Achieve 3D Photorealism in Blender: Subway Challenge (Udemy.com)
Master the Skill of Turning Any Image Reference Into a Realistic 3D Scene
Created by: Abdelilah Hamdani
Last updated June 2024
What you will learn
- Learn the Secret to Turn any Image Reference into a 3D realistic Scene
- Achieve 3D Photorealism based on Real References NOT Imaginary Scenes
- Creating Realistic Materials from Scratch using Substance Designer
- Create a Realistic Walk Animation with Real Shaky Movements
- 5 Rules for Achieving Photorealistic Lighting
- Create Clean, Realistic and Optimized Modeling
- Learn how to use fSpy Addon to Build 3D Environments
- Master Scale Matching by Creating 2 Different Scenes
- Learn the Efficient Way to Set Correct UV Mapping in Blender 2.8
- Improve the Lighting of your 3D Environments
- [NEW] Learn Procedural Generated Texturing in Blender 2.81
- Get Rid of Expensive Softwares like: Substance Designer
- Create Extremely High Quality Procedural Textures 'Infinite Zoom'
How it compares
Against the other 100 rated Udemy courses in Blender on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 38% of them
- Reviews372#57 of 101 by number of reviews
- Length7.1 hoursshorter than 61% of them
- Last updatedJune 2024earlier than 54% of them
Course Description
8: Create All Textures Procedurally: Bricks - Ground - Stairs - Ceiling (Concrete)- Using Substance Designer is OptionalThe Main Objective is to Show You the Process of Turning a Real Image into a Realistic 3D Scene.
You will Learn the Basics and Principles of Achieving Photorealism by Working on a real reference example of a Subway: Something that exists in Real Life. You Will Learn everything You need to turn any image reference into a high quality realistic 3D scene in BlenderWho this course is for:
You have an Idea in your Head that you want to Visualize in 3DYour Projects aren't Looking RealisticYou are Looking for a Formula to Guide You toward Achieving Photorealism
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
372 Reviews
Abdelilah Hamdani
Abdelilah Hamdani is a 3D Designer and a Developer. I firmly believe that Photorealism is gonna be one of the most valuable skills in the near future. There is alot of opportunities for CGI artists: VFX, Gaming, Movies & Series. More than 6 years in the 3D Industry and i humbly admit i've got alot more to learn.
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Reviews
By Henrique Yoshiaki Okuhara on 9/10/2020
Learned a lot about photorealism, but since I am not fluent in english I struggled sometimes with "E" and "I", or "G" and "J", and even though I did the textures, I think it could teach more about the properties of the nodes instead of just repeating the process.
But overall, it fullfiled my will of learning more about blender, textures and photorealism.
By Lucas G on 6/21/2020
Awesome project. There are some little details that can get a bit confusing on the texturing part [such as small changes that wasn't showed in video] but just at the very end where you already should know to do it yourself.
Extremely recommended course :)
Thanks!
By Pablo Ferrat on 6/5/2020
very well explained, step by step what to do next
By Roberto Oropeza on 5/27/2020
Lo clasificaria como intermedio debido a que utiliza atajos en el software que no menciona.
By Miloch Kaplano on 5/27/2020
Abdelilah is a fantastic instructor, and this is a fantastic course. He is very responsive and receptive, and he always answers quickly to any concerns you may have. The details in this course are excellent - Abdelilah doesn't even forget the shape of the ends of fluorescent light bulbs! I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to get better at photorealism in Blender.
By Ben Glancy on 5/25/2020
Was a good start. In my opinion it would have been useful to mention the keys for Join, Separate, Cut from the offset - but it was only mentioned once already it was used.
By Jovan on 5/24/2020
too hard to follow commands, he's using shortcut keys ( without explanation ) and the shortcut keys are not the same on Mac OS.
Extremely frustrating to follow along, as its taken 40min just trying to match the first third of this video.
High likelyhood I stop wasting my time any further on this course
By Mohd Latiff on 5/24/2020
the best
By Gabriel Almeida on 5/20/2020
Nice course with lots of explanation and useful tips. Could improve the organization, because it starts using procedural materials and the goes to use the ones created with Substance, that are more realistic than the procedural ones. Overall, nice course and recommended.
By Carsten Neumann on 5/16/2020
Very good course! However, I expected a bit more from the Unity part.
By Devin Byrnes on 5/13/2020
I'm enjoying this course very much. My only constructive criticism so far: it would be nice to have an overlay at the bottom any time the instructor calls out hot keys. That visual aid would help to reinforce the steps.
By Michelle Jensen on 5/3/2020
Abelilah is a very knowledgeable instructor. He knows Blender inside and out. Most of all he is very helpful and quick in answering any questions you might have. This is a grea course.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100









