How to animate 3D blobs with Spline

☀️ Update: Spline UI has improved, and we have now introduced the concept of Actions that allow much more time for interactions. Within the event panel, the previous "Objects" section is now called Transition (which is an action). Make your transition action go from Current (Base State) to State.

Hi! In this tutorial, you will learn how to create and add motion/animation to a 3D blob using Spline materials and the state transitions.

0:00 Introduction
0:27 Creating the sphere
1:28 Creating the materials
3:34 Animating the deformation
4:13 Exploring alternatives

[Golden_Kelsi]

For the users who are watching it on June 2024.
Update 1:
The "Reset all" is updated to "Reset position" etc.
I chose the "Reset position" and it's centered!

Update 2
The Event- objects is updated to "Transition" (which is how is called now) and creates the transition from Current/Base State to State.
Then change the default "1" to 40, and choose linear. Whola~

[puneetshakya]

This was helpful. I'm new to spline and I'm loving it spline is super powerful. Thanks a lot for your tutorials can't wait to learn more from you ❤️.

[mintcat]

I'm alwayd amazed on how quich this tutorials are. Love it!

[SageOfAtlas]

When I click "Start" as an event, I don't see the same UI for editing the event... is this tutorial out of date now with the latest Spline update?

[framespark]

Thanks for all these videos - they are really helpful! Is there a way to calculate a perfect loop when animating Displacement properties like Movement? For example, in Cavalry 63 frames happens to be a perfect loop when using an Oscillator. 🤷‍♂

[kazumir]

Finally got it, ​ "Movement" under Displace in the material section needed to change from 20 in "Base State" and click "State" change to 400.

[pierroo]

Hello ! Why when I want to animate and click to Event I only have those Actions : Transition, Sound, Video, Create Object, Destroy Object and Switch Camera ? I didn't have like you in the video with Object and Sphere

[KinFaiz]

Amazing!!! I love spline. I made a cool rubicks cube on the app

[wonderfulworld]

Good tuto and really clear, thank you so much!

[atajqtsawa]

Does the events feature come only in paid mode? I do not have my object in the events start panel...

[stivenbello]

Thanks so much for tNice tutorials bro

[AUBREY-fmby]

why does mine not have the object and animation part under state. 3:49

[squiggleturtle]

Thanks for the tutorial! I'm trying to export this as a gltf file but only see the sphere - is this possible? I want to use in a three.js scene. Thanks!

[fudbalskafilozofija]

Congrats!!! When did you first start investing

[Probfgamernoob]

Great tool! Is it possible to add more than one state? Like when i press play it goes base state -> state -> state2?

[AnweshaRoy-gs]

I followed your instructions to the T, but my play mode shows no animation at all- it just stays in the current state. Please help :(

[DesoloZantas]

Why limit this program you should make a way to be able to extract to open the 3S files to After Effects

[dxis_artist]

i did it just like you in this video but the spher only expands to a certain size, then stops, and only 1 shade out of 3 is displayed ... idk what I am doing wrong ...

[laraaljinovic]

Hello. 1:56 part- chaange to alpha nothing happens and this stops me from finishing the project. I do not know why but this happens to me in most of the Spline tutorials. :/

[michellemarihuang]

Hi. I can't seem to animate the blob. Do I need to subscribe to the super ?