Blender 2.8 Cloth Basics : How to Make a flag

[@natomacc]

There are flag animation in blender tutorials, and then this masterpiece.

[@00TheRealTC]

I come back to this one every now and again to remind myself of the steps, especially if I want the flag animation to start from the flag at rest. (You'd think I'd have remembered everything by now, but whatever). Thank you so much for making such an easy-to-follow tutorial.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

it's a pleasure, happy to hear it has been helpful!

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Updated the project files to be free to all members of my patreon including free, www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-make-flag-35759163

[@nafisbernafas9073]

Thank you! This is the CLEAREST Blender tutorial I've watched on KZbin so far.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Glad it helped you! Thank you!

[@Phoenix-gz9xb]

Instead of changing one of the settings to fix that little problem, you can just go back to frame 0 and press righ key to go forward 1 frame. That usually does it for me

[@sithumthathsarakoswattage3678]

This one video is unfairly underrated!

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

really appreciate that!

[@Tardvark]

Finally, a blender tutorial I can actually follow Thank you

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ramzyabdul185]

Even I subscribed same time, it's straight forward

[@LeClusterFunk]

5:55 Or you could simply key frame the force field to start with a force of 0 on frame 1, and move to a later frame and increase that amount.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

yes you could be then you would waste all that time simulating the parts of the animation you don't even want to see.

[@EspacX]

A worthy introduction to a very useful tutorial. Thanks!

[@malsawmliana5998]

Clear and calm excellent tutorial. Thank you very much.

[@Chubophobic]

Wow, just did this tutorial. Easy to follow, simple, not overly complicated. Thank you so much!

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Glad it helped!

[@justforfunflowers8001]

Thank you.

[@archonandrogenpharmacokinetics]

the ideal tutorial

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Glad i could help

[@peculiarhumanbiped]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial. It's very good explained and easy to folow!

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

You are most welcome. Glad it was helpful!

[@Guilherme5988]

Very nice! I recommend testing augmenting the streght of the wind. It's fun

[@Flareastic]

u deserves a million subscribers

[@Mr_Kisch]

Love this tutorial. I am also South African!!! Hope you are still killing it!

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Lekker boet! Always happy to know I am helping!

[@skullkssounds1938]

A fellow SAFFA!!! WOO!

[@gulftrophy]

Nice Information

[@JackTheSt_Ripper]

So easy and well done explained. Easy to follow. Thank you this tutorial

[@adityaferryansugiarto5856]

Thank you for your tutorial and all the answer you gave to the comment, much appreciated

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

It's a pleasure! I am here to help! Thanks for the support!

[@pietraolegal]

Thanks for the tutorial! But i've encountered a problem where the flag i've used is rotated the wrong way, in this case, rotated vertically instead of horizontally, could you help me with this one? thx

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

if its the texture thats wrong just flip the UV map,

[@kel_]

Awesome

[@7knff767]

ur legend in explanation

[@DonSPa1959]

thanx your a great teacher even i was able to understand how to do this,i was surprised

[@ninotchka3567]

Great tutorial! I was wondering if it's possible to have waving effect as loop?

[@vitaliiustymenko9301]

It was a great one! Thank you!

[@happymhlanga4609]

this was good easy to understand

[@FebiMaster]

When i tried to lengthen the timeline from 250 to more than that, the cloth simulation always stops at frame 250, why is that?

[@mindofgabe]

If you go to the physics properties tab under "cache" you'll find the start and end frame. Just increase the end frame to how ever many frames you need :)

[@wtflorian4119]

Thank you, works like a charm.

[@nosignal5735]

Thanks for this tutorial, it helped a lot and it's easy to understand

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Glad it helped!

[@fullmetajacket2090]

how do i thicken the flag? if i extrude the plane, cloth stops working edit: added solidify modifier

[@TALKINGTOTHEMOOOOOON]

very good bro , i loved it i made it for India flag coz im Indian😎😎

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

awesome glad it was useful

[@hmshood319]

This is a great tutorial, however something I noticed when trying it out for myself is that the texture on the flag gets a little "choppy" during the animation.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

should improve once cached. also the heavier the mesh the slower the play back will be, it should render fine

[@hunchotheboss6119]

MAD LOVE OUTTA KENYA

[@azhdarmuhamad4787]

Nice job

[@24adithyanonline]

Yee Now that I know how to make an animated flag, I can now animate the USSR Flag.

