How to Light your Space Scenes - Blender Star Wars

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[@yespeace]

As someone who tried to replicate this lighting dozens of times, this is just perfect, thank you very much!

[@HobbitVFX]

No problem!

[@TheOfficialFivervex]

i'm proud of you for saying Slave 1

[@LarsLeonhard]

I am new to Blender and one of the things I find particularly mind-boggling when I watch these kinds of how-to videos is the use of nodes. How does one know which node to add and where to attach them where there are so many options and combinations? It seems a little difficult to comprehend when starting out..

[@HobbitVFX]

yeah it was rlly quite difficult for me starting out aswell, but I'm 3yrs in now, so I have a decent understanding of nodes, even tho I haven't tried to master them. Theres great tutorials online taking u step by step through the very basics, if U stick at it, you'll be able to create whatever u want

[@kronos548]

2 years in myself, after a bit you start to figure out what does what, my advise is when watching tutorials think about the "why" your doing certain things with the nodes, and try and pick up bits here and there you can use in your own projects

[@_stanfx]

This is so far the greatest lighting idea for me. Thank you very much for this video and other helpful tutorials on your channel :)

[@HobbitVFX]

Thank you!

[@MoviesRemastered]

That model looks beautiful. Good work, mate.

[@HobbitVFX]

Thank you!

[@dannybouchard4140]

Thanks mate, great technique. Always struggled for space scene lights but not anymore!!

[@HobbitVFX]

Have fun! If u make anything with it I’d love to see it

[@user-cx2xt2dg9i]

This technique is amazing! Thank you for sharing this!

[@HobbitVFX]

Thanks!

[@jdntrucker]

I wish I had money and wasnt on the edge of financial collapse. You deserve to be paid for this. Thank you for the downloads. And when I am able I WILL be donating.

[@HobbitVFX]

Much appreciated

[@juanpaicho]

Thanks. Nice tutorial

[@dzomlamasina1560]

wow...With noise texture you make stars..just blown my mind...

[@leekolb2027]

Perfect, thanks!

[@ryananderson5340]

Excellent

[@HobbitVFX]

Thanks!

[@urmcchromez9426]

Would love to see how you did the hyperspace exit scenes with the effect too

[@HobbitVFX]

Yeah I’ll try to do that one in the future, I’ll be making a blaster fire one next tho

[@salesskywalker3716]

Awesome video bro

[@HobbitVFX]

Thanks!

[@Productionbrikfilm]

Amazing, i love ur chanel! I used a quite similar shader but i try this one with the brightness node after the sky

[@HobbitVFX]

Thank you! Hope it helps

[@Productionbrikfilm]

@@HobbitVFX btw what hardware do u use? (gpu cpu ram?)

[@HobbitVFX]

@@Productionbrikfilm apologies for not seeing this sooner, I use RTX 2070, i5 9600 and 16Gb ram

[@Productionbrikfilm]

@@HobbitVFX no pb man. Thks for anserwing

[@abangedit8404]

LOVE THE TUTS

[@HobbitVFX]

Thanks!

[@alejandrogarciajuarez7458]

Hey Awesome video!! Can you do a tutorial showing how you do the planets look so good!?

[@HobbitVFX]

Thanks! I’ll do a planet tutorial at some point

[@kettlechippys2668]

Great shader idea, I think using a procedural shader is a good idea for the control you get over lighting, Not great for animation just because of the resolution of the procedural map due to the render time, AMD graphics cards so results vary

[@HobbitVFX]

I use it in all my animations, works great so far

[@kettlechippys2668]

@@HobbitVFXAwesome, your stuff rivals some of the movies

[@HobbitVFX]

Thanks a lot!

[@andrewdeltoro6770]

can we get a tutorial on the compositing?

[@blackout6417]

Hi, how did you convert star destroyer from .MAX format to blender?

[@DereC519]

was wondering if any of this could be done in eevee as my pc isnt good enough to do cycles rn :(

[@HobbitVFX]

Sorry I don’t have any experience with eevee, only cycles, I’m sure someone else has the solution out there, just keep on learning! Best of luck

[@DereC519]

@@HobbitVFX kk

[@Woqqs]

Two years late lol, but do you know if there is a way to vary the color of each star? I'm trying to have a mix of blue and white stars. Also do you know if you can change the size of the stars?

[@takesthreetospillthetea5151]

Can you also do a tutorial on hyperspace jumps? I want to see ships jump in and out. 99% of tutorials only do the effect, but not the jump.

[@HobbitVFX]

It’s really just a matter of key framing the ship very far away and then key framing the ship near the camera a couple of frames later

[@takesthreetospillthetea5151]

@@HobbitVFX Thanks for the tip

[@DigitalImageWorksVFX]

You don't have to do this "Bright/Contrast" thing if you want to remove an atmosphere. Just put 0 in "Air" and "Ozone" parameters - there will be only sun and black sky left after that.

[@HobbitVFX]

Great to know, thanks

[@samsoren3684]

Did you model that destroyer yourself or get us somewhere? It’s gorgeous!

