How To Make Epic Auroras in Blender Eevee

What better thing to do in lockdown than to make this fully 3d animated Northern Lights? In this tutorial we go in depth on shader nodes such as: Color Ramp, Map Range, RGB Curve and Noise. And I promise not to wear a giant Bob Ross wig while doing it.

This tutorial is ok for beginners but you need to know your way around the Blender interface, so if you're just starting out I recommend going through the official Blender Fundamentals training first:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1F2ddGya_-UvuAqHAksYnB0qL9yWDO6

HDRI Used:
https://hdrihaven.com/hdri/?c=night&h=kloppenheim_02

Links for reference images used during the video:
https://unsplash.com/photos/Hn8N4I4eHA0
https://unsplash.com/photos/XnfkPNGTp5w
https://unsplash.com/photos/62V7ntlKgL8

Enjoy!

0:00 Intro
0:27 Initial scene setup
2:41 Initial Aurora shader setup
5:47 Adding basic shapes
13:24 Adding the vertical fading
18:36 Adding colour
20:19 Making the streak effect
28:53 Fixing rendering issues
30:38 Fading the edges
32:43 Animating the ribbons
38:11 Basic environment
40:36 Examples of this technique

Видео How To Make Epic Auroras in Blender Eevee канала Dylan Neill