!

[@spidey9504]

AMAZING TUTORIAL ILY please make more

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

SUUUUUPER GREAT. Now I need to know how to do custom terrain...

[@darrenalbansyah]

how do i add the add node i already press shift and + with the color ramp selected but nothing happened please help

[@Loreathans]

There is a bug preventing it from adding I guess, try adding a mix node and select Add from dropdown menu of the mix node, I have been trying to find it for half an hour lol.

[@owenkirschner5343]

do you have node wrangler enabled?

[@alexdib3915]

Great tutorial man, very quick but a lot of great info. Thank you!

[@dannybouchard4140]

Easy and straight to the point. Nicely done mate! Cheers

[@gulsahedes5018]

This is a great video, thanks for tutorial. For the people who had terrain displacement problem just like me, pls check the drive link below the video and download terrains.rar file. Use tiff file not a png. I'm the beginner at Blender but I think there are many people just like me :)

[@tomhofmann4019]

Thank you!!

[@floyd1411]

i think the BEAM Studio’s Free Space Exploration Assets Maps is no longer available :(

[@NizzAe]

yeah, did u maybe find it somewhere else ?

[@floyd1411]

@@NizzAe no, unfortunately. :(

[@NizzAe]

@@floyd1411 ohh thats sad, its fine thanks still for answering lol

[@floyd1411]

@@NizzAe to be honest I kinda forgot what this tutorial was all about. I ll have a proper look at it in the morning first thing. Is there anything in particular you were looking for. I do have much more experience now with blender and perhaps I could check that for you.

[@floyd1411]

@@NizzAe ps. If yr looking to make scifi environments check out chuck cg.. He has tutorials and tons of free assets on his gumroad page.

[@manyan420]

Nicely explained bro,will definitely try out👍

[@PopNerdStudio]

Thank you :)

[@Fantasy38294]

You deserve more subs man :)

[@FenyEro]

ok I memorized it for life.

[@mrthiccest2985]

if you still have the files reply ... the google drive don't give me the terrains

[@2006jakebob]

Honestly doing procedurally is probably easier and more modular. You can make some amazing landscapes this way

[@PopNerdStudio]

I wouldn't say it's easier because you'd have to more tweaking to get interesting results but it's definitely more modular & better for customization.

[@DanielGrovePhoto]

Love this! Thank you for the quick and clear tutorial and the assets! Question: how does depth compare to mist? Any pros or cons of using either one?

[@PopNerdStudio]

Great question! Tbh I don't know the difference and they seem to be minimal from my experience; However, I just Googled it and found an interesting thread if you want to check it out: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/43638/difference-between-a-mist-pass-and-a-normalized-z-buffer#:~:text=Depth%20sets%20the%20range%20in,quadratic%2C%20linear%20or%20Inverse%20Quadratic.

[@foureljordi1590]

Amazing tutorial! Can't manage to find that exploration pack unfortunately

[@KrumByte]

I can not find the BEAM Studio’s Free Space Exploration Assets Maps with the current link, it only brings me to CG Trader. I tried looking up BEAM Studio’s Free Space Exploration Assets Maps, but there are no results. Can I get some help please?

[@NYFTBL]

Same

[@akunekochan]

This normalize nod saved my life Thanks bro

[@mohamed-amenyussuf1185]

Is this possible using the A.N.T lanscape addon that comes with blender?

[@PhilR0gers]

This is great. A concise tutorial without the fluff. However, in the compositor there doesn't appear to be a Depth output on Render Layers node in Blender 3.0. Anyone have any ideas what to do?

[@Blendervidoes]

Idk if this will work but have you tried to add a depth node?

[@alokabingo7549]

Into View Layer Properties -> Passes -> Data -> click on Include : Z (Deliver Z values pass)

[@粉粿王子]

@@alokabingo7549 thank you so much!!!!!

[@teeambird2079]

@@alokabingo7549 Thank you!

[@SpitfireStoryboards]

Awesome content in this channel. How has it taken sooooo long for me to discover u .

