The Easiest Warp Energy Effects You Might Ever Learn in Blender.

This is a follow-on to a video I did over a year ago that's not working the same way anymore. This fixes that and makes a better (in my opinion) time tunnel warp effect wormhole thing.
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[@CDArena]

If seeing the distant tunnel thru the wall bothers you, duplicate the tunnel again, scale it up, and add a black opaque tunnel with no gloss.

[@KevBinge]

Yes, another black opaque tunnel would work. I like seeing the tunnel, aka Bill and Ted 😀

[@friday6448]

(I know this is 2 years later but I've only just found this) I find if you made the outer tunnel metallic instead of matte, then you get these really cool reflections of the light, almost like gravitational lensing.

[@stoatsnhoney]

@@friday6448 ooo awesome idea. Definitely trying this for my wormhole tunnel effect

[@reboram]

could you do more space-stuff? you're good making space-stuff! I actually started with Blender because of your asteroid-field / planet - tutorial!

[@KevBinge]

Wow! That’s awesome Martin! I’d love to do more space stuff. Maybe I will 😀

[@Lumitex]

love your videos. its like spending time with father, that kind of atmosphere when you learn things very easy and in friendly manner

[@KevBinge]

Thank you! I try for that 😀

[@hinderance4060]

I'm not sure if it's in 2.9, but you can press backspace while hovering your mouse over the transform values and the will reset to 0. Don't see many people do that, and instead do it manually.

[@KevBinge]

That would be awesome. I’ll try that. Thanks for the tip!!

[@SmellyNutz]

Actually, its not to 0 but to the original default value.

[@Al1987ac]

You can use alt + G, alt + R, alt + S for the same thing.

[@SmellyNutz]

@@Al1987ac Yeah that works too

[@dcrunicycles]

thank you. I see that I'm a Blender-101 student and got side tracked into this Blender-401 lecture. Loving it. Exposure and Osmosis is a wonder. My take away is that I need to watch this ten more times while doing everything you do. And then there's procrastination : ) thank you.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! There is ALWAYS procrastination haha! Look at the time between my last couple of videos lol!

[@LoomMexatron]

Even tho I've been using Blender for years now, I just learned MANY new things from the first few minutes. This guy definitely have one of the best tutorials out there, intelligent approaches and explanations.

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!! Sometimes I try 😀

[@ace280671]

That’s brilliant and very elegant. Can’t wait to try this! I’ll reference your tutorial when I post.Thanks!

[@KevBinge]

Awesome Andy! Go for it! Thanks!!

[@AM-jx3zf]

@@KevBinge yeah easy to understand. Thank you brother

[@octopusfly]

M8! Absolutely outstanding video! This was fun to follow ... "Bob Ross of the fricken Blender world!" Cheers, An American in Korea

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Robert! I hope things are well there! Stay southern 😀

[@DarcySparkles1]

I liked this tutorial so much I've named mine Kev's Vortex. Such a brilliant but easy way of doing things and looks really effective. Just add time machine to it! :)

[@InLightVFX]

Really dope end result!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!

[@ShredMentor]

This is perfect! Thank you for such an easy to follow tutorial. I feel like you just helped me understand camera movement and perspective in Blender in one fell swoop.

[@KevBinge]

That’s awesome! Maybe you can help me re-learn to shred again. I need to find my inner Yngwei again lol. Harmonic minor arpeggios allude me lol.

[@ShredMentor]

blenderBinge Anytime!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!

[@ShredMentor]

Also in After Effects, adding wiggle(18,36) adds even more intensity. Thanks again.

[@marklupo3529]

Absolutely fantastic!! Thanks for posting!!

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!!

[@neiladdison1322]

This is just fantastic.

[@ShortSheriffFan]

Your videos help me out a lot for my capstone and I wanted to let you know I really appreciate all the work you do on KZbin! Thank You!!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Andrew! That’s great to hear!!

[@NH-oz9zi]

gentleman. your tutorials are amazing. thanks

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!!!

