Better EEVEE Renders - Settings, Lighting, and Other Cool Tricks

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EEVEE can give you some really good results, if you put in the work. Most people don’t want their renders to look like a Playstation 3 game, so here’s some settings and tips:
Turn on ambient occlusion, screen space reflections, and bloom, and tweak all the settings there.
Turn on Contact Shadows for your lights, and tweak EEVEE’s shadow settings.
Change your textures with some simple nodes to make them more visible/fit the scene better.
Work on your lighting, and bake the indirect lighting with light probes.
BLUR EVERYTHING
Put these tips to use, and I can guarantee that your renders will look better.
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[@adrianlongley-preston5190]

Nice clear tutorial. And unlike a lot of the tutorial/informational videos that are out there, you clearly had a script and presented things , clearly, cleanly, and in an organized manner.

[@shareten1247]

doesnt matter if the video is scripted. if it is informational it does what it is meant to do

[@mateuszjokiel2813]

@@shareten1247 If it is informative and presents its information in a manner easy to comprehend*, which a lot of unscripted tutorials fail to do imo.

[@jaroldsng]

Love how concise and clear this video is. Great work- it was really helpful. Thank you!

[@aleszol]

This is one of the best tutorials on Blender that I've found yet. Thank you for taking your time, and not acting cocky.

[@teddysilversky3173]

A year later your tutorial is still relevant. For me....it's like, BIG THANKS!! Surely did help and taught me some. Subscribed to support, but definitely for more. Thank you!

[@aussie_boosh]

Mate, as a beginner to Blender, I want to say thank you as this was an amazing tutorial. Clear, to the point and extremely helpful.

[@wasimshaikh1665]

That's great video. Helped me a lot. You just got a fan for yourself. I really liked ur way of explanation, no drama no build up just gets to the point right from the start. Thank you.

[@TheDaNuker]

Cool info, really useful for those new to EEVEE and modern day rasterization rendering "tricks" of the trade.

[@ZayxSt]

Thank you SO much, the way you explain is very understandable and makes learning Blender a lot easier and fun

[@DanceManAlex]

Great stuff! The irradiance cube was a neat trick!

[@keithkool]

Very good and useful tutorial!
Thank you for creating & uploading.

[@freivonstil]

Thanks man, really nice video! And so organized and structured. Love it!

[@Dabbl1ng]

Such a humble yet extremely informative tutorial, thanks very much

[@evandixondesigns6751]

Thank you for this video!!!! Most people make videos on cycles and not eevee. This was super helpful! Thank you!

[@MrCheebs]

Cycles is definitely easier to get good results with! Glad I could help.

[@martinsinnaeve7782]

Great, learned a lot with this to the point tutorial!!! Thanks.

[@willermax]

Coming from Photography back ground the last tip - made me giggle so hard! Thank man keep it up!

[@egbajiwiseman]

Nice Tutorial, Straight and direct to the point, Thanks man.

[@knucklesbyname]

Nice tips. Thank you so much. Subscribed.

[@Cloroqx]

Lovely work, mate! Much love!

[@MrCheebs]

Thanks man!

[@fFletchs]

Thanks, your tutorials are awesome, very informative!

[@Quesbe]

6:07 You should use the distance value instead, it looks waaaaay better.

[@melomaniakjm]

Great job, very interesting and to the point!

[@jurgenvantomme]

Great tips thank you

[@luongminh8274]

Thanks man, I learned a lot, liked and subscribed!!!

[@brushonfire8800]

great video really helpful, you really pushed evee to get results like cycles

[@GrandeGio95]

You're making me love evee, thank you !

[@PAIJO667]

very helpfull tutorial. thanks a lot man.

[@Rod-gc7iv]

Great tutorial : )

[@jbanimations8475]

Nice! Thanks!

[@ardianfirmansyah3558]

Nice tutorial!

[@cgele8590]

Love this man! Thank you

[@AlessandroPacifico]

superb tutorial.

[@artjunyent1654]

Awesome video man thanks a lot!!!

[@badsitvfx652]

Awesome stuff!

[@JaanTalvet]

short and to the point. nice job :)

[@AlexanderEmashev]

Useful! Thank you!

[@alligatoralligator]

amazing tutorial

[@slowassloth9467]

thank you for this I had really bad renders and this helped

[@BenLe42]

good advice thanks

[@lukasschwarzer1397]

bro you put way too much in this tutorial youre a god. keep up this quality

[@scpk2246]

this kind of video = GENERALLY RELEVANT EVEN TO SUCCEDING VERSIONS!!! NICE ONE!

[@egretfx]

Thanks my man!!

