Tutorial: Making a Physics-Based FPV Camera Rig in Blender

[@ShantanuAryan67]

You can also add positive force field to the trees so your drone auto avoids crashing into them

[@Polyfjord]

Omg amazing!!! That’s a fantastic idea

[@semydev]

You don’t know how much this helped me for my project!

[@NezarecSh]

I've been using blender for the past 5 years and I can say I'm pretty good at it. Yet somehow, I ALWAYS learn something new from your videos, no matter what. Your workflow is incredibly creative, I adore it ❤

[@WW_Studios]

Same!! So good!!!

[@glitchpulver1337]

I have been keyframing cameras to make this effect before, taking me hours of tweaking. This is a gamechanger! THANK YOU 💥

[@epicawesomesauceguy]

ah man, this is a perfect addition to the "The Photorealism Mindset: What About The Physical Camera?" speech you did. insane stuff

[@Polyfjord]

Thanks!! Yes it was supposed to come out around the same time, but I got hit with a cold right after bcon :(

[@DenimPirate]

The "Smudge mask" making you laugh is hilarious, so glad you kept that in 😄

[@cstskater1345]

Saying this as an fpv racer. This looks quite convincing. Awesome work

[@Polyfjord]

Nice!! I'm glad to hear that

[@ych7064]

Needs a little camera banking at turns, don't you think? Nevertheless, an awesome tutorial especially building in all those 'imperfections' to make it so real.

[@cstskater1345]

Well it looks like right out of gyroflow with horizon lock enabled

[@limaplay7142]

@@ych7064 i think so too

[@newrockboy1553]

Finally, I've wondering how i could do this after watching you showcase this in your Photorealism presentation at the Blender Conference. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@pranavk2888]

The camera movement is Just so Amazing that using a rigid body and force field in a blender is such An Amazing Trick It's just hyper-realistic!

[@ljam0786]

There is no way this comes out at this time. This came out perfectly timed for me! I've been looking for somthing like this for so long! THANK YOU

[@youssefsameh27abdelfadil22]

The level of realism is out of this world 🌎

[@aaronwaldschmidt]

This is such a brilliant idea! For anyone looking to get more control over the FPV cam's direction, I found that you can add a second "track to" constraint to your camera and essentially blend between the two constraints. This helped me set up an FPV cam that orbits around a hero subject while staying focused on the subject rather than the path ahead.

[@Polyfjord]

@@aaronwaldschmidt nice!!

[@AdrianChazz]

Man, you just gotta love his Blender gameplays... Polyfjord enjoys himself so much doing this.

[@Shattered3582]

what i love about this method is how flexible it is. i will try out the example first, but i can really see myself using this for other camera shots as well. i am a blender noob and i love how your videos are a more trial and error style tutorial, which gives some trouble shooting practice.

[@davvud8629]

wow this is absolutely brilliant! I always watch these tutorials even after 3 years in 3D, always something to learn!

[@imaginaryking5276]

The more i follow your tutorial, the more my computer cry for help, yet your work is so good i can't stop 😭

[@Butters-ly3hq]

3 years ago if someone had told me that this is a complete CGI shot, I would not have believed them at all.

[@avocadopicture]

Of course just as i left my scene to render out for the night after 4 days of struggling with camera movement, i notice a Polyfjord video about the exact thing i needed.

[@kerhabplays]

Been 4 years since I started blender aaaand I just learned something useful like VERY VERY useful within 35min. Great video.

[@animanoir]

The vision of a true artist.

[@SempiternamentePisa]

I have to say that i'm a little bit envy of how you are so familiar and comfortable with that, to me, hostile software

[@DerekElliott]

Insane using physics to control the camera! and TY for the shoutout :)

[@InfinitySiam]

Imperfection makes realism. Great video. I'll definitely try that.

[@ACE_FPV]

As an FPV racer, it is so awesome to see stuff like this! Love it What would be the cherry on top is to add the digital OSD screen that is used by almost all FPV drones, called the betaflight OSD to the final file - this would make it practically indistinguishable to an uninformed viewer haha

[@TheRumpletiltskin]

the chase camera is a game changer. Holy moly.