[@HobbitVFX]

Thank you, we got the model from here - scifi3d.com/2021/07/star-wars-ultimate-vehicles-pack/ Its the Imperial Star Destroyer - Imperator by Ansel Hsiao (Fractalsponge), possibly in part 1 of the download. It's the star destroyer

[@R-ya_Productions]

Thanks so much for your video! Though I am having trouble trying to get the star field to work. Whenever I add the noise texture and the color ramp, only the model seems to change and the environment remains the same. I am in world nodes as well. Is there something you think I'm missing?

[@HobbitVFX]

There a link in the description to download the world shader, maybe try and compare it with that. Other than that maybe make sure your using the light path node correct, I’m not what exactly what’s the cause here

[@R-ya_Productions]

@@HobbitVFX Yeah that's what I ended up doing. I couldn't figure it out so I just appended a model into the shader file. Thanks so much for your reply!

[@constantchialli9548]

Thank you very much for the video, it's very clear ! It seems however that the download link for the Star Destroyer model is no longer working. Would you mind sharing the file with a new link ? Thank you in advance

[@HobbitVFX]

I believe you'll find it here scifi3d.com/2021/07/star-wars-ultimate-vehicles-pack/ Its the Imperial Star Destroyer - Imperator by Ansel Hsiao (Fractalsponge), possibly in part 1 of the download. It's the star destroyer

[@HobbitVFX]

pic you see the back not the front.

[@kapikoyli]

🤩🤩🤩

[@HobbitVFX]

Thanks!

[@freestylemixes25]

In mine the sky texture says Nishita is not available so is not working??

[@HobbitVFX]

maybe you are on eevee?

[@freestylemixes25]

@@HobbitVFX ohh yes I was 💀 yea thanks

[@salesskywalker3716]

I have one dumb question: At 2:00 how do you instantaneously connect the blueprints?

[@HobbitVFX]

Make sure u have the node wrangler add on turned on, and ctrl +shift click

[@jamesrawlings4471]

Heya, not about the video but was hoping you could help. I tried using the Venator model but when I import it, it has no texture or colours on it and I can’t figure out how to get em back, any help?

[@HobbitVFX]

U can download the .blend of the venator model, that comes with the textures all in place

[@nighpaw4651]

This is great and shit But damn my pc is a pretty good pc and it takes way longer to load on cycles when moving the camera especially with the denoising, even with very simple scenes

[@HobbitVFX]

Thanks, what specs do u have?

[@nighpaw4651]

@@HobbitVFX not sure, my knowledge with pcs isn't the best but I'll try to see

[@takesthreetospillthetea5151]

The ISD model link no longer works, can you update it?

[@HobbitVFX]

www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/space/spaceship/venator-class-star-destroyer

[@kingtesty4331]

Where did you get the star ship from?

[@HobbitVFX]

Thank you, we got the model from here - scifi3d.com/2021/07/star-wars-ultimate-vehicles-pack/ Its the Imperial Star Destroyer - Imperator by Ansel Hsiao (Fractalsponge), possibly in part 1 of the download. It's the star destroyer

[@salesskywalker3716]

One more question: Where do I download ISD lights?

[@HobbitVFX]

I added all the lights myself, over 600 hand placed

[@jamesrawlings4471]

I followed it step b step but none of the lighting section worked, the star field bit did however

[@HobbitVFX]

Make sure ur in cycles, also there’s a download to the correct node graph

[@tallielintra4177]

How long does it generally take for you to render a scene with this?

[@HobbitVFX]

It rlly depends what’s in the scene, but I can probably get most space scenes below 2 mins each frame

[@DereC519]

I keep getting the "sun disc not available" error, any help?

[@HobbitVFX]

Maybe your on eevee instead of cycles?

[@kaleabspica8437]

why does the sun disappear when i use in camera light path

[@HobbitVFX]

Maybe you need to switch the order of inputs? I think I also wanted the sun to disappear in this one if I remember correctly, so you might have to alter it if you don’t want that to happen

[@kaleabspica8437]

@@HobbitVFX just couldnt find a method.

[@julienimp8213]

Hey, I just installed Blender for this because I am just trying to play around with the shader. I opened it, imported the ISD model from Fractal but when I press on the globe in the right corner to switch from like the model view to render preview to see the shader it crashes immediately. I launched it on a fresh install, do I have to switch up some settings or should I switch onto another version? Totally fine if you don't know but I thought why not ask. Cheers mate

[@HobbitVFX]

Hey, what’s ur pc specs, that might be something to do with it, also make sure ur in cycles rendered mode and not eevee. Other than that I’m not too sure, get back to me if these things don’t work

[@julienimp8213]

@@HobbitVFX got an RTX 2070 and and an i7 8700 I believe, so not to sure if that is the problem. I'll look if I'm on Eevee after work or not, thank you!

[@HobbitVFX]

I have an rtx 2070 aswell, make sure to enable gpu mode at devices and go into edit->preference>system, the click on optix and only select ur gpu, it may also be the version of blender u are using, is it a stable release?

