I found an extended idea of making a plasma ball. follow the steps of 14:11 and turn the settings to alpha blend, and duplicate the sphere 4 times, shrink them one by one and you will be able to see a transparent type of energy ball
When trying to calculate the right angle for the radial array, you can enter a math formula into the rotation field. For example, put in 360/33 or however many segments you have. It will calculate the right angle so they all fit perfectly.
been searching for a few hours for procedural electricity and thought it couldn't be done then all of a sudden at 13:50 you show EXACTLY what im looking for and even how to animate it
Well well, look at you... with your accessible tutorials. Showing every detail so even if you miss something you can go and look back. Showing instead of telling me what you do and teaching me materials with ease. I freaking love your videos :D
Guys, if the modifier Bevel does not work for someone (4:44), before using it go to EDIT MODE, SELECT ALL (A) and press M (Merge) and select "By Distance". For Bevel 10:10 the same actions
Dude, you posted this at precisely the right time!!! I've been working on creating a shield on a spaceship and this was perfect! Also, super interested in that Radical software. I've got my eye on it now. Thanks a million.
This is an excellent basis for modelling a Transformer spark, which previously I had prototyped using a lash up of thin meshes shrinkwrapped to a controller sphere and animated by a hellish combination of displacement modifiers and rotating controller empties. Animating the W-vector on procedural materials looks considerably simpler.
Add a cube, scale it so it just encompases the scene. In shading editor, add a material, delete the principled bsdf and add a principled volume, to the volume connector of the output node. Turn the density to between 0.05 and 0.1. Add a larger cube around this, subdivide it and cut some thin Slats out of the top. Position your point light above this cube and crank up the power. Adds some volumetric effects. Mess about with positions and settings. :)
its really amazing how when you look at the thumbnail for this video and you be like awww maaan that's too complexed for me and my computer can't handle this render and when you click on this video and he starts explaning everything and you be like daaayum this is really easy and not to mention all the detail he puts in a scene with just one simple object. we all love you Ducky and will continue to support you. I personally love your videos and admire your talent. THANKS FOR WHAT YOURE DOING MAN AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. drop a like if you agree
I had a couple of problems, but in the end a almost nice looking render. Thank you for the Tutorial, I learded so much, exspaccially at solving problems without any help.
I took this a few steps further and added a displacement modifier to the sphere, added a particle system to it as well, and then another icosphere with the same materials and modifiers to them as the objects to be used in the render of each particle. I changed the color of the particles slightly to make them look like sparks. So now, I have an unstable plasma ball with sparks flying out of it. With an Empty controlling the texture on the displacement, I can animate it as well and the effect is awesome. Thanks for this tutorial, it gave me a great foundation to do something I was looking at trying but had no clue on how to set up the materials. Would you give a tutorial if you already don't have it on View Layers and Compositing? It would be great to composite the plasma field with a glow but keep the emitter sharp.
Just returning to some of these early tutorials... my memory is terrible so thanks for keeping these videos on... I can see how Geometry nodes can be used to modify this project. Awesome stuff
Instead of setting the camera to orthographic, I like to increase the focal lenght and then place the camera effect. this keeps the camera have a little perspective.
A challenging tutorial but great. I needed to perfect using the array modifier. Keep up making these tutorials. One thing I learned was that I need a better monitor.
Thank you for your great idea of Blender. Your blender tutorial is polite and easy to understand. I'm practicing working with Blender in your tutorial.
the bevel on the cylinder doesn't work for me , I scale it after extruding , then apply bevel , but nothing changes , its on edge select 8 faces , but no change. am I missing an input somewhere?
I'm having trouble with the Circle array I tried it in 2.83.4 and in 2.91.0. It goes wonky in both versions. I had to adjust the scale and rotation to get it to work on the first array. The 2nd one was even worse. Yes I did ctrl A on all the objects.
The object's origin point must be at the center cursor. Right click on the object and set origin to cursor. Then go into top view and rotate the empty. At least that's what worked for me.
