Blender Asset Browser - FULL Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ย. 2021
- This is a step-by-step tutorial on the new Blender Asset Browser in Blender 3.0.
The Blender Asset Browser is a new feature in Blender 3.0. It allows you to organize your asset library and import assets into your scene very fast. Objects, materials, poses, images and sounds are all assets which you can use with the Blender Asset Browser in Blender 3.0.
The Blender Asset Browser is available in Blender 3.0. A lot of changes were made to it in the development so most tutorials are already out of date. I'll show you how to download Blender 3.0, how to set up your asset library folders, how to organize your assets (objects, materials, etc) and how to append assets into your scene with a simple drag and drop.
The Blender Asset Browser is not a true Asset Library but it is going to be a game changer for a lot of artists, especially kitbashers or anyone who uses assets over and over in their scenes.
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Thanks for the concise, yet detailed tutorial on Blender's new asset browser feature. This helped me get started with the new feature in just 10 minutes!
A really solid video - covers all the key technical points in perfect amount of detail. Best video on this subject I've come across. Great stuff!
Linking is not at all useless! When you link an object, you can apply a library override, to allow you to pose a character rig for example. So when you do changes in the original character file, it will be updated on the linked object, the changes will be applied but the pose or animation will remain! so it is super usefull for animators/ riggers to change rigs or models easily without loosing all the animation in the different scenes.
Hey, I’m sorry about that. You’re not the first to point that out. That makes sense but I was unfamiliar with the process. Thank you for pointing it out. I’ve pinned the following comment to the top of this video:
“I made a comment at the end that linking objects into your scene “seems useless” as opposed to appending. Several have pointed out that using a library override makes this a very USEFUl tool. I learn something everyday. Sorry about that!”
@@Brandon-3D its still a great Video and it gave me a good insight into the 3d asset Browser c: and I appreciate the pinned comment, after all its all about learnning, Not just for the viewers!
PLEASE point me to a comprehensive tutorial that covers everything about library overrides. 99% of the time I cannot get them to work and if they do seem to work, the override is not saved and when I open the file again days later NOTHING I did with overrides got saved! NOTHING! It's absolutely useless without a GOOD tutorial explaining exactly HOW to use it and HOW it works and WHY it works like that. I have yet to find a good tutorial. I've been using blender for over 3 years now and still have no clue.
@@myztazynizta Unfortunately, even if you find a good one Now, it won't be correct later. Be very careful with library overrides. I'm not entirely sure they should have made it into the regular releases. Every time they are mentioned it sounds like the blender developers are still trying to figure out how they should work. You can override the instance. On my first test with library override it worked great. But then my scene was Incredibly slow and I couldn't understand why. I eventually linked it back to controlling an animation with a custom paramiter. It was just rotating a bone 90 degrees from a number on a dummy going from 0-1 to make animation easy. But then the framerate went from nearly 60fps to about .5fps. I got rid of that and it went back to 60. But then I did something else and something similar happened. And you can also selectively create overrides to different portions. For instance the first override just unlocks all of the objects so you can now move them around. But then you can override the data for the objects as well, and not sure what that does to file size or if there is really much of a benefit at all. And then you can override the materials. And well, basically you can override anything that is considered data. But it's realy difficult to keep track of. I ended up just abandoning library overrides in my animation because I kept getting issues that I couldn't explain. Eventually I just used proxies because I really only needed to animate objects by moving, and rotating them. But that also means I needed to reparent the proxies in the same way, which is annoying but at least my file was fast.
I had found several that told you about it, but just like Most of what you find on youtube for blender, you'll notice that almost no one actually knows everything about what they are talking about. Luckily, people like Brandon here at least note what they got wrong or missed. People like CG Essentials, and Default Cube, just share the information they found without actually learning enough about it so in turn they aren't teaching You anything other than which buttons to push if your case lines up exactly with theirs.
