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Blender 5.1 EEVEE Feature That Will Blow Your Mind

Name: Blender 5.1 EEVEE Feature That Will Blow Your Mind
Uploaded: 2026-04-01T16:17:18+00:00
Duration: 3 min 5 s

Gleb Alexandrov

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Did you know that in Blender 5.1 you can (finally!) control EEVEE ray tracing intensity?

In this video, we take a look at this small but powerful feature - brought to us by Trita Norousi and Clément Foucault - and why it’s basically a shortcut to better-looking EEVEE renders. If you’ve ever struggled with weak global illumination in EEVEE - well, you're in for a treat.

The old workaround (yep, the hacky one involving multiple renders and compositing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSVV75sBMMY

https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/153340 - EEVEE: Add light path intensity controls #153340 (Blender developer forum)