Materials, light & rendering (4/4)

From the 3D scene to a 2D image: We create a rendering – Introduction to materials: Node based shading – Introduction to lighting and the world settings – The camera and its possibilities – Renderer Cycles. Recommended prerequisites: You, Blender and your mouse

Scripting for creatives

This course is designed to take the fear out of scripting with Python for Blender users. A few lines of scripting can save you a lot of time. The course shows Python basics and how to use them in Blender.

Scripting Addons

You have already written your first small scripts in the Blender text editor. Now let’s turn the script into an addon together. We will also read data from files and from the Internet into Blender.

Low Poly Freestyle / Grease Pencil

Low Poly forms the basis of all modelling, is an ideal form of pre-visualisation but also a popular style in 3D. Its expressive possibilities, including line art (Freestyle / Grease Pencil), are presented using examples.

Motion Graphics with Geometry Nodes

With Geometry Nodes you can create your own tools in Blender. In this workshop we will build a system that creates an abstract miniature cloudscape from images and animate the result.

Large Scale Industrial Landscapes

Shooting infinite landscapes with wide-angle lenses simply has its own charm. With this workshop you will also learn how to master such projects. The iterative, non-destructive workflow explains how to use open street map data and satellite maps as the basis for scene organisation, from sketching to real-time compositing. Artistic rules for creating convincing spatial atmospheres are also explained. Technical aids such as geometry nodes make it easier to distribute and equip frequently repeated low-poly objects.

What if – AI in Blender (textures, concept art and style transfer)

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to generate some amazing images. With the Dream Textures add-on, this is also possible directly in Blender. With just a few clicks, you can generate textures for your objects, create images for inspiration and display your renderings in the style of famous artists such as Dali or Michelangelo. And there are even more possibilities.

VR productions with Blender

As an introduction to the more practical workshop, I will give an overview of the variety, status and objectives of the virtual worlds currently under development. Everyone has probably heard of Omniverse for the creation of digital twins and collaboration in construction and design, as well as Metaverse for social exchange in the Horizon and Workplace applications. We will look at the process of asset production with Blender, starting with planning the low-poly asset, previewing with Blender’s own mixed reality tools and exporting to a real VR environment. In the workshop, we will port the assets brought along by the participants for the Meta Pro and Meta Quest 2 and try them out there directly with appropriate VR navigation (VR hardware will be provided).

Recommended prerequisites: little susceptible to motion sickness