[@Usermwaoeuw28181]

Damn, so relaxed... and great!Just amazing thanks! ( Mauro3D)

[@PopNerdStudio]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

[@mrthiccest2985]

if you still have the files reply ... the google drive don't give me the terrains

[@bhargavchavda684]

Really amazing tutoring for a beginner like me, thank you

[@mohammadaliwi5963]

To add the add node, press (cntrl +)

[@marcelhail7852]

Thank you so much omg

[@cyleroxdonghuatanxianjia]

Not shift+a?

[@mohammadaliwi5963]

@@cyleroxdonghuatanxianjia hey, yes shift+A is what I use now, cntrl + works as well for me

[@Lunecovlad]

I love the tutorials man! I really enjoy the way theyre quick and to the point. It helps because I can take the advice and put my own artistic spin on it without waiting to hear the other things I need, thanks a lot! However the ambient music is a bit too loud and the constant woooooooo sounds is a little distracting! Maybe adjust the track so its a little lower and your voice is more prominent? Cheers

[@unclerandy398]

dang how you know so much about blender? Great tutorial aswell.

[@PopNerdStudio]

Thanks! Tbh I still consider myself a beginner but I've learnt most of what I know through other tutorials and by getting acquainted with other members of the blender community on social media.

[@rahulmkr4940]

Nice content bro 🔥

[@artkhiie]

1:30 why does my mesh shape become very sharp and weird af, I tried to adjust the scale but I can't make it like you

[@zenkya-sin1117]

Thanks a lot for the amazing video. Nevertheless, I didn't succeed to make it. When I add the displacement image I have a weird result even after selecting Displacement and Bump. Is it because I have a png file and you used a tif file ? Thanks for the answer

[@benj4022]

I have the same problem

[@moonaries24]

the tif one is named TERRAIN.RAR

[@2AMclub1]

I really love your videos keep going 👏🏻

[@huylam3090]

amazing tutorial hope see more tutorial like this in future bruh !

[@leslieblake9]

Utterly amazing!

[@raidfrost2501]

Those files didn't appear for me all that appeared was A, B, C, D and E files. Its like the renders not the textures did I mess something up?

[@hugo_v9649]

You have to clic on the google drive link below the preview when you're on the website. I assume it is too heavy to be dowloaded from there :)

[@mrthiccest2985]

@@hugo_v9649 do you have it ? share with me pls

[@moonaries24]

@@mrthiccest2985 it named TERRAIN.RAR and the size is 1.5 gb

[@aminotarobot7486]

1:40 when I go back out to the layout tab I don't see anything but a flat plane

[@aminotarobot7486]

In case anyone was having the same noob problem I had, you need to be in render view on the layout tab. At the top right there should be a bunch of globe icons, the right most one is what displays the landscape. At least for me that's what helped

[@Sidiax]

Displacement texture doesn't seem to work ? On 3.1 and it's absolutely flat (in shaded mode of course) EDIT: I don't understand why but I restarted Blender and it suddenly works...

[@heavenofficial5060]

man this tutorial is crazy, but i can't find the 3d tiff for blender in download link, can u help me?

[@yigitklc87]

1:30 it's still flat. does anyone know why? Yes it is cycles and yes I'm on rendered mode

[@d3stro_YT]

Same problem here, using blender 2.93! @PopNerd

[@alexandremoresque4779]

Thank you, a question please. For me to mix the depth with the image information, the shortcut, I couldn't understand. can you explain?

[@olamitigaze3276]

Hey Nice tutorial But when I click displacement and bump mine still stays flat

[@RamiGold]

when i tried to do it the landscape was messed up and streched out plus the cameras where seing diferent things then i was

[@prathampashine6764]

I followed every step you said but I don't know why I'm getting distorted landscape. Btw awesome tutorial, I subbed you

[@AntonioRizzatti]

Your videos help me a lot.