[@AnimatedLoopHD]

3 years later and still super helpful tips.

[@socieus9654]

thank you soo much the shadows were bugging me a lot ,now i know what to do.

[@kindazit]

i learn reflection cubemap and irradience volume from u. Thanks bro, already subscribe to ur channel.

[@SkSafowan]

Great Tutorial Kid, Keep up Your nice Work...

[@samarthsaxena4853]

THANK YOU SOOO VERY MUCH... YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER...

[@zedfirenze]

Extremely helpful!!!

[@muuao5207]

Wow too good. Thank you

[@el.fathann7467]

You have helped many people

[@grimnir7749]

Nice, thank you! :)

[@snithikswar]

Thanks!!!!

[@flytographers4470]

Thanks man

[@stu797]

Great vid.

[@darkdroide]

usefull, thank you

[@drumboarder1]

For a young dude you've made one of the better tutorials out there, fuck yeah dude

[@AlimayoArango]

Good Stuff. Thank you.

[@Mr_Kisch]

Awesome video though. Please will you do a video on creating smooth professional camera shots

[@1nick703]

so much Underated channel

[@jinatamu6392]

Appreciated 💯👊🏽

[@Glowbox3D]

Keep'em comin kid!

[@dumpsky]

image node pixel interpolation is set to 'Linear' by default which is good, but with bump maps it often looks jagged and pixelish. use 'Smart' interpolation in such cases.

[@MrCheebs]

Thanks for the tip- I’ll try that!

[@explorer_hei]

awesome guy

[@gabrielfernandes3580]

This kid is going places

[@knucklesbyname]

indeed.

[@cryptic3295]

AMAZING

[@user-fb8bc8ey2x]

awesome

[@achrafelkounni1023]

thanks.

[@imjuztpat8844]

You make some cool stuff man, I like your tutorials! How old are you?

[@MrCheebs]

Thanks! I'm 15 years old.

[@imjuztpat8844]

@@MrCheebs wow, nice man! I'm 17.

[@stevendobbelaere4557]

Again, very informative! Do you have any plans to make a video about fluid simulation?

[@MrCheebs]

For liquid, or smoke? I'm working on a remake of the particle explosion tutorial I did a while back to update it for mantaflow, but I could also start working on one for liquids.

[@stevendobbelaere4557]

@@MrCheebs I prefer a tutorial about liquid simulation! Thx!

[@MrCheebs]

Roger that ;)

[@alejmc]

Really cool, didn’t know about the existence of contact shadows, killer feature there.
Had a couple of questions, sometimes normal maps do nothing on EEVEE on my side, don’t know what’s up (2.83, macOS, might be that).
Also, you have put a Reflection Cubemap object but it gets bake via the Irradiance Volume then right? The reflection cubemap itself are just placed around, it all gets executed via the light probe Irradiance Volumes ones?
Thanks a lot.

[@MrCheebs]

I don't know the reason for normal maps not working, as I've never encountered that issue before.
As for light probes, the reflection cubemap is there to detect reflections, and the irradiance volume provides bounce lighting.

[@lemonysnicket6153]

on a 32" monitor, full frame face is a bit much for any man :) love the tuts, stay safe and thanks for the awesome content

[@boob_ka_gop]

you are the sun

[@S1nwar]

any way to get different bloom colors for different lightsources?

[@meoweth829]

Wow

[@dlandsvolka4046]

very geek tutorial

[@jamesgreen2495]

I get black blotchy shadows with light probes on interior renders in wall corners in kitchen cabinets. It’s so frustrating

[@Legnog822]

in short crank everything to the max if your computer is capable, what could possibly go wrong?

[@scpk2246]

hi guys, can someone link to me a good tutorial on architectural walkthrough animation using eevee? thanks

[@jackgreen9917]

5:58 because u must use distance not strength

[@antonusikov]

why does your eeve look better than mine before you even change any settings? Mine looks blocky and the shadows are hard. I already enabled object smoothing, it still looks shit

[@AzazeoAinamart]

Waiting for RTX support in Eevee

[@MrCheebs]

Same here, it can't come soon enough!

[@volodyacreator8282]

like

[@aowa9727]

I don't know why when i bake lightning in eevee everything turns so fucking dark and ugly, to the point i never bother using it ( with irradiance volume and reflection cubemap)

[@squidiskool]

same

[@marcel0tube]

Amazing Video! But, you use a 4k monitor... All Blender Ui is too small. User lower resolution for future videos! My eyes will thank you!!!!!

[@Mr_Kisch]

Don't you need to be a certain age to be considered a Mr.