Let's Learn Blender! #5: Smoothing & Hard Edges

[@CaptainSkunk-k7w]

forget the Blender Guru doughnut everyone, and come here to learn Blender. Amazing tutorial!

[@Sinhaladubbedmoviesandcartoons]

Same here

[@Abdullah_Ibrahim]

bro he teaches very little and is like taking a lot of time

[@mediaman1346]

This man is possibly the best overall teacher ever for Blender fundamentals in this free arena. This is the kind of thoroughness I am used to in paid courses!..thank you Colin so much!!

[@BornCG]

😊🙃

[@Reahreic]

@@BornCG Seriously, keep it up as an indie dev (Programmer with Max experience), your thoroughness is greatly appreciated in addressing blender's quirks. Especially when you mention the keyboard shortcuts you use. Too many tutorials are for old blender's UI and shortcuts. As a 2.9X+ version user thank you.

[@minniethriver]

I have watched multiple Beginner and Intermediate Tutorials and was confused at the different techniques everybody used to basically do the same thing but nobody explained why or which is the best option in certain instances. Thanks to you, I start to understand. I love your Blender Beginner series and how thoroughly you explain all the tools. This makes me able to decide what to use on my own depending on the project, instead of just relying on tutorials for each and every thing. Thank you very much, Colin! 💫

[@clayevans9627]

Thanks for the tutorial, for those who can't find Auto Smooth - in new versions (4+) it was replaced by "Shade Smooth by Angle" pressing RMB on object. And you can adjust the angle in the menu of last action.

[@dannymac653]

In Blender 4.2.1 LTS, they brought it back as "Shade Auto Smooth" when you RMB on an object. BLENDER MAKE UP YOUR MIND

[@tuckcedo9823]

Man I think you are better than most teachers I’ve ever had, you are a true legend

[@BornCG]

☺️🙃

[@demiancoorey2394]

So refreshing to see an explanation carried out by someone who knows how to teach

[@thehappycoder3760]

Excellent teaching and delivery. So clear and concise. Anyone who wants to learn blender needs to start here.

[@LaszloSas75]

Great tutorial with lots of details! :) Thank you very much, Colin!

[@troygordon2]

Very well done! Your explaining every little detail on what you're clicking and why is done in real time and a normal speed. This is very much appreciated and far preferred to those tutorials where we have to try to watch the key strokes at the bottom of the video. Thank you for making things easy to understand and easy to follow.

[@imertron]

Fantastic tutorial! So concise, no fluff. This is great for folks who are coming from another software and just need a quick way to get up-to-speed with Blender. Thank you!

[@cgillis3989]

I was looking how to soften my edges for a while now; you've provided me with a clear answer. Thank you sir :)

[@manimonji6516]

VERYYYYY NICE YOU HAVE FIXED ALL PROBLEMS I HAD IN MODELING RIGHT NOW!!!!

[@wash99]

Finally goat is back 🙌

[@disension1177]

there may not have been a fitting solution for my problem, but you mentioned a few things with which brought me to a sollution on my own, my very rare like and comment aquired

[@Riprazor]

Great video. I have been using Blender for modeling for quite some time, however, this is a very well done and succinct explanation for how various shading techniques can be used all in one place. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@javadahmadi]

One of the best and well-explained videos about edge control. Thanks

[@ireneahlberg7491]

I know this bit but just love to listen to you teach. And there is always this little bit of something I missed. You are the best!

[@BornCG]

😊 thanks!

[@Justine-justin]

Really glad to see tutorial videos up, Really informative

[@animeSlayeri]

Why do you have less likes??? You teach really well and deserve more!

[@KLLDZR-se1qk]

great videos! probably the best blender tuts on YT ever watched yet. Great series even though i work with blender almost 2 years to make 3d print vehicles. But i learned some small but sometimes so damn useful tricks. Thats why i started to watch the whole series :) Sometimes i spend hours to do something, then i saw you do that with 2 klicks... i was like.. WTF was that?! how many hours of my life did i waste... :(

[@Dak498]

It seems like he was full of energy in the making of this video!

[@tih82871]

Thank you for teach us this wonderful program!!! You are a excellente teacher!!!!

[@o5m67]

Colin, awesome tutorial, keep on with producing more !

