Beginners Guide: How to make a LEGO Animation

[@koreboredom4302]

"Once you buy the-" *immediately clicks off*

[@A7MED3D]

That's so helpful even tho that i know all of this it's still good to see people sharing how they truly make their stuff 🔥 You are like a new legend coming after lego me 🔥

[@CNR_Animates]

Aww tysm!

[@Hollyandrosie119]

​@@CNR_AnimatesHey on mecabricks when i export a minifigure to blender (using a blender zmbx file) and then I go to blender and press import, mecabricks doesn't appeal on the list so I can't upload anything to blender. Does anyone know why or know a fix? Thank u

[@arjunator2688]

Amazing 🤩 I might do a tutorial but it will be a slightly more advanced guide like how to add volumetrics, make lighting better, set a focus, basic levels to composite with blender, etc.

[@CNR_Animates]

Yeah I tried to keep this one very basic. That’s y I added more in depth videos in the description

[@arjunator2688]

@@CNR_Animates if you had This tutorial a year ago I would’ve payed money for this lmao really good for beginners

[@Live_Key_Official]

When you do yours, show how to set up cameras and different camera angles, etc. No one ever includes this in tutorials 😢

[@arjunator2688]

@@Live_Key_Official of course

[@Live_Key_Official]

@@arjunator2688 ok sick thanks 👍 I will stay tuned so I don't miss it lol

[@starman9933]

Im really struggling with this, am I stupid?

[@CNR_Animates]

What are you struggling on?

[@starman9933]

Thank you CNR. Ill find some help on the discord! I don't want to bother you​@@CNR_Animates

[@Depsty]

@@starman9933brother he offered to help😂 but no you’re not. The stuff is not easy, it takes time and getting used too

[@starman9933]

@@Depsty Yeah I learned a lot from Blender Bricks! I can animate now!

[@Depsty]

@@starman9933 heck ya bro! Have you been working on anything? Or just messing around practicing new stuff?! Either way keep running it!💪

[@DamianGalewski]

That is a great tutorial of how you can make a 3d Lego Animation with the help of Blender. Blender is also used for literally, anything when it comes to making an Animation. not just Lego. but any type of genre of animation. though I haven't had one and I have no clue what to animate on.

[@CNR_Animates]

Lmfao thanks! I definitely get burnt out and run out of ideas from time to time too! 🎉

[@wangkj914]

Bravo mate, absolutely great tutorial!👍

[@CNR_Animates]

TY! ❤️

[@C.Y.B.E.R_Brick]

Awesome video! I might try to use the steps but I’m pretty sure I’m going to failed horribly 😂

[@CNR_Animates]

You can do it!

[@brickbeyond8907]

Thank you so much this helps me a lot with the smear effect, and indoor lighting. Thank you so much CNR_Animates

[@CNR_Animates]

Thank you sm!

[@brickbeyond8907]

@@CNR_Animates Your welcome 😁👍!!!

[@Hollyandrosie119]

​@@CNR_AnimatesHey on mecabricks when i export a minifigure to blender (using a blender zmbx file) and then I go to blender and press import, mecabricks doesn't appeal on the list so I can't upload anything to blender. Does anyone know why or know a fix? Thank u

[@xpavz]

Hey man, I would really appreciate it if you do a part 2 of this video with animated voice with an audio that syncs

[@CNR_Animates]

Hmmm possibly! 👍🏻

[@GamerQueen24]

@@CNR_Animates yes please 🤩

[@Waseem_Boy2011]

There stand no megabrick by import in blender

[@robinearle1118]

Thanks so much I appreciate it so much now how to upload?

[@namanparwani9963]

thanks bro for this video

[@Farmer_Joe_Bro]

Nice

[@LJSmusicandcinema2]

hey what about doing this all for free like how would you do that

[@CNR_Animates]

unfortunately mecaface isnt free however mecabricks lite is free :)

[@masteroogway5154]

hey when i set keyframes it only sets it for that peice and the other parts stay in same position

[@CNR_Animates]

You have to set a key frame for all the bones

[@GamerQueen24]

Wao thank You so Much for the tutorial 🤩

[@Megatronus_Prime509]

Muchas gracias por el tutorial enserio necesitaba uno

[@smananimations]

can anyone help me import my lego model i have the add on but when i add it it won't work

[@CNR_Animates]

Do u have the newest version of the add-on and blender?

[@superdodo007]

i dont have epicfigrig? where is it

[@CLf-i9u]

How do you download the epic rig fig I can’t find it?

[@CNR_Animates]

its in the BlenderBricks Discord community folder :)

[@michaelwilliams5719]

Very nice. My only question about MecaFace is what if a character has facial hair or wrinkles or wears a mask? Would Natron work instead of Nuke?

[@CNR_Animates]

You can create mask for the facial hair so it can move, just like wrinkles. TBH idk what Natron is if you dont want to use Nuke I would use DaVinci Resolve.

