Animated Material Transition in Blender

[@isabel-mj1rs]

You just saved my 5 days struggling for material transition. Thank you so much.

[@AnitaPotterProductions]

This worked so much better than the nonsense I was trying to do yesterday. Thanks!

[@tuxgirl]

This type of content is why I own 3 cg boost courses, even though I am still half-way through the sculpting course!

[@alimariwankamal1937]

It's phenomenal how much value we get from the courses compared to the price paid. Zach is generous! ❤

[@cgboost]

Thanks a lot guys!

[@neilgooge]

And an absolutely amazing sculpting course it is, for anyone wondering...

[@cgboost]

Thanks a lot Neil, glad you like it! :)

[@comptepro-b5p]

I've been looking for ways to do this for days! You explained it so clearly and simply. Thanks a lot

[@JaredOwen]

Fancy node tricks! Thanks for the video Zach

[@cgboost]

Thanks Jared! :)

[@anameyoucantremember]

Me: This looks amazing, wonder how hard can it be... The video: 0:57

[@KNullHypothesis]

Right, make sure you tick "texture" instead of "points" on the mapping nodes in the gradient tree. It's paramount to success, at least in the latest Blender versions. I nearly went insane trying to figure out what was causing the issue, so just be mindful of that lol

[@cgboost]

Thanks for the tip! ~ Masha

[@Katy133]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It really helped me out when I was working on a shader!

[@NiGMa46]

Great video. Love how simple the node graph setup is. Thanks.

[@honkpill686]

ZACH! THIS IS GOLD! THANKS!

[@TheMetalFreshTiger]

To have and change between multiple materials: Copy the mask and link it to a new empty, add your new material, and then as before link the Gradient Texture to the Factor in a NEW Mix Shader. Then link the new material into the Mix Shader and then link the OLD mix shader in the NEW mix shader. NOTE: if it doesn't work, just swap the position of the new material and the old mix shader in the new mix shaders.

[@davidvideostuff]

Huge dude !!!! thanx for this awesome tuto !!!

[@sadrashariaty9426]

Thank you very much for sharing this!

[@blurryface3510]

Such an amazing video . Keep up the good work. thanks

[@ironcarnage1019]

Dude thanks so much!!! definitely one of the easiest node tutorials I've ever come across, keep up the amazing work

[@greenbean5333]

This video helped a lot. Thanks.

[@brandonjacksoon]

Amazing, thank you for a great tutorial! Keep it up!

[@digitalboost6666]

Wow, this is so cool!

[@TheAaronGerenShow]

Very good, thank you so much!!

[@CarbonAnimationProductions]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

[@Idontknow-br1gw]

Perfect

[@d3xt3rdog36]

Thank you for the knowledge, was finding myself messing with maskes to figuring this one out. Only thing i still have an issue with. Is there away to add an emmision to the mask as well.

[@ajpink5880]

for some reason in my case using an empty didn't work right, but eventually found that you can animate values by right clicking them and clicking "insert keyframe" or by pressing 'i'. putting this here so hopefully the next guy who needs this finds it easier.

[@Verokomo]

Very helpful! Thank you! I wonder, how would you go about making the transition appear in a more spherical or radial shape?

[@cgboost]

Hi, great that the tutorial is helpful :) For a spherical transition you could use a spherical gradient for setting up the mask so it will have a round shape. ~ Masha

[@hirohirog9364]

Thank you so much

[@lln6123]

Thank you ALOT!

[@nikhitac2504]

This is awesome thank you! Is there a way to do a similar transition like this from transparent to colored version of a mesh?

[@cgboost]

Sure, you can use the exact same technique but instead of using a material with the clay texture you just add as second material a principled bsdf with alpha set to 0. Should work. ~Masha

[@quatschkopq186]

Awesome, thanks you!

[@CryptTheNecromancer]

Can this method also work for changing the look of something at the center of an object, branching outward to the surface of an object?

[@lazyartist6985]

You can use geometry data for a proximity effect I guess, and then whenever you bring the controller object to the parts of the mesh only the near ones will change material.

[@nolanbennett346]

Can you do this with bump or 3D vector extrusion masks like in Luca? Can you also apply some sort of flare or change in the mask near the object?

[@cgboost]

Hey Nolan, you can definitely use bump - check 8:30 I took a look at Luca (there is a section about it early in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH24q3tpfrWNgrM&ab_channel=TheThings) and you can clearly see they use real geometry. That means the scales are real geomtry and the transition is done in a way, so they appear and lay on the skin eventually. So only the color transition is done through shading. Not sure what you mean by flare or change in the mask near the object. Hope it helps!

