The Fastest 3D Sci-Fi Effects You Might Never Use.

Learn to make cheap, fast, and useful star fields, nebula, moons, asteroids, lasers and energy beams, warp tunnels, gas giants with rings, and space station details. These work for indie animation as well as maybe video games? Play around and have fun.

Music: Me, so I give myself permission to use it.

0:17 Quick Starfield
1:20 Fast Nebulas
5:00 Quick Moons
6:40 Asteroids
7:15 Gas Giants
8:28 Atmosphere
9:44 Planet Rings
11:22 Warp Tunnel Effect
13:30 Laser Beams Energy Blasts
14:47 Quick Sun
16:20 Space Station Cheap Details

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0:17 Quick Starfield
1:20 Fast Nebulas
5:00 Quick Moons
6:40 Asteroids
7:15 Gas Giants
8:28 Atmosphere
9:44 Planet Rings
11:22 Warp Tunnel Effect
13:30 Laser Beams Energy Blasts
14:47 Quick Sun
16:20 Space Station Cheap Details

[DECODEDVFX]

I bet that perfect circle joke went right over most people's heads. Nice video Kev, I really liked this one.

[Daniel-Msn]

It is amazing what I have learned in this tutorial, thanks for sharing this with us.

[risnandarmultimedia]

color ramps like magic, thx. please more compositing/nodes content for vfx :D

[thegiantguy]

Just started making a space scene and then bam recommended by yt, thanks for the great tips

[katyb]

Sweet!!! Loved it! Hey Kev, you seem to be one of the very few big Blender guys doing composite and video effects. Can't wait to see more of that since you're in the industry. I've been doing your tutorials and they helped me solve a problem that I've been tossing around for a few months. So thanks!! :)

[BurnEdOutOne]

If you have trouble making your planet rings around 10:30 make sure the "Wave Texture" is set to the "Z coordinate", which appears not to have been an option at the time the tutorial was made.

[Sedryn_]

Over time i've learned so much from you, my friend. Simply because of the way you explain things. Thank you so much for that.

[luluzhang]

Hello Sir, you are my favorite Blender mentor on Youtube, not only because of the amazing and practical tutorials you created for free to the public, but also because of your unique sense of humor that makes the whole learning process so much more fun. I am a professional concept artist working in the game industry and just started to include 3D into my art pipeline, it immediately makes my life so much easier! Thanks a lot for your enormous help and please keep up the good work!

[lebenin]

Thank you for this great #scifi #vfx #workflow #blender run-through. This video is PACKED. Good speed. I was able to follow and understand everything.

[flash]

Wow!!!! Thank you so much. This is just beyond awesome. 👍👍👍

[leonardogene]

awesome work!! i like your workflow.. :)

[harryboteler]

Excellent, Kev! You never cease to surprise me with your creative ingenuity. I was wondering what you were up to, and it's great to see you back in full force!

[dariusjn]

Amazing Tips! Makes space scenes seem more doable! Thanks

[TerenceKearns]

Man, that gripping soundtrack had me on the edge of my seat the whole time!

[dannybouchard]

Thanks Kev! Appreciate the videos and the efforts you put into them mate... and don't lose your sense of humour bro!

[Land-Shark]

*The laser beams can be modded so that they are candle flames or rocket exhaust:
You can use a cone, made from a cylinder, with 20 (or more) loops cut into it, and then scale down one side of the cylinder (Proportional Editinig turned on) to give it a rounded cone shape.
Then stretch it out 5 times as long as the diameter (experiment with length to suit the project).
After you create your noise texture & animate it, and animate the Displacement modifier with an Empty, it can look like anything from a candle's flickering flame to a rocket's roaring exhuast, depending on how fast you move the Empty, and the size of the Cloud Texture settings and displacement Strength setting in the Displacemwent modifier you choose to use. :)

[davidcripps]

Great tutorial, again! I think quick effects are essential to help fill out background scenes where the viewer attention is needed elsewhere. Loved the cheap space station :-)

[djC]

Thanks for this. Been wanting a star background. Now I know.

[CBSuper]

Nice, last ones looks like a Cybertron or something. Really cool.