Make your animation 10x better with LAYERS - Blender tutorial

[@Just_a_commenter]

Love the little detail of your character's glasses rotating to face the camera when he's looking away! It's a fun little cue to indicate where the character's looking, even if he's not facing the viewer!

[@reaganmonkey8]

It reminds me of traditional 2d animation, like how Mickey Mouse's ears always face the "Camera"

[@scpWyatt]

the NLA editor feels like an RPG strapped to a magic wand. It can do amazing things but one misclick and you'll accidentally blow everything up.

[@GWayne-d3p]

Glad I’m not the only one who feels this way.

[@ones_flow5652]

That's my feeling too.

[@AgustinCaniglia1992]

I just started playing with it and it's quite amazing and intuitive. Of course you can brake everything with misclick in a complex software, that's why you save often.

[@ChrispyCheerios]

That intro was awesome XD But ahhhh shoot, now you got the NLA editor doing things I didn't even think were possible..I've used it as minimally as possible, looks like thats gonna change 😭

[@toba-bonjour]

The outro is quite good as well 😆

[@ESD8000]

very thankful you actually included a part on how to integrate NLA into a full animation. I think part of why people talk about it so little is that they think it's either strictly for video games or a separate animation workflow entirely. Would love to see this expanded, with a full walkthrough of NLA and normally keyed animation bits mixed together

[@revol_000]

I feel bad for the wizard :< He wanted to hang out some more...

[@TheKomenter]

*I’ve been using blender for 2 months and I start using the NLA without knowing what it was (I’m new in animation, but have 12 years of video editing experience), and for me it was like a walk in the park… Feels like home to me.*

[@TheRitoBandito]

I absolutely love the NLA editor. It took me forever to adjust but when I did MAN

[@Sam_The_Game_Dev]

I've been using the NLA editor exclusively for individual game state animations, then exporting to Unreal. I had no idea how many features flew unnoticed under my radar! Thanks for always striving after knowledge for us newbies!

[@Crunchy_Punch]

Enjoyed the Wizard of Oz opening, and the animation that was demonstrating all the things the NLA editor can do. Totally agree with the convoluted workflow of the NLA. I discovered it's features while crunching on a project and hated it. Then I gave it a go again without the pressure of a project and discovered how powerful it can be. It's really good once you get used to it.

[@jellijoyy]

Man, you could have made a tutorial only on walk/stop transition, and that would have already made the video legendary, but you also inserted an amazing tutorial on NLA at the beginning. This is amazing!

[@toba-bonjour]

I’m not using blender anymore but I keep watching your videos as a cartoon, I love your animation and characters. Thank you ❤

[@RDD87z]

best nla editor tutorial in the entire internet. Nothing to envy maya anim layers, when you know this. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@sunviewer7]

Your skill in explaining these things is amazing!

[@imberny]

You're a treasure. I've been pulling my hair trying to find how I can simply blend and bake two actions together similar to Unity or Godot's blend spaces. Thanks for this amazing tutorial on this unappealing tucked away editor!

[@user-lee504]

Now I want a whole episode of that wizard and Joey lol

[@FootyToonz]

The most creative tut I have ever seen ,totally

[@jasondrayner]

Thanks!

[@Guneal]

This is the right sweet spot of entertaining and informative. This is the NLA tutorial I've needed for some time. I shamefully admit I quit trying because it was counterintuitive. Thank you for giving me the prefect excuse to try again and figure it out!

[@Onatic99]

This is bonkers I'm absolutely gonna use this from now on thank you

[@AMNESIASTUDI0S]

PLEASEEE, post way more!! Trying to follow other tutorials and it seems like everybody else is doing things the longest or weirdest way possible. You are my absolute favourite, you deserve more subscribers.

[@bedelxo482]

I've been searching for blender animation tutorials for days and this was the most informative video I've watched. Thank you for this! I also loved the cute animations you added

[@AJ-qg6lf]

This is great, I’m moving from Maya and didn’t even know Blender had animation layers. Thanks for all the great information. I went to school for animation and when I couldn’t afford it anymore I pretty much threw my main hobby away. It almost hurt to do it because I felt like there was no point. Watching your tutorials has been giving me the itch again and I just wanted to say thank you.

[@KanimationYT]

It was very informative to have all these features packed in a one video, thank u Joey! I already know how NLA mostly works but the time at 15:28 was the point i was struggling alot. Beautifully explained!

[@ones_flow5652]

Thank you very much for mentioning the part with the same bones multiple times. That is such an important information and things like that often are only mentioned once and very fast, so later half of the people haven't heard or remembered and are wondering why nothing works.

