Shapeshifting Animation in Blender 2.8

[@CGMatter]

yes!!!! YESS!!!! YYYYYESSSSS

[@DerekElliott]

YESSS!

[@nadimkazi87]

Yesss!!!!

[@tentative4474]

Yessss, why shouldn't I join the party!

[@dumebiafran1180]

YESSS!

[@williammiranda2268]

CGMatter tuts used to be amazing :(

[@romanieo]

This is the first "Premiere" announcement that ever worked for me. I see "Elliott" and I know there's going to be some high-level design and aesthetics.

[@DerekElliott]

Niiiiice thanks Romanieo

[@kdot78]

Elliot allderson

[@majoralter]

Nice @@kdot78

[@darkcognitive]

I love the long tutorials, great for learning all the little tips here and there, and i also find your tutorials quite relaxing to listen to compared to other youtubers who come across as quite 'frantic' sometimes. Keep up these great quality tutorials, they are muchly appreciated!!

[@DerekElliott]

Thanks for watching glad you enjoy them

[@suhaibmayanad]

man, i saw this work in insta..i cant believe it's done in blender..

[@DerekElliott]

you betta believe it

[@suhaibmayanad]

@@DerekElliott haha..great tuto..am also beginner..thanks mr Elliot..

[@bluehorizons8913]

There is people who make really cool animations with blender. I use to be baffled by the capabilities of blender but then realized it’s not just some noobie program. It’s from beginner to professional and it only gets better.

[@DerekElliott]

@@bluehorizons8913 tis just a tool and can do wonders in the right hands!

[@RW_CreativeMedia]

Why are you placing blender in a low range 3D app?, at the end of the day is not cause of Blender, remember, its only a tool, it’s about the person that have the skills.

[@pixunPL]

One of the leading KZbin channels about Blender, teaching not only how to do things, but also how to take care of aesthetics and create sophisticated projects.

[@AyberkKole]

As an industrial designer who is trying to learn blender, I think your tutorials are most usefull by far. Thanks for sharing dude!

[@DerekElliott]

Great to hear! What would you want to learn next on the ID spectrum of things?

[@AyberkKole]

@@DerekElliott Well, UI animation stuff would be interesting I guess. Timers, loading bars, swiping through different menus etc. But I'm not sure Blender is capable(or the right tool) for these kind of tasks.

[@DerekElliott]

@@AyberkKole hmm yes visually it can produce a lot but I think a lot of that ends up being done in JavaScript or one'a them code thingys lol

[@Taki7o7]

Don't excuse for long tutorials, thats the ones where you really learn stuff

[@nikhilgala]

Since the time I saw this on Instagram for the Renderweekly challenge, I was hoping you would share the tutorial for this. I am new to Blender and I was just blown away by your animation. Amazing work Derek! Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial!

[@DerekElliott]

Thanks for watching!

[@grabbitt]

Nice :)

[@pinywood3077]

Hey its you!

[@undersun]

teacher

[@grabbitt]

@@pinywood3077 indeed

[@tentative4474]

Wow. Blender community is amazing!!

[@DerekElliott]

thanks grant!

[@cocamaster0]

Hello everyone, try using weld modifier with very low distance after the solidify modifiers instead of changing the offset. Currently, there's an issue that solidify is duplicating all vertices that are out of the vertex group! Anyway, thanks for the amazing tutorial Derek!!

[@DerekElliott]

Very interesting and good to know!

[@ashokkumarsaxena7867]

Wow this is so cool, when I go in college and buy a good laptop, I will also start learning Your phone branding video was so cool, I watched for straight 30 mins even though I couldn't actually do it That is how good your tuts are Thanks Derek ❤️

[@DerekElliott]

Thanks for watching -- keep it up!

[@nguyennguyen-ll6mm]

Derek Elliott>>> brand name of super tutss, thank you so much

[@DerekElliott]

ayeee

[@Clashtoons]

Ohhh wow. That was satisfying.

[@raghavgupta1118]

7:40 actually there is a better way to do that, just go to edit mode, select the whole thing *A* and then press *SHIFT+N* that recalculate the normals and tells blender what direction are the vertices supposes to be facing, ie the direction in which the solidify will thicken the mesh

[@dimitridehouck9506]

What is this? Is this my birthday? Where has this gem of a channel been all my life??? Man I'm estatic! Thank you so much for making these!!

[@DerekElliott]

You da best

[@lebenin3604]

so much gold in here. Thank you. This tutorial is great. The calm way you explain things in Blender is so easy to follow. #blender #animation #modeling #3d

[@laughing-out-loudhd996]

This is exactly the meaning of underrated KZbin channel Video.. You deserve more brother... Good job

[@alexczyz1475]

Long tutorials.. Blender guru: hold my donut!

