Create Satisfying 3D Animations | Easy Blender Tutorial

Learn how to Create Oddly Satisfying 3D Animations in this Blender 2.8 Tutorial!

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[matthewutley]

You can use Shift+X/Y/Z to exclude an axis when scaling and such, too. So S, then Shift+Z, will scale on X and Y only.

[fabianf]

6:20 What's really satisfying that you paused on the exact frame, so that both spheres are perfectly lined up.

[wagyu]

3:23 for me it was hit A to select all E then S took me for ever to figure that out

[sasjadevries]

You could have included a 10 sec donut tutorial, and use that donut as the ring in this animation.

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At some points sound goes ahead of video a little bit that's why sometimes it's hard to sync what author says and shows.

02:07 Press S, shift+Z in order to scale only along the z axis
02:48 After Circle is added, Press R 9 0, R Z 9 0.
02:56 S and pull with mouse.
03:02 Press A being in Edit mode, Ctrl+R, Select vertex, G, G, pull with mouse.
03:21 Select all with A being in Edit mode, press E, S, pull with mouse.
03:55 Select in Object mode, press TAB to go to Edit mode, keep cursor over the upper edge, press Ctrl+R, click on newly appeared yellow edge and pull it with mouse. If additional update is needed press G, G and pull with mouse.
04:11 To split window move cursor at areas crossing (on left top or right top), press left mouse button and pull.
04:29 Select Frame 1, Press "record" button, Select sphere, Press R 3 0
04:37 Select Frame 120, Select sphere, Press R - 6 0
04:49 Set limit 240 frames
04:54 Select Frame 1, Shift+D (creates copy), move right at frame 240
05:36 Pay attention that it depends on you project, for example, in my case it is Y not X (Euler Rotation must be not only visible but also selected).
06:06 Make sure frame 120 is selected, Press A to select, G, Y, 9, 0
08:32 Shift+Ctrl+T
09:45 To add camera if it is absent - select Add(the one which is pressed when new object is added) -> Camera. View -> Cameras -> Active Camera (Numpad 0). Rotate Camera - R. Move Camera R, R. Move Camera - G.
10:43 In Blender 2.83.4, 2.83.5, 2.83.3 it does not work for second ball and the ring. I do exactly the same as for the first ball but texture is just not loaded. It only worked after I installed Blender 2.80.
11:40 F12 - at least one rendering is mandatory so image would appear in Compositing

240 frames (2560*1440) rendering took me around 2h (~35 seconds per frame, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER + Core i5-9600KF 3.7GHz).

ffmpeg was used to make 40 seconds video just within couple of seconds.
ffmpeg -safe 0 -f concat -i list.txt -c copy output.mp4

list.txt:
file '0001-0240-1.mp4'
file '0001-0240-1.mp4'
file '0001-0240-1.mp4'
...

Whole project took me around 16-20 hours I guess (it's my second Blender project).

P.S.
It seems author has its own meaning of easy because in my world it is not easy at all ;)
I am not a professional but just an amateur who wants to spend reasonable time and be able to draw some interesting things.
Having this video 5-10 minutes longer would allow to save tons of hours for thousands of visitors ;)

P.S. 2
Anyway I love this project and thank you very much for having it public even with such level of complexity!

[eggyrepublic]

It would be funny if you enabled physics and make them collide after a few swings.

[Isoshi-]

3:38 for those who have a weird looking inner shape of the circle ... just change the solidify mode from "simple" to "complex" and here u go

[MrTalixx]

To extrude the circle like he did, while in Edit mode, press E and then S.

[suichen]

3:15 "Ctrl+R then double-tap G", I figured it's "Ctrl+R" (Loop Cute), then 2 left clicks to confirm, then move the loop-cut vertex along the edge by double-tapping G (Vertex Slide)

[ChadEveryday]

I have no idea what's going on, but it was satisfying and I watched until the end.

[betofc]

0:37 Preview of final result
1:41 Tutorial start
1:50 UV Sphere addition (ball #1), cable addition and transformation
2:30 Ball and cable joining
2:46 Central ring creation
4:04 Ball swinging animation and its adjustments
5:51 Addition of the second swinging ball (duplicating from the first)
6:47 Floor addition
6:56 Central ring animation (keyframe additions)
7:34 Change of animation curve for constant rotation
7:51 Materials addition (floor)
9:21 HDR addition (for environmental lighting)
9:41 Some camera and HDR adjustments
10:04 Sphere material addition (Ctrl + Shift + T with the Node Wrangler enabled and the Principled BSDF box selected)
10:47 Camera adjustments (square aspect ratio)
10:54 Some render settings
11:33 Denoising settings
12:07 Gradient background addition behind the animation
13:38 Animation render settings
13:55 FINAL RESULT

[rbcboom]

If someone having problem at ( 8:45 ) .
Select the principal BSDF and press ctrl + shift + T.
Make sure you have enabled node wrangler in addons.
And don't Select the zip file only the jpg.
Thank you
If any further information ask me

[NoName-fpnd]

0:25 yep please do a tutorial on this type of rendering

[TeenstarletsInfo]

It's also super satisfying to see a good tutorial with a guy talking in a normal way and explaining the important steps in detail instead off all those new tutorial guys talking in a weird way, pressing their steps into a one minute "tutorial" or doing a timelapse video that has 40 steps in one second without screencast keys turned on. Thanks a lot.

[LoreReloaded]

"Easy Blender Tutorial" *Laughs in Week 2 of one hour a day training*

[intergalacticspacegaming]

If you are struggling at around 6:40, make sure you have selected all of the points in the graph editor first, this took me ages to figure out

[fredward]

9:45 for those who don't have a numpad, go to View > Align View > Align Active Camera to View. This would be the same as that

Me: trying to follow all the tutorials.

2 minutes later: something that I can't do appear and end doing everything different and worse than it should be 😂.

[Rawbeats.]

This guy Seriously skips out on like half the stuff at least and just expects you to know

[sreliata]

Oh my, this is amazing. Seriously!! I actually managed to finally become one of your Patreons this month!! Is this going to be one of the files /.blends available there? You are amazing. So many tutorials. So much to learn (for us). Thank you!! <3