World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert

Blender · 2.2M views · 2019-10-24 · 35:45

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Overview

Ian Hubert's Blender Conference talk on world building in Blender, covering photogrammetry, camera projection and assembling complex environments from simple shapes at great speed.

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HN considers it a fantastic, mind-blowing talk that shows how a single skilled artist can build detailed VFX scenes quickly.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2019–2026

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Animation & visual effects Computer graphics & rendering

What people said

DonHopkins · 2026-03 · Strong recommendation
I love Ian Hubert's demos of green screening in Blender. [LINK] His Blender Conference talk about photogrammetry / camera projection / projection mapping was fantastic: World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert [VIDEO]
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iamcreasy · 2020-07 · Strong recommendation
Very similar one: [LINK] I also loved his Blender Conference talk about World building: [VIDEO] Here he talk about how to build very complex environment with very simple shapes/approaches with incredible speed.
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DonHopkins · 2023-11 · Recommendation
Absolutely, which is an enormous well deserved complement! He makes it seem so easy, but he's got a ridiculous amount of skill. He's on his way to giving mind blowing presentations at Blendercon too. [VIDEO]
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