How To Make Crazy Renders With Easy Geometry Nodes

In this video I'll show you how to make complex renders with a very basic geometry nodes setup. You can also use a hair particle system, but you might have to mess around with the rotation of things to get it to line up right, though it can work basically the same.
I showed the simple geometry nodes setup I used here, however here is a more in depth guide on that if you aren't familiar with this:
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[@explosionimplosion4679]

At 8:53, blender uses radians, which means a full turn is 360deg = 2π ≈ 6.28. This means that to snap to the nearest sixth of a rotation you need 6.28/6 ≈ 1.047, you stumbled upon 2π/3 which is about 2.094

[@maxhayart]

Thank you 🙌

[@deviantvision4995]

@@maxhayart and I think you can type “2 pi/6” in the sliders as well

[@stormycatmink]

@@deviantvision4995 You can even get simpler! 'tau' is defined as a full circle in radians, so you could go 'tau/6' tooo.

[@ChrisTay229]

Could you not also just convert the unit into radians and go from there?

[@vextormull]

Yes to all

[@TheDucky3D]

Thanks for the shout out dude!

[@zteir]

Ayyy the legend himselffff

[@abiyyupanggalih854]

yooo

[@jamaglaqui3912]

Hi max and thanks for the cool tutorial. I am still somewhat a blender beginner and I think it would be cool if you display the keys while you're doing stuff in blender. It would really help beginners to see what the tutor is doing and how they're doing it. I know some people do it with step-by-step tutorials but it would also help with tutorials like this. Thank you!

[@JUSTMANUPMOTIVATION]

Yeah you just need to download an add on for that or an app

[@drlou417]

bro fucking same i have litreally no idea what hes doing in these 5 seconds at 3:36, im completly lost. This is the 4th tutorial that i need to skip cuz i have absolutly no idea what the tutor is doing

[@redpepper74]

@@drlou417 apply scale: ctrl+A > scale select all vertices: edit mode > 1 > A uv cube projection: U > cube projection

[@XEROXAYUKI]

@@drlou417 i found out seeing some of his other videos that he said "Press U to do cube projection".

[@Akidasta]

@@redpepper74 dude your a life saver thank you so much

[@janferber]

This is the kind of tutorial we need. Just an inspirational idea where you can start from and go crazy. Love it

[@Soulsphere001]

This idea really allows for a lot of alien environments that wouldn't make much sense in the real world but would look great in an art piece or a video game.

[@LOLO_FILM_MEDIA]

I can hear the excitement in your voice, that’s what being a true artist is about being open minded and keeping things simple. I know my way around blender but it was hard for me to even get a foundation sometimes. Cool video 🔥

[@FM_MC]

i found your channel earlier today and you're already my favorite blender channel by a mile. keep it up man

[@alexberry3597]

Same happened to me a few weeks ago.

[@nathanowens7019]

i love your tutorials, quick, simple, easy to follow, and well spoken. would you consider activating the key-input display that shows what button(s) are being pressed? i'm still new and don't know all the shortcuts quite yet - like for creating cuts in the meshes. great video again

[@Jordbein]

bruh they are so hard to follow he doesnt even show how to unwrap or do any of that shit omgg im getting so angry

[@nathanowens7019]

@@Jordbein after watching this video I went and just learned shortcuts and tried applying them to a very basic scene. coming back, it's a lot easier to follow after having more experience. I'd say his stuff is great as it compresses what someone else could explain in 30 minutes down to 10 minutes. wish he would show or explain the key-presses though

[@kiyu3229]

​@@Jordbeinif you are a total begginer then this is not for you

[@maulmemes]

Hey. Thanks for the tutorial. It was a blast to follow through! One thing though, how do I convert the random columns I've made into a permanent mesh? I want to be able to export the model I've made, but it only exports the four base columns that I use for my random generator.

[@ExoticCrickett]

Damn, you're the guy i was looking for. I'm gonna definitely learn everything from every video u have

[@samotrololol200]

Appreciate how straight to the point you are! thx for the tips!

[@sharathudupas]

How do you get the water? Really amazing tutorial and you get straight to the point.

[@SumNumber]

The final looked great . :O)

[@lowaimnobrain]

Oh cool, the user library feature actually properly works now? I remember checking it out on 3.0 but it had huge amounts of problems when i tested it. Really nice water you've got there. Is it public at all?

[@w1zardbeard101]

Dope man, love it. Any chance of a water tutorial/what asset you used for that?

[@riflex9424]

How you got this render preview window on bot right of your screen ?

[@lights6040]

did you found out?

[@S.H8299]

I'll never understand Geometry Nodes Lmao thanks for the video 😁

[@yusufalikacan5614]

Hi guys, at 6:40 my collection info is not working and a exclamation mark at collection info. on the error "collection contains object current" . edit: guys i fix it. but i will not delete this comment. solve is, however when i created a plane is automaticly in at "stuff" collection, when i change the collection of plane the problem is solved.

[@brandy1999]

Keystrokes on screen very needed

[@david-fl9cy]

watching a pro work is like watching a magician, he waves his arms a bit and matter just appears out of thin air. thanks for the vid Max!