The shading tab is really difficult for new users to grasp. It would have been nice if you explained everything that was going on inside of the shaders tab, like what you did wrangling the "voronoi" texture mapping object to the noise vector. What the mix node does. What the texture coordinate node is. Why you put what you did. Things like that
after 10:20 i don't know what to do anymore, im lost, the cube is big but then i scaled it so it got small. I wanted to do the array thing but everytime i add one more of the cubes it gets bigger
Loving your tutorials man, keep them coming! I'm an absolute noob at 3D animation/modelling and been learning blender for the last 3 days mostly just from your tutorials and managed to re-create this scene last night in about 6 hours :) Now that I have the first still render finished I would like to render out the animation for the plasma ball but I'm not sure how to make it a seamless animation, or if it's even possible due to the "randomness" of the voronoi texture. If you or someone else could point me in the right direction to making this a seamless animation, that would be awesome! :D
when I use the circle array in the beginning, the empty only moves the one object, no matter how high I increase the count, no other objects show up. does someone know what might be going on here? I am using blender version 2.91.0 for reference.
not sure what im doing wrong but around 4:35 where you move in the edges, i hit alt and the thing pops up and my cursor changes but no matter how far out or in i move my cursor the model stays the same
same, was using eevee and then restarted from the beginning using cycles, the bevel modifier worked then. might not have been that, i don't really know, but it did seem to be
I can't get equal spacings on the cube when using the array modifier, when I try to rotate it to fit inbetween the cylinders it creates more or less, any help?
I am not sure what you mean but it’s easy just use array to place them with those cylinders ( which you already did ) and then rotate them as whole ( from the panel which in at the extreme left )..... if you understand what I am saying
@@arnav3302 thanks for your reply, I had managed to easily with the first object using the array modifier, when I had come to the second object I had trouble getting it to rotate so it would be inbetween the spaces of the first, I tried rotating the empty axis aswell as the object and it wouldnt line up properly I spent countless hours trying. Probably was a simple solution I overlooked, I ended up placing them all individually, but it's something I can come back to in future to work it out
hi ducky, watching the video i noticed some fireflies in the render. if you didn't know if you go into the render tab->light path->clamping and set the indirect clamp to 1. that will help a lot and it saved my ass from rendering with a 1000 samples.
5:36 erm, had to change to Edit mode, then with Edge Select click S for Scale then bring it back. the inset faces yellow grab controller didn't seem to do anything. probably just me being slow as a total learner, a missing step makes huge difference, not sure of the advantages or attraction to the maker of the videos being quick, to the learner it's not really a great help. seems to be a thing though
Radical seems pretty promising, as someone who is far far away from being able to afford a motion-capture suit. However, do you think the limit of 3-30 minutes a month is a big limit on creative work, or is it easy to stay within?
Hi there, please get in touch with us at support@getrad.co and we will be happy to walk you through the service and how our community of creators utilizes the playtime.
@Ducky 3D After I've re-set scale transformation for everything; I did the offset on the camera for the tracking on the brazier circle for animation keys, but its faster than I want it to go. How do I slow it down?
Did they change the UI in 2.9? Looks different for the settings layout. Also for the denoising node, what's the difference between using the noisy image vs normal image input? I have seen people using both
Was trying to make a volumetric plasma ball (like those plasma ball toys). So the plasma tendrils shoot from the center outwards. The electric effect of this one helped getting the look, but I can't manage to get it to go from the middle to the outside. All I manage so far is a ball there the tendrils shoot around randomly. Any tips on how to get it to go from middle and to make them weaker the further away they get from the middle?