For example: why are the people here offset in this video? Oh because the object is offset. But was it mentioned in the video? Nope. So is it because the object comes in with it's position related to the world origin, or is it that the objects came into blender all positioned as-is with all of their origins at the world origin? I saw another one with legos and they didn't seem to know or care that their objects all rotated onto their side when they added them to the asset library, and also scale looked wrong. So you add an object, it'll reset position, rotation, scale? That's my guess until I try things out myself, but people always tend to skip that stuff, and it really seems that it's because often they don't know....making something like library overrides Very difficult to create a video on because the only way you'll create a useful video on it is to actually fully understand what's happening under the hood......which isn't actually finished yet.
Sweet
That was excellent. I watched a few tutorials on Asset browser but you felt like you actually sat down and said THIS is why THIS works like THAT.
Thanks for this much-needed clarification of AB. Great job in the choice of information its order and the delivery. No stupid splash, just straight to the point, no background music, Clear voice audio at an articulate speed of talking, Simple examples that concentrate on the subject NOT trying to show off personal work, No vain video insert of you in the corner of the video. Also much appreciated is the warning that this is still a BETA and things may change. I so wish vloggers would edit their libs and delete the out-of-date videos. It's like keeping a broken tool, it's only in the way and could harm if used.
Man, thank you for taking the time to give that much feedback. It is very appreciated and motivating. Thank you!
Nice
Thanks a lot, such detailed tutorials are rare, this is gold. And you have a cool voice and intonation, it’s a pleasure to listen to you!
Superb introduction to Asset Browser!
11:03 Nicely shows why you should create your assert library with correct dimensions so you don't need to manually scale items and people when you drag assets from the library to your scene.
Thank you Mikko!!
It's good to have a clear explanation of how an asset library is created and how to create catalogues as so many demo videos on TH-cam totally miss the mark when it comes to this important function.
This video was an enormous help, thank you for making it so comprehensive and thorough. The part where you explain how you can only alter the data and catalog information while you're inside the specific file was particularly helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make the video!👍
Happy to help. Thank you for taking the time to leave such a kind comment. Take care!!
Keep it up Brandon! This is probably the most consice and easy to follow vid on the subject I've found so far :)
I always got stuck on the concept of 'current file' vs 'user library' and I think this cleared it up :)
Awesome to hear. Thank you!!
True!
Thank you one of the clearest explanations I have seen so far...
Thanks, Brandon. Well organized and a good intro to the browser!
Thanks man, hope it helps a little!
this is the most comprehensive guide on asset browser that exist on the internet , thank you !
Man that’s cool to hear, thank you so much!!
What a great video! Without watching this I know I would have just dragged my files into the designated asset library folder. Then I would have been very frustrated when I didn't see the items in my asset browser! This was a great primer for this long awaited feature for Blender. Thanks!
Hey thanks for taking the time to comment. Means a lot! Thank you!
I have literally sat here for like 20 minutes trying to figure this out and by 3:50 you already answered my question and I'm up and running. Thanks man
That’s awesome. Happy to help, thank you for watching!!
@@Brandon-3D I was looking through your other videos to watch once I take a break from modeling this car and I had an idea of creating "coloring book pages" aka line art modifier like one of your videos shows :). Looks like there's a lot of content here for me to catch up on!
This is the third asset browser tutorial I've watched and it's the first that really explained it well. Thanks.
You are welcome! And thank you for taking the time to say that. I really appreciate it!
@@Brandon-3D Something else... Is it possible to have a single asset library that spans multiple files? For instance, I have 22 rigged characters I've been dragging around since version 2.5 and putting them all into a single file would make it huge, slow, and cumbersome. I'd like to have them all accessible from a single library named (something like) Characters so I can go to one place to pick which characters go into a scene. Is that possible?
@@rontarrant yes that’s exactly the benefit of the browser. Just save each character file somewhere under the library path. But….right now for some reason collections and parenting hierarchies don’t seem to be available as assets. This is the biggest complaint by most right now.
@@Brandon-3D So.... not much point until it's fixed. Thanks.
Thankyou. Excellent tutorial that didn't assume I knew anything about it. Your instructions were clear, concise and well thought out and with a total lack of "go ahead and" (my pet hate because it means nothing) that seems to have infected so many tutorials.
Brilliant! Subscribed.
Glad to hear you liked it. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. Means a lot!
This video is a work of art! If I had to guess your profession, I'd bet a good amount on it being teaching and if I'm wrong, you're definitely cut out for that! Thanks a ton and I cannot wait to waste an entire day messing with the AB tomorrow!
