SpencerM – BlenderNation

Color Grading and Compositing in Blender

SpencerM — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:55:40 +0000

Compositing and color grading add the final touch to your projects. Spencer Magnusson, a pipeline engineer at DreamWorks, shares how to apply simple effects like fog and glare, to your scenes to make them pop. I wanted to share some of my compositing and color grading workflow so others can enhance their renders, all within [...]

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Add and Adjust Lights in your Scene with the Light Painter Add-on (Free Download)

SpencerM — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:00:01 +0000

Spencer Magnusson is a pipeline engineer at DreamWorks, and has been working on 'Light Painter' - a free Blender add-on to interactively add lights and shadows to your scenes. https://youtube.com/watch?v=E5zOVD7Ucd4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Don't place your lights, paint them! #blender #blender3d #lighting #animation #b3d #blenderaddon (https://youtube.com/watch?v=E5zOVD7Ucd4) The Light Paint tool offers [...]

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Light Painter Update - Paint Shadows!

SpencerM — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:45:01 +0000

SpencerM writes: Made some new updates to my Light Painter add-on - not only can you add lights by painting their influence, but also shadows! See Spencer's other post for more videos and a link to his add-on. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VQ1X_ANdLfgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Light Painter Add-on - Shadows (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VQ1X_ANdLfg)

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Light Painter Add-on

SpencerM — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:30:07 +0000

This free add-on by SpencerM turns light design in Blender on its head: instead of manipulating the lights, you indicate how you want them to appear on your models by painting their influence. Very cool and innovative! SpencerM writes: Paint where you want your light! A free Blender add-on enabling you to paint surfaces you [...]

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Managing Large Scenes with nView add-on [$]

SpencerM — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 14:50:50 +0000

SpencerM writes: Here's a new video on how to use the nView add-on to improve your workflow, such as the use case of creating a city! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_qeObLip_AVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: nView Addon for Blender - Hide/Disable ALL OBJECTS not in CAMERAS VIEW with One-Click! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_qeObLip_A)

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Shot Matcher - first public release!

SpencerM — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:50:54 +0000

SpencerM writes: The Shot Matcher add-on, formerly on the Blender Market, is now freely available on Github! You can find the documentation here. Or go straight to download it, in the "Releases". https://youtu.be/H0pcbHkJTKoVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Shot Matcher - Addon Promo (https://youtu.be/H0pcbHkJTKo)

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nView Live - Free add-on to improve viewport performance

SpencerM — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:40:18 +0000

S. Magnusson writes: This add-on automatically toggles an object’s visibility setting based on its current visibility in the viewport. This helps optimize viewport performance. The main focus is to improve viewport performance in solid view during 3D navigation. This add-on supports Blender 3.0 and above (it may be compatible on older versions but not guaranteed). [...]

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nView Blender Addon [$]

SpencerM — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 19:00:04 +0000

MagnussonProductions writes: If you wanted a universal way to automatically cull objects based on their visibility from the camera or in reflections, look no further. Proud to present the Thanksgiving 2021 release of the nView Blender addon. Now has animation support - it can keyframe object visibility for playback and rendering. Check it out on [...]

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"Gather" - short film

SpencerM — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 14:50:04 +0000

MagnussonProductions writes: I worked as a VFX supervisor and artist for the BYU student film, "Gather," directed by Howie Burbidge. I used Blender for some of the visual effects. I'm proud to have worked on this, as well as be part of a 3D community that helped me along the way. For more details about [...]

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Spencer Magnusson - VFX Demo Reel

SpencerM — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 07:35:21 +0000

MagnussonProductions writes: This reel culminates the past couple years of work. Many of the clips involved Blender, either completely or as a utility. I'd like to thank the Blender community for being so helpful in my growth as a VFX artist. Enjoy! https://vimeo.com/308447329Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Compositing Demo Reel - Spencer [...]

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