Effortless 3D Cloud Typography in Blender: A Step-by-Step Guide

[@toericht]

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[@saintricchi]

For anyone having trouble with "black" letters in the end. Check your "Density" at the "Mesh to Volume". it should be 0.100. (i did everything, but when i turned density to 0.100 all work well). And after that you get nice cloud letters. 💗

[@toericht]

thanks for the tip :))

[@nghihoang8046]

Any tips to hidr the text ??? I cant do it :((

[@fnafgamer2469]

The thumbnail made me laugh way harder then it should’ve.

[@toericht]

:P

[@spreadlove3192]

what a sophisticated tutorial

[@toericht]

thank you very much :P

[@toericht]

For anyone having trouble hiding the text in your Renders, there's a button to hide objects when rendering. you can find a screenshot here: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/141910/newest-blender-2-8-object-visible-in-render-button-missing/141914 Good luck ;)

[@sanketvaria9734]

I was searching for this for quite some time.

[@toericht]

Happy that you found what you were looking for :)

[@BlenderFan]

Thanks for showing this very helpful cloud tutorial and happy blending with blender.

[@toericht]

glad to help :)

[@miguelherrero7183]

Good video, I would like you to make a video showing how you put the text of the clouds in the first shot

[@toericht]

thank you! we do plan to release a video on motion tracking in the near future :)

[@drpepa09]

@@toericht is that right.. when ?

[@hcorneliusson2424]

Hey man! Thank you so much, love your tuts! Plz do more!!

[@toericht]

Hey thank you very much, currently we have a lot to do with work but we already got some plans :)

[@ColorLightblue]

Omg thats helps alot! Thanks guys! Keep up the good work. Love it. Greetings from Amsterdam.

[@toericht]

Thank you so much means a lot to hear that from you xoxo

[@bellydinosaur]

This is awesome, thank youuu

[@toericht]

you're welcome :)

[@luthfinst3023]

Man thanks for the tuts. im really helped with this tuts

[@toericht]

glad to hear :)

[@johnbryanestipona5168]

I REALLY LOVE THIS ONE, I would like to ask for a tutorial how to camera track the scene in the sky. Thank You!!!!

[@toericht]

thank you! we'll try to get into motion tracking in the future

[@szabomate90]

Thx, this is the best in this topic!

[@toericht]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@jessie5205]

this was so helpful and I ended up with a really cool result! thank you :)

[@toericht]

that's great to hear, thanks! :D

[@celinepark2169]

thank you for the amazing tutorial!!!!!!!!

[@toericht]

you're welcome :)

[@hasbiulhashfi8559]

helpful video, keep up the good work man!

[@toericht]

thank you very much, will do :)

[@famousgraphix]

Mehr Videos bitte, sehr nice!

[@toericht]

danke vielmals! werden ganz sicher mehr kommen :)

[@dotnexdotnex4545]

damnn thanks a lot for this tutorial man its so coolll

[@toericht]

thanks for watching it :)

[@shivambisht1402]

please post full tutorials!!! really appreciate it

[@toericht]

what do you mean by full? including the motion tracking? sadly our time is quite limited and producing such tutorials usually takes several days. but we'll hopefully be able to spend some more time on our tutorials in the future when our youtube and patreon will grow and we'll earn some monay from it ;)

[@wijdenehamdi8889]

Hi!! Love the tutorial but I get stuck at the same place over and over.. Does anyone know why the volume of my mesh is barely showing in the hdri even if I up the density?

[@toericht]

hey :) under the render properties tab on the right side you should settings vor volumes, try adjusting the properties in there and see if it changes anything :) also make sure you're in rendered view

[@stinosan]

Same issue, even when adjusting the volumetrics in the render properties i get black pixelated nothingness.

[@EROSNERdesign]

great stuff

[@toericht]

thanks :)

[@jukineu]

hej man great vid but how do i render without the weird text in the front so just the cloud effect is visible?

[@toericht]

Hey Thank you! Sorry i forgot to mention that part in the tutorial. You just need to disable the text in the renders. You can find a Screenshot of the button here: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/141910/newest-blender-2-8-object-visible-in-render-button-missing/141914

[@elevic6293]

nice tutprial

[@toericht]

thx :)

[@rsher_digital-art]

thanks, I'm making lots of 3D graffiti and this is what I'm looking for.