[@JMegliorino]

Thank you for the tutorial, had been wanting to create these since getting into blender. Thank you again.

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!!

[@rizerphe]

Instead of hitting enter immediately, you can just right click. That is after Shift+D. Rclick cancells any transforms

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I got so used to Enter I didn’t think to right-click lol!

[@Wattbc]

I added a tardis model i made instead of the empty , and it looks epic :D , thanks so much !!!

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!!

[@타나디슬란]

Ty for the real 'Easiest' blender Tips! really good tutorial for what i want :)

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome

[@maxsaltin1001]

8mm wide!! mp4!! looks great!!

[@KevBinge]

😀

[@1EAS1World]

@@KevBinge it was just the emoji lol

[@Drums712]

Awesomeness! Thanks Kev!

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome Jimmy! Thanks!

[@tentative4474]

Nice name for the video, clear and precise

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Vishnu!!

[@sarunthepoly4017]

At first i thought this is hard to make but i did it and it was easy. Thx so much kev

[@KevBinge]

That’s great to hear! Slow and steady wins sometimes.

[@fredericld6553]

Version 1 and 2 are perfect ! thank you.

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!!

[@Solar_P]

This is such a sick tutorial thank you guy

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Jack!!

[@arora7619]

GREAT TUTORIAL

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!

[@dubforward5289]

Thats Awesome thankyou so much keep up the great work!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!

[@13_death_jester24]

thank you for the up-date sir

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome 😀

[@sameeruddin]

So well explained ! thank you ! :)

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome, thanks!!

[@HomeAwesomation]

excellent tutorial. Thanks!

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!! 😀😀

[@HomeAwesomation]

Any advice on how to remove the last bit of jerk?

[@brtv9909]

Thanks! That worked well!

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!!

[@christopherstahler5376]

Another great tutorial sir! Thank you 🙏

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Christopher!

[@rosemariemcgowan6388]

Thank you sooo much for this great tutorial. x

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome so much 😀😀

[@JEEEVANJOHN]

Hello Kev, recently Blender has been updated to its 4.1 version. But now as a result of that, the Musgrave texture has been replaced with a noise texture. My question is if you will be making an updated Blender time vortex tutorial to fit this new version of Blender.

[@KevBinge]

Oh yeah, I saw that… I did a Dr.Who Tardis video where I think I’d used the noise if I remember.

[@humandarion]

Really fucking underrated tutorial. Showing off how powerful Eevee is.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Darion!

[@yvesmolina]

Nicer and nicer...no limit for BlenderBinge !

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Yves!!

[@harrychisenall7696]

Hey Kev, I've been watching your videos since i found Blender (among some others). But when i seen your video about being burned out, i thought to myself..... "man... no way..." So i may have one thing to maybe help with the burn out. This is only an opinion and may not go very far, but i have to think about the impact my work makes on the end user.... in my case it is abused and neglected children. See i am in an animation ministry. But, like I referred to, i am pretty new aaand a one person gig. So it will take a very long time to finish even a short. So i guess my point to this comment is bro keep going there are so many more people that you impact and may never know who they are. By the way Kev.... thanks man!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Harry! I’m using everything at the moment to avoid burnout. I love the adrenaline though, and not commuting is awesome. That video was a reflection of that and a catharsis. You know what it’s like to be a one man show. I’m both, as I have a team at work, and just me here. Maybe I’ll change hat soon as I have a whole pool I can hire from now :)

[@nigellill3222]

Hey Kev, good to see you back again & what an entrance ! man this is next level tutoring. I have to learn more about using the Alpha setup, something tells me it's an underrated aspect of blender. Stay safe, keep on smiling & .............. GO LAKERS 👍😀

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I’d meant to reply but didn’t hit send haha! People went crazy for he Lakers. Police were called in haha. There’s pride there for sure, especially after Kobe, but also covid...

