ChrisP

Hello!

my name is Chris and I create video tutorials for Blender, the free, open-source (and just freaking awesome) 3D software.

If you enjoy my content, your support is greatly appreciated: With your help I will be able to continue creating high-quality tutorials and other content. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel and consider becoming a Patron. Thank you! ♥️

About me:
I am a full-stack Senior Software Engineer with 30+ years of experience and a Master's Degree in Computer Science.
My hobbies and interests include video production, photography, smart home, 3D printing and - of course - Blender!

I love to find smart solutions to tricky problems and will share the best tips with everyone who's interested.
Enjoy the videos and have a great day!

Blender Tutorials

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ChrisP’s Feature-Packed Startup File

I have put together a really handy Blender Startup file containing

Stage (Seamless & Room w/ individual walls)
Lights (3-Point Studio Lighting)
Camera (w/ Track-To and Focus Point)
Volumetric Dust Particles
HDRI (w/ Coordinates Controller)
Fixed World Center Empty
Shader Preview Orb
Materials
- Metallic Car Paint
- Architectural Glass
- Plastic
- Procedural Scratches
- Dust
- and more
Scripts
- Animation Nodes rendering
- Bullet Time Effect
Feature-Packed Compositor Node Tree
- Anamorphic Lens Flares
- Fake Volumetrics
- Glitches
- Sharpen
- Glare
- Color Correction/Grading
- Dirt
- Vignette
- and more
Practical Default Settings

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Material Packs for EEVEE & Cycles

GOLD Tier patrons get all existing and future (!) material packs FOR FREE!

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Or you can purchase material packs individually from BlenderMarket by clicking an item below:

3D Printed Shader

Procedural shaders for Blender 3 and 4
Best results in Cycles, works in EEVEE
HOW-TO: VIDEO

Copper Material Pack

Procedural shader
Color age, Color variation, Oil amount, Patina
+ BONUS: Dust-Shader
Best results in Cycles

Granite Material Asset Pack v2

Procedural shader for Blender 3+
Incl. Assets for Blender's Asset Manager
For Cycles and EEVEE
How-To: VIDEO

Silver, Gold, Platinum, Pewter Material Pack

4 procedural shaders in 1 pack
Silver with patina feature
Gold with rose gold feature
Platinum with dirt inclusions feature
Pewter with patina, brushed and pitted feature
Best results in Cycles

Animation Nodes

Animation Nodes is an awesome free Add-On for Blender.

I used to publish my own builds for B2.8x here but I don’t see the need any longer since there are current builds (even with extra nodes!) available. The latest build can be downloaded from GitHub.

Blender crashes when rendering animations?

Later builds of AN have improved this issue drastically, but if you still experience crashes when rendering with “Auto Execution” switched on (I found that 1 out of 5 render jobs still crash), then there are several things you can do/try:

Watch the silly - but hopefully useful - video
Switch on “Lock Interface” in the Render menu
Bake the animation to keyframes (if possible)
Use “Viewport Rendering” (if possible)

Good luck ;)

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First, let me say a HUGE THANK YOU to all my Patrons already supporting me!

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