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial!
Super clear. Thank you.
Well put together and explained properly. Thank you, Brandon.
Thank you so much!
Good tutorial, straight to the point.
Cheers Brandon, straight to the point video.
Finally we have an integrated file browser.
I do hope that with future version they make it more user friendly ( it seems a bit complicated for now or is it just me!!?) specially and strangely compared to other Files browser add-on ($) on the BMP
Extremely well explained and helpful! Thank you for this!
Thank you so much and really happy to hear that!
Best tutorial on asset browsew i've seen for awhile ! Thanks for great b3d content !
Thank you!!! Glad to hear it was helpful!
That answered my questions about it. It's been out for 3 years and just now getting around to it. I have a lot of organizing to do. Thanks for the info...
Thanks so much for this in depth tutorial
This is so great! Thanks for the tutorial on it, real easy to follow & understand.
You are welcome. Thank you!
Thanks a lot!! Assets browser is a powerful new Blender's feature and this tutorial makes it very easy to understand how it works.
Great job on this. Very understandable and clearly done. Thanks!
Awesome. Thank you for taking the time to say so. Means a lot!
Thank you! Very clear and to the point...just what I needed!
Very welcome! Thanks for taking the time for feedback!
Great rundown! Thanks!
Very welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
Thanks Brandon for the thorough and clear explanation 👏
You're welcome. Thank you! Just checked out your channel, very cool stuff. I'd love to get into 3D printing some day. Take care!
So clear and helpful! Thank you!
Awesome, thank you so much!!!
Thanks for the detailed explanation. This has helped!
awesome tutorial thank you!
Thanks for the tutorial, really helpful :)
Brilliant tutorial, Brandon. This is amazing. Off to create a catalog.
Awesome. Thank you so much!
I could literally cry, thank you so much for this explainer
Lol. No need to cry! Happy to help!
Oh wow, this is a game-changer. Great tutorial!
Yes, it has room for improvement for sure but it’s a great start. Thank you!
very clear and easy talking, Thank you Man !
Thanks Brandon, great video - just the essentials
Great tutorial!!
Cool Explanation
Nice video man! Straight to the point. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Erick, that was my goal!
Finally I have knowledge about mystery calling assets library, thank you!
Thanks for explaining all this! It really helps.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow I am just learning ,and this is so much fun
Excellent video! Concise and to the point. I had been putting off learning about the asset browser, but it's actually a really powerful and easy to use tool :)
Great video, easy to understand 👍
Hello and thank you very much for the very helpful tutorial! Saved my ass, I did many things in other blend files and was worried on how to connect them the best, since I have animations going on as well. Your video really helped a lot! Keep going on making good tutorials!
Thanks for detailed explanation 👍🏼
You are welcome!!
this is so much useful than append, THX
You have the easiest tutorial to understand I found on the subject
thank you very much
Man, thank you so much for the kind words. Motivates me to keep going. Thank you!
Very understandable! Thanks a lot! :D
A great tutorial there, fast and easy to get - thank you :)
Thank you so much!!
Very nice video mate, nice job!
Hey Chris, thanks a lot! Love to hear the feedback!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
You've literally explained everything well. Do this with everything else on Blender
great vid, leaving this for both bookmarking this video and also to help with the algorythm, thank you so much !
Very very helpful! Thank you!
Great to hear, thank you!
really great video! 🤩
Hey, thank you so much!
Perfectly explained thanks
You are welcome and thank you!!
Thanks a lot for this tutorial. Very useful.
Glad it helped! Sorry this took a few days. Take care!
Very helpful. Thank you.
Awesome to hear. Thank you Jeremy!
Suuuuuper helpful!
Great Video, keep up man !
Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Happy to help!
Thanks man!
The Linked Option, is my game changer. So cool for references or in teamwork
Good point. Thank you!
Totally, pretty much like ‘xRef’ feature of 3dsmax for those that have used it.
Hadn’t realized that Blender didn’t have anything like this? Could the Scene Collections or similar work like that or is it really only via the upcoming Asset Browser? (Excuse the question if it’s a dummy one, Blender total noob over here).
