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.

The photorealistim motto: perfection is in the imperfect

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

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

that clean look DOES exist in real life. geometric imperfections sometimes aren't even visible. it's not a rule to enforce on every workpiece but a factor that contributes to the realism.

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

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.

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

That dirt overlay tip you gave us is insane, I think that would work especially well with time-saving addons like Image to decal

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!

before and after just says it all - thanks for sharing

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

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

A actually insightful blender tutorial, great job man.

Awesome work, one of the best step by steps I’ve seen recently!

Great insight to your workflow and way of thinking. Amazing video

Quite beautifully explained. Please keep up the good work.

Great video. Digital imperfection is the perfection. Also, the love the subtle story telling in your video.

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

honestly a very nice video. i think u made a lot of good points and managed to get it all into a quite short video which i enjoyed a lot :)

I wouldve thought you were just a bad photographer if i didn’t know this was a render 😳 (compliment)

Excellent tutorial!

This is very great! Thx for sharing.

10/10 content! when you go for realism, you must be chaotic!

Terrific video thank you so much!

Great video, these tips were super helpful!

That is truly amazing 👏

keep going brother, you are doing an amazing job!

Some good points but it all depends on the final objective. You went from a clean, organized look that could be feature on a real state ad to an old messy room.

Very cool way of narrating,thanks

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.

Very Helpful!! Thank you for sharing

Excellent video on the subject of realism in cg

yes this is really useful but real life can have simple and perfect shots as well. The trick for me is to add even just a tiny bit of fog and dust to every scene and adding noise to your renders so that it doesnt look like 3d but looks like a camera capture

No fucking joke this video was amazing. I'Ve never used blender just heard about it and was thinking of starting and u my dear have definitely inspired me to do so. I don't normally comment on things but the way u matter of factory went through the small details was super cool an informative! Keep up the great work homie

Keep making stuff like this and you'll be big in no time!

Bro i think the chaos factor is so true, its the real world imperfections, that give us a realistic and familiar impression of the image 💯

Very good video, you're talented

👍🏾👍🏾Very Excellent Work!! Many Thanks

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.

Great video!

my god do i find this content valuable

as mentioned in your video, one of the biggest factors that makes realism is inperfectionism. Take a picture with your phone and zoom in until you can see the pixels. You will notice that there are no pixels, but a crystal-like noise. If you do this with a render, you will see that every pixel is perfectly sharp. However, many people now think that you can add blurring. I'll say it right away, the blurring won't help much. That's why I have a solution. If you have Photoshop, click on Filters and then select the Crystallize filter from the list. Make the crystals as small as possible. Then you will have a realistic picture. Oh yes, and you have to add bloom and overexposure to renders, otherwise it will never be realistic. In realife it is also impossible not to get clipping because the dynamic between black and white in realife is simply too high. You can also do this in blender by rendering with AGX and overexposure. edit: add lens distortion and chromatic abberation when compositing to achieve maximum realism. AND IMPORTANT! Whenever you try to achieve photorealism, texture resolution does not play a major role, but when you build a scene, try to make everything that is not visible in the image realistic. That way the scene will look realistic from all directions.

i tend to go the other route of making complex procedural materials and geo node setups to achieve the imperfections and sculpt manually all the closeup details

Amazing, getting in deeper in to this kind of renders lot of fun, I have one amazing picture as reference will be doing shortly

well i guess you got my sub keep up the good vids!

I wish I knew this early. thank you so much! you got new sub!

amazing video ❤❤❤

amzing video thank you so much

Thankyou for made this one, its helpfull for me. Thankyou so much❤

If you are struggling to implement this workflow I suggest taking away these particular suggestions as bullet point changes to be made to a scene, and also try to come up with your own. I find having a list of what to do so I can definitely cross things off when they are done saves me from finicking around and wasting hours on small details that won't matter too much. The list also helps me get more small details done in a given set of time.

My renders of manufacturing processes are SO boring. I will try some of these tips on my current project for sure. thanks Scenefiller

Its a good afvice for certain conditions like movies and videos whete u want to show your realistic design but when yiur doing archiviz or making advert then making these things look as clean and shiny as much as possible is better thung to do so every thung has a place thet it needs to be used in .

i dont really use blender but this was a fun video to watch, keep up the good videos

Great video

i don't know why this is so controversial, this looks great and is a valuable strategy. I doubt most of the people complaining make renders half as realistic as that.