[@DanielKrafft]

Very cool 😎

[@DerekElliott]

Thanks Daniel

[@Aysdzn]

ikr bb

[@DaellusKnights]

"ver-tuh-SEES" 🤣 Excellent tutorial sir! I especially enjoyed the whole Bob Ross-esque subcommentary. 🤣😻👍

[@authenticallykhalid]

Thank you Derek for making amazing tutorials!

[@rewdonaghy1305]

I’m pretty impressed. Not with the tutorial but getting your video to exactly 1 hr.

[@MultiSciGeek]

This guy's product animations are mindblowing!

[@DerekElliott]

Thank you

[@brianlagat6637]

OMG Derek that’s too super smooth. Great job

[@hagelslag9312]

This is the more advanced yet easy to understand tutorial I'm looking for :) Awesome stuff.

[@hunterdinogameplay2740]

sheesh I have been using blender, its been 3months, and I finally I knew how the shapeshifting thing works thank u so much for the tutorial and I made the same

[@PIXXO3D]

This tutorial is so good I don't even know if it's real. Gotta pinch myself. Excellent, excellent...

[@DerekElliott]

Thank you!

[@mechashoggoth5914]

Derek the King at it again. Bravo!

[@ChippWalters]

Good job Derek. Most helpful! 👍

[@DerekElliott]

Thank you Chipp!

[@hussainbharmal2000]

Man. This guy is like the Bob Ross of 3D. Really great stuff dude.

[@DerekElliott]

Thank you

[@DieSpeckBohne]

I think if you set in the subsurf modifier the viewport value to 0 it will take the render value, so it's maybe a bit easier to have it both on the same value

[@abdellaouiadel26]

Thank you, Derek Elliot, for sharing this amazing tutorial! Your insights and knowledge are incredibly valuable. 🙌

[@rbettsx]

If you're using vertex groups with Solidify, the weights in the groups can be used to vary the thickness.

[@EricCabussu]

Man I watch these as entertainment. Amazing work!

[@DerekElliott]

Thanks Eric

[@lottebuyl7748]

Damn your channel is just a life saver in this crisis! I study product development and just got into blender due to the Corona crisis. I think little product animations like these could really blow away my professors (we usually only do photo renders of 3d models)

[@DerekElliott]

That's so awesome that you're getting into blender and yes definitely use animations like this to blow away your professors!

[@gamerssojourn5479]

Love the turtorial man I wish I had a pot set like that in my kitchen this has helped me out a lot man

[@DerekElliott]

Great!

[@gamerssojourn5479]

I appreciate you work man

[@aarensan]

Looking forward to this - already saw this so often and I really really liked it! Yeahhh

[@seatofrest]

Thanks Derek, keep the tutorials long.

[@3Rton]

Some notes: - you could just use the Edit mode mirror options (top right corner of 3D view) to slide the handle planes at 04:25 - 8:13 seems like a bug to me. The solidifies are interacting, even though the vertex group is supposed to isolate the effect. (EDIT: so I have learned that this is not a bug but the way the design is. The vertex group DOES NOT control which areas get affected by the modifier but rather how MUCH that area is affected. This obviously leads to issues then with the next solidify because the plane has already been turned into a box in the last one with just no thickness. It seems to be a weight map of sorts, but since it can only select one vertex group the overall design seems really janky imo. Out of the Generative modifiers Solidify and Wireframe seem to use this odd approach (And have the factor slider) while Bevel, Decimate and Weld truly limit the effect of the modifier to the vertex group.) - You can use ctrl-m "mirror" in edit mode to flip the bolt. You'll need to set the 3D cursor in the middle of the flip, though, and set the transform orientation to 3D cursor.

[@DerekElliott]

Good points thank you!

[@gregovchinnikov1046]

Blender royalty. You are the best!

[@furens100]

You are the best one on youtube

[@highflyinmayan5051]

Love this tutorial derrk, I've been ptoying with shape keys the past couple of weeks and you did an outstanding job per usual explaining the process! Thanks alot man, excellent animation

[@laughing-out-loudhd996]

You're insane man... This is all i need to learn in blender... Thx... Do more

[@christopheanfry]

Hey there, I’m just a beginner with blender but just love your work and how you explain it. Amazing tutorials. Thanks for what you do, really appreciate. Hello from France.

[@Catherine-fr8vg]

Absolutely brilliant presentation idea!

