EEVEE huge real-time oceans Blender tutorial! PART 1
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Create real-time oceans using Blender 3d. This Blender tutorial is suitable for both beginners and advanced, and by the end of it you'll have an understanding of:
modifiers, drivers, shaders, custom properties, constraints, animating with scripts, using the graph editor, baking keyframes, adding audio to your animations, hdri environments, optimising EEVEE for faster renders, learn a trick to render up to 40 times faster then the usual EEVEE speed!
Free sound effects from: freesound.org/
Environment image from: hdrihaven.com/...
Enjoy!
Part 2 of this ocean tutorial is now available and is dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of geometry nodes, so if you're interested in working with geometry node's, part 2 will give you the in-depth understanding needed to build anything you can imagine. It's available from my Gumroad www.3d-illusions.co.uk
Congratulations, it is the most realistic simulation of the ocean I have seen in Blender. (and I have seen many)
And I think the merit is double for being rendered in EEVEE.
Thanks 👍
This is a fantastic ocean - both realistic looking and functioning. When I first downloaded it, I had a small error, but this turned out to be the result of my inexperience with Blender rather than through any fault of the developer, but he still walked me through the problem and got me on my way. I definitely recommend this ocean for anyone looking for a quick and easy yet professional looking asset. Thanks!
Hi. Did you use this ocean yet? Interested to see it in use if you could share a link to your video?
I've been using Blender for many years, but in this video I learned a lot! Amazing content, congrats and thank you!
That’s great to hear. Glad it was useful 👍
Oh mate. I've just paused the video because I needed to come to the comments section. This is one of the best tutorials I've seen. You are super clear, provide insight on functionality that seems advanced but make it seem simple and I've learned a lot without even getting past half the video. GOOD JOB!
That’s great to hear. Thanks very much 👍
No weird intros, no jokes, very nice english accent which helps me understand as a non native speaker.
I hope your videos get way more views, Good job!
Thanks, that's great to hear 👍
Wow!! I tried many water tutorials for blender but was never able to make such a big scale ocean without crashing my computer. That array trick works great!! So many good tips in this video. Thank you!
No problem, thanks 👍
Oh damn finally someone explaines the data driver stuff and custom properties 13:00 - I had no idea it works like that, this is totally entry level houdini workflow - so glad you made this tutorial
Thanks, I've only touched the surface on drivers here, they can be very powerful. I'll go into more advanced usages as the channel progresses.
3d illusions yeah I’d love it, coming from max, blender seems to have so much hidden gems, whenever I’m missing some feature there comes along something awesome in a similar way.. it’s so surprising how you think you know 3d, but then there’s more 3d :)
This is such an amazing wealth of information here. Not just on using the Ocean modifier, but drivers, custom attribute setup, tips on performance, shader development tricks and more. Thank you for putting this together! I learned a lot from this!
Glad it was helpful!
You taught me so many things even though I've been using Blender for sometime. I must admit going back to review the concepts several times. Also you helped me get over my laziness and finally learned how to organize nodes into groups that make sense. Thanks.
Thanks, I'm glad it was useful 👍
Best Blender ocean tut I've seen thus far. Thanks
No problem, thanks 👍
Incredible tutorial! So many great techniques covered. Really showcases the raw power of blender and eevee.
Cheers Mike
This tutorial it's probably the best I've seen in the last year!!! So well explained , I learned a lot!, Massive thanks for sharing. Very professional...impeccable! please continue sharing!
Awesome, thank you!
Well, aside from my brain exploding halfway through the tutorial, I’d say this was pretty helpful! Seriously, thanks for sharing some of your immense knowledge, that was amazing.
Thanks, glad it was useful 👍
I have watched a lot of Blender videos but this is in a class of it's own! .
Thanks.
thanks very much. Part 2 is available now too on my website 3d-illusions.co.uk 👍
Looking forward to the underwater scene next (:
Thanks, it's still the next tutorial on the agenda, but struggling for time at the moment.
This is one of the best Blender tutorials I've ever seen! I've learned so much and thoroughly enjoyed the process + I have a cool-ass realistic ocean to show for it. Thank you so much!