[@PhonedIn]

This was very helpful for me, thanks for making this video.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Glad it was helpful!

[@haiderkamal1106]

Thanks! btw any guide for how to export this as an animated model for Unity?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Not sure but try export as alembic as far as i understand that should work.

[@mamadshonazaramonov3010]

Lovely. Of course, we want more of that. Keep it up bro

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Thank you. That's the one I am using.

[@aashmitshrestha3797]

ALSO THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT WAS SO HELPFUL!

[@qthecaptain]

How do I go about looping this flag animation for 1 min seemlessly?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Not an easy task with a simulation, there are some tutorials out there but I would most likely resort to using a Noise deformer of some kind rather than using a Cloth sim if i wanted to make a loop.

[@qthecaptain]

@@ArtInMotionStudios I gotcha. Yeah a lot of those tutorials are a bit confusing to a beginner like me… so what I ended up doing was following this and then cross fading it in Final Cut Pro. Lol. Im zoomed in on the cloth so no one will kno the difference lol

[@neth77]

This is great, thank you!

[@p.kmations]

how can i rotate my image texture in the shading?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

you do do it by either rotating the UVs or by using the mapping node

[@p.kmations]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Thanks, but i think ill need a tutorial on that cause am just a begginer.

[@rodrigothread1848]

thank you man, great tutorial!

[@tripi-da-world-isanime5083]

I am subscribing course I am South African too and your video is very helpful

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Thanks you! 😁glad it was helpful

[@searchingforcoconuts2248]

lekker may bru....

[@searchingforcoconuts2248]

so, me again... followed and applied the steps in the tutorial no problems... however, I have another blender project that I have tried to apply the flag to... as soon as I check the self-collision, the flag no longer reacts to the force (wind) and crumbles badly. Tried changing the object's weight and wind strength, no luck... any suggestions. Unfortunately I cannot add a screenshot. Any assistance will be much appreciated

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Sometimes changing the setting resets it but also make sure you are at the start of the timeline. If you don't come right send me a message in my discord channel.

[@turkibasultan4225]

Can you make Hadramout plz

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

The Hadramout flag?

[@DamienAlexander]

4:26 my blender version doesn't say Mean Crease anywhere, i skipped this step and then the animation got very slow. I'll try again soon!

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

The latest version of blender it is just called "Crease"

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

as far as it being to slow goes turn off the subdivision modifier make sure it is after the Cloth modifier and not before it.

[@lioncrud9096]

is there a way to "parent" the cloth to the pole or an armature bone so you can move the flag around?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Yes you just parent the flag to the pole. The pinned part of the flag will follow the pole.

[@lioncrud9096]

@@ArtInMotionStudios cool thank you!

[@KamranKhan-ew2yd]

How to make it into a seamless loop animation.... I mean its movement is quite uneven so is looping even possible

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Na not really possible to loop it sadly.

Thanks a lot

[@AllAboutMahalima]

There's no subdivide option when I do right click

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Make sur3 you are in edit mode, You can also click on the edge menu in edit mode, you will find the subdivide option. Also make sure your setting are set to left click select in your preferences.

[@codedbythet5639]

Just came across this video. Excellent Job! I am trying to export to fbx, but the animation is not being added to the fbx. Do you have a video for that?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Is it a character rig or just an object? Make sure to tick off animation in the export settings for FBX. And where are you important it into? Sometimes some features like deformers won't come over so you need to bake the animation and even then the software you are importing it into might not support some things.

[@p.kmations]

After adding the second cloth my flag disappears, yours does to but returns after you select the vertex group but mine doesn't

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

just go to the start of your timeline frame 0

[@p.kmations]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Thanks , though i feel so stupid😅

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

@@p.kmations haha 3d is full of confusion so don't worry it's normal to get stuck with when simple solutions fix it.

[@aa-qx1cg]

How could I put my flag animation onto a still picture background?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

You can use the compositor or Adobe after effects. Turn on transparency in the render setting and render as a png sequence.

