Thanks for the quick and helpful tutorial! Also if anyone had trouble like me, my hook empty wasn't working properly with cloth when scaling, but moving the hook modifier before the cloth modifier on the plane fixed it, I think I did them out of order.
I sometimes like the longer tutorials that explain the details - but when I need to get something done quickly, quick concise videos like this are a gift. Thank you! (Oh, if your curtains don't hang right, check that you haven't disabled gravity, d'oh!)
6-Jan-2024 - Thanks for the tutorial. For those having issues, the steps given in the video are still applicable. Here are some issues that I had (as well as others in the comments) and how I worked around them: Grid object vanishes when Cloth physic is applied: Ensure the timeline is on frame one. I spent about 15 minutes wondering why my Grid kept dropping in negative Zed. Checking the timeline I noticed I was on frame 74. Starting on frame 1 fixed the issue. Scaling Hook during playback: Use the keyboard shortcut S followed by the axis (X or Y depending on your Grid orientation. Pixelated Grid object at end of animation: Increase the shading angle under Object Data>Normals>Auto Smooth. I had to go to 180 degrees. Also, add subdivision modifier with 2 or 3 iterations (your preference here).
I'm really enjoying these tutorials! I can see myself spending a lot of time here :) Let's get you to 5k before 2023! Edit: turns out, I'm subscribed to both channels and didn't know lmao. Hopefully, you'll see as much success with this channel as your other one :)
Finally; thank you. Every other tutorial I've found has been about making a flag blow in the wind...yours is the first I've found to explain how to make fabric hang in a predetermined position.
If your curtain goes all over the place and you start questioning your existence as a blender artist: Make sure to really select the empty when scaling.
Actually a number divisible by 3 works every time. It's the number of edges, so you'll end up with one more vertex. You subtract that vertex with your first selection, then skip 2 and select 1, going 3 at a time to the end.
It seems simple but didn't know it, thank you for the tutorial-needed the curtains, even if I'm a animator doesn't' mean I know of this procedure, thanks again.
I scaled my empty object slowly, but wasn't happy with out it turned out. upon replaying back, it saved what I had scaled (I do not have auto key on) I've deleted all bakes too just in case, even though I didn't bake. how can I reset the simulation? Also when I add a torus, add collision, it does not interact with the curtain edit: solved my problem change changing my unite scale back to 1. (I typically work in .01 due to unreal measurement difference)
Perfect. Id love a part 2 where you do the same to the point for creating materials for curtains too?? I havent really figured out how to make them look good with light shining through them. Perhaps that would be too in depth, not sure. Either way, good job.
I know this is a bit of an older video and things change over time, i tried doing what you showed in the video however it does not work. I did step by step about 3 times and still get the same issue. It only moves the part that I have in the group when I scale the empty does not effect the rest of the plane what am I doing wrong?
Also be sure to not do anything by scale because blender simulations hate real world scale for some strange reason. So scale it up run sim save it then scale it back down to what you actually need after the simulation.
@@LatinDimpling thank you! your comment helped a lot💚 i'd like to take a note here maybe people would like to see it: in 3d viewport, CRTL + A, in the menu choose Visual Geometry to Mesh.
I know this is 4 months later, but did you try going into your cache underneath the physics tab for the curtain object? There you can increase the frames you want the simulation to continue for. Had the same issue and that's what fixed it for me
⚠⚠ Error resolution! CTRL + SHIFT + Numpad+ is not working? I had the same problem as you (the person reading this) and I spent a few hours trying to fix it, and I found the solution. Pay attention! There is a solution, and it can be accessed through two different methods, one from the interface and the other through keyboard commands. Method using keyboard commands: Select the desired object and press the TAB key to enter Edit Mode. Press the Shift + Space keys. A window will appear. If it disappears, press Shift + Space again and make sure not to move the mouse. Without touching anything and without moving the mouse, press the W key (note that the window that appeared when you pressed SHIFT + Space should be displayed on the screen). Now, you probably noticed that the mouse arrow in the left part of the screen where you have the top column with the modeling tools has changed. Now, you can select one point (check at the very top to make sure the point mode is selected (not line, not face)). Select one point, leave two points free, select the next one, and finally, you can press CTRL + Shift + Numpad+ and it will work. Press CTRL + Shift + Numpad+ as many times as needed. Congratulations! You may be wondering how to return to the old mouse selection form? Press Shift + Space, do not touch anything so that the window does not disappear and press the B key. That's it.
0:59 You forgot to add "Once you've extended your *fake* timeline, extend your *REAL* timeline by scrolling down in the Cloth Property to the 'Cache' drop-down (right above the 'Shape' drop-down), and increasing the 'End' value under 'Simulation Start' from 250 to whatever value you extended your timeline to." Blender is just so beginner friendly 😭
Wait. . . Does the curtain become a solid object after the modifier is applied, retaining its shape from the keyframe no matter what I do with it afterward? Like, can I just delete the keyframes and discard all the animation it took to prep, making the curtain another still object in my scene without worrying about moving cloth bogging down my resources?
@@stevefuncke9798 It's been a while since I posted that, but yeah. Learning that I didn't have to keep the simulation unless I needed it to move around is a game changer for my limited resources. I was basically just trying to make some drapes, or place a tarp over some cargo. Neither had to blow around, and it never occurred to me to just apply the modifier. LOL.
sorry, but when i move try to move my empty only the top edge moves, and the rest of the plane doesn't move, i followed each step so im not sure where i went wrong
sadly this is due to your tri count, more triangles you have the better it will look, but more laggy. If you do the animation with say 200k tris (possibly way too much) it would look good, you'll just have to decimate it if need be (or bake)
for whatever reason when i go to scale while its playing. blender wont let me. i press space and i have the empty selected but when i click whith scale on it does nothing help?
