I Rendered a Photorealistic Canal House in Blender 5.1 – Full Timelapse

In this video I'm recreating a stunning waterfront exterior scene in Blender 5.1 — a canal house surrounded by trees, with water lilies floating on the water and a warm golden hour light setting the whole scene on fire. Full process from modeling to final Cycles render, captured in a timelapse. ⚡ What's covered in this timelapse: 🔲 Modeling the exterior & surroundings 🔲 Materials & textures 🔲 Golden hour lighting setup 🔲 Vegetation, trees & water lilies 🔲 Final Cycles render 🔧 Software: Blender 5.1.2 | Render Engine: Cycles PC: RTX 5080, 64 GB Ram, Ryzen 9-9950X Addons: Poly Haven Asset Browser: https://polyhaven.com/plugins/blender If you enjoyed the video don't forget to like, comment and subscribe for weekly Blender arch-viz timelapses! Music: Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Chapters: 0:00 Final animation 0:10 Modeling-Scene Blocking 45:44 Lighting setup 47:21 Compositing 49:56 Material setup - Water 58:25 Material setup - Ground 59:05 Material setup - Other materials 1:05:05 Material setup - Building material setup 1:18:59 Scattering the plants and trees 1:31:09 Scattering the water lilies 1:33:58 Finalizing compositor and lighting 1:36:07 Adding volumetric fog 1:41:33 Animating the water, trees and camera 1:45:00 Final render setup #Blender #blender3d #blendertimelapse #exteriorrender #archviz #architecturalvisualization #cyclesrender #WaterfrontArchitecture #goldenhour #BlenderExterior #Blender5.1 #3drendering #BlenderArchitecture #EnvironmentArt