Make Your First VFX to the Pro Level with Blender - Blender Tutorial for Beginners

Overview

Learn to create professional-level visual effects using Blender in this comprehensive tutorial for beginners. Master the art of fire and smoke simulations, 3D tracking, and compositing techniques. Explore essential skills such as setting up basic simulations, tracking footage in After Effects, using the Ae2Blend addon, and importing free animated models from Mixamo. Discover how to extend animation length, establish realistic lighting, and fine-tune simulation effects. Gain insights into Blender's render passes, shader creation, and final compositing in After Effects. By the end of this 56-minute video guide, you'll have the knowledge to produce impressive VFX results and elevate your Blender skills to a professional standard.

Syllabus

Intro + Roadmap of This Tutorial
How to set up the basic Fire and smoke simulation in Blender
How to 3d Track your footage in After Effects
Ae2Blend addon Workflow
Download Free Animated Models from Mixamo
Import 3d models in Blender
Main idea
How to increase the length of your animation / loop your animation
Setup Realistic lighting in the blender
Create the actual Simulation Effects in the blender
Blender simulation setting explain
Basic fire and smoke shader in blender
Final tweaks
Learn How blender passes work & setup render
Final settings which I used
Compositing in after effects
Final Result of this Tutorial
Outro