[@II-er7gj]

@Joey Carlino - The introduction to this video are EPIC!!! Please more videos like these ones!!! You are next Blender GURU!!! Keep going in style like you have on this video - it was really entertaining and a lot of info I learned!

[@JonToons0208]

Coolest animation ever

[@camwing]

OKAY, it's time I finally sit down and learn this stupid thing, it's gonna make my life a lot easier

[@GWayne-d3p]

Excellent tutorial. Perfect speed and fun animation to provide just the right amount of context.

[@romaintruchard2939]

The amount of work put in this video is impressive! Thank you!

[@pie9994]

Thank you a lot for all your tutorials. You're making learning Blender so much easier for me.

[@salmonsushi47]

Wizard playing NOITA!!!??? based if true

[@CosmicComputer]

I love your videos dude, you are the best blender creator on KZbin. Thanks for the knowledge and the entertainment!

[@CoreyMcKinneyJr]

I LOVE using the NLA.

[@quae6843]

NLA editor is actually overpowered Nice video btw

[@SpiffyDEV]

I just want to say bless you! I have an OC sorta like you do and I would like to animate for my videos. Having actions you can place in certain spots on the timeline is a really big help to speed up the process instead of having to manually animate!!

[@animatorFan74]

ooooh I was tearing my hair out the other week about this exact issue. How the heck do I go from walk cycle into a stopping pose then have the character do some other actions? And here you are, just showing me exactly how to do it! I'm in the middle of making a two minute animation and you've just saved me a whole lot of time and whole lot of headaches. :) Thanks so so much for making this. I didn't know the NLA was this crazy powerful..... this is really awesome what it can do. :) Will definitely be using the NLA Editor heaps more in future. Thanks again so much. Super appreciated. :)

[@scottvogel8477]

Thank you so much for this. I am slowly dipping my toes into animation and this is already helping a lot. I'll probably have to re watch it a few times, but already knowing I have these tools to use in Blender is great. Also that pig wearing the witches hat at the end looks familiar. It's as though I and others where there when you made it as part of some challenge.

[@AbnerTheOwl]

The more videos I watch, the more I want to do Blender and get extremely happy to have decided to get all the time to learn it.

[@pyraffin]

The wizard reminds me of the Smiling friends landlord asking Alan "hey do you to hang out and smoke weed while we goll our bellies with dr pepper and play speed racers for the PS-twoooooooo" and he declines

[@marcreep]

thanks for amazing video - this is so helpful! also love the animated skits :D

[@k0ffein0verd0s]

This is a masterpiece And also a great tutorial

[@mirror_mania]

love the animations at the beginning and end

[@missing_the_texture]

when i was using the mixamo in the beginning and stock animation i learn a lot about NLA (it really sucks). now i know how to animate myself, so I just stick to the graph and edit the animation manually

[@robobanana6719]

Thanks for letting me know about this feature It's similar to MotionBuilder's Story feature. Very helpful

[@asain101g7]

Your animation is really cute :3

[@AlvaroDevLabs]

LOOOOL I loved the intro

[@daringcuteseal]

dude never seen a tutorial this creative lol love it

[@AkashKumarUG]

needed more tutorials on character animation..!! i love it

[@ProVatan2]

Friend, do you read my mind? I thought about this a couple of days ago. And here you are! Thanks a lot!

[@AfroSanaa]

This is fantastic. Packed with a ton of information.

[@HungryHungryB]

You're truly great. Thank you, brother.

[@LivingVoxelAmbience]

This intro deserves an award💯💯🔥🔥

[@n1emaru]

ty bro, really helpful

[@Chevallier87]

Thanks for an amazing walk through, I learned a lot

[@BuffBits]

amazing animations! your channel helps me a lot in blender! thank you

[@BrandonBloxBB]

Interesting animation style I like it! Great mix of learning and entertainment. I will look forward to more of your animation tutorials so I subbed! I am learning animation myself and maybe by the end of the year I can move on from the bouncing ball animations to the basics of characters I am learning now with my mentor haha. And maybe blender will have an awesome NLA editor in a year or two when I would have learned enough about animation by then hopefully!

[@nevacasper]

This is great information thank you!

[@astrokidddddddddd]

I haven't seen it yet but I know it's awesome. dropppalike

[@greatgrace555]

Yes, new video

[@THE_MoshiFever]

Mon amigo you have saved me thank you

[@AiryGallantry]

I forgot about NLA in blender, I feel like watching a whole different software 😵 Thanks for sharing this.

[@hurtfulpump5063]

I both love and hate how detailed the animation layer wizard’s hands are, how’d you make the material for em??