[@stefanotstudio]

nice tutorial!! thanks man, I will try to watch all the series :)

[@muglermugler5590]

Wow you are an amazing teacher! Thank you so much for this.

[@ephey7306]

the auto smooth was exactly what i needed. thank you!

[@HassanAhmed-dl6hu]

GREAT TUTORIAL !

[@marinagalic6364]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! This is the only one that helped me solve my collage project

[@pawag7242]

man this tutorial is insane, trust me! ty so much

[@samoora1tv]

This was very helpful but when i try to export the file to an stl for example for my 3d printer it shows the hard edges again. How do we fix that.

[@elpagus]

Great video but I have a question about the Sharp Edge. Does it only work in "Auto smooth mode"? I've shaded Monkey head using "Smooth" without ticking the "auto smooth". I've selected a few things with sharp edge but it doesn't work. It only works when I tick the "auto smooth" box and up the degree count to like 90. Shouldn't this work in normal "smooth mode"?

[@jugibur2117]

Wow, that was a fantastic journey, thanks for your effort!

[@samuelec]

Very interesting techniques and great explanation as usual!

[@PauloEPedroso]

Life saver, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@lalaspeculiarities3786]

Really great video! I still havent figured out which to use for game models though, what would be your process there? Used the proximity loops until now but thats way too much geometry obviously

[@CiroContinisio]

Great video, answered my question right away!

[@NaiTAYB]

great tutorial.Thanks

[@RimonioPlays]

For auto smooth you need to right click en select it not in the object data

[@allinonecuber9064]

Ohh I was waiting for this

[@extrasupercrispi]

just what I needed, thanks!

[@keshavgugria8793]

Make a video on animating and moving objects BTW Love your videos. This video series deserves millions of views It just amazing

[@BornCG]

Check out My blender 2.8 tutorial on animation! Tons on info in that video with an almost identical interface as Blender 2.9

[@eveready27]

Amazing video, thanks for sharing your knowledge :)

[@ashwinkrishna8029]

DUDEEEEE THANK YOU SOOO MUCH THIS HELPS A LOTTTTT

[@MrAlkhial]

Thank you so much its really help a lot. Keep it going

[@craftypablo]

This was super helpful, thank you!

[@WyMustIGo]

Warning: Edge Split is not suggested in the Blender docs anymore, it is considered Legacy and should not be used on new models since there are better ways (that you suggested too).

[@Polyktor]

god damn! what an amaaaazing tutorial! thanks!!!

[@visitante-pc5zc]

great video.

[@kevinhamill1225]

Well done again!! Thanks.

[@enafor99]

great tutorial thanks so much

[@BornCG]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@junofoster656]

really good tutorial

[@BornCG]

Thanks! 🙂

[@VincentLacroixPeintre]

Un vrai tutorial de fond !

[@valifuller-quinn2429]

Thank you 😀

[@jeancasevenrl]

This channel is a jem

[@WhenThingsGoWrong]

So smoothing for rendering and games, what is recomended? Hmm...

[@enongeneernest8471]

I have seen some amazing teachers. but you👌💯! Haha are the goat

[@alekseygarusov694]

Спасибо мужик! Good work!

[@taledune4160]

Thank you for this.

[@marck0zz]

hi!!, What is better aproach to use in video games? I understand the weight of vertices and tris in the performance of the video games but flat edges just looks very bad and unreal. Or its just a matter of find a "balance"??... I'm a programmer not a 3d model designer.

[@azi9_ity]

so i'm using the edge split modifier and there's some split edges that i don't want. is there a way to smooth those edges while maintaining topology (unlike smooth vertices which changes topo), without turning off the edge split modifier? like mark sharp but the opposite?

[@warzIbanez]

As a side note, as someone who's done a lot of hard surface stuff via the box model, wherever I need to make a cylindrical object with subdivision surface, I will make a cylinder with eight sides and no faces on either end, make one vertex at both ends of the cylinder, then make four faces with each face comprising three vertices along the edge of the cylinder and the vertex at the center. Hopefully that is descriptive enough. Also, when it comes to the box model and subdivision surface, edge loops are your friend in controlling how far round or sharp a corner will end up. The bevel tool is easy to use, but could end up creating headaches when it comes to uv mapping and other processes necessary to make a model useable in a game engine or elsewhere.