[@Sebastian-iz1ln]

I really hope you can give an answer, so I cant get the stop motion-y look. I have the animation started but it has all the tweens smoothing between keys. I pressed T and 1 to set it to constants but it still tweens. Blender 4.1. Any solutions?

[@GelroDern]

if you have the advanced version do you get more face options?

[@phantomgamer4538]

I can’t even actually move anything it just does the highliting thing

[@SbPat]

I have blender and mecabricks lite - the faces won’t load

[@CNR_Animates]

My suggestion would be to join the blenderbricks discord server. There we can help u much easier 👍🏻

[@PokeCraft9924]

How do you make custom figures?

[@CNR_Animates]

Photoshop and UV mats

[@PokeCraft9924]

@@CNR_Animates oh dang, sounds complicated

[@CNR_Animates]

it sounds complicated its very easy. there are videos inline. Or you could join the blenderbricks discord server. Everyone there knows how to help@@PokeCraft9924

[@PokeCraft9924]

@@CNR_Animates thank you!

[@dragons4life99]

i cant change those settings and i cant set keyframes...

[@CNR_Animates]

Keyframe settings are in the timeline and the dope sheet. If you have any more problems join the *blenderbricks discord server and they can help you easily.

[@internetproduction5446]

how do you do the chromatic aberration thing???

[@CNR_Animates]

Look at citrines nuke tutorial.

[@AVeryGoodNoob]

Where did you make the set?

[@CNR_Animates]

The background is from mecabricks. I just searched up “studio” I believe.

[@AVeryGoodNoob]

Thx@@CNR_Animates

[@nathanb613]

its "recording studio" by Nick_Nowicki@@AVeryGoodNoob

[@AniAdventure4all]

Do I need nuke because it will cost me

[@Nullnut]

When I delete everything in my scene and import, there's always an error message that pops up, even though I've downloaded EpigFigRig and Mecabricks.

[@CNR_Animates]

Possibly check out the blender bricks discord server? That where the actual creators of the stuff are. 👍🏻

[@sigitpramono6829]

If my minifigure wearing glasses, have a beard etc. how to use the mecaface?

[@CNR_Animates]

The mecaface rlly doesn’t apply if u have glasses on. However beard I try and just make the gap in the beard big enough for mouth movement. Or you can create a texture u can move possibly… (don’t exactly know)

[@ElGonggo]

Is it ok not to scale the figure model?

[@sage6049]

How come my lego character doesnt line up with the rig?

[@CNR_Animates]

Where did u get the model from? Some creators on mecabricks will pose the models in which you have to unpose them before you import them or pick a different model 👍🏻

[@sage6049]

How would I do that?

[@sage6049]

How can I unpose them on mecabricks? I'm new to this and really want to create a KZbin channel for lego animation

[@sage6049]

It's also a custom Lego figure I made

[@CNR_Animates]

i dont exactly know most of the time i just pic another fig. You should join the BlenderBricks Discord there are people in there that know a ton more than me!

[@edrrrk]

im just contemplating wether I should buy the products to do all this because its very expensive

[@CNR_Animates]

well if you dont want to the to actually animate its free. mecabricks lite is free, the only thing you would have is the textures and mecaface.

[@shod42_5]

I don't see to import from Mecabricks

[@CNR_Animates]

Did you download the mecabricks add-on? then when installing it make sure the box was ticked?

[@shod42_5]

Oh I need to instalo an add-on?

[@CNR_Animates]

in the description there is a link the Mecabricks.com where you go to shop and either get blender advanced or blender lite. Then follow the instructions at 0:20 :)

[@shod42_5]

@@CNR_Animates ok thanks :D

[@M0Z3US]

I rig the minifigure and do everything and I can’t move it

[@M0Z3US]

I GO TO POSE MODE AND WHEN I TRIED TO MOVE IT IT JUST MAKES A STUPID DOT BOX

[@CNR_Animates]

Here go to discord and join the blenderbricks discord it’s much easier to assist to you in. There+ + there r ppl in there way smarter then me.

[@M0Z3US]

@@CNR_Animates yo I fixed it i’m so new to blender lol

[@Hollyandrosie119]

hi. i wanted to try and do an animation but when i went to a lego character on mecabricks and i exported as blender zmbx file, on blender the mecaface import bit wasnt showing up. any ideas why? Thank you

[@CNR_Animates]

Do you have the plug in enabled?

[@Hollyandrosie119]

​@@CNR_Animatesnope. I've never done this type of thing b4 and I wanted to try get into animation. Would a plug in fix this issue?

[@Inconvenient_Mail]

For some reason, when I press import and find Mecabricks, I don't see it.

[@CNR_Animates]

did you download the mecabricks add on?

[@Inconvenient_Mail]

Yeah@@CNR_Animates

[@Inconvenient_Mail]

oh wait i fixed it i forgot to get blender lite@@CNR_Animates

[@Maximax5136]

In which you have done please tell me

[@nicholaswilliams224]

Whats location and rotation when keyframing?

[@CapybaraStudios]

It keyframes with location and rotation of the object.