[@JoeyCarlino]

Haha thanks. I texture painted them with a pencil style brush

[@Peng8880]

yess

[@Chikenboiproductions]

Lesgo new Joey Carlino video

[@artscreations5]

bro ! are u serious ??? your animation is incredible i am not joking, u should start an animation show ; that's crazy good

[@Err-G]

The noita in the end :)

[@ic3bug]

Beautiful

[@bUildYT]

amazing!!!!!!!

[@LinkiePup]

:( hang out with the wizard man, he showed you that animation layers exist. He got GAMES!!!

[@noahbanana7526]

Joey I'm sorry

[@WackAnimations]

About what?

[@triniyn50476]

….ABOUT WHAT??

[@hiroibwah]

WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY DRINK?!

[@jpshowtyme6585]

That cool animation short 😊

[@animasityal-waafy4713]

saving this for later

[@AgustinCaniglia1992]

Amazing excellent tutorial! ❤️❤️

[@AgustinCaniglia1992]

I watched this tutorial like a couple of times and some others of yours and I am proud I have made a nice character and am animating it and this has been crucial for my workflow as I am practically using the same techniques you teach in your videos. thank you very much.

[@wiseman2818]

Amazing intro!

[@TommyLikeTom]

I love the NLA editor

[@drywhall]

1:20 Oh my god is that nobonoko music??? I love the music for animal cafes album sm

[@dreadwinter]

6:22 Oh, i disagree, that worked absolutely perfectly!

[@mrbackslash8049]

wait that wizard was playing Noita, man has good tastes

[@blenderdiscord]

I think for me personally I found the NLA editor was only really useful for repeatable projects so like if you have a KZbin avatar, I don't know if you've ever done that, but for one off projects it's just been faster and easier for me to just animate without it.

[@bowfuz]

wizard guy did not need that disrespect

[@theghostnutted4847]

this some playstation 1 nostalgia shit right here

[@syweb2]

No wonder the wizard was upset, he plays Noita!

[@Vaportiple]

The learning curve seems steep, but if it means producing quality content, than it is worth it. It would be helpful it is was simpler, but it is what it is

[@ayannibirkaushik7501]

15:20 What is that action stash thing...is that necessary (because i have read somewhere that it is usefull if you keep the default pose on the base

[@thecoffinrises6926]

Really Joey the game at the end 😂

[@JoeyCarlino]

👀

[@theology77]

Big man! Can you please do a tutorial on how you completely did the intro video😢. Would love it very much.

[@TheCrazyCrabMan]

5:32 Have you ever planned on making tutorials for that face and eyebrow setup? I'm sure it would be helpful for lots of people (especially me lmao)

[@OnesecondMan]

Here we go

[@yotoniha]

After a few hours of troubleshooting, maybe I am just blind to an obvious answer, but good god. Blender-dev's, if the user is editing an NLA combine track, give the option to make keyframing relative to the tracks beneath it and influence. IE, If an arm bone visually has X rotation of 30 from the underlying tracks, and in the Combine track I'm editing I add 15 to the rotation, when I click the Keyframe button, just record the Combine track's keyframe as X +15. NOT X +45. This along with the multiple armature problem (Not helped by the fact NLA influence cannot be driven by drivers) make using NLA a tooth pulling experience. Fantastic video as always though, no fault on your side that NLA is so painful.

[@JoeyCarlino]

Yes, these are things that make the NLA editor annoying to work with. I know Blender is working on multi-object actions for 4.4. Hopefully new fixes get added soon. For now, you just have to know about the quirks to get the most out of it

[@ByAnonymus]

Correction: The NLA editor isn't changing, they are working on replacing it entirely, but you're right we don't know when they are going to do so

[@iceypumpkinhead]

I love blender

[@greatgrace555]

My dumb ass will mess this up 😅

[@blazera]

Hope one day blender gets rid of the confusing user system. Deleting things on its own if nothing is currently using it, making it a headache to find out what is using something you want to delete. Just make it a save and delete system.

[@kenseikc]

I can see some Kevin's computer influence

[@thelaw3536]

Still a big improvement

[@epicjakman]

I wish making looping animations was easier with multiple actions

[@radioactivefrog55]

voodoo vince vibes

[@JJomDev]

I know about it but I don't know how to use it so I don't know if I should hate it or love it but after watching this video I wish I did not know about it.

[@mohamadhayatleh4488]

amazing🥀🥀

[@Shinesart]

I used NLA once but it combined and deleted my actions probably because I don't know what you did in this video. I should try it out again.