The Secret Ingredient to Photorealism

**Important update: The Filmic addon is no longer required as it's now the default color space for Blender! Do not install the addon as it may cause compatibility issues.**

Discover why the restricted dynamic range of Blender is causing your renders to look fake. Why sRGB isn't suitable for rendering, and why 'Filmic Blender' is the magic solution that fixes everything.

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[blenderguru]

FYI, filmic is now part of Blender 2.79! No need to download anything extra :)

[KnitterX]

Andrew's real dining room actually looks like a render, too. I think he is literally living inside of Blender at this point and he doesn't even realize it.

[TruthbtoldMD]

I downloaded the link and started the process to download until i realized that blender 2.82a is already using filmic color management. Realized that this video is uploaded in 2017. Your campaign was a success congrats :)

[TheGuyWithWifi]

things i took most from this video:

Dude's dining room is so sleek it looks like it's CG

[ThePieGuy]

As a photographer the sentence "something so seeming unimportant as dynamic range" made me laugh way harder than it should have

[Terminalss]

This 30 minute video of light dynamics in a software I have never used is apparently more important to my brain then studying for exams.

[Quasihamster]

"How bright is the Sun?"
"Twenty."

[deepakramalingam]

6:05

This guy's rendered Curtains look more realistic than the real one lol 😂.

[Awgolas]

I feel so betrayed by the Blender Devs for making me use sRGB this whole time even though I've literally never used Blender in my life

[yeahboi]

You just tricked me into watching a blender tutorial, that I enjoyed watching, because I wanted to know the secret ingredient, and I've never used blender.
You're an amazing youtuber, gotta hand it to you.

[xTobsecretx]

One of my favorite things about watching your videos is that almost every time you complain about something in an old tutorial, I don’t end up having the same problem in the most recent version of blender. The fact that these things get updated and polished constantly gives me a lot of trust for blender’s future and as a 3d noob it’s very comforting.

[Adrian_Galilea]

I never had Blender installed in my computer, and honestly I won't be doing any 3d stuff any time soon... yet here I am, watching all your videos.

[Naara.]

My heart stopped at "free"...how could something so significant be free? I'm blown away by the blender community

[Hypermetamorphosize]

Your conversational style, attention to detail and commitment to explaining the concepts make you stand out. This is exceptional material. It's not easy keeping the internet's attention for 30 minutes

[melbendigo]

Even though Filmic is now part of Blender, this video still taught me a lot about color and adjusting color in Blender in Nodes. I found all of it to be very interesting and useful knowledge. Thank you, as always!

[petersmythe]

Reference photo is clearly a render. Blunder Guru is an advanced generative AI of some sort.

[BowlOfNoodles]

I have no idea how to use Blender, but I still watched the entire video.

[Jebiwibiwabo]

why am i watching this, i dont even use blender, good content tho lol

[ari]

I sat here watching the whole 31 minutes and 27 seconds munching on my popcorn knowing damn well, I never have and will touch blender
good shit man

[moleyface]

Stuff like this honestly makes me want to learn Blender. The dedication and generosity in this community is absolutely astounding.

Update: Oh gosh, I've been getting a lot of replies to this since posting. To answer: Yes! I've since learned Blender. It's now a core part of my work flow and I'm enjoying it a lot. :)