[@DerekElliott]

Thanks Catherine

[@levelchanger468]

Very nice tutorial dude. Keep on uploading such tutorials. Thanks. Good wishes from India.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Cool that your showing this one. WHen i saw this one, i think it was twitter, i already loved it :)

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Whaaaat we gonna make POT ;)

[@RomboutVersluijs]

PS you could also use weightpaint to quickly check which mesh has which vertexgroup i guess. EDIT yeah works nice, shift click and you can switch groups when viewing it in WeightPaint mode

[@RomboutVersluijs]

I think with that solidy you either use "Even Normals" or check of normals are pointing correct way

[@rhysfriesen]

Excellent as always. Long tutorials forever!

[@mihirbecool]

why would some one unlike such an awesome detailed tutorial -_-

[@61republic]

You are a genius ! Awesome lesson!!!

[@iainpendery8623]

Another great video. 1 hour is cool for me . . .

[@WhyWeWatch1]

Out of all the potential patrons, or whatever the opposite of a patron is, (so film and game critics who make video essays), you're the first

[@DerekElliott]

Well thankya

[@Asadkhan-kp3fl]

i just say thankyou for making that kind ho tutorials i love it

[@DerekElliott]

Thank you for watching em

[@ThreeNugsTall]

I fucking love your tutorials. They're in depth and teaches so many tips and tricks. And once again, well done!

[@DerekElliott]

Thank ya!

[@micahhermiller]

gotta love the long tutorials

[@DerekElliott]

can't stop!

[@arjundeshmukhh]

Great Tutorial derek !!!!!!!!!

[@apex3d595]

Absolutely love your videos. Thank you for the in-depth guide. Has really helped me learn a lot and improve my blender skills.

[@dizzyrocket2000]

Another fantastic Blender tutorial! Thank you 👍 Always educational, always entertaining, always very much anticipated! 👏 (Quick tip: Hover your cursor over the property/value you want to keyframe and just press "i" on the keyboard. Much quicker than right clicking then left clicking imo)

[@DerekElliott]

Ah yes I know about this but for some reason it never sticks 😄

[@dizzyrocket2000]

Derek Elliott I always think of it as "i” for “insert” keyframe, if that helps at all 😄 There's also the little circle button on the timeline which is "auto keyframe" - this creates keyframes for you automatically after you make any transformations. Handy if you're making a lot of adjustments consecutively

[@graphguy]

very nice commercial for some company and a great tutorial

[@greyvirus444]

Hey Derk! My main man for sure! Thank you for this tutorial, I am still half way through the last one, can't decide on a model I want to grassify, but I've learnt alot. Can't wait to do this one!

[@DerekElliott]

Awesome! Now you can grassify a pot!

[@AlexWu7]

Thanks so much Derek, I love this tutorial.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Ps that solidify thing looks like a bug. If you check normals in overlay settings. I see the grip get 2 sets of normals even while the vertex group is applied. That should not happen if im correct

[@RomboutVersluijs]

DId a recheck on the manual and it kinda contradicts itself. It does state that using vertexgroups and factor of zero creates double vertices. (not really handy!!!) BUt it also states in the invert options, Only inverted get solidify effect. I always thought verts outside the group were not affected at all. Thats why its going wonky! I filed a report, but i dont think they'll change it. Even though its kinda weird it makes double vertices, thats never good outcome docs.blender.org/manual/en/2.82/modeling/modifiers/generate/solidify.html#bpy-types-solidifymodifier So in this case its better to use just one and set the main thickness higher, that way the other part gets less influence. You wont have double vertices this way. FOr a plastic handle it doesnt matter. But if you use glass you run into issue. You would need to apply everything and clean it up

[@RomboutVersluijs]

If you move the solidify to the bottom the rim will keep flat. You can also adjust it a bit with the crease slider for the rim

[@cocamaster0]

@@RomboutVersluijs it's a shame that they wouldn't consider this faulty behaviour a bug. I also reported it, but they closed it as duplicate. Then I saw your report and laughed when I saw the pan, a tutorial comes up then everyone has the same issue, and it's not the tutorials fault. Even the manual is wrong. No artist would ever expect or desire this duplicating behaviour with solidify modifier. The workaround right now is putting a weld modifier right after the solidify, until they update and fix it.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@@cocamaster0 yeah I also stated the manual and that it actually contradicts itself. They do like the idea as well they said. I'm gonna file it right-click select. Never knew it did this. It's actually produces faulty meshes, how is that not a bug? No it doesn't crash bit makes bad meshes

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@@cocamaster0 I tried the weld but that doesn't seem to fix it. Only a merge would do it as fas as I know. Perhaps I need to test the weld again

[@shahalamalo]

Very very nice tutorial. Thank you BOSS.

[@sanbrushes]

Very detailed and simple. Good job!

[@muhammad_mohsen]

I Love LOOOONG TUTORIALS !!

