The Key to Realism in Blender (or 3D)

[@KaizenTutorials]

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[@analogicparadox]

Rayan's post wasn't removed because it looked real, it was removed because all photorealistic posts must include a clay/viewport shot.

[@KaizenTutorials]

As far as I understood it got flagged by users too much and got auto-removed? But I could be wrong...

[@aegisgfx]

Reddit is just an idiotic place let's face it

[@gordonbrinkmann]

So isn't one of the points of showing clay/viewport shots from photorealistic posts to prove it was done in Blender and not perhaps just real? In a way this sounds as if it was removed because it looked real.

[@swapnil3990]

​@@gordonbrinkmann Of course it looks too real. When a work begins to even approach photorealism (say when people actually begin to take a while to realise it's CG or don't realise it at all), a clay render is necessary to erase those doubts. People won't take your artwork seriously if they can't be certain it was made in blender.

[@gordonbrinkmann]

@@swapnil3990 I never said anything different or doubted that. The original comment said it wasn't removed for looking too real, it was removed for not showing a clay render or viewport display. And that's what I meant and you affirmed in your answer: if it can be mistaken for real without a clay render, then Kaizen wasn't actually wrong in his video saying it was removed for looking too real, even though the given reason might be "technically" different.

[@designMoritz09]

I'm working on a film with a lot of artists and we want it to be as realistic as possible. Then this video came up and it helped a lot! The only problem we have is to get the real life proportions right and to model texture and rig realistic humans So this video supported our learning path a lot! Thank you very much and keep up the good work!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@monsterandmaster]

I've started to play with 3D like 6/7 years ago but I've just gone back to it recently. And I have to say that meanwhile after working in the filmaking world without knowing a lot more in 3D, my render are lot better. I think because I now know what I'm doing regarding camera and light setup. So yeah this is definitely a good starting point to have a great knowledge in cinematography and cameras.

[@KaizenTutorials]

That speaks volumes! Understanding these principles will make your art better!

[@mr.coffeecup1331]

Your videos really help on my 3d modeling path. Thank you! Keep on keeping on!

[@KaizenTutorials]

100%! Thanks!

[@xingyechrishu6382]

This is a so detailed and easy to understand tutorial. Good work!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you! 😊

[@Minyamoo]

This is perfect timing, i've just started rendering realistic environments! tysm for the video!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome, I wish you good luck! :-D

[@Minyamoo]

@@KaizenTutorials thanks kaizen :0

[@LJSheffRBLX]

Kaizen, cool video keep up the amazing work

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you, appreciate it!

[@Qhoorcaine]

i hope we can get more knowledge about compositing in blender, anyways good video !!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Probably at some point ill do a vid on this!

[@kosennn]

"Just take a camera, we do not longer need any kind of talent"

[@GENERIC-RICE]

ikr dude ive seen people argue saying using textures is not photorealism lol

[@KaizenTutorials]

Well…. Photoscans aren’t an allfix. Plus there’s merit in doing it manually too! Photoscans can be an easy solution, but doing it properly is still king in most scenarios.

[@kosennn]

​@@KaizenTutorials Yes of course, it is just not the way I want to do things but it exists :)

[@Benn25]

This is a solid sumup. Ive tried Photogrammetry a bit, but it is kind of hard if you want a really good result (polarized filters...). I may give a shot to this KIRI app, seems simple to use and fairly good.

[@KaizenTutorials]

It is hard if you want 100% accurately lit and good looking models. But honestly with overcast weather, 5 minutes of photos and a good phone camera the result is pretty incredible with KIRI!

[@McFly-qb2wr]

Great video, great account!!!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you!

[@mahutaproductions8498]

6:02 Hoi buurman, you are heard and felt...

[@nigellill3222]

Great tutorial & a huge subject that has so many chapters for 3d artists to learn about "realism" If I were to give upcoming 3d artists one piece of advise it would be "Draw what is there not what you think is there, stay focused on your reference & not your interpretation, it's the imperfections not the perfections that make a realistic image" Cheers 👍🏼🦘

[@KaizenTutorials]

Well said Nigel! Thanks!