[@TGGNetwork]

Fantastic Video, subscribed earned

[@BornCG]

Thanks! 🤩

[@Steve_Kh]

U r amazing, how can i show u what i ve done within 4 days in ur videos ? How can i show u

[@Soulsphere001]

I really like how complete this video is. However, I think you should have explained subdivision surface in an earlier video, or provide a link to another video, so you don't need to bring it up here. Though I appreciate the chapters so it's easy to skip.

[@grzegorzmajewski8906]

Nice and helpfull.

[@michaelmitchell5429]

Great tutorial. In order to set a realistic edge (slightly rounded) on top, why not just bevel the edge with a low number of divisions? Ahh spoke too soon. :o)

[@kppwinn]

Thank you very much!

[@yellob5401]

Very Great! :-)

[@Laiten]

How do you undo crease edges without ctrl z? Or you can't? Like what if I creased my edge and an hour later I wanna undo that? explain if you can pls

[@BornCG]

If you want to modify the edge crease factor applied to a specific set of edges later, you can always select those same edges again after, press shift-E (edge crease), and then move your mouse to/from the object origin to change the edge crease factor, even back down to 0. The bottom-left 'last operation' pop-over may help you to get it all the way back down to 0.

[@Laiten]

@@BornCG thx

[@EEBDivyanshgupta]

So you remember that you have a yt channel too Good 👍👍

[@BornCG]

😉👍

[@demonicsapphire3773]

Nice

[@TheSigil]

Took me forever to figure out how to select edge loops with emulate 3button mouse on. For anyone that may be experiencing the same issue to select edge loops with emulate 3button mouse on you just doubleclick the loop.

[@LordPenguinVR]

I click the shade smooth but nothing happens to my model. Its just the same as before.

[@dub3557]

Do you still upload tutorials ? How about blender 4.3 ?

[@BornCG]

I’m still uploading tutorials! Right now though I’m in the last third of posting my series on creating a 3D platformer game in Godot (and some Blender). Godot is also open source. FYI: there’s little difference between Blender 3.x and 4.x when it cones to the basics- they add things like new ways of simulating fluid, geometry nodes, etc, but most of my ‘let’s learn Blender!’ Videos are still accurate.

[@dub3557]

@BornCG and one can use blender for creating sprites for games ?

[@BornCG]

One does not simply… Wait, yes- yes you can. In fact, in my next tutorial in Godot coming out this Sunday, I have a brief aside in the video about how I did exactly that (render a 2D Sprite) of a coin image from Blender for the game project’s HUD.

[@DamjanB52]

Why the non-visual, textual (bullet-list) intro ?

[@Python12321]

Thank YOu!

[@BornCG]

You're most welcome!

[@christiandelao2547]

That monkey head is susan, since you aparently havent been introduced :)

[@kylelopez8107]

continue the platformer tutorials please

[@winpropheter8972]

do you still monitor this lesions coments

[@BornCG]

KZbinrs get a feed of all recent comments, no matter which video. :) .. I check comments regularly.

[@thelumberjack8838]

Finally borncg

[@BornCG]

Right!!?? 😉

[@IndeGames81]

Ken you make mor gobo videos ples

[@alwaysbytheway]

27:34

[@maxpro3493]

Please continue with godot 2d game creating

[@allinonecuber9064]

Now name one for editing videos like this Jk

[@BornCG]

I'm not sure what you mean?

[@allinonecuber9064]

@@BornCG I was asking for a tutorial on how to edit videos like you

[@BornCG]

Ah! I use DaVinci resolve! It’s great and free!

[@allinonecuber9064]

@@BornCG okay

[@allinonecuber9064]

@@BornCG wait it is free what? It was not free when I saw that's why I started using shortcut and I am habitually to it now like little bit

[@ayo_chan3385]

Can you make video about how to make game like” toca life world” please?

[@BornCG]

Do you know programming basics? Do your best to break down bigger games like that into very small pieces. Like: "how do I program a simple inventory system?" (even that's a fairly big endeavor!).

[@wash99]

Waiting for hxh and your 2d tutorial is same

[@sillyninja65]

36 mins

[@minimalstory]

if you can't draw, learn blender_)))

[@absolutebeginner6365]

why?

[@alexandrsavciuc8564]

awesome tutorial. Thanks