[@nvademarvel9344]

can you make one for fluids?

[@gaminghunter800]

Today one person Is coming for lunch pad course...thats me 😁

[@cgboost]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@SandeepSingh-po7xe]

Wow i am coming also for environment course

[@nathunterstudio8391]

come back again on the video, does it work on a rig model to animate after ? or its just for a fix object?

[@cgboost]

Hi you can parent the empty to the rig, so it follows the moving object and it should work fine. ~ Masha

[@nathunterstudio8391]

Now I wish something like this in maya or max xo

[@_pinkangels]

how would you go about adding in displacement to this effect....?

[@cgboost]

There are probably many ways to do it. What you could try is to use the Displace modifier, and add some texture for the deformation, and set the "Coordinates" to "Object" and pick the same object as used in the shader for controlling the position of the transition.

[@IyeViking]

This video made me realise it's October for me lol. But great tutorial as always!

[@psikodelriot6754]

Yo, steil! Danke Zach! Could you make a video, how to texturize an object with GIF or Video-Files! Cheerz!

[@matejkollar6615]

Can you make a transition from the center of an object? I mean like a radial gradient transition effect rather than linear. Thanks

[@cgboost]

Hi, yeah, you should use the spherical setup for the gradient texture and mess around a bit with the mapping node to make it small enough to be visibly round. But it's absolutely possible. ~ Masha

[@GameLogger]

Which sound effect will be best for this transition?

[@cgboost]

Whatever you like :) Maybe something like the sounds used when Han Solo came out of carbonite? ~ Daniel

[@GameLogger]

@@cgboost Found This kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKmvnaifp6qeb9k

[@brunoriyuoficial]

Good work!! I leave my like to help your channel too! 👍

[@Nintendostar02]

Can I use this way for animation that i'll import in unity?

[@cgboost]

I'm no expert in exporting files to Unity, but I think this is not possible. I guess you have to build your own shader in Unity to make this work.

[@kadamin]

maximum nice :)

[@yashsingadiya9850]

So cute yaar

[@stormk-1130]

Hello, did you still have the other characters in your course? first was like raptor or something like that and some turtle i think.

[@cgboost]

Well, the new creatures are oriented towards the old one. So we have this little creature and a raptor-like creature will be part of the future course update. The turtle was from a free KZbin video (it is not in the course anymore): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2ayZGVvj9Nne7M

[@arthurc.6176]

Super interested in buying the course. However, i don´t know if im ready for it yet. What is a proper intermediate level?

[@cgboost]

Hi Arthur, the course itself starts at "zero" for the sculpting part. Required is a good understanding of the general Blender basics, like navigation, understanding the UI, working with 3D objects and working in edit mode. Some basic shader nodes knowledge is also useful.

[@AbhishekSingh-wn4kj]

Is this update also coming to those who purchased this course on udemy?

[@cgboost]

Yes, but not on Udemy. Just get in touch with us, and we give you access on our site: cgboost.com/support/

[@sspositionss]

I can't find any tutorials with how to animate red lipstick being put on lips. I wonder if this one works.

[@cgboost]

;-)

[@alexndrtrash]

could this apply to the emission feathers? constantly moving the glow?

[@cgboost]

Definitely! you can plug a mask to choose what emits light and what does not.

[@alexndrtrash]

@@cgboost awesome stuff thank you!

[@dreamyvisuals9181]

Is there any way to export shader graph animation embedded into obj, fbx or glb files? Any leads would be appreciated. Thanks.

[@cgboost]

Hi! I don't really think so. At least not in any efficient way. Maaaybe if you used custom attributes to drive the animaiton and then get this information out, but this kind of information is not well supported in Blender and even if it was, it would still mean replugging everything elsewhere. What exactly is the aim of exporting this? this also changes what you might need to do.

[@dreamyvisuals9181]

@@cgboost Cool, Thanks. I have to export it into GLB file(only supported) so it will be visible on 3d web environment.

[@YTCensorshipFindTheCure]

This creature reminds me of something from Lilo & Stitch lol.

[@cgboost]

Yeah, this is what I also realized after I was done with it. Ha ha! I haven't noticed that in the concepting stage.

[@arrtma]

did that can do on ammor ?

[@cgboost]

You can do it on any 3d object.

[@arrtma]

@@cgboost .ammor regenerate ?

[@AdotshowAShow]

make some free blender course

[@cgboost]

We have free Blender course ;-) Visit Cgboost.com ~Egon

[@DoubleDare_YT]

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[@astrofabric8924]

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