[@toericht]

that's great to hear :))

[@SuperMCepicfail]

nice work bro keep going

[@toericht]

thank you, means a lot!

[@joop12k11]

Love the tutorial! Which specific HDRI did you use? Couldnt seem to find it on the site.

[@toericht]

thank you very much! it should be on the site mentioned, if not they might have deleted it or something >.

[@rihards8450]

pls do a tutorial how to motion track those clouds

[@ninichanng]

I have problem with apply the Volume displace... my texts are like a whole cloud without the text how do I fix it T.T

[@svensubunitnillson1568]

is this volume mesh missing parameteris in 4.0? only int.bandwidth and not ext.bw :(

[@tomatoocat]

where you able too figure it out?

[@hokiefan513]

Is it possible to use this technique for a video instead of a photo? I want to put my cloud text in the sky of a video I shot.

[@richard_robert]

Ahhh sweet. I love it.

[@toericht]

much appreciated!

[@MrPolletto95]

This is dope! but how you did the intro? would appreciate a lot a tutorial on this! ;)

[@toericht]

thank you! I had to motion track the clouds on to the footage and composite it accordingly. Will definitely do a Tutorial on that in the future :)

[@martinaangeles4010]

love the tutorial! the image is blurry when i render it. I increased my sampling and turned on the denoise but the overall render is just blurry, any tips?

[@carmenclotet]

how do I export this ?

[@11darkdesire]

🔥

[@BullKickz]

Great tutorial. I'm only on my second day of learning blender so I'm unsure how to export the cloud text. Is it possible to export the cloud text as a FTX or GLTF file? I tried both and it kept the text but lost the "cloud effect". It doesn't seem to export any material or texture files with it.

[@danabarbara5586]

Why do my clouds look so noisy/grainy?? Really enjoying this by the way, thanks! 💓

[@lil_lamp_4415]

use denoising data in composting :)

[@toericht]

The graininess of your image is influenced by the amount of samples you use for your render. the higher the samples the less grain, but also an increased render time. like @Lil_Lamp_ already mentioned, one workaround is using the denoiser to clean up the grain. There should be plenty of tutorials on this topic :) hope you this helps you

[@bondell1840]

lol nice one

[@toericht]

haha thank you

[@josetomas2685]

how did you make the effect at the beggining, with the words not moving in the sky, when i try to do this following the tutorialwith the text near the camera it doesnt work, i should make the text extremely far and the size of a cloud to make it look real...tutorial for that please!!! an btw, great tutorials and videos mate

[@pranavmakharia]

When I scale the volume up it disappears cannot see it even after increasing density

[@toericht]

have you tried scaling the text object and the volume at the same time?

[@yu1538]

i can't find HDRI files... i'm only able to get HDR and those won't load up in the world. i'm new to blender and i'm so very confused :(

[@toericht]

HDR is fine the "I" only stands for "Image" so don't worry. there are also .exr files which also work. make sure you use an environment texture node and that you're in the world tab and not the object tab. also you'll need to be in the rendered preview to see them

[@tflame7925]

I can’t seem to find Volume-> volume empty when I Shift+a or on the add panel

[@toericht]

make sure you use the newest version of blender. that might be the reason it's not working :)

[@NarekManukyan]

how can I make it bigger without affecting in it's shape ?

[@nghihoang8046]

Hey, cool tuts but idk how to hide the weird text :(( any help ?

[@toericht]

thank you :) on the top right window with all your objects press on filter and make sure all the icons you need are selected. you'll need the eye and the camera and then. just turn them off for your object

[@nghihoang8046]

@@toericht um hi, is me again. I just cant do it :

[@mariaperez3361]

I can't add the modifier. When I select the volume, the modifier list shows nothing

[@toericht]

make sure you're in edit mode and also check if you have the newest version of blender :)

[@infiniteus9168]

How to make it flow and travel to another space though?

[@toericht]

there would be a lot of ways but basically you could just deform and animate the base mesh of the letters

[@cloudypopy3704]

I'm sorry, I wanna ask about what app did you use?

[@toericht]

Hey there, i'm not sure if i get your question right? the program used was blender :)

[@cloudypopy3704]

@@toericht omg yess, thankyou so much

[@catbunny8713]

hi i hope u see this, so mines basically identical besides it just looks so low res? ive adjusted the voxel amount to something big and still just looks low quality, like fidelity of the clouds themselves r low

[@toericht]

there's an option in the render properties (where you change sample rate etc.) where you can adjust the resolution of volumes. maybe that helps or also increase the resolution of the project

[@jasminecarmichael3]

How do your render it out without the text showing up in the back ???