[@FuadsCreations]

Oly sh!t man why you have only 2.6k subs You're amazing

[@damiensummers2764]

I did this tutorial. It took me two computers, b/c I was putting the wrong files in the Image Texture nodes, and therefor, it wasn't until I re-tried the tutorial on my lap top, was I able to pin point my error. Regardless, I tried to do a 100 frame animation, as though one were flying a drone over the surface, and that took about five minutes per frame. Can you give me any advice on how you would apply "moving camera's"? I know that's the sort of thing an VFX chip would render in a few seconds, but it would still be interesting to know how you would do it before shelling out several $1000 to buy one. Thanks again, great tutorial!

[@afrosymphony8207]

i came thinking this was gonna get a lot dislikes for clickbait or sthng but boy was i surprised

[@MrNotYet1]

well I was disappointed since I wanted to learn how to model it, and not how to download a lot of stuff and place it, but I guess that's just me

[@afrosymphony8207]

@@MrNotYet1 i kinda feel u on that lool

[@PopNerdStudio]

The thumbnail doess say "using free assets" but maybe I should've made that more clear

[@screamsso2790]

Never going to understand you people that want to literally learn everything in one video for FREE

[@screamsso2790]

The techniques to use the assets to make are sometimes more important then modeling stuff, you could find a lot of tutorials on modeling a landscape but not much on actually using it in a real scenario, as someone that works in production on a regular basis this guy actually shared good stuff that beginners would find very use of

[@gminerr]

why is it when i load in the image and i do eveything up to1:45 your looks super detailed but mine loks super low-poly im confused someone help!

[@gminerr]

i would share a gyazo but gyazo isnt working :(

[@gminerr]

+ even when i up the roughness to add " more detail " IT CONTINUES LOOKING SUPER LOW-POLY

[@BigWallsy]

Superb work!

[@allankadabra3286]

idk if its my bad luck but so many things still went wrong. first of all the texture/resoloution wasnt detailed on mine, and when you came to chagning density to the cube and color, nothing happen to mine

[@highvelocitypineapple9975]

Any chance you still have the BEAM studio asset pack? I've been searching, but I can't seem to find it.

[@solivagantengineer]

Awesome

[@artedesing]

hello hello, I did the cube right and the background is still black, I went ahead with the render image and when I do the shit + command with the selected color ramp it does not add the Node Add Helps It has helped me a lot this tuts My blender 2.92

[@ssamjack]

same doubt with blender 2.92 too. How to add the Node Add?

[@Jonah-cy5hx]

its called math, under converters.

[@artedesing]

@@Jonah-cy5hx TKS

[@exuberantkoala2180]

Awesome tutorial! Question, what is the best way to add PBR textures to these? When I try to add in a texture, it messes with the displacement.

[@PopNerdStudio]

I’m actually not sure how to use PBR textures with this - I’d assume the issue stems from the displacement properties of the PBRs on top of the displacement maps. I’ll ask around and let you know if I find a solution, though.

[@exuberantkoala2180]

@@PopNerdStudio I would assume that it has something to do with using a mix shader and adding that to the Principled, I just dont know what the best way to do it would be. Thanks for the quick response!!

[@FinalMotion]

wow, this was so helpful, thank you so much!

[@baconbits5000]

Thank u! How many levels of sub did you add to the mesh? Also, did you shade smooth by any chance??

[@fandango_xd207]

i like how bejeweled 2 backrounds also used this trick

[@yassarmansour1767]

Thank you for the great tutorial, i tried to add the empty slot using shift+ while the color ramp selected but it didn't work, what is the kind of this node , i tried to search on add node or empty node also i didn't find it , can you help me.

[@pixelricebowl]

I think you want control+

[@Telleroy]

You are Simply amazing❤

[@erikals]

Mighty Nice! ...wonder, how would you add rocks etc to the surface? would you de-res the landscape first?

[@PopNerdStudio]

Right, you could use the displace modifier along with a subdivision surface as well but that would take more subdivisions.

[@erikals]

@@PopNerdStudio Cool, thank you! :)

[@yuutasann]

Why my mountains are sharp and frequent? How can i make it the same as video

[@captainannaHK]

I wanted to download BEAM Studio’s Free Space Exploration Assets Maps, but after I clicked the link, I cannot find the pack, no matter how I search it. Anyone has the same problem?!!