[@CodyMapping]

if I import a flag its the wrong way round, so instead of Black, Red, Golden from top to bottom its Black, red, Golden from left to tight. How can I change that?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

depends what you mean. If you are talking about the texture you can just flip the texture in photoshop or flip the UV in the editor.

[@AS-ds4in]

When i add collision to the poll my flag gets sucked in? how to solve this

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Make sure the flag is not already intersecting with the poll. If it is too close it might get pulled partly inside the poll.

[@pianomusicarchive7620]

what a wonderful tutorial... thanks sir

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

You are most welcome

[@cud4612]

I was wondering how you could make it so that the animation loops perfectly?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

it's a simulation so that's very difficult, you can try turning off gravity and just using turbulence instead of wind and just animating the Rotation of the turbulence field. or instead of cloth use the wave modifier.

[@cud4612]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Thanks for the help, I'll give it a go!

[@nathandelacruz5639]

My flag would stop flapping once it hits the 250 fps mark. I have 600 frames all in all and my frame rate is at 60 so i get 10 seconds. What's happening wrong with it if anyone knows?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Under Cache you need to set the start and end frames.

[@nosignal5735]

How to import this waving flag to unity? edit : When I import it, the flag is invisible on 1 side and it's not waving, what's wrong?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

the one side being invisible is a limitation of Unity, to get rid of that you might need to add thickness using the solidify modifier, might work. as far as importing the animation goes, i am not sure if it is possible to import simulated animation into unity Check this out. blenderartists.org/t/export-cloth-simulation-animation-to-fbx-file/1233863/10

[@DonaldDrennan]

Now I want to wave that flag around. I parent the flag to the pole, hit play, and the flag moves down to the bottom of the pole and no long blows in the breeze, and when I move the pole, the flag doesn't move along with it like it should. What is happening? How do I fix this?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Delete the cache, make sure you are on frame 0, make sure you aren't making the animation itoo fast it could be breaking away from the pole.

[@DonaldDrennan]

@@ArtInMotionStudios I managed to fix it, but I'm still not sure what was going on. I couldn't get the flag parented to the flagpole correctly. It would move to the origin point of the flagpole when I parented it. If I moved the flagpole's origin, the flagpole would move so that the origin point was at the world center. Nothing was happening as expected. I reset everything undid all the parenting and started over. A tutorial showing how to do the parenting and pivot points would be helpful. The flag's movement has to be at the point where a hand holds it, but the flag has to be parented at the top of the pole, not the pole's pivot point. I had to use an empty.

[@LaRay314]

I have a problem. When I put in the texture I had created with photoshop than the texture is to width. And when I scale the texture that a circle is a circle than there are more than one circles on the flag. I think the texure is too small or the flag to big, but when you put it in than there wasn't thsi problem.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Rather go into the UV editor and change the size there

[@LaRay314]

@@ArtInMotionStudios The problem was that the object wasn't unwrapped. But thx.

[@jbzavala735]

Great tutorial! The flag I am trying to create is a logo with text on it. Everything you said worked great, however on the other side of the flag, the text is backwards. Is there a way to fix this?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Thank you, All you need to do is make a make a double sided shader using the geometry node using the Back facing output, and use the Texture coordinate node with a mapping node to flip the texture by setting one of the scale values to -1 here is a tutorial to make a double sided shader. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4nNh6ivqsqabdk

[@aniichan5487]

man the flags gets messed up when rendered or while rendering any solutions? ty

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Did you bake it?

[@Dyborowicz2959]

My flag's Animation stopped. My flag doesn't flow anymore in one moment. What to do?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

In the cache options change the start and end frames. Also delete the cache and re-bake.

[@dylonkejhu]

how do i extend it to 2 minutes and not let the animation stopped ?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

under the cache settings set the end frame.

[@dylonkejhu]

@@ArtInMotionStudios thanks, you saved my life !

[@dj_fox11]

*_Can someone please help! I'm following this tutorial fine and when I click Tab to exit out of edit mode my plane disappears. Help is much appreciated._*

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Go to the first frame on your time line.

[@dj_fox11]

@@ArtInMotionStudios That Worked! Thank you so much!

[@infology3]

When i render my flag .flag doesn't wave but when i see in solid mode or look dev mode flag is waving please tell me how to solve this problem❗❗

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Did you bake the sim?