[@justalex4214]

So much valuable information in just one video, well done!

[@cgastonished]

MAN THATS CRAZY

[@huleeb]

Always picking up tips from your videos, really well done!

[@breakplays]

challenge: try not doing all the things he say "it doesnt matter" to

[@tanksear]

Thanks for the great tutorial! Have you gone through your startup file anywhere? I'd be interested to see what default camera/world settings you're using.

[@Akidasta]

Anyone know how to get that small rendered view window that Max has on the right side of his screen? I can't find any tutorials online to get it. Thanks!

[@callmetyco1879]

It might be a plugin but what I did was: Click on the camera > click viewport display dropdown > make sure 'passepartout' is checked and turn the value to 1. You can then right click the top menu, hit 'show header'. IDK how to remove the axis on the top right for only the window though. Its not exactly the same but does help a little bit

[@markokovacevic3225]

awesome stuff as always, dude!

[@BadejoOlatuiyi]

It looks like the fortress of solitude 😀

[@XEROXAYUKI]

Where can i get the water asset you used here? looks cool

[@mohsinali03]

Can you make a video on how you make your water ? I've been trying to make some good water for a while now but it always turns out to be kinda weird.

[@marlonmartires4927]

Yes please

[@Basiin]

at 12.20 you can see his water material, a musgrave texture and a bump node into normal

[@srijana6016]

nope at first you can notice he had mix shaders at that object .so it wont be water shader nodes

[@YakOfArt]

@@srijana6016 yeah it's the Musgrave into the bsdf that goes into volume and then something else w the mix shader that goes into surface. It's an asset so there's definitely more to it. He's probably gonna sell it or make a video about it sooner or later.

[@Mrflippyfloop]

he covers this in this tutorial kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp3Yg4CNhM6UrdE

[@virajanimation]

Damn, A Heaven For Beginners !! Can Someone Clarify My Doubt On How Did He Bought Down That Water Surface, Just 5 Days Into Blender So Don't Know That Much :( Thanks In Advance

[@piyush11thsecb53]

my stuffs are not scatter while scaling up

[@Heddrick]

Would you mind explaining what separate children, reset children and pick instance does and why its required to tick them on? I respect what Ducky does, but I appreciate how you explain things. Cheers!

[@Greatest.p]

anybody else had this video in the background and thought it was shroud talking about 3d?

[@YakOfArt]

😂

[@sckanner]

Thanks a Lot for sharing tour knowledge wish to see you on heaven. So follow Christ. Greetings from Dominican republic 🇩🇴

[@hemanthsatyendravilluri4799]

Really cool! It's unbelievable how simple it is after you explained! Can you please say how to do that water shader?

[@eclairesrhapsodos5496]

But can you export instances from geometry nodes in alembic?

[@gojosatoru988]

What about your water material? How you get that realistic looking water?

[@prstudios97]

Its looks like hell they made in Lucifer netflix series

[@vexor1819]

video is "called how to" but you doing it soo fast and using keybinds some ppl never seen that no way somebody will know how to do this, video should have tittle "look what i made, and good luck doing this"

[@No1Idle]

Thanks for the great tutorial, just a curiosity, what is the right bottom panel in you setup, it is like the camera view?

[@vexor1819]

how did you selected by 1 click all faces on top cilinder and then used extrude region and muve i dont have this option nowhere

[@solaraproject3614]

My guy! What Processor and GPU are you using in this Video?

[@designmantra77]

Can you use animated moving objects instead??

[@Cases777]

at 2:31 im getting the same result the inset faces in land scape how did you make them in portrait? i have been stuck at that :p

[@captaincoreylewis]

I am days new to Blender and was having the same issue as well! Turns out that as you modify an original object, the Scale values eventually are altered and can lead to awkward behavior. Max showed a quick glimpse of the Apply window but I wasn't quite sure what he did with it, why he pulled it up, or even how... Till now. To fix this, first, I suggest you take note of your object's Scale values in the right sidebar Transform window when the "Item" tab is active (Shortcut "N" to toggle visibility). This way you can see the before/after values. To reset an object's Scale values, while in Object Mode, select object > CTRL/CMD + A > choose "Scale" in the Apply window. And voilà!!!! You have reset your Scale values and now the Inset tool in Edit mode should work as intended. I'm not quite sure if this neat trick has its tradeoffs but so far, it's working for me. I like when issues like this happen because then you get to learn valuable tips to fix them. Keep Blendering Sankalp!!! 😁

[@LawsOnJoystick]

please put the short cuts you are using on screen for future content

[@zeynepslasahin2153]

thank you for speaking fast. I didn't have to speed this up

[@pierinopierini]

When I distribute the pillars on the points they get all of the same height why is that? pls someone?

[@karsonchristensen8045]

youre modeling way to fast for a beginner :(

[@AWetPanda]

How would we make water like that though

[@ghoul3d]

so how do you do the skull at the end is it a texture displacement?

[@jakelatimer4097]

sick man your tips are top notch, do you mind quickly running through your water material?

