What you'll learn

How to use a simple cube to create a cloud

The only 2 modifiers you need to add to create entire clouds in seconds

How to use displacement textures

What is a volume and how to use it

How to transform a cube into a volume

The difference between non-realistic clouds and realistic clouds

How to use displacement textures on volume shapes

How to create big and small displacements at the same time

How to create materials for your volume

Why you shouldn’t put low volume density to your cloud

How to use particle systems to make rain

How to create raindrops for your animation

How to make your particles look like perfect raindrops

The only setting you need to change to make your rain fall straight down in a realistic way

How to make the rain start directly from the cloud

How to edit the starting point to make it the same size as your cloud

How to make your raindrops invisible inside your cloud before falling down

The only setting you need to change in your volume material to make it look natural

How to create simple animated waves with physics

How to make your raindrops interact with the water

How to make your waves look smooth

What physics properties to add to your rain and to the water

How to make your particle system a dynamic object in your physics

How to make your raindrops disappear after hitting the water

How to adjust the scale of the waves proportionally to the size of your raindrops

How to not make your waves bounce or not at the extremity of the water

How to make bumpy grounds

How to generate displacement textures for your ground

How to create a hole to put the water in it

One add-on you need to activate to generate multiple realistic landscapes

How to create hills manually

How to use particle systems hair setting to make grass

A simple click to multiple the grass density without having more particles on your viewport

How create patches of grass on your ground

How to assign the grass only on one part of your ground

How to use weight paint and vertex groups with particle systems

Create realistic material for your ground

How to have two different materials for the ground and the grass

How to textures your clouds to make them look fluffy

How to create a water material

How to assign your water material to every raindrops

How to make realistic skies

How to put HDR images for your environment light

Where to download high quality HDR images

How to add HDRI for your scene

Where to place your sun in your scene to make your clouds not look flat

How to put HDRI + sun light and not have 2 different suns

What are caustics and why you should activate them

How to activate caustics on your different meshes

How to make your water look more realistic with caustics

How to activate caustics for your HDRI or sky

How to make your sun create caustics for your water and raindrops

What to put in the background of your scene

How to make your background have a nice and natural color

How to use HDRI to make backgrounds

How to make your background transparent

How to make your camera square or rectangular

What focal length to add to your camera to view all your scene

How to use depth of field to create a more realistic look

How to make your background and foreground have a nice blur

How to create a focus point for your camera

Where to place the focus of your camera

What render engine to use to have good looking clouds

How to make your raindrops have a little motion blur in your animation

How to render your animation without any particles problems

The only step you do not want to skip to render your animation with perfect physics

How to load all of your animation images before rendering

How to export the video of your animation

Should you export your animation in PNG or MP4

What frame rate to put for your animation

How to adjust the contrast and exposure of your scene before rendering

How to drag and drop realistic 3D models in your scene with this free add-on

How to generate infinite personalizable trees to add to your environment

How to add texture to your trees with a simple drag and drop from a free library

Learn how to create oceans

Requirements

Have a computer less than 10 years old

Have Blender installed on your computer

Know basic navigation of Blender

Description

Particle systems, volume, physics simulations, and 3D animation.This is a lot to learn when you’re just starting to learn 3D in Blender.You can make a lot of cool things with these tools!But first, how to use them correctly…This is the difficult part and it can take a very long time to learn.There are a lot of settings to understand to be able to make your animation work properly and not get weird bugs.You can fully go in depth and follow 10-hour courses about these tools,But, it’ll quickly become too confusing to understand for a beginner, you’ll get lost and never use them.A simple way to start learning how to use these tools is by creating a cool project you can make in a few hours.I created a project that I think is very good for beginners.The steps are simple :Use a volume to make a fluffy cloudUse a particle system to create rain falling from the cloudUse another particle system to create grassUse physics to create dynamic water where the raindrops are going to create little wavesI made this 2-hour course about this project and you can follow it right now.In this course, I teach you everything you need to know, step by step.You’ll learn how to use volumetrics and displacements to make clouds,Use different particle systems to make the rain and grass,Use physics simulations to make the raindrops interact with the water,Create the whole scene and render your 3D animation smoothly!By the end of the course,You’ll have learned all of these tools easily,You’ll be able to reproduce the animation and make your own new versions of it.See you,Nicholas

Overview

Section 1: Cloud and rain animation

Lecture 1 Create cloud 1

Lecture 2 Create cloud 2

Lecture 3 Rain particles

Lecture 4 Rain in cloud

Lecture 5 Rain animation waves

Lecture 6 Ground

Lecture 7 Grass

Lecture 8 Materials

Lecture 9 Lights

Lecture 10 Caustics

Lecture 11 Background

Lecture 12 Camera

Lecture 13 Render

Lecture 14 Render animation

Lecture 15 Add 3D models

Lecture 16 Ocean environment

Beginners in 3D who want to learn to create simple animations,Beginners in 3D who want to learn physics simulations,Beginner in 3D who want to improve by creating a full project