[@knosse]

yup, download isn't available anymore :/

[@ksockhak]

anyone experiencing the plane instead of looking like terrains, it is just sharp rectangle edges and shape??

[@f5point6RCA]

Where does the alien landscape come from? I take it you need to download from somewhere.

[@techwithsar3763]

This is good man

[@randomguyonsake]

Hey !! Great tutorial. Can you please help me with this : Not able to add the Add node - Mac

[@makeshifter9018]

is there anyway we can do this on eeve? Loved your tutorial btw

[@PopNerdStudio]

Thanks, and yeah you can do this on Eevee as well but it usually takes additional subdivisions for some reason. Add a subdivision surface modifier and a displacement modifier to the plane, and use the height map as the texture in the displacement modifier. Lots of people have been asking this so I'll probably add it to the pinned comment.

[@kingkrustwilliams9378]

you should try the SSGI add on

[@teeambird2079]

When I change the colours on the color ramp connected to the math node the image stays black and white. Any idea why?

[@akeelahmed1287]

Great content!!! is there much difference between using principled volume vs mist pass? Or do they give same results? Thanks

[@MrStevenhogg]

does not work , when you put bump in the displacement panel it changes the nodes and stays flat

[@lachutedesign2421]

Thanks bro it's crazy !

[@huddy4088]

Hello, for the link, only 6 files show up and I don't know why, please help anyone have a great day!

[@seanlhil]

I may ask, where do u get the "add" node? I've been trying to look for that node anywhere in Blender...

[@PopNerdStudio]

You can add a math node a select the "add" function. The add node is not showing up for some people for some reason. I think it may be the version of Blender they're using.

[@seanlhil]

PopNerd 👍

[@roguehydra]

Soooo I have a hopefully easy question. If you planned on using a scene like this in an animation, at what scale would you want to model these things? I've always wanted to try to keep most of my work at 1:1 but that because a big problem at times when you go from a 1k x 1k block of terrain down to, say, a lab there that's maybe 10-20m across? I am generating my terrain procedurally using the base material's displacement (can't use a modifier as the noise is too tiny) and working with the experimental settings so I can use the adaptive subdiv to help keep my sanity.

[@PopNerdStudio]

Hey, I’m not too knowledgeable about this but from what I’ve heard, it’s usually a good idea to scale an object to the real world size of that object if possible. Personally, I haven’t noticed much of a difference, though

[@Duck3Dblender]

when downloading the maps, they download as a PNG file... am i doing something wrong?

[@thenewmap9124]

Thank you 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@bospas6664]

Any idea why the sun is casting much shadow? nit matter where I move the light it's the same. I also have cast shadows on.

[@Cryarm]

great.thanks.short and very usefull.keep it up

[@StarCourtesan]

Thank you much for this!!

[@robiharahaap]

best tutorial

[@philmprod]

There is no "Depth" in Render Layers, Blender 3,5 Where is it now ?

[@howmuchsugar565]

why do you have to add composite to view the atmosphere?

[@alexpaniello1966]

HEYYY, last one, u said shift and "+" but this command didnt work for me??? can u help me?

[@Jazmunday]

did u find it how it will work?

[@pixelricebowl]

@@Jazmunday hey I think the right shortcut is control+

[@IsakiMichi]

I can't figure out how to append. I have the file downloaded, but it doesn't show in the append screen

[@brothermalleus4525]

Love your tutorials ma man :D +1 Subscriber ;)

[@CharlesBlank]

I tried clicking the link to the space exploration and it doesn't work. Do you have a new link?

[@melodyyy7954]

1:31 it is not popping up for me like that....its just flat....plz someone help

[@elenatcherkas2650]

When you press "display render preview", it shows everything. If you are in a solid mode, it is flat.

[@melodyyy7954]

@@elenatcherkas2650 oh ok thank u!!!

[@aswin7529]

How do we use this in Evee

[@PopNerdStudio]

Through modifiers! Add a subdivision surface modifier and a displacement modifier, and use the height map as the texture in the displacement modifier.