Better Viewport Settings in Blender

A quick video looking at my viewport settings and why I use them in Blender.

For some other settings and add-ons you might like check out this video:

[MyCrystalPlaid]

This is a very, very useful video. These are all relatively tiny settings, but when they're taken all together and set up properly, they make a real world of difference in my Viewport. Thank you so much for making the video, and Well Done!!!

[TheOnlyOOKS]

Thank you! I was wondering why the default grey looked so much better in most tutorial videos I was watching and now I know!

[overseastom]

This is such a helpful tip for viewport set-up - I always wondered why your screenspaces always looked like they had ambient occlusion on, or something :P

[MattJonesYT]

That's a great tip, I will try this out. Although I think it's important to mention that when sculpting those should mostly be turned off since they will appear to give the model more texture than it actually has.

[RoseKindred]

Wow, there seem to be so many hidden items in this program that if you do not know their name you would never find/understand it. I typically have wireframe on to improve visibility. Thanks for the tips!

[sebastienmorere]

Hi, there is the toothed wheel next to the shadows also which gives access to "light direction, shadow shift and shadow focus" to fine-tune the personalized settings 😉👍

[stuartsimmons]

Can you make these settings standard every time you open a new file?

[forgefartherloki]

This is amazing! I can finally see my models without having to squint haha

[Jackripster]

Great tips, is there a way to save those settings so Blender automatically starts with them? Or is that a bad idea for other stuff like sculpting?

[justinzellmer]

Thank you. I was looking all over for these options.

[JohnWBoltJr]

If a video has every earned a follow! Thank you for this!!!

[willsonadjovi]

Thank you I really appreciate but how to set it definitely by default?

[EndlessGraphics]

Great vid, useful info.
In reverse, I've been trying to find a way to remove the outlines on typical older models. I've tried everything I can find.
Just disabling wireframe in "view as" doesn't seem to work.
Any help appreciated.

[stefanosiclari]

Is there a way to set these options as default when I start a new blender file?

[petertremblay]

Beware of shadow since it is a major performance hit specially for high poly mesh or animation.

[MojoBob]

Tragically, this didn't work for me at all. No matter what cavity settings I choose, I still get a featureless blank side view unless I enable shadow.

[HitesHD]

i want to that cavity thing in my render how can i do that. make a tutorial plz