Thanks for the overwhelming support on this video, But blender has changed since 2017, Please have a look at my new 2020 tutorial of this same exact topic: 3D text for beginners th-cam.com/video/4GR0takbq2s/w-d-xo.html - CG Viking
Glad it helped, although blender has changed quite a bit since this tutorial. I recommend watching my other Retro-text tutorial aswell, featuring the newer more up to date blender version 2.8 :) - CG Viking
thanx...great tutorial.....maybe I'll finally do some text now .....I used to use a little app called "elefont"...then blender stop importing from it.......
I'm having trouble adjusting my camera. I duplicated the window and pressed 0 to view from the camera but when I move the camera it does not move on the other half.
Ok I fixed it. The problem was, I had to create a second camera because I couldn't get the first camera to move. This was because I was using a keyboard with a num pad. So when I pressed 0 the second camera wouldn't respond. I ended up going to view -> camera and changing it there.
Ok, try file - user preferences - then press the input tab - then tick on emulate number pad box. This should make the row of numbers on your keyboard act as an actual numberpad
Hmm, sounds like you are in editmode, try to hit TAB on the keyboard and try shift-A again. You could also use the menu on the left. Called create. Click the create tab, then scroll down to other and press text to add text :) - CGViking
i agree with most of these comments. youre going way to fast for 'beginner-level'. if you dont feel like explaining all the shortcuts and things you're doing, you could add one of those key tracker overlays where it shows us what exactly ur typing and using. however, i believe if that was just fixed up, the tutorial would be flawless. keep it up man.
Hmm, thats odd. If you have trouble finding a font within windows i suggest using a free font site and download one on your desktop and add it there. - CG Viking
Slow down, for a complete beginner this is way too fast, this is the mistake that most of these "beginner tutorial" people make.. Beginners don't know a damn thing about the menus or the keystrokes and can't process it unless it's really slow and explained in detail.
Please elborate what you're finding difficult, but if I can guess you probably have difficulties navigating blender ?Middle mouse button for example does not exist on a mac, so blender have have an emulation for that letting you use the ALT key on your keyboard. Go to file - preferences - input and then check the box for emulate 3 button mouse. That will most likely solve you're problem. If you have a macbook with as smaller keyboard without the numpad, you can also check emulate numpad in the same section, letting you use row of keys 1-0 acting as a numberpad for navigating views FRONT - SIDE- TOP 1 - 3 -7 on your numberkeys. I learned blender on a mac starting out, but changed to PC a while back. Its more or less the same experience apart from rendering. Hope some of this helps. I will include a more Mac-friendly tutorial next time :) Thanks for watching! - CGViking
Fox Kitty So, fonts on mac are a little different. Blender needs to read a .ttf fontfile. I suggest using the apllication Font Book on mac first. Choose the font in fontbook hit file and export font to a location you easily can navigate through. Then - Open blender and do the step in the video except this time you go to the location where you previously exported your font. Hope this helps :) - CG VIKING
Thanks for the overwhelming support on this video, But blender has changed since 2017, Please have a look at my new 2020 tutorial of this same exact topic: 3D text for beginners th-cam.com/video/4GR0takbq2s/w-d-xo.html
- CG Viking
Haven't used Blender in a couple of years, so I'm definitely rusty. Thanks for the straightforward tutorial.
Thanks so much. It's the first time I try and you explain so well.
Glad it helped, although blender has changed quite a bit since this tutorial. I recommend watching my other Retro-text tutorial aswell, featuring the newer more up to date blender version 2.8 :)
- CG Viking
Poor cube always got deleted
XD
ahhaha yes!
@@nera03199 This isn´t funny!!!
nice tutorial. good job
Excellent work!
The texture part doesn't work for me it shows completely different options like shadows, strand, subsurface scattering, etc. help!
how do i get a slit scan effect in blender?
thanx...great tutorial.....maybe I'll finally do some text now .....I used to use a little app called "elefont"...then blender stop importing from it.......
not sure how to duplicate the window in 2.8 blender
Thx bro helped a lot
Thank you! this was REALLY helpful.
this is a great tutorial
great vid!
can I make a Hangul character?