[@julienimp8213]

@@HobbitVFX Enabling the GPU mode did the trick! Awesome, thank you so much!! And yeah, it is a stable release :)

[@HobbitVFX]

@@julienimp8213 awesome, have fun!

[@martinholmes954]

Bro, this is a good tutorial, but I can't download the star destroyer, can you fix it?

[@HobbitVFX]

I believe you'll find it here scifi3d.com/2021/07/star-wars-ultimate-vehicles-pack/ Its the Imperial Star Destroyer - Imperator by Ansel Hsiao (Fractalsponge), possibly in part 1 of the download. It's the star destroyer

[@LarsLeonhard]

I saw you mentioned you had a RTX 2070... I got one as well (specifically RTX 2070 SUPER). How well does it fare in Blender and animations?

[@HobbitVFX]

I find it pretty good for what I need, obviously there is much faster cards now, but if u can optimize ur scenes well enough it can do quite alot

[@LarsLeonhard]

@@HobbitVFX Thanks for letting me know :) I hope to do small short animations to put on KZbin next year.. if I can learn fast enough and be efficient with my time..

[@DEADALEK]

Is there anything simular for eveee?

[@HobbitVFX]

Sorry I haven’t used eevee much

[@wilhelmeniabilliedoherty5917]

I can't seem to get the stars to show up, the background stays black (or white if I mess with the color ramp) but no stars and no noise texture at all. I have them all set up and plugged in *exactly* like yours, I checked over and over and even deleted them all and tried again a few times. I've gotta be missing something, but I don't know what and it's killin' me. Any advice?

[@HobbitVFX]

The first thing that comes to mind is that u might be in eevee instead of cycles? If that isn’t it, a screenshot of the problem and node setup would be great

[@wilhelmeniabilliedoherty5917]

@@HobbitVFX I think my replies are failing to send, or getting deleted, every time I include an image link. Do you have a public email I could reach you at?

[@HobbitVFX]

[e-mail]

[@Unkoyummy]

I opened the rink of stardestroyer,But "404 Page Not Found" was displayed.

[@HobbitVFX]

www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/space/spaceship/venator-class-star-destroyer

[@Nominatedd]

When I click on the link "star destroyer" 404 Page Not Found pops up. I've seen the links you commented on other people but when I click on those links, It's not the star destroyer in the video. Is there another link to a star destroyer that you used in the video?

[@HobbitVFX]

I believe you'll find it here scifi3d.com/2021/07/star-wars-ultimate-vehicles-pack/ Its the Imperial Star Destroyer - Imperator by Ansel Hsiao (Fractalsponge), possibly in part 1 of the download. The picture of the back of the SD

[@BlueEtherium]

Does anyone know where else i can find the star destroyer model since the link doesn't work anymore

[@HobbitVFX]

I think they might have moved it here scifi3d.com/category/3d-models/

[@BlueEtherium]

@@HobbitVFX Yes it's there thanks

[@MaddistonCommunityChurch]

You’ve really improved your audio,!!

[@HobbitVFX]

😏

[@PaulWilliams-wj7rv]

hi love your stuff I'm been trying to make my animation more cinematic like yours. are you going to do any tutorials on how you did some of you animation's like Slave 1 or star destroyer ? take a look at my page any feed back or help greatly appreciated cheers

[@HobbitVFX]

Hi Paul, thanks alot, Ive created tutorials on how I light my space scenes and how to make ship animations, these are what I do in every space project, but sometimes more advanced. You have some nice animations on your channel, although im not too familiar with non star wars sci-fi, they're really cool anyways. I am right in saying that your using eevee, I would suggest trying to use cycles for far better lighting results, also try not to track the camera to a single point on a ship, it looks far more appealing if its not, best of luck!

[@milkyhuman5644]

Any ideas how to replicate this in 3.0?

[@HobbitVFX]

Would just be the exact same I assume

[@milkyhuman5644]

@@HobbitVFX Yeah, sorry, but after updating blender to 3.0 it changed my node setup for some reason. Mix node after hsv was set to be black and I didn't notice it.

[@shattleStudio]

There is one huge problem if u plan use this method for animation - from some camera angles u will see a giant white-orange-red something that actually add the light in the scene but looks really disqasting and this fact cut a couple of angles...sad.

[@salesskywalker3716]

I'll just shut the f*** up if you answer one more dumb question: In terms of those animations with planets like A new Hope beginning Would you recommend to make a 3d model of a planet or use an image in blender of that Planet? Thanks for your time and keep doing awesome animations

[@HobbitVFX]

I’m more than happy to answer questions here in comments, will probably help out others aswell! As for the question, it depends on the shot, generally I’ll make the planet in 3d then render it out and import it back in as an image, to save a lot on render times, u can see I did this with kylo ren travels to korriban animation, obviously if ur viewing it from more than 1 angle in the same shot, then it needs to be 3d

[@activeslothproductions-bey3603]

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[@HobbitVFX]

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