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Some of you might remember a bizarre virtual camera we featured recently. It was a 3D virtual camera, constructed in Blender, that used models of real optics to focus the light and add some imperfection into your otherwise flawless renders.
Well, its creator, sirrandalot, has now released the file – after improving one or two things. He’s posted up another video going over the improvements and how to use it in your scene.
This has to be one of the most surreal and meta things I’ve ever seen in the world of photography. 3D has played a big part in photography since the world switched to digital. It’s playing an even bigger part in video lately, with all the buzz around virtual sets. But what’s been done here by sirrandalot on YouTube is pretty extreme. He built a working camera to shoot photos inside his 3D scenes.
I was captivated by this video from the instant it started up. It begins the way many Blender videos end. It begins with a render, but this isn’t good enough for sirrandalot. Oh no. He proceeds to build an actual camera with a lens using real optical formulas. He uses it to “photograph”, using real physics principles, his 3D scenes Blender.
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