P.S. when keyframing the animations for the camera, you can still use a high ocean resolution with the shrinkwrap constraint, you just have to repeatedly use alt + o to smooth out the keyframes in the graph editor until the camera movement is smooth enough to your liking. :)
To smooth out the camera motion, in the graph editor, select all rotation keyframes and press alt+o as many times as you like, usually once is enough.
this is a great/huge tutorial, i have learned a lot, have to look at it 2 or 3 times so that i can understand everything. Many Thanks
Thanks, glad it was useful. Keep an eye out for the next feature length tutorial which should be ready in the next few days. It's the long overdue Disney underwater scene I advertised last year.
th-cam.com/video/4710r4tXqVs/w-d-xo.html
Wow, this is simply the best Ocean Modifier tutorial I have ever seen. I've also learnt so much about Blender from this that isn't related to the Ocean Modifier, that I'm going to have to watch this through many times! The Viewport render animation blew me away also as to the amount of time saved on the render time, and I hope I find another video explaining the pros and cons of this method. I'm subscribed, and hope to find you've many more videos of this depth & quality. :)
Thanks dude.
this is extra ordinary mate! great stuff!
thanks very much. Working on the next one currently. Nearly a month in the making so far!
So pro!
I really like how you keep your nodes ordered.I learned some about drivers also, I had not been able to understand anything about that before. You make it look easy
Thanks, glad it was helpful 👍
PRO!! One of the best tut I've seen. We want more from you bro.
thanks :)
You are the best! Thanks for this great tutorial!
Thanks, no problem 👍
It’s ironically bad animation man!
Also known as creator of Shrek piano Rick Rolls Obama meme!
Nice seeing you.
I can't believe this tutorial is free! My very first subscription on TH-cam. Amazing!
That's great to hear thanks. I made it free so that everyone can watch, and I also put a donation link in the description for those that can afford to donate 👍
This was amazingly comprehensive. There were so many pointers inhere that it's hard to even remember them all. I've not been able to visit the ocean since the pandemic but now thanks to you I can have my own ocean! :) Thank you very much for sharing this great tut. Cheers!
No problem 👍. That’s given me the idea to see if I can set up a boat and sit in it using blender’s new VR support. Wonder if it’ll still manage real-time 🤔
Wow, this is an awesome tutorial. You have the perfect speed and delivery. I am so happy to add one to your subscriber count and look forward to learning Blender with a lot less pause and rewind. Thank you!
Thanks, welcome aboard 👍
Great tutorial! it's very very easy to follow the workflow, really well explained! Absolutely one of the best tutorial on blender i've ever seen! in just 1 tutorial you can understand .. drivers, instances, constrain, bake animations.. incredible! thanks alot for sharing and keep up with those great tutorials!
Thanks, glad it was useful 👍
Fantastic video, sir!! The ocean looks great!
Thanks 👍
One of the best Blender tutorial. Great flow. Its a pleasure. Keep going man. Thx
Thanks a ton!
Excellent tut. And thanks for making the blend file available. You rock!
My pleasure!
Bloody marvelous tutorial. Thank you.
Congrats on this tute. I think it may well be the most complete one I've seen. So many techniques shared, even down to rendering and audio post. We'll done! Subbed! Keep it up.
Thanks, that’s great to hear 👍
What you do is highly valuable, thank you for this tutorial! 🙂
really stunning...blender seems to be more a programming language than a software
it's a great bit of kit.
very useful tips here. will watch this again.
Thanks 😊
So much nice explanations - very good teaching ! Thank you !!!!!!!!
No problem 👍
Awesome! Thanks from Brazil
Thanks from the city of Robin Hood, Nottingham. 👍
Amazing tutorial..Very detailed...and how to use blender properly.. I mean, custom properties/drivers/instancing/baking foams...thank you so much...
Thanks 👍
That is effing epic!!! Kudos sir!
Thanks dude. Check out part 2, it's even better :)
Hello! I've bought your scene and copied the ocean into my project, but there's a massive layer of white noise over it. Can you advise on what the problem may be an how to remove that? I'm very new to blender. Thanks!
Hi, it's only set up for EEVEE. For Cycles, you'll need to make some tweaks. I haven't tried it with cycles, but a few others have bought it for that purpose, so you should be able to get good results. Personally though, I'd recommend you render it with EEVEE, and then render the cycles elements separately and combine in comp.
@@3d-illusions I’m using Eevee with this, but still getting that result
@@PartTimeExplorer Oh, that's odd, I've had no other reports of this. Do you have any issues with other scenes? Just in case it's a graphics driver issue. Which version of Blender are you using please? So I can check it this side in the same version. Does it happen in the viewport and in final render, or just in the viewport?
Cheers 👍
P.S, it will be easier to contact me via the support email you received with the product, then you can send me screenshots etc.
@@3d-illusions I appreciate your willingness to help. I've just sent you an email.
Just checked in 3.1 Beta, and it's all good this side on my trusty gtx 1070. The only thing I can think of would be a driver issue, or perhaps you've downloaded the wrong file for your blender version. In the downloads section, you have options for 2.8, 2.93 and 3.0 (which works with 3.1 also).
