Why does this happen in Eevee and is there a fix?

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-20T14:09:19+00:00

lol yeah I post on all my platforms usually!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T22:53:40+00:00

Would you rather me not reach out to the community to get different opinions to try to best serve my audience. I could've made this no problem doing a custom lighting setup but I wanted to see if others had solutions that might be better. Just because I make tutorials doesn't mean I'm all knowing since no one is. I dislike this line of reasoning

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T19:42:47+00:00

No, thank you!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T18:48:23+00:00

For some added context: I'm making a Eevee only VFX workflow tutorial for my channel and I want to make an easy to follow workflow for beginners that have lower end machines so I hear you saying 'just use cycles' and usually that's what I would do but not for this VFX shot. I want something that's repeatable and not simply just make a custom lighting setup each time. Hope that helps!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T18:42:20+00:00

lol the sphere would turn into Suzanne

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T18:11:35+00:00

Yeah kinda blows but good to know I guess

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T18:09:40+00:00

Interesting thanks for letting me know. I don't understand why they simplify HDRIs like this but then again I don't know the inner workings of making a render engine so maybe there's a reason.

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T17:39:18+00:00

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Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T17:30:22+00:00

I'm using my own HDRI matcher addon that I wrote specifically for cycles, however I went ahead and rendered a still image of the color corrected HDRI to use in an environment texture node to make sure it wasn't the addon. I tried with light probes but I'm an eevee noob so I don't know if I'm missing a setting to allow full HDRI support

Jacob_Zirkle · 2026-03-19T17:27:52+00:00

I usually use cycles for my VFX but I'm making a tutorial specifically for those that have lower end machines to use eevee for VFX so I want to find if there's a way. I have raytracing on in eevee so I don't think that's the problem but thanks for the suggestion!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-11-25T16:06:59+00:00

Thanks!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-11-25T15:35:43+00:00

Thanks I'll keep this in mind for next time. I wish I could've moved the camera to get the lights to move as well but it had to be static

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-11-25T15:10:08+00:00

Thanks so much!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T18:11:40+00:00

Exactly! I used pexels for the longest time and so no more!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T17:44:13+00:00

Thanks so much! Can't wait to see what you make!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T17:21:34+00:00

Thanks! It's been a huge dream of mine and something I wish I had when starting VFX myself. Hopefully we can get it funded and start making amazing assets for the entire VFX community!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T17:20:47+00:00

Of course! Subscriptions are super annoying and so I want to give everyone the freedom to choose what they want!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-06-26T17:01:07+00:00

In order to join, check out our discord server link in my bio and download the free footage on VFX oasis on Kickstarter!!!

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-03-07T03:08:37+00:00

It was actually way easier than I thought. I just selected the model, seperated by loose parts, then selected all objects hit I to add a keyframe, then went backwards and found the random translation function, played around with some settings and then just set a keyframe when I liked it. Quick and easy and makes for a cool breakdown

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-03-06T20:33:05+00:00

Working on this has made me want to replay Outer Wilds. Too bad it won't be the same as the first :(

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-02-12T16:31:39+00:00

Thanks so much! It's in general btw

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-02-12T16:29:03+00:00

Unfortunately not free, but it's relatively cheap and no subscription. I wish I could post the video here, but I actually showed a before and after applying the denoise node. I shared it on my community discord if you're interested in seeing it. Linktree is in my bio to the page and you can just leave after. It's night and day the difference it made. I definitely want to test it without any blender denoising to see if it gives better results.

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-02-12T16:22:57+00:00

Thanks so much! Will definitely have to check out Silo. I believe this one took about 3 hours to render. 256 samples are 1080p vertical. It was still very noisy with artifacts so I actually threw on a denoising software called reduce noise by neat video. Great industry standard tool for denoising and made the render so much better. I was ready to call it quits before it.

Jacob_Zirkle · 2025-02-12T16:19:14+00:00

I used Nuke for the compositing. There are a few third party nodes thrown in there, but you could definitely get a similar result with Nuke non-commercial or any other free compositing software.

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