This is an edited version of the stream with limited rabit trails, chat interaction, and flubs. Also don't forget that speeding up the playback is a wondering tool for watching long-form videos!
If you're like me, a few years ago you tried volumetric rendering with Cycles. And after waiting 30 seconds for your computer to calculate 1/100 samples, you cancelled the render and never tried it again. The fact is volumetrics are extremely complex to calculate and sloooooow to render.
Until Eevee! Volumetrics in Eevee shocked me the moment I heard it was a feature and I have to say they're quite competent. Finally we can edit volumetrics quickly. Sure you lose some authenticity but it's well worth adding this tool to your Blender utility belt.
In this stream we will focus our creativity toward clouds, starting with a simple cloud chunk first and then trying out a larger "cloudscape":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ecdn5SGT1E
; )
Dark clouds with water molecules are heavier than white clouds
My lag is hardly any atm
yes
I always think dark clouds are below white clouds, because dark clouds have rainwater molecules.
Oh a quiz, I got nervous
Dang, my lag is like 30 - 40 secs
With the Vector Curves node or something
make a 'signed distance function' of Mickey
I want to try that Mickey Mouse png shape texture with that file once it's uploaded