[@nigellill3222]

@@KaizenTutorials Have a great weekend 🦘🍺

[@Asyuin]

Thank you. I like this ❤

[@radikalcreates]

About the Camera chapter. I've seen a lot of people try to mimic photorealism, but instead of staying in the true realistic setting, they choose to use settings which look "pleasing to the eye" such as increased chromatic aberration, too strong vignette or lens distortion, too strong grain etc. And not gonna lie, I was also using too cranked settings at first until I realized the renders actually look far better if those tiny details remain tiny and not amplified. All the points in this video matter A LOT, but I feel like the camera or "lens" settings should get so much more attention. When it comes to photoscanning, I've been using Polycam and ScandyPro. Polycam is a common pick because of how easy it is to use and I do love using it, but if possible, it's somewhat better to pick a tool / software that can utilize a phone's LiDar (that is in case the phone has LiDar). LiDar scanning uses tiny lasers that bounce back and feed info, it can actually be far more superior in terms of level of detail. Only downsides I've experienced so far are that LiDar is not on every device, mostly on newer devices (my iPhone 12 has it) and even if the phone might have it, it might only be on the front (selfie) camera so having to turn your phone away and not see where you're pointing it at is very uncomfortable.

[@KaizenTutorials]

I completely agree camera's deserve far more attention, but I also stand by my point of a simple camera can go a long way if the subject and lighting are on point! Maybe in the future 'll do a dedicated camera vid. As for the scanning; KIRI actually has LiDar scanning, available in the pro plan! Sadly my iPhone 15 doesn't have it, since i didnt get the pro verison.

[@radikalcreates]

@@KaizenTutorials You sure? Your phone uses LiDar when you want to open your phone with FaceID feature meaning you still have it, but probably only on the front camera like mine has. One of the reasons I want those Pro models is to get LiDar on the back camera.

[@thatsdeathshot]

Hi again! nice video as always

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hello you too! Thanks :-D

[@rockeystudio]

Bounce lighting technic was new to me, can you make small shorts on how to make it?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Maybe at some point.

[@llbsidezll]

The blurred feet was a choice

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yes. Yes it was.

[@edgeoftheuntimeworld]

1:27 I remember that moment :') It happens a lot when people forget to post their wireframe/clay. Most 3D subreddits have that "show the wireframe" rule to avoid that, but I guess some people don't read the rules and... Well, posts get deleted.

[@johannjomy8764]

the person actually did post the wireframe though

[@KaizenTutorials]

Haha yeah, so it seems!

[@edgeoftheuntimeworld]

@@johannjomy8764 Didn't the OP make another post with the wireframe after the original post got deleted? That's how I remember it, but it's been a few months so maybe I have a shitty memory. :'D

[@daveschwalbach3243]

I mean, not to jump on the bandwagon here, but this felt like a really long commercial for a scanning app. I get that sponsors help you bring us content, but that’s not what I was hoping this video would be about.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hmmm I'm sorry to hear you expected something else. I stand by the video concept, where photo scanning in general is part of a realism workflow, even if you don't use KIRI. KIRI is just the best app I've used out there, which is why I'm happy they were willing to sponsor the video. The overall concept and result would've been the same without it though.

[@PutineluAlin]

While I agree the model and material and lighting is the basics and if people would use less postprocessing effects and focus more on the fundamentals you will get close to photorealistic or the real subject invisible effect that you don't see in movies.

[@IvoPoetzsch]

A very informative video as a summary. It would be nice if you could explain the compositing part in more detail, for example. Unfortunately, this is not entirely clear from the summary. Or also interesting would be your approach how you transfer real camera properties to the Blender Camera

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks! Yeah a more indepth vid on those topics would be nice. In this case I wanted to keep it as an overview of the steps necessary for realism. As far the compositing part you can also check out my video on Cinematography (recent one) that goes into it a little more. This also sortof covers how to setup a camera and copying settings.

[@IvoPoetzsch]

@@KaizenTutorials Best Thx! I always searched on your channel on "Composit" :)

[@fiszu12]

Great material, thanks Kaizen. Do you recommend any free apps to scan rooms? I have tried polycam with some bad results and kiri, but free version limit doesn't allow to scan the whole room properly.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks! I'm not sure there's free apps to do that honestly.

[@Spindonesia]

so good

[@Nickcreations.i]

Very good video as usual

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks a lot!

[@in3432]

Amazing stuff, thanks

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you!

[@marionettemocap]

Fascinating 👀👏🏻👏🏻🤩

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks!