I found an extended idea of making a plasma ball. follow the steps of 14:11 and turn the settings to alpha blend, and duplicate the sphere 4 times, shrink them one by one and you will be able to see a transparent type of energy ball
I am speechless, this video just opened a thousand possibilities for me. Thanks
When trying to calculate the right angle for the radial array, you can enter a math formula into the rotation field. For example, put in 360/33 or however many segments you have. It will calculate the right angle so they all fit perfectly.
been searching for a few hours for procedural electricity and thought it couldn't be done then all of a sudden at 13:50 you show EXACTLY what im looking for and even how to animate it
Well well, look at you... with your accessible tutorials. Showing every detail so even if you miss something you can go and look back. Showing instead of telling me what you do and teaching me materials with ease. I freaking love your videos :D
I like that in this tutorial you fast forward techniques you’ve covered so leaves us to work it out on our own, good learning curve.
I can't believe how much Ive learned in only two fucking days thanks to this channel
Guys, if the modifier Bevel does not work for someone (4:44), before using it go to EDIT MODE, SELECT ALL (A) and press M (Merge) and select "By Distance". For Bevel 10:10 the same actions
THANK YOU
Dude, you posted this at precisely the right time!!! I've been working on creating a shield on a spaceship and this was perfect! Also, super interested in that Radical software. I've got my eye on it now. Thanks a million.
This is an excellent basis for modelling a Transformer spark, which previously I had prototyped using a lash up of thin meshes shrinkwrapped to a controller sphere and animated by a hellish combination of displacement modifiers and rotating controller empties. Animating the W-vector on procedural materials looks considerably simpler.
Thankyou so much for this tutorial! To this day it still continues to help people!!
Me encanta ver tus videos!!
Best regards from México
Add a cube, scale it so it just encompases the scene. In shading editor, add a material, delete the principled bsdf and add a principled volume, to the volume connector of the output node. Turn the density to between 0.05 and 0.1.
Add a larger cube around this, subdivide it and cut some thin Slats out of the top. Position your point light above this cube and crank up the power. Adds some volumetric effects. Mess about with positions and settings. :)
Thank so Much For Everything You Make Blender Easily
Thank you for all the amazing tutorials, you've gotten me back into learning blender.
guys i have to confess, i made a pretty crazy plasma ball
Dang but was it pretty CRAZY?
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Nice
its really amazing how when you look at the thumbnail for this video and you be like awww maaan that's too complexed for me and my computer can't handle this render and when you click on this video and he starts explaning everything and you be like daaayum this is really easy and not to mention all the detail he puts in a scene with just one simple object. we all love you Ducky and will continue to support you. I personally love your videos and admire your talent. THANKS FOR WHAT YOURE DOING MAN AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. drop a like if you agree
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I had a couple of problems, but in the end a almost nice looking render. Thank you for the Tutorial, I learded so much, exspaccially at solving problems without any help.
Thanks for always making tutorials :) i've learned a lot from you! Appreciate you!
I took this a few steps further and added a displacement modifier to the sphere, added a particle system to it as well, and then another icosphere with the same materials and modifiers to them as the objects to be used in the render of each particle. I changed the color of the particles slightly to make them look like sparks. So now, I have an unstable plasma ball with sparks flying out of it. With an Empty controlling the texture on the displacement, I can animate it as well and the effect is awesome. Thanks for this tutorial, it gave me a great foundation to do something I was looking at trying but had no clue on how to set up the materials.
Would you give a tutorial if you already don't have it on View Layers and Compositing? It would be great to composite the plasma field with a glow but keep the emitter sharp.
Yesss it’s here I saw it on instagram and was so exited
Hey, what did he do at 10:20? How did he convert it the same as cylinder? I couldn't understand that step.
Thanks for all Tutorials
Racidal is so cool it would be really helpful
keep up the 👍 work! u put helpful tricks into my brain every vid!
One of the best Videos every...
Just returning to some of these early tutorials... my memory is terrible so thanks for keeping these videos on... I can see how Geometry nodes can be used to modify this project.
Awesome stuff
at 10:00 how did you do for each face all at once for me its doing it for the whole thing. someone tell
Hitting "i" twice will let you do each face separately. What I can't figure out is how he's insetting all sides equally.