Drop me an email to support if you're unable to find what's causing it, and I'll see if I can help you with the troubleshooting at your side 👍
Great explanation and easy understanding tutorial. Thank you!
no problem, thanks 👍
Thank you so much! I learned a lot from this videos.
The explanation is straight to the point and very clear.
thanks
best blender ocean tut ever ! thanks!
Thanks 😁👍
Damn, I didn't know there was a sync option for low fps. Amazing video dude, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
no problem 👍
Amazing tips here! Thanks a lot
No problem 👍
This tutorial is amazing from beginning to the end. It is not only an excellent workflow for ocean creation but also a great reference for techniques valuable for other type of projects. Brilliant! The pace of the tutorial and the detailed explanations are really clear and easy to follow up. Congratulations for one of the best recent Blender tutorials. I made a donation. This is really valuable. Thanks!
Thanks Daniel, I’m glad people are finding it to be a useful tutorial. I appreciate the donation too, very generous 👍
@@3d-illusions only 1 clarification. You mentioned several times along the video your GPU but, in my limited understanding, Evee uses only CPU. If so, GPU is not really very relevant. In fact I have msi 2x2080ti trio 11GB and I cannot get better performance in the render than yours
Daniel Boluda EEVEE uses only the GPU for rendering. If you have slow performance make sure you have set the samples to 3 and turned off the denoiser. Also be sure to use the 3d viewports render animation and not the render menu’s.
It’s worth noting that EEVEE is currently only able to utilise a single gpu.
docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/eevee/limitations.html#cpu-rendering
excellent tutorial, not only for the ocean, a lot of good tips, I did't realize it was more than an hour... please more !!!!.....I'm suscribing
A simply amazing tutorial. Well narrated, well planned and superb outcome!! Thanks so much. Now excuse me while I go try some of these techniques to create a river I need ;)
So real!! Almost got seasick watching this LOL. Thanks for an excellent tutorial!
Grace Raboud ha, thanks 👍
Nice tutorial !
Instead of changing the z location keyframes, you can change the Delta Location in the object properties :)
I gotta say it, this tutorial is amazing and very informative, thank you so much.
no problem, thanks 👍
Wow. Brilliant!
That was excellent! I've recently been trying to transition to Blender from Max and I followed
your Hdri tutorials to get used to it a bit. I'm wanting to do a project that involves a large seascape so this combined with the other tutorials is perfect! Thanks a lot
No problem. Check out the how to model a screw long version to get an idea of the modelling tools 👍
Great tutorial. So many great ideas.
Thank you for making this; your dedication is incredible. Can you make a video of a boat moving in the water?
Thanks. Keep an eye on my gumroad, there's going to be a part 2 with new scene file and hour long-ish tutorial which will help you in this respect.
Thanks for your sharing and tutorial. It's very beautiful.
Thanks 👍
Man thanks for your effort !
no problem 👍
wow that was an amazing tutorial! Thank you very much!
No problem, thanks 👍
Excellent tutorial, thanks a lot for sharing.
Thanks 👍
Excellent tutorial, I just finished a scene with a ocean, I’d like I’d saw it before!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Excellent tutorial ,great result !
Thanks SpitfireCGI
Absolutely BRILLIANT tutorial. Packed full of really useful information. The final result is stunning. Thoroughly enjoyable. This will really help me in my current project.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. THANK YOU! Dg
That’s great to hear 👍
Thanks very much, it's great, amazing tutorial!
Thanks 👍. Part 2 will be released during the next week on my gumroad, and it will teach the fundamental concepts of geometry nodes that people need to understand to accelerate their 3D to incredible new heights.
This sooo good man! Thanks you!
thanks, no problem 👍
Hi, great tutorial - best ocean yet! Any chance you can advise on how to add a ship? I’ve really struggled to get dynamic paint working properly.
Long story short, Genius!
ha, thanks :)
Great pacing, and so many facets covered. Amazing end result - thank you!
Many thanks!
Awesome Blender skills man. Learned some new things from this one!
Really appreciate it man !! Thanks a lot been a great help!
This is top notch stuff mate.
Thanks 🍻
fantastico !!! nuevo suscriptor Gracias infinitas!!!
Wow, amazing!!!!
Brilliant !! Legend 🤘
Thank you so much so this excellent video; much appreciated
Glad it was helpful 👍
amusing bro....Thanks
Thank you
You're welcome
wow. thanks a lot
thank you so much sir.!
No problem 👍
Hello, thanks for the tutorial, I have an issue where the bake i'm getting is no where even close to what the ocean is in the viewport its very soft and smoothed out, what can i do to get better result ?
check the render resolution and viewport resolution of the ocean are the same.
