Gaussian Splats in Blender Octane
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Blender or Unreal Engine for Gaussian splat VFX? I compared rendering 3D Gaussian splats in Blender (using the free Octane Render plugin) vs. Unreal Engine — and the difference in dynamic range and image quality is significant. Blender wins. But the render time will humble you.
I used the free Octane Render plugin for Blender to bring in a high-res Gaussian splat of Toronto City Hall (scanned by Megascapes), stripped out buildings I didn't want using SuperSplat, dropped in brutalist 3D assets from CGTrader, and composited a solarpunk city extension in Nuke. Then I compare renders from Unreal Engine and Blender.
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Assets used:
skyscrapers https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/ex...
cityscape https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-model-pac...
mega pack https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/ex...
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— CONTENTS OF VIDEO —
00:00 - 3D Gaussian Splats in Blender
00:35 - Installing Octane Renderer in Blender
03:11 - Digital set extension in Blender using a Gaussian splat
03:20 - Editing Gaussian splats with SuperSplat
04:43 - Adding 3D assets from CGTrader
05:43 - Render times!!!!
06:08 - Compositing in Nuke
06:37 - Final render
06:55 - Comparing results from Unreal Engine and Blender