I'm having trouble adjusting my camera. I duplicated the window and pressed 0 to view from the camera but when I move the camera it does not move on the other half.
Ok I fixed it. The problem was, I had to create a second camera because I couldn't get the first camera to move. This was because I was using a keyboard with a num pad. So when I pressed 0 the second camera wouldn't respond. I ended up going to view -> camera and changing it there.
Ah you beat me to it :) glad you figured it out :)
- CG Viking
..I think ..the text animation..is missing..
thank you
i don't have numpad haha i've got slimkeyboard. what do i press.
Ok, try file - user preferences - then press the input tab - then tick on emulate number pad box. This should make the row of numbers on your keyboard act as an actual numberpad
@@cgviking8459 Thanks bro imma do that.
life saver! thanks!!!
great vid brother! i owe you a beer!
When I do Shift+A I only get the option to add mesh shapes, what do I do?
Hmm, sounds like you are in editmode, try to hit TAB on the keyboard and try shift-A again. You could also use the menu on the left. Called create. Click the create tab, then scroll down to other and press text to add text :)
- CGViking
GREAT
"This is what I like to see."
i cant find the text button :(
i think that you find so far??tab ..
Thnx body
i agree with most of these comments. youre going way to fast for 'beginner-level'. if you dont feel like explaining all the shortcuts and things you're doing, you could add one of those key tracker overlays where it shows us what exactly ur typing and using. however, i believe if that was just fixed up, the tutorial would be flawless. keep it up man.
Oh my bad, I just realised you already have one of those overlays in the bottom left. My bad, this makes it so much easier to follow along.
I don’t have any font
Hmm, thats odd. If you have trouble finding a font within windows i suggest using a free font site and download one on your desktop and add it there.
- CG Viking
couldn't follow your steps as fast as you, maybe slow down,and explain each step. do NOT Assume people know all the shortcuts.
i run ubuntu not windows
ubuntu sucks
@@bayglman we all have our preferences
I cant scale my text lol
Right click and hit S to scale :)
Slow down, for a complete beginner this is way too fast, this is the mistake that most of these "beginner tutorial" people make.. Beginners don't know a damn thing about the menus or the keystrokes and can't process it unless it's really slow and explained in detail.
Absolutely.
i use mac so this does not really work to well for me :I
Please elborate what you're finding difficult, but if I can guess you probably have difficulties navigating blender ?Middle mouse button for example does not exist on a mac, so blender have have an emulation for that letting you use the ALT key on your keyboard. Go to file - preferences - input and then check the box for emulate 3 button mouse. That will most likely solve you're problem. If you have a macbook with as smaller keyboard without the numpad, you can also check emulate numpad in the same section, letting you use row of keys 1-0 acting as a numberpad for navigating views FRONT - SIDE- TOP 1 - 3 -7 on your numberkeys.
I learned blender on a mac starting out, but changed to PC a while back. Its more or less the same experience apart from rendering. Hope some of this helps. I will include a more Mac-friendly tutorial next time :) Thanks for watching!
- CGViking
Navigating blender is not my problem at all
I know how to do that. It's just changing fonts
You said I had to go to window s
Fox Kitty So, fonts on mac are a little different. Blender needs to read a .ttf fontfile. I suggest using the apllication Font Book on mac first. Choose the font in fontbook hit file and export font to a location you easily can navigate through. Then - Open blender and do the step in the video except this time you go to the location where you previously exported your font. Hope this helps :)
- CG VIKING
Chyzoll...
Really not for beginners.
really bad explained for a beginner. Had to stop multiple times in the 1st minute already
PlayCrizes same as u I stopped LOADS and went back
Once you get the controls it gets easier. Learning curve is steep on blender.
Same, I had to go back a lot.
How the hell do we scale@@NPC-et9ik
@@zoobros3267 right click and "S"
Bok