To make plasma ball follow this timestamp 12:11
Instead of setting the camera to orthographic, I like to increase the focal lenght and then place the camera effect. this keeps the camera have a little perspective.
Awesome!!!! Just signed up for your Patreon! This is gold!!!
Thank you! Learned so much about adding details and circular array.
really cool. combined with the particle effect from the audio visualizer video it makes the perfect wallpaper lol
A challenging tutorial but great. I needed to perfect using the array modifier. Keep up making these tutorials. One thing I learned was that I need a better monitor.
Dude!!! You just keep getting better :) Thanks for your effort and attention to detail!
That looks sick!
Great idea, Nathan. You come up with creative ideas. Thanks!
*I love this! Nice work dude)*
Thank you for your great idea of Blender. Your blender tutorial is polite and easy to understand. I'm practicing working with Blender in your tutorial.
12:52 why i am not getting that crackles while changing the color ram
Did you get the solution i am also stuck on the same part
the bevel on the cylinder doesn't work for me , I scale it after extruding , then apply bevel , but nothing changes , its on edge select 8 faces , but no change. am I missing an input somewhere?
Thats what i wanted,thx Ducky,and thx for that keyboard flickering sounds,its good
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us bro! This was a fun one!
I am so grateful for all these tutorials thanks dude!!!
Thank you for the nice tutorial
Very simple and effective method to build a cool sci-fi effect.
Wow the result is amazing !
9:58 how?!?! it doesnt do them intividually for me it just scares and extrudes them as if its one surface for me
Press 'I' twice, it'll then inset faces separately
Individual inset
@@lukelangergaming1449Thanks a lot bro you helped me continue the video
@@theunfinishedbusiness2407 no problem!
Gosh your tutorials are good, thank you so much mate !
I lost count of how many things I learned from this vid.
thank u so much, very excited to see more tutorials on blender
damn. I would have loved to see the animation process of this. The interactive glow and lights would have been really cool
I'm having trouble with the Circle array I tried it in 2.83.4 and in 2.91.0. It goes wonky in both versions. I had to adjust the scale and rotation to get it to work on the first array. The 2nd one was even worse. Yes I did ctrl A on all the objects.
youve turned into the mumbo jumbo of blender.
Thank you!
Thank you for making these videos. I've used some of these shading ideas in my own videos recently with awesome results.
amazing !
mind blowing stuff ,GREAT explanation !
Thanks bro, i really love what you're doing
Thank you! Now I can finish making Uumuu from Hollow Knight in Blender
Now I am watching your every frikin videos!!!!
8:21 in my case array modifier is randomized, it does not copy the object around "tube c". Does anybody know why ? btw: great video !
The object's origin point must be at the center cursor. Right click on the object and set origin to cursor. Then go into top view and rotate the empty. At least that's what worked for me.
Hello Ducky 3D, thank you for the great videos. I look at them every day. Great how you do it.
Keep it up and greetings from Bavaria.
I signed up and was surprised they don`t even offer a test for free. Requested paying card immediately
The shading tab is really difficult for new users to grasp. It would have been nice if you explained everything that was going on inside of the shaders tab, like what you did wrangling the "voronoi" texture mapping object to the noise vector. What the mix node does. What the texture coordinate node is. Why you put what you did. Things like that
Really cool. Thanks.
after 10:20 i don't know what to do anymore, im lost, the cube is big but then i scaled it so it got small. I wanted to do the array thing but everytime i add one more of the cubes it gets bigger
WoW....Unbelievable Job....thanks...!!
Omg this is perfect!
Nice tutorial... Can you turn this into some motion.....?
Loving your tutorials man, keep them coming! I'm an absolute noob at 3D animation/modelling and been learning blender for the last 3 days mostly just from your tutorials and managed to re-create this scene last night in about 6 hours :) Now that I have the first still render finished I would like to render out the animation for the plasma ball but I'm not sure how to make it a seamless animation, or if it's even possible due to the "randomness" of the voronoi texture. If you or someone else could point me in the right direction to making this a seamless animation, that would be awesome! :D
love the work, it definitely gives off inspiration
Thanks for all your tutos, Dude ! ;)
This render looks awesome!
