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Blender Animation Basics

Blender Animation Basics
https://youtu.be/o19U-yPGdyY

12:10 Adding Aucio or Movie to Sequencer

Animation Curves

Creating an animation loop is fundamental in making complex animations, or just for short actions that must be repeated over and over.

Prerquisites
Blender Basics -> Video Sequencer Basics

Basic Looping
Open Default Scene ->

Looping Tunnel.

Looping Textures

Object morphing

Blender Fluid Particles

00:35 overview of Fluids

06:30 Reverse animation in Video Sequenced

HDRI
HDRI. HDRI stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging, and is basically an image format that contains from the deepest shadow up to the brightest highlight information.

HDRIs are fairly large, a 4K HDRI is about 25mb
Add HDRI to world

Suggested Prerequisites:
Blender Basics -> Shader Basics

Where to get a HDRI backgrounds:
HDRI Haven – probable the most often mentioned and recommended site for downloading HDRI images.

Reference Videos
How to add HDRI w/o going into the Shader Editor
Olav – https://youtu.be/sbAj3IFlBL0 youtube site

Olav – 2.91 good explanation of how to download and install w/o Shader Editor

00:00 Downlead HDRI from HDRI Haven
– select and ldownload an HDRI
00:55 – go to world settings
-set texture to environment texture

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How to import a HDRI and use Shader Editor to add to background

The CG Essentials – 2.81 https://youtu.be/qtvD59m8tv4?t=140

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How to hide the HDRI background (make it transparent)
In many cases you want the HDRI lighating, but do not want the background to show. This video shows you how to do it.

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How to add any image as an HDRI background
– For EEVEE just go to render tab, film section, and set transparent.

CGMatter – https://youtu.be/6VBkj_I-ONk

Amazon AWS

full video wiht WordPress https://youtu.be/YiAvreVmpgQ

Use Amazon AWS
In order to download any file, not just images, documents, etc. you will need a service like this. It was a pain to set up, but seems to be worth it. The S3 storage option has a free option that gives you 5 GB of data, plenty to test service. The pricing is incredible complex, so I do not plan on going past the free limits.
Once I got it up and all the public setting correct it works as advertised.

Very Carefully follow the instructions.
1. you must sign up with a credit card, but you can pick the free option. It was a pain.
2. S3 is NOT Glacier S3 . Make sure you pick the S3 option.
3. Make sure you set ‘Make Public’ in Object Actions at upper right after uploading a file.

If anyone has a comment, or suggestion for a better FREE service please let me know.

Ducky 3d – https://youtu.be/dzq4byOD4Ug full page.

Prerequisites:
– Blender Basics – Animation Basics
– Video Sequencer basics – Shader Basics
smoke tutorial 3.2

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5 minute blender – Smoke Properties – 2.91 – very good https://youtu.be/uT127TSmBwU

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5 minute blender – 2.91 – colored smoke

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Smoke Trails

Blender Made Easy – 2.8 – https://youtu.be/hMh0pyMt1YE

00:57 – follow bezier curve (follow curve)

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b-6920 metaball abstraction
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Blender – JelloSoftbody

Ryan King Art – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5JtP8AZKhU -2.83

03:35 – start of tutorial –
– modify Suzanne
01:48 – Mirror Suzanne
02:30 – select physics tab
– select soft body
– turn off Goal option
03:20 – add plane as collision object
03:50 – add subsurf modifier to Suzanne

04:45 select Suzanne – physics tab
– open edges
– set stiffness option on
– go to bending variable – set to 10
play with bending until satiafied.
10:00 set naterial to look like jello

11:35 – add light planes for reflections
– set emissions to 10 – white

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Share Alike Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHtfumUbIUw

======== metaballs 2.8 https://youtu.be/pZqnTHpA-cg
Default Cube –
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Steven Scott https://youtu.be/rumYWmWTkQQa

35games https://youtu.be/kn0pUWTLGGI

Blender video – metaball 2.8 –https://youtu.be/Y7R2_F-ZukQ
12:55 – particles
13:40 SPH fluids
15:56 – Shaders – Layer Based approach

Visual Accuracy – 2.8 https://youtu.be/mmJtKzaKXto