How much storage space do i need for rendering?

[Super Pro Shitter]

I installed blender since yesterday and still have 40 gb of storage space left, is this enough for like a lifetime? (ps, i have already started to make my donut)

[itz_Kanji]

For a lifetime? I don't think so. It all depends on the complexity of your projects, but you should be good for a while.

[*P0P$*FR3$H3NM3Y3R*]

This depends highly on what you are making. You will of course need a bit of space for the actual blender files themselves. Then you will need some space to store your textures and other asset related files.
But you will also need storage space for you Output. So if you only render a couple of static .png images of your projects...that might be just a couple of 100mbs, but if you were to make lengthy animations or VFX, that you save out as industry compatible .EXR, the required storage space adds up quickly.
You will get a feel for it eventually and always remember, you can always save out finished stuff to flash drives or some other external storage medium for archiving.
But as a starter 40Gb will get you quite far i'd say.

[The Renderer]

If you buy and download courses and tutorials, those 40GB will be gone in a heartbeat. ;)

[Super Pro Shitter]

Originally posted by itz_Kanji:

For a lifetime? I don't think so. It all depends on the complexity of your projects, but you should be good for a while.

oh ok, maybe my donut wont take that much space lol

[Super Pro Shitter]

Originally posted by *P0P$*FR3$H3NM3Y3R*:

This depends highly on what you are making. You will of course need a bit of space for the actual blender files themselves. Then you will need some space to store your textures and other asset related files.
But you will also need storage space for you Output. So if you only render a couple of static .png images of your projects...that might be just a couple of 100mbs, but if you were to make lengthy animations or VFX, that you save out as industry compatible .EXR, the required storage space adds up quickly.
You will get a feel for it eventually and always remember, you can always save out finished stuff to flash drives or some other external storage medium for archiving.
But as a starter 40Gb will get you quite far i'd say.

noted, thanks for the reply

[Super Pro Shitter]

Originally posted by The Renderer:

If you buy and download courses and tutorials, those 40GB will be gone in a heartbeat. ;)

ouch

[The Renderer]

Seriously now, this is a pointless question. If you run out of space, for whatever reason, Blender or not, you have to get more, clean stuff up or move some to external storage, it's that simple.

You don't need significantly more storage space for Blender than for any other program. All create save files and maybe use some temporary space. It's just a program. Yes, the more complex the stuff you do is, the more space you will need to put your textures or resulting videos, but you'll notice that sooner or later.

[Super Pro Shitter]

Originally posted by The Renderer:

Seriously now, this is a pointless question. If you run out of space, for whatever reason, Blender or not, you have to get more, clean stuff up or move some to external storage, it's that simple.

You don't need significantly more storage space for Blender than for any other program. All create save files and maybe use some temporary space. It's just a program. Yes, the more complex the stuff you do is, the more space you will need to put your textures or resulting videos, but you'll notice that sooner or later.

ok sorry

[The Renderer]

No need to be sorry, I'm just trying to reassure you that it's no issue you have to worry about. :)

[Workinhard]

my last blender file was 12GB you might want to buy a 64GB thumb drive...