Dude, big thx to you, for u lessons.Really like it. Greetings from Russia!)
Great work man. Amazing!
thank you
Awesome easy tutorial 😍
when I use the circle array in the beginning, the empty only moves the one object, no matter how high I increase the count, no other objects show up. does someone know what might be going on here? I am using blender version 2.91.0 for reference.
not sure what im doing wrong but around 4:35 where you move in the edges, i hit alt and the thing pops up and my cursor changes but no matter how far out or in i move my cursor the model stays the same
i had the same problem so I just did it by using scale press "s" and move it.
the thingy you're making at 7:05 it wont let me put a bevel on it. i mean it does but it does change it even if i mess with the settings??? idk :c
same, was using eevee and then restarted from the beginning using cycles, the bevel modifier worked then. might not have been that, i don't really know, but it did seem to be
How do you get lazy viewport (im assuming thats how you are getting the gizmo on move scale rotate) to let you do keyboard inputs?
I can't get equal spacings on the cube when using the array modifier, when I try to rotate it to fit inbetween the cylinders it creates more or less, any help?
I am not sure what you mean but it’s easy just use array to place them with those cylinders ( which you already did ) and then rotate them as whole ( from the panel which in at the extreme left )..... if you understand what I am saying
@@arnav3302 thanks for your reply, I had managed to easily with the first object using the array modifier, when I had come to the second object I had trouble getting it to rotate so it would be inbetween the spaces of the first, I tried rotating the empty axis aswell as the object and it wouldnt line up properly I spent countless hours trying. Probably was a simple solution I overlooked, I ended up placing them all individually, but it's something I can come back to in future to work it out
Gorgeous!
Thank you sooo much duckyyy
This is awesome 👏
Dude you are so amazing
Ty so much ducky ! Can you make a tutorial how to make some oil texture ? :)
hi ducky, watching the video i noticed some fireflies in the render. if you didn't know if you go into the render tab->light path->clamping and set the indirect clamp to 1. that will help a lot and it saved my ass from rendering with a 1000 samples.
5:36 erm, had to change to Edit mode, then with Edge Select click S for Scale then bring it back. the inset faces yellow grab controller didn't seem to do anything. probably just me being slow
as a total learner, a missing step makes huge difference, not sure of the advantages or attraction to the maker of the videos being quick, to the learner it's not really a great help. seems to be a thing though
Radical seems pretty promising, as someone who is far far away from being able to afford a motion-capture suit. However, do you think the limit of 3-30 minutes a month is a big limit on creative work, or is it easy to stay within?
Hi there, please get in touch with us at support@getrad.co and we will be happy to walk you through the service and how our community of creators utilizes the playtime.
How would you make it fade in could i insert a key frame with the brightness set to 0 and set a key at frame 20 and turn the brightness up
@Ducky 3D After I've re-set scale transformation for everything; I did the offset on the camera for the tracking on the brazier circle for animation keys, but its faster than I want it to go. How do I slow it down?
cool render, but i do not like that the point light is reflacting on your sphere. is there a way to fix it?
10:00 shot key?
bro how long does it take to render i am frame 5 and its been going 2 hours now haha
Thanks alot for this one
Did they change the UI in 2.9? Looks different for the settings layout. Also for the denoising node, what's the difference between using the noisy image vs normal image input? I have seen people using both
YOO FAN DEMAND YEET!!!!
Was trying to make a volumetric plasma ball (like those plasma ball toys). So the plasma tendrils shoot from the center outwards. The electric effect of this one helped getting the look, but I can't manage to get it to go from the middle to the outside. All I manage so far is a ball there the tendrils shoot around randomly. Any tips on how to get it to go from middle and to make them weaker the further away they get from the middle?
wow that's crazy