I love to know what it would take to create breaking waves for a surfing animation.. The waves would need to break from the peak of the swell forming a barrel that peels off from the peak to the right or left.
I know this is a major undertaking. yes?
I’d use a cylinder with animated opacity maps, and then use z location to control where the shaders becomes white for the foam. Add some particles too for splashing. Or you could do a proper water sim if your time on earth isn’t important to you 😁
I have a problem with the foam. It appears but the foam comes up shaded like kind of blocky squares. There is no detail in the foam. The edges slidly feather out but it looks like white squared clouds floating in the ocean. Any tips? Great tutorial btw! Cheers from Germany
You need to increase the ocean resolution before generating the foam.
Brilliant tutorial, thanks. How easy is it to get a boat to react to the waves?
Thanks. Very easy, you just need to replicate what we did for the camera, but on a boat.
Merci magnifique tutorial
thanks 👍
Thank you so much!
how do you come up with something like that? This is great. How long did it take, until you have that result?
Not long actually, probably around an hour. The tutorial on the other hand took around a week 😆
Is it possible to make the edges a kind of transparent to blend better with sand on a beach?
ps. your work is so impressive!
I wouldn't recommend transparency. You'd be better adding foam where it hits the shore and rocks. I show the technique to create foam around the inflatable items in part 2 (fundamentals of geometry nodes) which is available from www.3d-illusions.co.uk
@@3d-illusions Thanks!
Thanks I really needed a total step by step tutorial that didn't make me feel like a#@. I followed an it worked Thanks again.
That’s great, thanks 👍
Question > if you have a rowing boat in this ocean; how would you prevent the water from penetrating the boat. For example the interior of the rowing boat would be below the ocean surface .. so the ocean would naturally ignore this fact and we would see the ocean inside the boat lol :)
You could try a mask modifier on the ocean with its position driven by the boat. Or you could render the boat in a separate viewlayer, so that when you recombine with the ocean in comp, the boat will replace the ocean.
@@3d-illusions Yeah i cant see a geo mask working if the boat is moving. Maybe comp is the only way. It's a hypothetical question more than anything :)
@@davidedwardsme depends on the resolution of the ocean and thickness of the hull regarding the mask modifier I suppose. But yeah, comp is the best option because it’ll be perfect with no fuss.
Thank you for your nice tutorial. I can make realistic ocean.
Welcome 😊
really nice tutorial! for some reason transmission in the principled BSDF shader has no effect for me at all, is there a specific setting that needs to be enabled for this?
Game changer!!
THANKS !
no problem
Thanks for the great tutorial. Is there a technique to reduce the tiling that occurs with different camera angles?
frunkablunka yep, I cover that in the video 👍
@@3d-illusions Oh sorry. I must have missed that step.
i hope you are doing well dude! on which version of blender you have done this?
Hi Dude, I'm good thanks, how are you? I made this in 2.83, but in the downloads section I've also included updated versions for 2.93 and 3.0. I haven't updated it to 3.3 yet, but I'll do that at some point in the near future if necessary (just having a holiday at the moment for my 45th birthday).
@@3d-illusions really appreciate it man, i'm good thank you so much for asking! and i hope you enjoy your holiday and have fun.
you can use expressions like after effect !? 🤯
Yep. You can even make full python functions and use those instead of simple expressions
Good video but the problem is baking. It seems that one has to switch to cycles and use keyframes in order to bake an entire scene properly.
You shouldn't need to switch to cycles to bake the foam, but you do need to use keyframes rather than #frame if you're baking out more than a single frame of foam.
there is no option of vertex color in new updated blender....can any ony help???? 18.00 i cant find how to apply foam
you don't need to create the attribute at all now, it just works as soon as you add the attribute node with the same name as you specify in the ocean modifier's foam section. If you wanted to though, you could add the foam attribute in either the attribute tab of the data panel (underneath face maps), or you could add a colour attribute. Both are the same thing, except color attribute is automatically a color attribute, but attributes created in the attribute tab can be set to a color attribute or any other type of attribute (float,string,boolean, etc). In both cases make sure they're vertex attributes.
@@3d-illusions i'm glad you replied so early..god bless you....thanks alot for helping i was stuck in between..thanks thanks thanks.....
Will you do a geometry nodes version ?
I won't replace the ocean modifier with a geometry node modifier in the near future because geometry node's isn't able to grab attribute data from neighbouring vertices yet. Having said that, part 2 of this ocean tutorial is dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of geometry nodes, so if you're interested in working with geometry node's, that will give you the in-depth understanding needed to build any modifier you can imagine. It's available from my Gumroad www.3d-illusions.co.uk 👍
My Brain: OK, all nodes tweeking understood.
My Hand: Sorry, I cant do that..