Ultimate 3D Environment Animation Course – Blender

A complete guide to creating photorealistic environments using Blender, Substance Painter, SpeedTree, and Resolve

Created by: Cov Phillips
3D Artist

What Will I Learn?

• Understanding the complete formation of a AAA 3D environment on a macro and micro scale
• How to effectively gather inspirations and references for projects
• How to bring a simple blockout to a final high poly model
• UV Unwrapping
• Super in depth look at my Substance Painter workflow. Texturing knowledge that can be followed along in software or applied to other softwares
• Lighting an outdoor environment
• Creating believable and optimized foliage using Geometry Nodes
• How to create high quality trees using SpeedTree
• How to build a realistic wind system using Geometry Nodes
• How to finalize a scene with atmosphere compositing, render settings, and camera animation
• Complete color grading workflow using Davinci Resolve

Requirements

• Basic understanding of Blender
• Substance Painter - Little to no knowledge required, will all be taught
• SpeedTree - Also teaching the basics of SpeedTree
• Davinci Resolve - Ability to follow along with simple tasks like with color grading functions

Target audience

• Beginner or experienced 3D Artists curious about my complete workflow for environment creation