Photorealism in Blender: Unlocked

hello 😋 here's how I achieve photorealism in Blender

[cfx_graphics]

i dont think every render need to have chaos to make it look real according to me the most important criteria make any render look photo realistic is have perfect lighting, real world scaling and some imperfection like scratches and dirt.

[ImiiVy]

The photorealistim motto: perfection is in the imperfect

[karthanok]

I think your points are solid on making the render realistic but going too far can break the vibe of the scene
like that before and after give a completely different vibe

[Sputnik]

I remember someone saying (but I don't remember who) that with photorealism, half of it is PHOTO. In order to make something look photorealistic we need to make it look like a photo as well. No matter how realistic a scene looks it will always look CG if it's crisp, camera imperfections like noise, dirt, lens flare and chromatic aberration will help with that as long as it's subtle

[avatarxs]

I simply can't thank you enough. that's exactly what i was looking for and what i was missing in my renders.

[pondeify]

before and after just says it all - thanks for sharing

[orcanimal]

Very helpful, and right to the point. So many videos meander and linger, and you just went point by point without filler. Thanks a lot!

[maximinecraftero]

I thought this video was going to be a "secret plugin" or something like that, but this amazing advice that can be applied by anyone and in any software. good job.

[Shnurbinator]

Very useful, lot of good information, not stretched out to 10 minutes. Excellent video

[Sriram-tysk]

Nice work! To add a few more things; You can also add Halation, Burn, and other Chromatic Aberrations to make the renders more photorealistic. Because, CG at the end of the day is trying to achieve realism as captured by a real camera. So the 'chaos' of a physical camera might play a key role in adding more sense a manmade art.

[sabecarles]

A masterful analysis and explanation of a phenomenon that is difficult to detect. On point!

[Starrider.]

Wow, this is a great breakdown! After learning the software etc etc one suddenly realises, there is something more to realism than just the engine

[onesilentbird]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[GreenGrassJenny]

Very useful! Simple methods but really make a difference. Thank you!

[SyniCrypt]

By far the BEST realism video that I have watched, this one really made it click, thank you!

[javiercarton]

I need more tutorials like this one! There's not much blender hyperrealists out there on YouTube to explain such important aspects of rendering. Waiting for more, keep it going ♥️

[stial]

That's the most useful tutorial I've seen this month!

[SweetTooth]

Very good points. I'll agree with others that the chaos technique will vary wildly in intensity depending on the scene, to very little or almost none for those arch viz/interior design types of scenes. But aside from that specific scenario where you're trying to make something like you would see in a interior design magazine, it's absolutely very important.
Even a "clean" interior scene needs little bits of chaos to make it seem lived in and used. Or else it looks like something that was just built, painted and set up and nobody has ever step foot in it yet.
I had no clue about gobos, thanks for that. Really makes a massive difference in terms of realistic lighting and shadows to a scene.

[maurisnosarom]

Your final image looks like a film scene, wonderful, you got a subscriber

[TrueKyanite]

I found adding a very subtle distortion and light glare helps a lot.

But the biggest improvement I found, is in adding denoising, specifically lightroom denoising, and a tiny bit of grain, which makes it looks like it was taken on a phone camera.