[@nigellill3222]

@@KevBinge I watched the game on fox sport, LeBron played a great game as always, sad Kobe couldn't be there, he was a one off player, they'll never be another Kobe. The po po were called ? haha that's priceless. Anyway this isn't the forum for discussing basketball, take care Kev, stay safe & keep on smiling 👍😀🏀

[@waterdragonstudios7167]

This was really cool, needed a warp effect for my 3D scene this was really useful thanks.

[@KevBinge]

Very cool!! I love these 😀

[@waterdragonstudios7167]

@@KevBinge I do like seeing your work, this warp effect was great for my project. I have made a little video and posted it on to my KZbin account I have credit you for people to check your account for new and exciting content.

[@hemdrupdesign]

I love the speed of this tutorial ^^ ... The new trend of super fast tutorials are hard to learn from.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I like doing these when I have time. I mix it up.

[@exodus_studios]

Can you do this with a bezier curve as well or does it have to be a Circle?

[@KevBinge]

You can use a bezier as well. It “should” work lol.

[@Albertt3D]

thaaaaaaanks man, good content !

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!!! 😀

[@BlenderRookie]

That's very similar to how I made my wormhole. But I think yours looks better than mine.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! This is really just a follow-up video to the same video made a year and a half ago, but people were saying things didn’t work anymore, so I updated it lol.

[@Theostar33]

Nice video, but you did a typo in the title, you type Ever instead of Never just to clarify.

[@Clumsy_the_24]

Dang and it actually works too(after hours of trying tirelessly to export as an mp4)

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!!!!!

[@Clumsy_the_24]

@@KevBinge yee

[@shiftintogear2209]

You should do a video on how to animate a dinosaur that would be cool

[@KevBinge]

Maybe... thanks!

[@sentient.studio]

When I change the detail on the musgrave node all it does is chan ge the emmission, and I have checked back several times to see if I missed anything and I didn't. Do you know why iot wont allow me to change the detail?

[@yukasung]

Please make more like this tutorial!!

[@KevBinge]

I may 😁

[@tunnis7us]

this was really cool and so clear to understand what you said I thank you very very much of this cool tutorial! :) Btw How you have those nodes noodles looking like that I have straight ones ?

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!! Here’s a really quick video I did that shows you how to get curved noodles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpOXZ3WCrZaoeKM

[@tunnis7us]

@@KevBinge cheers :)

[@lebenin3604]

Great tutorial! Kev, did you already see #BillAndTedFaceTheMusic ? I'm looking forward to it. #Blender #3danimation #Vfx

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I haven’t seen it yet either. I want to, as I’m a huge fan of the original. (Not the sequel so much haha). I hope all is well!!

[@1EAS1World]

why the tags tho

[@UgandanPrinc3]

so im trying this on mac (completely new to this and boy this video has been super helpful), and when i press 0, i cant get the camera to zoom inside the vortex, any suggestions?

[@UgandanPrinc3]

jk figured it out. and again thanks for this, super helpful

[@KevBinge]

Awesome! I’m glad you solved it. Happy New Year!!

[@shuvopramanik1970]

Just Wow! 😯🥺❤

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Shuvo!!

[@JSP_1147]

Looks like it could be used for doctor who vortex

[@how2pick4name]

Didn't you remove the alpha channel in the outer curve last time so you can't see the tunnel coming? I remember something like that. Also, can you have the depth of the two inner curves on key frames so it sort of pulsates the colours? I might start to get this. lol

[@KevBinge]

I might have but it changed quite a bit as they improved EEVEE. You can play with the alpha for certain. I may need to do another video on that haha! Also, yes. You should be able to keyframe the tunnel width. That would look cool!! Thanks Kiera!

[@domin6168]

I don't know why, but I remembered Stranger Things XD Nice tutorial kev. :D

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Dominik!!

[@anyentinh]

in blender 4.1 have no musgrave texture

[@mondasman4829]

Hi Kev, how would you recomend adding objects inside the Vortex, Like a Tardis from Doctor Who and such?

[@KevBinge]

I’d parent the Tardis to the curve, or to an empty on the curve and offset the time to sit in front of the camera.

[@Noon1263]

can you use the same nodes for materials?

[@KevBinge]

Sure.