[@infology3]

@@ArtInMotionStudios yes i follow all the steps

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Sounds like a problem with your render settings. Join the discord and send me screen shots of your render settings.

[@infology3]

@@ArtInMotionStudios While making flag,in rendering process 50 to 60 frames are waving but the remaining frames are not...What should i do..??

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

In your cache settings on your cloth modifier you need set the start and end of the simulation and redo the bake.

[@danielbrylka2228]

Hi, I was following along your tutorial, thanks for sharing it. I started out with another older tutorial from Andrew Price, who created square faces before subdividing the flag x times. I am playing around with the values in blender 2.92 beta. I am getting artifacts in the size of single square faces in shading mode. It looks like single faces flip or something similar. I wonder why I see this problem. Maybe someone has a hint of how to fix that? Thanks (PS: It seems to appear when the flag flaps that much I can see the backside of the polygons.)

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Sounds like you might have double faces. Or the normals are flipped. Might be easier to start from scratch. But you can try this go into edit mode, select all a by press A on your keyboard the. Press M for merge and select by distance. Could also be normals select all again then press Shift N and that should fix any normals. Also make sure if you have a solidify Modifier to delete it or make sure it is after the cloth modifer If it looks strange still just start over and be careful of extruding by mistake. That should fix it

[@danielbrylka2228]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Thanks for your help. The model seems fine, the faces are all ok. In Cycles it looks kind of ok. Maybe its a display bug on Mac? I guess, I still have some values not ok and the flag folds too much unto itself at times. As I did not see any artifacts on both tutorials, I must have done something .

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

@@danielbrylka2228 add join my discord and post there.

[@danielbrylka2228]

@@ArtInMotionStudios thanks again, I think I got it. It was the backfaces, they showed the problems. The texture that I use has no alpha, but the material/settings/blendmode was set so Alpha Blend by default. It change it to opaque and the problem is gone.

[@tzopatzopa9894]

why when i convert and save the glb file, and open it, my animation doesn't work . in Blender it works but in glb doesn't . can you explain me plaease what should i do for this , thanks a lot !

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

I haven't exported as glb but looks like it is a limitation with the export. this might help you discourse.threejs.org/t/cloth-physics-to-gltf/6561/3

[@functionacademy]

where about south africa sir

[@aniichan5487]

hm just wanted to ask that if i do multiple flags so i bake them all?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Yes baking them all is best. You sont have to but it is better to do it

[@ratfyodor_]

The tutorial was very easy, but my flag is upside down pls tell me what to do?

[@tobiasrodrigo7947]

just rotate it 180

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

rotate just the UV or flip the Texture in photoshop.

[@MfundoShabalala]

Baie dankie!

[@user-lt7yq7it7o]

Hi! Thanks a lot for your tutorial, very helpful and well explained. i got a question: When i copy paste my flag in another project, I move it to the desired place but when I press play the flag goes back to the initial place where it was pasted. Do you know how I can correct that? thanks

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Delete the bake and bake again

[@user-lt7yq7it7o]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Thanks!!!!!

[@user-ko5td6tg5m]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@KalmarBall]

this was so usefull thank you

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Glad it was helpful!

[@naeembabakheil]

v good

[@mickcarson8504]

Hi there. First, my version is 3. Secondly, can I export, then import the flag into a Men of War game editor? Is it easy or hard to do?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

No idea depends if it can support the cloth sim. Chances are it would be easier to re texture an existing flag asset that is already in the game editor.

[@mickcarson8504]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Hey, happy New year. Thanks for responding. The game already have realistic flags added by the game developer, Digitalmindsoft, but I wanted to import flags that I made with Blender into the Gem engine files that are hard to open and insert the flag files from Blender. Usually they are WinRAR files. So, I don't know what files type Blender generates. Digitalmindsoft are staying tight lipped about this. They don't even tell me what program they use, is it Blender of another program, e.g. Silver light, Maya, etc. I've been trying to do this for 9 year. Each time I do it, it becomes a failure.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

@@mickcarson8504 winrar is just a compressed zipped file Download Winrar to unzip those files and see what files time is inside.