[@immelondude]

ill be back once i get the money

[@CNR_Animates]

See you then 🫡

[@scruffypantz12]

when i try to inport a lego thing it was a error!

[@niezdecytowana.k.a.2conten835]

"Buildind" steps...

[@thetm99]

Waw 😅

[@Farmer_Joe_Bro]

I could use this in the future!

[@LegoGreg0]

Hello what is this app named?

[@TheRisingNinja]

It’s a software named blender

[@RustyLEGOAnimations]

doesnt work. when i try to import the model, it says theres an error...

[@CNR_Animates]

do you have Mecabricks Advanced or the free version installed?

[@RustyLEGOAnimations]

@@CNR_Animates where do you install that?

[@CNR_Animates]

Mecabricks.com in the "shop" tab@@RustyLEGOAnimations

[@RustyLEGOAnimations]

@@CNR_Animates I only bought the Blender Lite

[@CNR_Animates]

That’s fine now once u have it downloaded you go into blender click “edit” then “preferences” then “add-ons” then just find where u downloaded mecabricks lite to and select it. Then you should be able to import them. It just won’t have as many textures and features as my videos as I use mecabricks advanced.

[@sideofsalt5170]

I followed the instructions given up until when I try to import the files it just doesn’t work. I have a video uploaded on my channel and if you can help me I would really appreciate it.

[@CNR_Animates]

Hmmm. I’ve never seen that message before? My suggestion would be to join the (BlenderBricks) discord server and ask there. There’s a bunch of wonderful animators that know allot more than me in there! 👍🏻

[@sideofsalt5170]

@@CNR_Animates thank you, do you have a link to the server or know where I can find it?

[@StudAnimator]

How is importing it so hard lol

[@Demobam567]

Pov your broke: ok

[@bernardoanimacoes1492]

my minifigure dont move his arms and head 💀🙏 it makes an error that says "python traceback"

[@CNR_Animates]

Do you have the most updated version of the epic fig rig?

[@SFWmemes]

do i really need to buy the addon

[@CNR_Animates]

It depends on what you want to do? Make animations or renders.

[@SFWmemes]

animate@@CNR_Animates

[@KratorCity]

I am really confused on how people make it look like there Lego minifigs are grabbing a phone then make it appear

[@CNR_Animates]

what do you mean? can you send an example? :)

[@noone-1457]

any free alternate version of mecaface?

[@ali_pro999]

Can I do this with old version of blinder (because my laptop is 💩)

[@CNR_Animates]

Should be able to with a older version of the plugins 👍🏻

[@ali_pro999]

Do you mean older versions of Lego figures? I am not so good in English 😅

[@neglect4189]

cool but i dont know how to set the camera up properly as its not in the same spot as urs in the video, please help its like ultrawide at his feet

[@MrNezz-o1n]

is there any other alternatives for mecaface

[@karinarodgers_]

What do you use to make the room? I know mecabricks is kind of limited to the bricks and colors they have, thanks in advance!

[@CNR_Animates]

i just find models on Meca bricks that are interesting, there's some really good creators on there :)

[@brickbeyond8907]

Hey CNR_Animates I have a question. After finishing an animation and rendering it in blender, how can I make my animation speed normal because I have troubles doing this? Please help!!!

[@CNR_Animates]

What software are you using to put the frames together? I use premier pro for example.

[@brickbeyond8907]

@@CNR_Animates I am using blender video editor and adding a speed controller. But I do have premiere pro, so I try what you said thanks!!! 😁

[@user-qo3ym6fx4r]

What is the app name?

[@Lumegrin]

Blender

[@tonglam0809]

easy to understand, thanks a lot bro

[@avul.]

How do you have that circle you rotate with?

[@CNR_Animates]

In the (pose mode) one you select the rig.

[@Live_Key_Official]

Good video, but no one does any tutorials on how to set up cameras and different camera angles 😔

[@CNR_Animates]

Im still trying to get really good at it. My suggestion tbh would be to consume a TON of content especially animation and lego stuff. The more you watch the more you can learn!

[@Live_Key_Official]

Ok thanks @@CNR_Animates

[@GabrielCombs]

Hi. This tutorial is super helpful, but I can't access the pose library.

[@CNR_Animates]

Is your blender updated?

[@GabrielCombs]

@@CNR_Animates Yes it's on the newest update

[@GabrielCombs]

Oh wait nvm turns out I just had to update mecaface

[@CNR_Animates]

good!

[@dark_novaxd9086]

I’ve gotten to the point where everything is rigged but when I select the arrows and enter pose mode I can’t figure out how to move the figure parts

[@CNR_Animates]

You gt change the mode from object mode to pose mode up at the top left corner! 👍🏻 you got this!

[@GallusMallus]

Great tutorial but i cant animate the minifigure legs whit this setup (Blender ver. 4.0.2). Please help me!

[@CNR_Animates]

The legs in the epic fig only move back and forth. If you want to love them around you need to unlock the bones.

[@GallusMallus]

@@CNR_Animates And how can I unlock the bones?

[@Fly-animations]