Tutorial: Simulating Handwriting in Blender
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Published 2022-05-30
In this tutorial we'll use Blender to create a handwritten word and turn it into a physics simulation using the cloth modifier. We'll also place it on a video background with real footage and render it with a glowing effect using Eevee! Stick around for the end to see some additional use cases!
Software used:
Blender (Free and #opensource): www.blender.org/
Mentioned tutorials:
Cinematic Lighting in Blender - • Tutorial: Cinematic Lighting in Blender
"That time we attached robotic arms to this guy" - • Tutorial: How to Create Robotic Arms ...
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00:00 What we'll be creating
00:33 Simulating a piece of string
02:03 Adding skin modifier and material
04:11 AD: Visualizing a VPN on 3D tracked drone footage
05:14 Simulating handwritten text
06:30 Using a hook to control a single vertex
07:28 Tweaking, testing and disabling gravity
08:17 Fixing old cache data, UI and a weird vertex
08:56 Animating the text using the build modifier
09:52 Adding custom thickness to the skin modifier
10:38 Placing a video texture in the scene
13:19 Getting an overview of our timeline
14:17 Aligning the camera
15:13 Rotoscoping using auto keying
17:30 Tweaking simulation and writing timings
18:16 Baking and tweaking the physics simulation
19:22 Exporting as a video
20:04 Final result
20:37 Advanced alternative
21:54 Combining the technique with motion capture
22:45 Simulating and rendering a spider web
23:48 Thanks for watching!
#handwriting #simulation
All Comments (21)
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Really deserved to be sponsored, you're putting out high quality all the time!!
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Congrats. You've made an ad that was literally the only ad i haven't skipped
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3:50 “which is really cool, I mean warm” 😂🤣 small joke there made my day! Keep up the good work and thanks for the amazing tutorial
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COME ON!!! Even the ad break is awesome and makes you watch. I'm so glad I've found you, everything is amazing
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I've never seen such high quality content of Blender being made so consistently! You literally made a VFX scene for your sponsor!
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That's the best sponsor I've ever seen
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It’s so crazy that these tutorials are free. Such great work!
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What a jam packed fun video! Cloth sim is so powerful!!!!
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Really powerfull techniques. And this was the first time EVER I watched the sponsor part fully. Very good tutorial!
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Way to level up Ads! For the 1st time in awhile I didn't want to skip. Excellent tut as always!
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One of the best 3d artists out there, Thank you so much for your tutorials. Keep creating more awesome stuff.
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Definitely the best sponsored segment ive ever seen! Great and helpful tutorial as always as well.
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there’s so much to do in blender, and you explain everything so well. love it
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You can feel you had fun making this tutorial. Great video! Thank you for the extra inspiration and motivation!
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My man worked harder on a sponsored segment than many people do on the actual content
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I really appreciate how you explain every step (even stuff like changing the view to rendered mode), so that even absolute beginners can follow along and understand the steps. Also, hope you get tons more sponsors after they see the amount of work you put into this one! Great stuff as always.
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Absolutely top notch content as always! I love how you went Ian Hubert mode at the end and gave your keen viewers some cool extensions on how this technique can be applied further. That was a lot of fun to watch!
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LOVE your tutorials. The excitement in the tone of your voice is infectious and the pace of your explanations are something I really appreciate. Not sure if it's just me but it also feels refreshing to get a Blender tutorial that isn't completely reliant on complex geo node set ups and a degree in algebra (along with a slightly patronising tone... ahem). Keep up the great work!
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I messed with this till like 2:50am and it was quite an interesting thing to learn. Thanks for this nice walkthrough. ♥
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I really haven't seen Blender channels consistently put out the amount of high quality stuff you're doing. Great job Asbjørn!