[@TheRandomStoryBoy]

my flag shrivels up

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

make sure the flag is not inside of the pole and that you are on frame 0

[@TheRandomStoryBoy]

@@ArtInMotionStudios thanks

[@Chubophobic]

At 0:49 he says "go to our box in the corner". The box says "Add Cylinder" I don't have that showing up, anyone know what's happening?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

very odd but after you add the cylinder don't click anything else or that dialog box will vanish. it should be there. but you can also try clicking on file >defaults > load factory settings.

[@user-pc6kj5gl5o]

Hello Art In Motion Studios, I would like to know how to use this flag with the animation in Unity and what is the easiest way to record this animation on Blender and then use it in Unity.... please help me... would be very nice. thanks in advance.. I like that tutorial.. Well I made the flag.. ad it helped me.. but could you please make a video about that.. so I could understand how to do this.. would also be nice if you would text me here.. thanks!!

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Hi Sorry missed this. Sadly i haven't found a way to bring it into Unity.

[@dasskla8]

Pinning doesnt work

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

make sure the cache was deleted and the cloth is no longer baked, also make sure you are at the start of the timeline,

[@qianjinTV]

My friend, what format do I have to save the flag model in to make sure it will float in other scenes as well.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Just got to bake it then reference or append it into another scene.

[@qianjinTV]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Good friend, thank you very much, your video is very interesting, I hope more people can follow your channel.

[@larrytchogninou5438]

How to export that animation has fbx ?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

as far as i know FBX does not support that type of animation.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

blenderartists.org/t/export-cloth-simulation-animation-to-fbx-file/1233863/10

[@ledusko]

Is there a way to make it loop?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

not really sorry

[@sonnybaby7582]

How to save this a video

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

you can try this method. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ_OiZ6qebmDea8

[@aashmitshrestha3797]

how to export it as a gif?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

you will need to render it out as PNG sequence and use photoshop or another program to convert into a Animate d Gif.

[@mahmudafiya6705]

you litarally saved me before i got spanked my mother because i have a project of making a 3d flag and i forgot about it and u teach me how to do it thanks so much!

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

It's a pleasure! Glad i could help you!😁

[@jbstepan]

I followed it but the Image on the flag shows up like this, imgur.com/a/CZXYJi3, can anyone help?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

tab int edit mode and under UV menu select Smart UV unwrap.. make sure you are at the start of your timeline

[@jbstepan]

@@ArtInMotionStudios thanks

[@Firytama23]

I Don't Know Why my blender its 'Not responding'

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Resolution Might be too high

[@mickaddis9028]

the intro tho

[@Harukazehigashi]

how to make long time waving flag in 1400 keyframe?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Set your end frame in the cloth cache settings to 1400

[@wadullahislam6695]

I need this object file ,anyone can sent me ?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-make-flag-35759163 Updated to include free members.

[@ClassicAussieBoy]

can this work on roblox?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

I don't think so. But I do see there are tutorials for Roblox Flags when searching google.

[@tamilhouseofcomics1841]

My flag flew away. Am I missing something?

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Make sure to go to the start of the timeline and use contrains to hold the flag in place. Go through the instructions again sounds like you missed something.

[@tamilhouseofcomics1841]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Thanks for replying and pointing put that buddy. I am doing it from the first now.☺

[@pierce9019]

doesn't work, the flag just cripples into itself

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

Could be a number reasons, Make sure you are at the start of the timeline and also make sure that the pole is not intersecting with the flag or too close to the pole. at the start , try apply the transforms as well. Could also be that you changed the modifiers after baking the cloth. Often easier to start again to see what went wrong than trying to fix it.

[@pierce9019]

@@ArtInMotionStudios Yeah np fixed it, the two vertexes were too close to the cylinder, thanks

[@swarnavmisra8313]

Made a Nazi flag 😂

[@Phoenix-gz9xb]

Why these videos go through fundamentals? People know fundamentals when they look for this kind of stuff already

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

they might be looking for a solution to make a flag having never touched blender.

[@Phoenix-gz9xb]

@@ArtInMotionStudios what are the chances of that? Majority of people looking for these videos know the fundamentals.

[@ArtInMotionStudios]

@@Phoenix-gz9xb a lot more common than I would have thought to be honest. Also this is still aimed at beginners.

[@yedanaagya4753]

@@Phoenix-gz9xb Right

[@PONYBOYonline]

I just started blender and wanted to make a flag.....what are the chances.....