[@cg_whale]

top right panel uncheck the camera to not render text

[@alexiath4457]

i'm wonderng why i'm getting the cloud effect but my letters are not as discrete it's more llike a cloud mesh in a rough shape! any advice? asking for a friend

[@toericht]

make sure you increase your density and under render settings you will find options for volumes where you can increase the step rate to give them more detail

[@elevic6293]

when i render it, the clouds dissapears, only appears when the text is on, help

[@toericht]

Hey there it's hard to tell what the problem is without seeing it, but my guess would be that you parented the clouds to your text. if you unparent it it should work again. but if you still have the problem you could send a screenshot of your Blender workspace to our mail [e-mail] and we'll try to help you there! best of luck

[@Argyle302]

My clouds ended up looking like a bunch of blobs in a row. I couldn't get my letters to be readable. ☹

[@toericht]

hey it's a lot of trial and error to get something that looks right. maybe try rotating the text or also the volume object

[@alinaasya]

How do I export the clouds as an SVG? 😢

[@toericht]

hey there, that won't be possible. SVG is a vector (curve) based file for flat graphics. the clouds are a volumetric file and the only format outside of blender that would work is a vdb file

[@80l179]

can i still do this without a hdri?

[@toericht]

yes of course, any kind of lights will work

[@ethankung8838]

When I render it the cloud does not show up

[@toericht]

maybe check the density of your volume and that it's not hidden in the top right overview

[@3HIEFx]

How do i get it in a video like the intro?

[@toericht]

you'll need to motion track your video footage in blender to add the 3d object and then do some compositing to make it fit together :(

[@eden8185]

The cloud is saying f you

[@kenylis4743]

why the text didn't disappear on render?

[@toericht]

in your scene collection you can activate the filter to toggle the visibility in your render. you can find a screenshot here blender.stackexchange.com/questions/141910/newest-blender-2-8-object-visible-in-render-button-missing/141914

[@kenylis4743]

@@toericht thanks so much

[@leesaa369]

anyone knows how to to this motion tracking? helpppppp

[@toericht]

Hey we'll definitely do a motion tracking tutorial in the future. sadly we got a lot on our hands right now but we'll try to make more time available for tutorials in the future :)

[@philippe9078]

How to insult your audience but still get them to like your videos.

[@toericht]

haha win win situation

[@gonebymidnight2881]

😂👍🏼

[@toericht]

:P

[@judywang2246]

why don't my clouds look like yours T.T

[@amarokie]

When I add the mesh to volume modifier i dont get the cloudy effect, so when i hide the text its literally just blank. How can i fix that

[@toericht]

make sure you have the right objects selected, materials are applied and that nothing is hidden. also make sure to use an up to date version of blender

[@BigOberon]

it dosnt work

[@toericht]

well, Big Oberon, if you could formulate a whole sentence and describe your problem we might be able to help you somehow :)

[@BigOberon]

@@toericht basically when i render it the letters still show and the cloud letters dont show properly and become more like a white blop around the text than cloud writing

[@toericht]

sounds like you didn't disable the letters in your render. make sure they are disabled in the Viewport and the render. you can find it on the top right corner of your scene collection, just clock on filters and then select the little camera. for the volume, you should make sure to be rendering in cycles and try to adjust the density so it fits the scene. maybe you'll also have to go under render properties and the volumes and tweak the settings in there a little bit. hopefully this helps and if you still got some question feel free to get back at us :)

[@BigOberon]

@@toericht ok thank you

[@gerdsfargen6687]

Someone up there is disappointed in humanity lol

[@toericht]

hahah yes :P

[@ThatCube1]

i like how you do it but I dont like what the cloud says 🤬😟

[@toericht]

sorry to hear that you don't like it 🥲

[@ThatCube1]

@@toericht I'm just ten and used two watch your videos and then you just make the text say a swear word

[@cudul]

i really loved this tutorial, the only issue i had was when i went to render it became super blurry as if it was "zoomed in" rather than the actualy res it was set to be.

[@kingoffortress3890]

same here! have you found any solution to this?