This is a full breakdown of my latest render piece called Abandoned. This is a pretty long video so I will do my best to place chapters. Hope you enjoy and learn something from this. Thank you
Blender Download:
https://www.blender.org/
Addons mentioned
BotaniQ: https://blendermarket.com/products/botaniq-trees
Sketchfab Blender addon: https://github.com/sketchfab/blender-plugin/releases/tag/1.5.0
TimeStamps
Intro - 00:00
Geometry Nodes Breakdown - 00:06
Scene Overview - 01:11
Botaniq Addon - 02:02
Rock Generator - 03:13
Sketchfab Addon - 03:39
Imported models - 04:55
Camera angle and scene overview - 05:37
Geometry nodes start - 05:50
Starting Plane - 06:34
Adding Displacement - 07:13
Grass scatter - 10:27
Fence - 12:09
All together so far - 16:44
Proximity - 17:05
Edge Rocks - 17:42
All Together Check - 21:00
Path Rocks - 21:19
Flower Scatter - 22:18
Sunflower Scatter - 23:01
Bringing in objects into geometry nodes - 23:46
Lil dirt bump - 25:54
Adding Mist - 27:45
Overview scene - 31:01
Car - 32:05
Importing Birds - 35:51
Camera Settings - 36:43
Materials Breakdown - 38:00
Compositing - 42:11
Denoisers - 42:42
Setting up passes - 43:17
Blender compositor rant - 43:55
Render Settings - 46:03
Passes - 47:14
Bonus - 47:47
Is Viewport - 47:58
END - 49:53