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you can add dirt to the window glare so it looks like the sun casting through a regular dirty window.

awesome, instant sub.

It's awesome

Someone said, fiction must make sense but reality doesn't. great explaination here.

Good video.

If you do have to keep things clean and organized, some cameras tricks can help a lot too. Like sun beams, lens flare and lens dirt, dust particles, film grain, chromatic aberrations, etc. And all that can be added in post, no re-renders needed :)

Cool Dude... Keep Going to Work Up

Great tutorial ☝️👍

Beautiful vid

Very cool video! I overlook a lot of these methods and wonder why my stuff looks fake sometimes.

Amazing ! actually this can be applied to all software, each one is unique with the restrictions but still can be applied, the most important aspect of this video is the articulation, you are articulating the thoughts in order, so someone can take practically applicable notes.

nice insight! Photo texture wins

- thx - it was fun!!

Another thing is that you can add noise in a photo editing software to make the image more realistic, as no camera out there can take an image without some of noise or grain

Boy. It still looks like first toy story. What you need is good textures, good shaders and good lighting.

It's a great video really! But I have to disagree. You can make very simple and perfect scenes look photoreal, and that's because photorealism is entirely dependant on lighting and camera recreation in comp. This is a great example of adding too much imperfection and turning things into an abandonned urbex. I honestly think the first image looks more real. These are great insights to add interest to your scene though so props to you for that! Keep up the good work

Love it!

good stuff

great video!

yes sir

That's not chaos that's details 🌝

I like how in blender you push imperfections while photography you push perfections... lol

When I want photorealism, I take a picture 😎

sick

i fucking love this video

Cool video

Nice! The only thing I would suggest is an electric socket on the wall, and maybe a lamp on the desk that is plugged into it (adding an opportunity for another interesting light source).

Littlefinger was right Chaos isn't a pit chaos is a ladder to photorealism

nice job. something else i would do is add a bit more bounce light and desaturate the brightest part of the wall that's receiving the most light.

What about professional architecture or real estate photography? There, the already perfect and modern places are flawlessly prepared and in post-production, they are even edited to be without any blemishes, yet you can still notice a difference between a real photograph and a rendering.

Sometimes 3D artist go a bit over the top with imperfections to achieve realism. But lighting is key.

Another way to make a render seam more photorealistic that in my opinion is much easier is by just adding some film grain and lens dirt.

NICE

Can you walk through what is necessary for a scene like this? Do you build a square room, just the barebones of the walls, do you make a complex room? I find a lot of my room renders are cubey, how do I put in a cutout or a corner that is more in the real world?

The concept of chaos is very interesting, especially the way you’ve broken it down. I think it’s a great framework. Now, I wonder how we can apply the same principles to our pipeline to make it more effective. For instance, how can we introduce chaos to our assets so that when we drag and drop them in the asset browser, it’s ahead of the time? There are many other areas we can explore for this application. In response to the question of ‘who lives there’, I would suggest that it becomes easier once you select the avatar. Consider what magazine they might be reading. In that magazine, you can find a list of products they aspire to own. This gives a quick general understanding of the person and adds realism without requiring extensive research."

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I think the very last step on this render is to add lens imperfections leise chromatic abberations and distortion maybe lens strokes usw

"Chaos" except when it's not. I hate when I ask people for realism help and they snap back with "PUT IN MORE JUNK!" That's not making it realistic thats adding in destractions. What If I wanted to make a a game controller that was in a show room on a pedistal. You would add in flys and garbage would you? No. So what would you do for scenes like that?

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Yo I have a question. When you were in the asset browser, what do you use to get your assets? Like where it said “fetch 35 assets” 3:42

Awesome work. For me the thing that makes a lot of renders look less real is ‘why’ the image would have been taken as a photo in the first place. Would the image ever exist other than as a rendering / digital art. Is the view a realistic angle etc.

ngl the first image would have fooled me into thinking it was a photograph, but good tips!

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