Nik Kottmann | Action Movie Poster Composite Tutorial with Blender & Sketchfab @BlenderDaily | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
In this Blender tutorial, Karim Joseph discusses his original studio photo-shoot and how he used free Sketchfab models and the free MB-LAB add-on to create the final composite. He shares some useful tips along the way, including for the upcoming Blender 3.0. This personal compositing exercise is inspired by the expendables movie posters designed by Ignition & LA.
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MB-LAB add-on: https://mblab.dev/ | MB-LAB license: https://mblab.dev/license/
Sketchfab add-on: github.com/sketchfab/blender-plugin/releases
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Reference posters by Ignition & LA: impawards.com/2010/expendables_ver9.html
High resolution images on Karim Joseph portfolio: artstation.com/karijoart | behance.net/karijoart
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Sketchfab models credits, click on the links for the individual models licenses:
"Sword" (skfb.ly/VsDs) by minghauLoh
"medieval sword" (skfb.ly/6snUE) by LowSeb
"Bastard Sword" (skfb.ly/FHWM) by avhatar
"Saw Bidenhänder Sword" (skfb.ly/6xpBE) by iceboxX708
"Damascus Sword" (skfb.ly/6WMtI) by Psychloor
"Sword" (skfb.ly/68ZvF) by vishnevsky.yaroslav
"Saw Cut Sword" (skfb.ly/69nCx) by iceboxX708
"Zweihänder sword" (skfb.ly/6RRXu) by Lisov1k
"Sword" (skfb.ly/6uWR7) by hoschu
"Old Sword" (skfb.ly/6WRVs) by em_kei
"Medieval Sword" (skfb.ly/6zGMu) by m4rcu5j4ck50n
"Bastard sword" (skfb.ly/6YSxL) by Aren Boada
"Long Sword" (skfb.ly/6s8JZ) by FlukierJupiter
"Two handed Sword" (skfb.ly/67HpL) by Brendan Vermeltfoort
"Zweihander Sword Game Model" (skfb.ly/6s6y6) by Michael Makivic
"Medieval Knight's Long Sword" (skfb.ly/6TIvK) by Hossam
"Medieval short sword (worn)" (skfb.ly/6R69I) by reddification
"M16 A2 Rifle" (skfb.ly/68ZDY) by Luchador
"m4 Carbine Rifle" (skfb.ly/6VJCQ) by Pieter Ferreira
"Battle Rifle" (skfb.ly/onJsp) by DJMaesen
"Shotgun" (skfb.ly/oovDB) by DJMaesen
"Remington 870 Shotgun" (skfb.ly/6RM6X) by Urpo
"Huntsman Knife" (skfb.ly/69rtR) by Lucas Lauer Gallo
"M9 Bayonet knife" (skfb.ly/6BY6P) by Michael Karel
"military knife(WIP)" (skfb.ly/6vtCK) by masterdome
"HK MP5 (9mm submachine gun)" (skfb.ly/6sRvN) by quick_loop
"Desert Eagle" (skfb.ly/6Uo9t) by ELIZION
"Colt Python" (skfb.ly/67KXH) by minhdaow
"Colt 1911" (skfb.ly/6RpvQ) by Warkarma
"Glock 17 Gen4 (Free)" (skfb.ly/opAGB) by Ziperi
"Adaptive Combat Rifle" (skfb.ly/PABR) by doomsentinel
"AK74M Assault Rifle" (skfb.ly/6xW97) by creationwasteland
"steampunk mechanical wings" (skfb.ly/6UGKA) by rajath98
Licenses:
CC Attribution: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
CC Attribution-ShareAlike : creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Video instructor: Karim Joseph
Artstation: artstation.com/karijoart
Behance: behance.net/karijoart
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCSRVOY7hRtzUtvEpRznjxhw
Instagram: instagram.com/karijoart

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Timestamps:
00:00 Project Overview
00:36 Photoshoot Setup
01:16 Scene Reconstruction: Camera
02:48 Scene Reconstruction: Model Reproduction
03:44 Posing the Model
05:54 Model Fine-tuning
07:04 Final Model Steps
07:50 Scene Reconstruction: Matching the Lights
09:30 Fitting the Vest 3D Model
10:24 Adding Velcro Patches
11:31 Custom Weight Paint Colors
13:44 Placing the 3D Weapons
16:12 Compositing Passes
16:53 Indirect Only
20:36 Holdout
21:48 Blender 2.93 Shadow Catcher
22:54 Blender 3.0 Shadow Catcher
24:38 PS Final Composite
25:26 PS Non-Destructive Workflow
27:10 Outro