Beginner to pro: CGI or VFX Advertisement using blender

Download and install fspy to accurately determine perspective for cgi work. Install and enable the fspy blender addon to apply the perspective setup in Blender.

Learn to download and install the Geo Tracker addon for Blender on Windows from Keane Tools, including extracting files, installing from disk, and accepting the license agreement to enable it.

Learn to download and install Keane tools on MacBook or Windows, install the Blender pack, and enable Geo Tracker for this course using Blender's Edit Preferences and online install.

Create a CGI tourism advertisement in project one, using the provided banner, raw video, fs5 file, and project file from the resources panel.

Obtain the video perspective using a screenshot and the FSC software, align the x, y, z axes, and place a plane on the building to match the perspective in Blender.

Import the fs5 file into blender, delete the camera, cube, and light, then replace the background with a raw video via movie clip and adjust the 212-frame timeline before playing.

Explore blender 4.4+ updates focusing on the animation workflow, dopesheet, and action editor. Learn to assign camera animations to slots and track imported footage from fs5, mixamo, and after effects.

Analyze footage in Blender using the Geo Tracker from Keane Tools to attach a plane to a building, including setup, tracking, and re-analysis across frames.

Create a rough 3d model of a front building in blender to simulate shadows for CGI, using extrusion along the y axis and camera mode.

Center the plane, create a spiral curve with the extra curve addon, subdivide, assign a vertex group, and apply spiral deform to unroll the banner along the z axis.

Apply a cloth effect to a plane, pin the group, and enable self-collision for a denim cloth unrolling. Adjust vertex mass and building collision to ensure smooth animation.

Learn to attach an image to a plane in Blender using image texture, align with UV editing, adjust roughness and reflections, and bake cloth animation for a smooth unrolling banner.

Light a blender CGI scene using HDRi environment textures, enable cycle rendering, set up a shadow catcher, and fine-tune with denoise and color correction.

Explore Blender 5++'s updated compositing workflow, including creating a new compositing section and using alpha over with movie clips to blend background and foreground.

Learn to composite CGI footage with a raw video in Blender using the compositor. Set up render layers, load movie clip, apply color correction and saturation, and render with F12.

optimize scenes for render by switching to GPU compute, adjusting noise and max samples, enabling motion blur and transparency, and tuning tiling to speed up renders on your hardware.

Explore the latest Blender 5.0.1 video sequencer updates, learn how to create a new sequence, add audio, and align scenes for CGI and VFX workflows.

convert an image sequence to a video in blender by importing your image sequence as an image strip, arranging frames, and rendering the animation at 1080 by 1920 after scaling.

Create a blender-based CGI real estate advertisement by integrating a 3d building, banner, and poster, and animate a helicopter with the timeline and graph editor.

Extract the exact perspective from a raw video by taking a frame screenshot and aligning it in blender’s front orthographic view to guide the final cgi.

Import the FSP file into Blender, convert the image to a movie clip as background, adjust opacity to 100%, and preview the front orthographic perspective for CGI setup.

Master the blender 4.4+ update, using the new slots workflow, dopesheet, and action editor to assign camera animations for clips from Fs5, Mixamo, or after effect.

Analyze a raw video by tracking with Geo Tracker to attach a plane to the footage, create and adjust the plane, and save the project.

Build a rough three-dimensional building model for shadow purposes in Blender, duplicating a plane, editing vertices, and extruding edges to form a roof and sides.

Create a banner effect by shaping a plane with an Archimedean spiral curve, applying a curve modifier minus z, and pinning bottom vertices to simulate cloth.

Apply a cloth effect to a plane, enable a pin group, and adjust self-collision and collision with building model; switch cloth type from cotton to denim and tweak vertex masks.

Learn how to attach banners to buildings in Blender, duplicating faces, aligning posters, and keyframing motion across frames, with cloth dynamics and baking considerations.

Learn to build a 3D building in Blender by starting with a cylinder, extruding and scaling faces, refining with loop cuts, and using camera and keyframe animation.

Import a helicopter model, scale and position it, then animate its location and rotation with keyframes, refine motion with the graph editor and noise, and animate the upper fan.

Learn to add cloth to a helicopter in Blender, enable cloth physics, pin edges, set up collisions, bake the dynamics, and prepare poster textures to attach to the model.

Attach posters to all planes in Blender using image textures, adjust materials and UV maps, and align, mirror, and wrap textures for a cohesive CGI advertisement.

Add an HDRi environment texture to light the scene and enable shadows, then switch to cycles and enable the shadow catcher for the building and enable denoise with GPU.

Learn to composite CGI footage in blender by rendering a frame, adding a background image in compositor, and using alpha over with a movie clip; adjust color balance and lighting.

Learn to optimize Blender renders by adjusting noise threshold, quality balance, light path, and tiling, enabling faster frame times with gpu acceleration. Prepare outputs as jpeg sequences for animation.

Convert image sequences to a video in Blender by importing png or jpg frames, sorting by name, and rendering with color correction; set frame count to 180 and render animation.

In this third project, create a CGI scene by modeling a building, animating a helicopter, adding cloth effects, and combining animations for a natural look.

Learn to determine a video's perspective by screenshotting, aligning x, y, z axes in Fs5, flipping axes as needed, enabling the grid, and prepping the file for blender import.

Importing fs5 files into Blender and converting them to a movieclip for use as background images, then adding a cube to test perspective and preview the animation.

Explore the Blender 4.4+ update, focusing on animation workflow changes, switching to the dopesheet and action editor, and using the new slot system to assign camera animations and track footage.

Analyze footage in blender by adding a plane, rotating it 90 degrees on the x axis, and using Geo Tracker to track a clip and align plane with building.

Create a 3D model of a building to enable shadow casting and cloth collision, guiding you through extrusion, loop cuts, and precise alignment in Blender.

Import and place a gltf helicopter in a blender scene, then animate its movement and fan rotation with keyframes, parenting, and graph editor tweaks for smooth motion.

Learn how to attach a poster to a helicopter in Blender by creating a plane, applying cloth simulation, pinning vertices, and parenting the cloth to the helicopter.

Apply image textures to posters in Blender by creating materials, loading textures, and UV editing the poster plane, then bake dynamics for smooth playback with shadow catcher.

Add hdri lighting in blender using an environment texture, switch render to cycles, enable denoise, set up a shadow catcher, and bake dynamics for smooth playback and compositing.

Learn to composite CGI footage in Blender using alpha over, render with GPU, adjust color management and motion blur, and export an image sequence for later assembly.

Learn to convert an image sequence to a video in blender by importing PNGs, sorting by name, selecting all frames, adjusting frames to 200, and rendering the final movie clip.