[@MikeRadjabov]

Recently wanted ask you, to make tutorial for this)) and here you are 👍😊

[@ObscureHedgehog]

13:37 I was hoping you'd eventually say "Maybe It's Maybelline" lol

[@Thandidladla]

22:05 ...body once told me the world is gonna roll me

[@derxphoto]

Very cool & interesting animation))

[@jubayer3d166]

You made this look so easy... I am pumped up to try this out.. xD

[@cubedev4838]

Amazing!! Amazing!! I really felt jealous

[@rusblenderdiary9155]

Thank you for this incredible tutorial!!! It inspired me to try out more intricate animations on Blender too :) Thanks Derek

[@alancaudel2428]

This is a great tutorial. Thanks!

[@anilogo682]

Dude your tutorials are the best :P and I checked a lot of channels out.

[@anilogo682]

In what software do you make your texture png's?

[@DerekElliott]

Photoshop typically

[@johndc7446]

Thanks man. Was looking for product animation tutorials.

[@Learn3DBD]

you are creating long tutorial thats why i love your all tutorial...............because i want to understand all that things.........thanks for share

[@MikeAymes]

I've been seeing so much good stuff being made in blender that I'm really considering getting out of 3D Studio Max to start learning blender. amazing!

[@DerekElliott]

I might be a bit biased but I say do it

[@designcoyote1]

Don’t waste another second, switch

[@MikeAymes]

The only problem is that learning curve where you're confused looking for stuff and that will take much more time when meeting deadlines. That's why I've been postponing this decision. But it has to happen. hehe

[@designcoyote1]

@@MikeAymes yes it has to happen, soon you might be regretting why you didn't start earlier.

[@MikeAymes]

Just came back here to say that It ended up making the switch! Still using google a lot when looking for certain tools, but I'm overall very satisfied with the change from a year ago ! thank you for making awesome content that motivates people like me to take the step !

[@matthesnowman]

I love your work! Thank you so much!

[@DerekElliott]

Thank you!

[@ChePemba]

Continue with the long tutorials.Thank you for everything Derrik

[@mexlemax3307]

if you can show this to someone when you're hungry? So you can get something cooked? Definitely a cool animation! Let's see if I can do it like you. Thank you very much for this super good tutorial.

[@marvicbernabe8256]

thank you for this wonderful tutorials ive learned alot sir!

[@DerekElliott]

No prob

[@Bruets]

Absolutely crazy tutorial man! Very very useful information thank you bro 🙏🏻

[@DerekElliott]

Np James

[@davidwilson932]

Hey Derek, great tutorial! I've just downloaded the project files from your patreon. Unfortunately this doesn't include the final animation as seen at 0.43 - 0.49. I cant for the life of me get the same effect of the pots roating wih the lid animation (slow then sped up). I'm a newbie to the graph editor. Is the final project file available anywhere?

[@The-Voxel-design]

dude, you can even do a 7 hours tutorial, you are awesome, thank you !

[@sounder7564]

it's not about time, the most important thing is interesting and beautiful. do tutors like this again

[@josephdeepak5941]

I wish I can like this more than once!!!

[@DerekElliott]

guess you'll have to just keep making accounts

[@yersultanblender2256]

So coo,I watched the full video,I wish you could make more such high quality tutorial,Keep going.

[@DerekElliott]

Thank you I will!

[@natasdarulis7346]

Hello, please make spot shoes tutorial

[@DerekElliott]

good idea

[@nadimkazi87]

Yeah that would be good exercise for curve animation

[@welly4907]

Waw 17000 likes 1 dislikes just tells you how good of a job your doing here

[@nadimkazi87]

Thanks, these animations are great if u have a low end pc and want to render it in *Eevee*

[@DerekElliott]

You are right Eevee is great for that

[@PortilloClan]

THIS IS SOOOOOO AMAZING!!!!!!!😍🤯👌

[@themeloman7]

love you man!

[@naz.design.]

you're a legend

[@TheMatrix61]

Amazing 🔥

[@imbatman5428]

Thank you this is really amazing and helpful to learn from, keep it going and share more tuts please..

[@DerekElliott]

I will definitely make more tutorials thank you for watching

[@curlyt8198]

Love it 😍👌🏼

[@ferragemdotoninholtda9535]

man I love your work I did some of your tutorials and I learned A LOT, maybe you can do some tutorial about animation curves sometime

[@DerekElliott]

Sounds good

[@symphony8074]

amazing work tanks for the tutorial, it rare to see things like this on youtube. But can i use shape key for plant growth animation. and once again thank for the tutorial you are awesome.

[@luisrossa]

Muchas gracias!!!

[@jeremy3ddave422]

wow..I was doing this kind of hings i C4d..wow u bring us into blendermograph.. "Keep amazing me!"

[@DerekElliott]

I shall try my best