There are a wide variety of effects we can use to spice up our renders in Blender. From a subtle vignette to a nice bit of bloom to brighten our render. So, let's take a look at some of the post-processing effects at our disposal. Vignette A soft circular dark edge on an image that […]

Annotations in Blender is primraily a tool that help you sketch out ideas and draft in Blender. For example, if you want to draw in Blenders various editors to explain something or to quickly write down a few notes. To use the annotation tool in Blender, press T on your keyboard to toggle the right-side […]

Doubles can cause all kinds of weird issues when modeling in Blender. In Blender versions 2.79 and earlier we could press W and select remove doubles. But how do we achieve something similar in later versions of Blender? To Remove Doubles in Blender press M and choose merge by distance. In the rest of this […]

When working in Blender we are going to be moving the camera quite a bit. The main way of doing this is to center the view on an object or on the scene. So how do we center our view on something in Blender? To Center our view on an object in Blender Navigate to […]

EXR is one of the many image formats Blender can export. It can allow us to include multiple layers in one image and can hold much more information and is therefore useful when doing compositing and post-processing of the image. So how do we use EXR in Blender? To use the EXR format follow these […]

While setting up a scene and hitting render is fine, sometimes we need a bit more control after the render has finished. We can get a surprising amount of control by separating our renders into render layers and adjusting each pass on its own before recombining everything again into our final scene. So how do […]

Whether we're creating a fisheye lens for artistic purposes, or we're making a 360 image we'll need a fisheye lens to achieve it. So how do we create a fisheye lens in Blender? There are two ways we can create a fisheye lens in Blender. Either through the camera settings by changing the camera type […]

While Blender is pretty well tuned by default these days not to create lots of fireflies, we still run into them, and noise is always an issue with Cycles. So how do we remove fireflies and noise in Blender? To remove fireflies and noise in Blender: in the properties panel Go to Render Properties. in […]

Denoising can save us a lot of time when rendering. Rather than having to wait hours for the renderer to go through samples until the render finally looks clear we can just render until we want to stop and then let the denoiser clean up the noise in the image. So how do we denoise […]

Subdivide, or adding a subdivision surface modifier is something we do quite often as Blender artists and a quick way to add it is to use a shortcut. To subdivide an object in Blender, select the object and press Ctrl+1 for a subdivision level 1, Press Ctrl+2 for a subdivision level of two and so […]

Depth of field can be a useful tool for bringing out a focal point. We can also use depth of field to give our renders a sense of scale. So how do we create it in Blender? There are two ways to create depth of field (DoF) in Blender, either through adding it to the […]

When you start learning Blender, getting a good grip on how viewport navigation works is a big deal for your confidence. Constantly getting stuck with the seemingly simple things can be detrimental for your learning experience. That is why it is important to learn how to solve common viewport navigation issues in Blender. When viewport […]

Film grain is often used in renders, whether its subtle or a very noticeable effect it can help bring a render together and set the tone. Film grain is small metallic particles on the photographic celluloid. It is a defect from the old film camera process that we have become so used to seeing that […]

Sometimes you find yourself trying to do a nice-looking render and when the rendering time has finished it turns out that the image is completely black! Here are some possible reasons why your render is black: The compositor node is not connected to the output The objects are hidden or disabled for rendering The lights […]

Selecting all objects or elements in Blender should be a simple matter, and it is. To select all in Blender, press A while your mouse is in the 3D viewport or outliner. You can also go to the select menu and choose "all". To deselect all press Alt+A or go to the select menu and […]

Adjusting Renders and compositing footage in Blender will often require us to use masks. Blender provides many tools we can use to do most masking jobs. So how do we mask in Blender? In the compositor we can create basic masks with the Box and Ellipse nodes. These nodes also support combining of different masks […]

A crucial skill when working with 3D art is to be able to manage our objects and organizing them. This includes separating and combining them in several ways. So how do we join and separate objects in Blender? We can join objects in object mode by holding shift while selecting them and pressing Ctrl+J to […]

Cutting holes in an object can be a bit time consuming in Blender depending on the model and the shape we want but there are a few tools provides to make this process easier. So, how do we cut out a shape? Select the Object we want to cut. Set the object mode to edit. […]

Learning shortcuts need to be carried out often is crucial for saving time for more important tasks. And what's one of the most repetitive tasks while modeling in Blender? That's right- switching between vertex, edge, and face select modes. In the latest Blender version, in edit mode, use the number row 1, 2, and 3 […]

When you are new to a software, things can take a little more time. You know what you want to do, but you just don’t really know where the option for that is. Through time, you find yourself using the same tools and settings repeatedly and having to locate them. To speed up the work, […]