[@lucrudak475]

My head would explode and splatter the walls of my room with brains if I tried to do this on my own)). And with such lessons, everything turns out just fine. Thank you for your work.

[@4eternusvigil]

not sure how anyone would even begin to attempt this, but making the "propellers" of the drone effect the leaves would really sell it

[@bUildYT]

Video gets better and better every minute 😂

[@TC3Dgraphicdesign]

Excellent information. Thank you very much.

[@AtaurRaziq]

subdivide with FRACTAL omg life changer. This in general was very edge of my seat type of tutorial, so great. thanks for sharing

[@HeraklionFPV]

As an FPV Pilot and Blender user: Wow! Nicely done!

[@minnaaberg9707]

This technique is a diamond, thank you sir!

[@bengelman2600]

So funny I was JUST doing an intro for an FPV guy and was thinking of doing some wireframe FPV views and now there is like no excuse. Thanks!

[@ChrissyChrisHansen]

hyperrealistic is maybe abit overstated but looks cool

[@airbag504]

the smudge!!!!!!! great tut! as always!! lots of special insights here

[@USBEN.]

Wow a genius way to add weight and physics to physical object and simulate as animation.

[@multi-maue5638]

I used to build and race FPV drones and this definitely looks and feels like it did back in the 3cell days. Even ending the video right before it looks like it is going to hit a tree. Great work.

[@Gametime05577]

Thanks ❤

[@3DAnimationBlender-17]

he "Smudge mask" making you laugh is hilarious, so glad you kept that in 😄

[@Everything3dAnimation]

Amaizing Video ❤

[@samnhatvu]

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial! I'm a C4D user but with a lot of amazing Blender tutorial videos like this had made me finally learn Blender The more I learn Blender the more I get addicted

[@Anisa3D]

I learned a lot in these 35 minutes, thank you

[@nothrvi]

INSANEEE

[@IvoPoetzsch]

men this is soooo clever!

[@Atman94]

Incredible tutorial , thanks for making this !

[@ninthjake]

That is so smart. I really love these kinds of dynamic camera animation tutorials, so creative!

[@Hdx64]

I feel equal parts not worthy of my "Blender modeler, animator" title after watchingthis video, and also VERY motivated to try this hahah holy shit man, this was great

[@davidscherp7514]

Great tutorial!!

[@Blenderbarn]

I absolutly LOVE this, gonna def use it, PS Frone Footage is the best🤣

[@guinness11]

Dude, this is awesome! I fly fpv and I've been looking for a way to realistically recreate fpv footage in Blender but haven't had any luck. This changes everything! Thank you for this tutorial!

[@storvattsuisse]

It's really cool the way you can make it that much smooth ! Well done ! The only thing missing is some roll movement because the drone is always horizontally flat.

[@garycrvg1]

let me ask you real quick, are you insane!? this is BRILLIANT! thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@mohamedh6274]

Amazing, Thank you!

[@pass_me_the_sugar]

one of the best videos out there!

[@ale45br]

Great source of knowledge about post-production in blender. Great Job.

[@MrKaln]

I will watch and remake in my way, everything you do! ALL VIDOES 👀😄 Thankyou for doing this, helps a bunch to noobies :)

[@marcelsdev]

This is awesome! WOW

[@LeniHildaF]

yeah! Your video helps for my project, thank you!

[@kalesio64]

This is an incredible tutorial! Very detailed and pretty long tutorial for a drone animation. But I like it, thanks for showing us this tutorial to the world! 😀 Edit: "You should also add the tilt rotation for the realism of a real drone"

[@Cam_Anim3D]

That is such an amazing idea!

[@AnitaPotterProductions]

I haven't finished the video yet but I was looking for something like this over a year ago. Adding to watch later 😍

[@heinzlu8671]

really, really cool!

[@wladimirkarageorgevitch4439]

What a cool video. Many thanks for the heads up!

[@addepaddes]

what would be perfect would be if you added that early 2000's recording overlay :o Great Video:)

[@sauravkitv1548]

Post production detailed is good keep guiding for post production detailed

[@Bruno310177]

Fantastic! Thanks for this video!

[@nevixart]

amazing vídeo man!! your content/tutorials are insane! congrats!

[@volodymyrii537]

Amazing, as always!