@@alejmc most of the things have different names in Blender. Append means Merge. Linked means instanced or in that case X-Ref. Indifferent to other tools Blender has often just one option so. For example, you can't import a full blender scene, you only can merge the elements in another scene, which will also be causing some disorder in your outliner. So Linking another blender file is like XRef Objects. There is also a feature to X-Ref a scene, its in the render settings. Background scene file.
In the end you get there, its just all a bit different.
Thank you big time!
Best Asset Browser tutorial. Thank you. Blender though needs to fix some complicated tasks. It would be very simple if you right click an object and choose what you like to save as an asset. (material, model, texture, etc)
Agreed. But thank you!!
Yes, it did help. Thanks for the video.
Awesome. Thank you!
Love this video. Subbed!
Thank you!!
Great video. Although the fact that you can't add assets on-the-fly is a big letdown. Always having to copy the asset to the designated file before and then tag them as an asset is not very time-efficient.
That is very true, but at the same time it forces one to be more organised when compiling asset libraries. I have "lost" objects in files that I can't seem to find, even though I am very structured when it comes to organising my files and backups. Being able to flag any object as an asset anywhere can easily lead to libraries getting broken etc. when source files are moved (either on purpose or by accident) if you forget that they are contributing to a library. My biggest issue right now is that only a single mesh object can be made an asset. I would like to create a single asset from a group of objects but it just creates separate assets right now which is not ideal. That means if you want to create a chess board for instances with all the pieces as an asset you have to join all the parts into one object otherwise you end up with assets for the board and every separate chess piece.
@@Warmbrak I use a plugin called Asset Management. This solves the situation very well. I was assuming that the Blender asset browser was working similarly. But it's more of an asset library creator. This is nice for creating asset packages to distribute, but useless for creating libraries for your daily workflow. I'll stick with the plugin for now.
Thanks a bunch, couldn't figure out how to set materials as assets but now I do lol
Nice. I love TH-cam’s recommended videos. Thanks for creating this. Now I understand
Yes. TH-cam is amazing! So is Blender! Very glad you found it and thank you for watching!
Thank You Bro !! I personally liked the throughness of tutorial. Looking forwar to see more video.. And also you got +1 sub now 😂😂
Thanks. I just watched this...but accidentally left playback at 0.75 from a previous video. I thought, what a chilled dude...😆 Then I realised my error. I appreciate your help.
Lol. I’m picturing myself at .75 speed would be pretty chill. Take care!!
This sub was earned. Great content, very informative, thank you.
Man, thank you so much!
great! thank you this is awesome!
You are welcome. And thank you!
Thank you for this!
Very welcome!
thanks for that my man
This is great tutorial! and life changing discovery for me. Thank you very much @BrandonsDrawings!
Thank you 🙏
Than u sooooooooooo much i couldn't figure it out till this tutorial :)
You are welcome! Glad to hear people finding it helpful!
Thanks for this Video.
You are very welcome!
Great tutorial! Been waiting for the AB for some time. Could you do a tutorial or quick tiop on how to correct the orientation of the asset preview? Find that they come in with z axis in odd directions.
Btw, if you're getting grey or viewport coloured Previews in your Asset Browser and you want them textured/coloured - select the Viewport Shading dropdown in Solid mode, then select Texture instead of Material. If you head to Shading tab, you will find that the colour will be based on whatever node you last selected (so select your Base Colour node) - very weird but this solution solves it on a Refresh!
Thanks so much for sharing!!
Thanks Brandon
+1 for explaining how to save to catalog organisation in the library
Glad that was helpful. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave the kind words!
love this tutorial
love uuuuuu
Thanks!
This looks just like the Unreal Engine 5 Content Browser. I love it!!! Blender keeps getting better with every new release.
yoooo this is sick
Agreed. :)
OMG THANK YOU! I was trying to start a catalog for materials and could not get it.
You are welcome! Glad it helped!
Very usefull Thanks 👍👍👍
Awesome to hear the feedback. Thank you!
Good tutorial!
Thank you.
Well this is neat. I'm currently learning how to make some static scenes for rendering still images for use in Renpy and this seems super god damn useful.