[@rickreative.3d]

Any tutorials coming up for the lamborghini racing shot shown in 0:14 ?

[@KaizenTutorials]

I wish, but that's not a project I made (nor could make lol)!

[@Albert_Riseal]

I really love realism, I'm a generalist, but recently more inclined to architecture and product design. Thank you

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks!

[@scpk2246]

Hi, can you please suggest a paid Hyper Realistic tutorial?

[@KaizenTutorials]

I'm not sure there really are any...

[@KrazeMotion-7]

Subbed for Zelda reference, hah!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Zelda is the best!

[@EyClaus]

0:12 - 0:16 where can I find more of these racetrack shots? Who did them? Love your cannel!

[@KaizenTutorials]

They're made by Piotr Tatar and you can find their work here; www.artstation.com/johnzi

[@hiteno]

Have some echo / reverb to match the tone. Great video tho.

[@KaizenTutorials]

What do you mean? Those are audio things right?

[@supernova5763]

0:53 can you please tell me whats the name of this song right here you used?

[@ScatterlingsOfAfrica]

10 points for the idea of holding your headset with a toilet paper tube ! 😅

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hahahaha it worked surprisingly well too! I also used to to uphold the bananas 😅

[@reliablespoon]

The key to realism is cutting corners!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Literally lol

[@aldb0309]

Can you share info about the footage in 0:14 ?

[@KaizenTutorials]

just look up lamborghini and the artists name and you'll find their project on ArtStation!

[@agyab3d]

some tips for future works❤

[@pronav_1]

5:33 no free feet pics? 😔

[@KaizenTutorials]

Only in the top tier Patreon sub ;-)

[@evensteben]

@@KaizenTutorials nooo! you missed at 6:26!

[@TianyiHu-sg4bm]

Does using models from blender kit for example work too instead of photoscanning, because sometimes the scanned models are blurred and not so high res

[@KaizenTutorials]

Ofcourse, using any super high quality model works. If your scans are blurry though you should try moving the camera in closer and making sure each photo is sharp and focused on the object!

[@TianyiHu-sg4bm]

@@KaizenTutorialsok thanks🎉

[@ChrisAirey1]

How do you take the underside of the objects?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Good question and something I should’ve mentioned. The answer id surprisingly simple; just flip the model. KIRI knows its the bottom and will use it to generate the underside!

[@Chris_Airey]

@@KaizenTutorials ah, sounds cool :)

[@luigii1456]

Hey cool video! Anyone knows where I can find high quality & free photoscans to download?

[@KaizenTutorials]

I think KIRI offers a weekly rotation of 4-5 free photoscans. Also Sketchfab has 1000’s.

[@mustafaRoya]

Misleading Title

[@KaizenTutorials]

🤔

[@bielzbiel9878]

5:33 W grippers blur

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hahaha thanks!

[@MRZEdits]

i think that the real problem is to achieve realism with humans. with some weeks of study, u can make photorealistic background with not many effort. but when u r going to humans... the thing is completely different.

[@KaizenTutorials]

That’s true. But then we should be talking about the uncanny valley. It’s a lot more intricate and complicated, both technically and psychologically!

[@MRZEdits]

@@KaizenTutorials yes! and tbh, I think we never had a vfx with the intuit to recreate a person entirely digital that doesn't have that uncanny valley feeling

[@KaizenTutorials]

I think theres a few renders that come really really close without the UV, but overall its still really hard to do yeah

[@MRZEdits]

@@KaizenTutorials some renders in unreal engine 5, and some games like hellblade 2 made a good job with realism and no UV, but its so rare, and you can still notice that its digital. I hope we can achieve the VFX that u cant distinguish if the human is real or not soon😭

[@kaizu4914]

The keys are dirt and dust + Agx + HDRI

[@srStinnky]

What’s Agx?

[@KaizenTutorials]

A color transform, currently the standard in Blender 4 and up. Especially using the Punchy profile nets nice results!

[@shahmuhammadaly]

your mic is not good or maybe your audio mixing is not correct it coming very cracky just a suggestion love your vide

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hmm ok ill look into it.

[@DixieDivision]

Why did you censor your feet

[@KaizenTutorials]

gotta pay for those on onlyfeets

[@blikblik5713]

May i know your pc spec ? For reference😊

[@KaizenTutorials]

RTX 4090, Ryzen 9 7900X, 63GB RAM and a MSI Tomahawk B650

[@Kirbywinson]

blurring the feet 😂

[@KaizenTutorials]

🤫🤫

[@osvg5956]

Wacht wat? In the Netherlands??