[@themurrays2266]

This is so good! I thoroughly enjoyed watching your process, thanks!

[@sunnymoon8161]

Very cool. Definitely gonna make my own version of this.

[@kyojisp7353]

Didn't know anything about tracking as a beginner, but this is really good and well explained. Good work ! 🎥

[@epicawesomesauceguy]

this is gonna help me

[@TheThebeep]

Great idea! Thanks for sharing!

[@voronoii2]

Thank you for making this video! I've been wanting to make something like this for a long time and just couldn't quite figure it out. Amazing video!

[@t_claassen]

So many tips in this vid. Thanks!

[@kellenfinity]

I love this so much! Genius, as always. 🙌

[@vbonnal]

Grandiose ! Bravo

[@MVARTZ]

What an amazing project! I have to try this 😁😁😁😁

[@robinsquares]

You don't have to render out a PNG sequence to make the sharpening work in the compositor. You can run the image through any node with a "clamp" option, like a mix node. That will clip the black and white levels to a 0-1 range, and your sharpening will look right :) Great video!

[@Polyfjord]

Unfortunately a hard clamp of the highlights like that loses too much data in the bright areas, so the sharpening ends up looking very different. It’s crucial to get the smooth falloff that the AgX or Filmic view transform provides, and I’ve currently not found any way to do it without burning the data into a png sequence

[@robinsquares]

@@Polyfjord Oh, you're absolutely right. I spoke too soon. Maybe there's something you can do with the Convert Colorspace node to get around it?

[@Polyfjord]

​@@robinsquares that actually might work! Tested it now with the Convert Color space node set to from linear to AgX -> mix color with clamping -> back to the linear color space! And it definitely produces a sharpening that is behaving like the pre-rendered PNGs! Might need some more testing, but that is very promising. Very cool, thanks!!

[@mahdiariayi6560]

This video is incredibly useful and great. thanks a lot dude

[@kriste.3d]

very cool and interesting. thanks!

[@altexta_]

Awesome how simple but amazing the whole thing looks at the end. Thanks a lot for showing this :D

[@authorvideohive]

Very very nice!👍

[@thapelomahlo3081]

Your videos are always great and thanks for the skillshare one month

[@BlendingEdge]

Tip.. you can show camera path once you baked in the animation (property panel / object / motion path).. so you can see exactly what path the camera is following to allow you to arrange the trees without guessing where the camera would be during the animation.

[@Polyfjord]

Oh nice!! That’s awesome, thanks!!

[@potater6163]

perfect mix of my two hobbies

[@cunn_dn6299]

damn that looks really cool

[@ajbrian1133]

exactly what was on my mind

[@adri.progression]

Wow thank you 💫

[@Autaka-Nubia]

as usual: thanks much

[@8sat_]

This is the greatest thing ever...

[@sauravkitv1548]

❤ it's realistic rendering thanks for making and sharing

[@Dapper_the_slapper]

Saving this. Definitely going to try this next time I have an animation project

[@macofish1]

Coming back to this...about 18 minutes in...can't get grass to work but that's ok...finished the switch to panoramic...fixed the viewport display stuff...press play... :) This is so cool! You can edit the path but have to rebake? (I have to learn about that.) Thank you, thank you, thank you! So freakin' cool!

[@moegasim]

amazing technique.....thanks for sharing this

[@sobreaver]

Hey, might not the best place to say this, but, well great tutorial again BTW. But what I really wanted to say, just watching one of your old tut on my computer, first of, HAPPY NEW YEAR, second, you have no idea how much I appreciate your enthusiasm about what you do and share, I think I might've said that in another comment, but it must be reiterated, your enthusiasm is captivating and inspiring, thank you and have a great 2024 !!!!

[@Polyfjord]

Thank you so much!! Hope you have a happy new year too!! Much appreciated

[@MiDaY_i]

Amazing Tutorial!

[@sams_3d_stuff]

wow! Soo good!

[@IamMCCastle011x]

Thank you!!! I didn't know how to extend simulations!

[@JackA9292]

Great video! Could you maybe do a video where you combined your knowledge in hyperrealism with camera tracking, for example record in an enviroment and add a car later? Either way great video! 💥

[@trentnordhagen]

This is big brain