[@MrGianpierozazoo]

waow!...Thanks

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome 😀

[@majaholmes68]

Hi ! thank you so much for the tutorial ! i try to render it but i only the first frame is rendering , any ideas why ? I put the correct frame start and end and everything but nothing .. I tried with both video and images but still only first frame

[@KevBinge]

Try naming your file (name.####.png) The #s tell Blender to render the sequence.

[@davidcripps3011]

There's always something new to learn with Blender....I'm hoping it will help me fend off dementia when I'm older :-)

[@KevBinge]

Me too! This and Houdini keep my brain on overdrive.

[@davidcripps3011]

@@KevBinge I hope I'm following your tutorials still :-)

[@multitalented8484]

@@davidcripps3011 bro you good now?

[@empanada420]

can you do this effect with a single line in blender instead of a circle and would the process be the same?

[@KevBinge]

It would mostly be the same, yes.

[@traviscecil3903]

Only question...I want the transparency (for reasons) but do not want to see the tunnel down the line showing through the part of the tunnel I'm actually in (17:11). How do I achieve that?

[@KevBinge]

You can create another tunnel on top of everything and just give it a solid matte black shader, would that help? Thanks!!

[@traviscecil3903]

@@KevBinge No. I want to see outside the tunnel. Basically, if the light is coming through the tunnel once (outside) I want transparency. If the light is coming directly from sections of the tunnel and going through the tunnel again I want that part to not show at all. At 17:11, you can see upcoming sections of the tunnel in the upper right through the tunnel walls. I don't want that. Sorry I can't explain better.

[@KevBinge]

Ahhh... Thanks for the clarification. A really quick way to do that would be to add in geometry with a dark or matte shader around those parts of the tunnel. If it’s tight enough it won’t obscure the transparency in other areas. You could also try adding another tunnel on top with transparency but having the transparency controlled with a layer weight node or fresnel based in glancing angle. That’s a bit tricky but could work too.

[@hinderance4060]

Maybe try putting a color ramp with a gradient texture and then a mapping and texture cords nodes, with the camera cords plugged into the mapping node. and played with the rotation on the mapping and color ramp node until you get something

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Jindra! That may work well with some tweaking and let you see the rest of the “sky” too. Very cool!

[@BlenderGeek4196]

Does the shaking/jittering go into the render or is it only in viewport?

[@KevBinge]

It might just be your viewport. Render with motion blur and it should smooth out.

[@KevBinge]

If not, make sure you have enough subdivisions on your curve.

[@aditya199624]

whats your system specs, everytime i try to do render at your settings my blender keeps on getting shut down

[@quadgon]

Well, I'm gonna remember to turn off bloom by default. The moment I connected the musgrave texture to the Alpha I saw the light, so to speak. :P

[@KevBinge]

Hahahaha! Yeah, too much of a good thing lol!!

[@callumquinn2372]

I was wondering, is there a way to kind of hide the tunnel on the outside of the vortex? I'm thinking of recreating the Doctor Who vortex (2005-2010) and in it the distance of the vortex is short so you dont see the path the vortex is going on just wanted to know if it's possible?

[@KevBinge]

You could try to not have transparency. You could also keyframe the extrusion of the tunnel to “ride with” the camera, so it wouldn’t be built yet in front of the camera.

[@callumquinn2372]

@@KevBinge How would you do that?

[@Joshua11Saragih]

I rendered my tunnel and the tunnel doesn't look smooth, in render mode everything's normal, the tunnel turned out like a zig zag tunnel, how do I visualize it, the shape of my tunnel turned out like Z intead of like S, like a very lowpoly snake. Please help

[@KevBinge]

Try increasing the resolution on the curve and geometry tab. That might help.

[@shivamoon108]

When I do the "geometry" I get a flat, noodle, or ribbon like tube, not a rounded tube...? (2.92)

[@KevBinge]

Hmmm... try to use “bevel” in the settings. That should make it round.

[@shivamoon108]

@@KevBinge Thanks Kev! The next time I tried it , it came out "tubular", so I didn't need to tweak it further..