[@KaizenTutorials]

Jazeker de hypotheker

[@ramyissa20]

Just say "go purchase this sponsored app"

[@KaizenTutorials]

I could, but why would I? This video doesn't have as a purpose to have people download the app (it's free btw so no purchase necessary). The goal is to show people how to get better, more realistic, renders. KIRI contributes to that greatly. Other apps would too. I just prefer KIRI.

[@ramyissa20]

@@KaizenTutorials I'm not talking about the app itself, but the title doesn't really match the video. Like, 80% of the video is about the app. I’m not trying to be rude I usually like your videos. But this one felt like clickbait, and I hope you don’t follow Smeaf's path with big titles and empty videos.

[@KaizenTutorials]

@@ramyissa20 Ok, thanks for the feedback!

[@GENERIC-RICE]

@@ramyissa20 Dude, kiri is a godsend all the other photoscan apps on android either work like sheit or put you behind a paywall for download i used kiri once with a really bad android it worked flawlessly promotion is neccacary for small companies like this to stay free for the masses.

[@user-rg2dz2nu6l]

Wait what, are you Dutch😂😂 Never knew that

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yep 🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@z.o.m.u.l.z.o.m.u.l]

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[@saidul02]

Light camera action, why trying giving new name.

[@KaizenTutorials]

because it can help people understand concepts sometimes

[@pdbsstudios7137]

can i have a donut?

[@KaizenTutorials]

🍩

[@naodmulu1080]

after-all scanning your model won't make your confidence realistic , that's the issue here.

[@KaizenTutorials]

That’s true! But it does help honestly, because it takes away the stress of having to achieve that level of quality via modeling.

[@erni003]

one big product. some time ago I found some tips here, tutorials, but now I only see places where I have to spend money to be better. I know I should invest in myself and I'm doing that to improve my skills. Your channel used to carry content, now it only carries a message not to look here. bye

[@KaizenTutorials]

This is a free app. Tyvm 👋

[@VíctorAlonsoGonzález-n1w]

Came here for the feet. Left disapointed.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Feet are only available for members at $19,99.

[@климпашковский-ж6ц]

y u blurred ur feet? 😂

[@KaizenTutorials]

you gotta pay that $50 a month sub on onlyfeets ;-)

[@Siansonea]

You should see a doctor about those blurry feet. 😆

[@KaizenTutorials]

😂😂

[@khairo.ben1]

3:25 photo scam

[@KaizenTutorials]

photoscan*

[@MagodosFrames]

Blurred feet...

[@KaizenTutorials]

lol

[@blender_boy]

Why t heck you are bluring you feet

[@KaizenTutorials]

Wouldn't want people selling my feet pics now would I? ;-) Jk, just for shits 'n giggles.

[@blender_boy]

@@KaizenTutorials 🤣🤣🤣

[@blender_boy]

Love this bro

[@ScatterlingsOfAfrica]

Maybe Jesse is actually a hobbit 🤔

[@KaizenTutorials]

@@ScatterlingsOfAfrica where my short kings at? 👌🏻

[@oorelash]

first to comment

[@KaizenTutorials]

Love to see it!

[@IamAshishChauhan]

This guy just highlited 10-15 % advantage rather than 80% disadvantages of photoscaning. Title is very misleading in many aspects. Bad video for sake of promoting a cool app.

[@HONjramiroz98]

Shut up man, the man knows his craft

[@KaizenTutorials]

Ofcourse there's tons of disavantages to photoscanning, but who cares if the result is there? I wasn't making a video about creating assets for games, proper topology, uv unwrapping, etc. I just showed a quick and easy way to up your realism in Blender.

[@IamAshishChauhan]

In the history of youtube the Title "Key to Realism in Blender" means something else.... something meaningful, if you know. This is one of the click bait video on youtube, that will misdirect the audience and will reduce your channel popularity.

[@HONjramiroz98]

@@KaizenTutorials keep it up! Don’t worry about useless comments! I appreciate your work man!

[@HONjramiroz98]

@@IamAshishChauhan I’ll rewatch the video hoping it helps the channel! If you support him let’s rewatch fam!

[@UselesstutoriaIs]

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