[@mesozoicfauna]

You speak like elon musk 😂😂😂

[@purabmishra7194]

I guess he has a NASA pc with that rendering time

[@adityanellikeri]

can anyone help me how to get the below right panel ? the rendered region!

[@kemocha9919]

How do you set up a render preview on your bottom right coner?

[@HubertKnoblauch3DContentOnline]

thanks Max/

[@johnwolte4874]

Anyone know if theres a way to get all the towers to start on the floor instead of having them floating at different heights? Any help appreciated

[@shreyasbagul7165]

every one is having problems in insert faces

[@Vryformal]

thats insane

[@R3DBLAZE]

Gigachad Max

[@nito9160]

umm why my plane pillars gets so fat ?

[@vatrix472]

It´s incredible to see how skilled you are in blender. Very good job man :)

[@chumcool]

Unwrap with a CUBE Projection? Isnt that what it already is? Did I miss Something?

[@chumcool]

NEVERMIND

[@AtrusDesign]

Basically old technic of the world, distribute objects on a surface/other object… nice result on your renders, nothing new but the video is well done, you could grow.

[@pauljarvis5384]

Ducky is a legend

[@VictorBosich]

This is FREAKING FUUUUUUN

[@kodeth5200]

You won me just by mentioning ducky 3D .. that dude is underrated.. blenderguru is terrible and now you.. you actually seem interesting.. gonna sub!!

[@emiliomunoz5628]

Is this with cycles or with eevee?

[@Feffog]

i havnt picked blender up ye in me editing escapades but fake post industial bump map render art now that, is an off color flavor i can appreciate someooen savoring, weird thats rich coming from a guy who literally themes his shit off distortion.

[@bedoramadan9928]

what is your specs please ?

[@VIP-ov1qo]

A water tutorial would be nice!

[@solairessun]

As much as I love seeing your face mate, it might be better to not do that considering I have no idea what you're doing when you work on the tools behind your face cam. Maybe make room where you won't use anything in the space so that we know exactly what's going on please.

[@duzzeverything]

how howw bro, a you Fbi , wizard. what i need to do to get skills like yours?

[@cordyvisuals]

is there a way i can distribute points to a mesh i made from an svg because when I try nothing shows up

[@kiranp7047]

dont know where i went wrong i cant bevel my object by using modifier

[@Zombie_13x33]

When you first started making the shape you made a lighthouse in like 30 seconds. It would have taken me an hour lol.

[@marinamaximchuk4859]

Hi! I really don t know what to say!! Incredibly cool!! THank you very much!!!

[@NJPrefer505]

Hello, I am beginner and I have question at 6:39 every building Rassemblement in one place I created another collection for buildings also and I don't have problem in Geometry Nodes to what can I do?

[@TravisRayLive]

Hide your webcam or find a better place for it. Blocking UI components makes it harder to see what's going on. Otherwise, great tut, thanks for sharing.

[@Zertox3D]

10:15 never tried putting volume in a water shader. Makes so much sense!

[@jmdenisme]

I need that material haha

[@algodude8713]

@@jmdenisme he made a video on that now: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ3Ri6ybg6d8nK8

[@hilaindie]

great tutorial but where can you download the sea you used to compose the scene can help with that

[@addison8078]

You have mad skills. Thanks for the video

[@BBennie444]

Love the videos learning alot from your content!

[@SpieleSuchti894]

shoutout to ducky3d

[@chasep-g2123]

Any idea why the render view is bright and white? its all dark and grey for me.

[@ItsJessEdits]

when im at the geometry nodes portion of the video, and I try connecting my collection as the instance in the 'instance to points' node, it adds more of my structures to the collection area, not to the spot where the plane is. Any idea why? The plan isn't in that collection, so i'm a little confused. And all scales/transforms are applied.

[@kirkanos771]

"instance on points" is different than "instance to points".

[@deniselisboa1]

you could've done this in your frantic 10 minute render video 😂 OR you could try this on another frantic 10 minute render video in the future heheheh

[@Vfxbynikhil]

it's 3am rn! i'm watching maxhay W inspiration thanks again :))

[@Tomahawk473]

Great vid! How do you get this white background in render view in the viewport? Just can’t get it to work.

[@옴뇸뇸-d2g]

Please tell me how to set up your camera. Your camera angle and view are beautiful

[@ahmednb6599]

first ty so much bro ur a king for these tutorials sec, please can u make a water tutorial like the one u used in this video and tnx again

[@SUBSCRIBER-y5x]

thanks...... for giving blender knowledge.....

[@malissimo43]

can you increase the interface +0.5 please ?

[@Patryk-wm6wc]

what is the shortcut for "display as" ?

[@SUBSCRIBER-y5x]

thanks...... for giving blender knowledge.....

[@unknownBoy85lover]

You are great dude 😎 thank you for sharing your experiences with us.what the stunning renders you got in channel ❤ so PROud

[@scott_itall8638]

and I'm here cant event delete the default cube 😅.

[@kirkanos771]

Dont, it will become your water

[@brahimlancas8960]

that cool but can u curve it, i mean make it follow curve

[@goligoncalves386]

Nice❤