[@KevBinge]

@@shivamoon108 Awesome!!

[@starmix7579]

i have a question about my fps is , its really low and slow and im new to blender is there anyway to change it?

[@KevBinge]

Display FPS?

[@starmix7579]

@@KevBinge yes

[@sarunthepoly4017]

Hello I was wondering does this video works with Blender 2.83.1?

[@KevBinge]

It should. Give it a shot.

[@sarunthepoly4017]

@@KevBinge Thank you i will try it

[@alexestrada622]

im on a mac. what is the shortcut to go to the camera view inside the tunnel? 0 is not working for me unfortunately. please help! @blenderbinge

[@KevBinge]

I “believe” as I don’t have a Mac anymore, if you go to edit - preferences, and find a checkbox that says “Emulate Numpad,” you “should” be able to use the top number keys the same way as you would a number pad. See if that helps.

[@alexestrada622]

@@KevBinge perfect it worked! thank you so much :D

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!! Hopefully that will make things easier for you.

[@lightmanleaf3761]

I follow your tutorial and made the animation. However, the playback speed is quite slow. I use eevee and the FPS is always red 7 to 8. My desktop configuration is i9-9900kf @3.6ghz and a Rtx 2070 super. I think it is adequate but why it is so slow?

[@KevBinge]

That’s strange. I did this video on a GTX 1070 and a i7... yours should be way faster... Do you have Optix enabled?

[@lightmanleaf3761]

@@KevBinge I am new to blender. Would you please where I can check and enable it. Thank you

[@lightmanleaf3761]

@@KevBinge I just found in internet that optic eevee would not support optix but cycle. In your tutorial, I think you also use eevee, why mine is so slow?

[@gwa3584]

the inside of the tunnel is not visible only the outside

[@callummclelland7959]

How much storage will this take up?

[@KevBinge]

Not much. It’s a small footprint for the .blend file and the renders, depends on settings.

[@callummclelland7959]

@@KevBinge Okay doke. Thanks!

[@awkarbi4646]

Bro You got that 256 gb GPU Yo:D

[@KevBinge]

Nah, just 16GB now lol.

[@awkarbi4646]

@@KevBinge *JUST 16 GB*

[@KevBinge]

To be fair, I’d built most of this channel on 2GB.

[@awkarbi4646]

@@KevBinge yaa ive also made this and flexed on my story :)

[@nazarostrovsky_]

Timey-wimey

[@Sr.babieca]

wibbly wobbly

[@1EAS1World]

Thanks so much bro! Also, you have >100k subscribers, get yourself verified!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!

[@1EAS1World]

@@KevBinge np. But fr, you should get veriefied?

[@IkerVazkez.]

does it require any plugins?

[@KevBinge]

No, this is all just vanilla Blender, thanks 😀

[@deancreate]

Please do more Stranger Things tutorials!!

[@KevBinge]

I just might. Let’s see the new season 😀

[@sheetalpatne8123]

Principled BDS.. .............oh it's not correct* Principled BSDF okay! okay sir :D

[@KevBinge]

Hahahaha!! 😁

[@RetroCowboy78]

mr zulu .... warp factor 9!.... make it so.

[@KevBinge]

Haha! I need to watch the new ones on CBS. Thanks!

[@RetroCowboy78]

@@KevBinge oh you should m8 they are fantastic!

[@KevBinge]

I’ve heard. I really want to see Piccard. I’ve sat in his seat on the STTNG set lol.

[@RetroCowboy78]

@@KevBinge Oh man really???? wow I am jealous lol

[@DWfan92.1]

And I only get this niw

[@stillthebest9110]

can i know your pc specs

[@KevBinge]

Sure. This one is a simple i7 with a gtx1070 and like 16GB of RAM at the moment. Nothing too crazy.

[@shavaughndavidson2257]

Scific ship cloaking tutorial

[@KevBinge]

Hmmm... maybe 😀😀

[@fixablecell6028]

M

[@noliebeats]

41st like

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Harrison!!!