1:25 once it played, scaling down both torres and the hook at the same time doesn't work. If I shrink down the torres, I can't do the same on the hook, and vice versa.
in same boat, not sure why - in this version he does both during play back flawlessly / easily, if I scale the hooks after scaling the torus it doesn't work, and if i scale the torus after scaling the hooks, it doesnt work either lol
I do not mean to be that guy, but it is "vertices" not "vertexes" @0:38. Thanks for the video! (Your video was too professional to allow me to let that one go!)
You can also alt-click to get the top row, then from the select menu choose 'checker deselect'. In the bottom left corner you can choose how many to skip and how many to select in each group.
Like someone else said, you need to scale your object MUCH bigger than what it is when you spawn it in. He doesn't mention it in the video. Otherwise your curtain just shrivels up on itself.
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Wow. These shorts are actually proving to be better than a full-on 10-15 mins tutorial.
Keep up the good work.
Thankyou so much!
I was today old when I learned that ctrl-shift-num+ shortcut.
Thanks for the quick and helpful tutorial!
Also if anyone had trouble like me, my hook empty wasn't working properly with cloth when scaling, but moving the hook modifier before the cloth modifier on the plane fixed it, I think I did them out of order.
This should be the pinned comment. Cheer is def gonna run into this issue.
Just had this issue and this solved it! Thank you very much!
I sometimes like the longer tutorials that explain the details - but when I need to get something done quickly, quick concise videos like this are a gift. Thank you! (Oh, if your curtains don't hang right, check that you haven't disabled gravity, d'oh!)
You saved me
Excellent! Another Blender expert who gets that short, punchy and to the point = win. Thanks for posting!
Fuggit, I subscribed on the basis of that one video. You know what you're doing my man
My dude.
Helps to reduce self collision range down to around .001, or as close to that as possible.
Thanks for the super quick tutorial that works!
Good tip!
Lifesaver!!
Thank You it was turning into a ball of mess changing this fixed it
this is THE missing piece. video doesn't mention this at all and was the solution it needed.
6-Jan-2024 - Thanks for the tutorial. For those having issues, the steps given in the video are still applicable. Here are some issues that I had (as well as others in the comments) and how I worked around them:
Grid object vanishes when Cloth physic is applied: Ensure the timeline is on frame one. I spent about 15 minutes wondering why my Grid kept dropping in negative Zed. Checking the timeline I noticed I was on frame 74. Starting on frame 1 fixed the issue.
Scaling Hook during playback: Use the keyboard shortcut S followed by the axis (X or Y depending on your Grid orientation.
Pixelated Grid object at end of animation: Increase the shading angle under Object Data>Normals>Auto Smooth. I had to go to 180 degrees. Also, add subdivision modifier with 2 or 3 iterations (your preference here).
Why can't I move scale or rotate anything when I try playing the animation?
I'm really enjoying these tutorials! I can see myself spending a lot of time here :) Let's get you to 5k before 2023!
Edit: turns out, I'm subscribed to both channels and didn't know lmao. Hopefully, you'll see as much success with this channel as your other one :)
Finally; thank you. Every other tutorial I've found has been about making a flag blow in the wind...yours is the first I've found to explain how to make fabric hang in a predetermined position.
If your curtain goes all over the place and you start questioning your existence as a blender artist: Make sure to really select the empty when scaling.
Cheers for the fantastic concise video! A small thing, if you're skipping every two points, you want a number divisible by four not three.
Doh.
Actually a number divisible by 3 works every time. It's the number of edges, so you'll end up with one more vertex. You subtract that vertex with your first selection, then skip 2 and select 1, going 3 at a time to the end.
It seems simple but didn't know it, thank you for the tutorial-needed the curtains, even if I'm a animator doesn't' mean I know of this procedure, thanks again.
I was looking to create ruffles in a plastic pita bread bag, now I know how thank you.
Wow that's the kind of quick and easy you just can't find by yourself because the steps are too specific, so thanks a LOT.
I scaled my empty object slowly, but wasn't happy with out it turned out. upon replaying back, it saved what I had scaled (I do not have auto key on) I've deleted all bakes too just in case, even though I didn't bake. how can I reset the simulation?
Also when I add a torus, add collision, it does not interact with the curtain
edit: solved my problem change changing my unite scale back to 1. (I typically work in .01 due to unreal measurement difference)
For me only empty affects vertex group but all faces down stay like still not moving even with empty
Cool tutorial and music. I know it's TH-cam library music, but is sounds great in this video
Perfect. Id love a part 2 where you do the same to the point for creating materials for curtains too?? I havent really figured out how to make them look good with light shining through them. Perhaps that would be too in depth, not sure. Either way, good job.
I'll keep it in mind! :)
I know this is a bit of an older video and things change over time, i tried doing what you showed in the video however it does not work. I did step by step about 3 times and still get the same issue. It only moves the part that I have in the group when I scale the empty does not effect the rest of the plane what am I doing wrong?
I love it. So simple to understand and it's short. Well done
Glad it was helpful!
Also be sure to not do anything by scale because blender simulations hate real world scale for some strange reason. So scale it up run sim save it then scale it back down to what you actually need after the simulation.
great and easy tutorial! thankyou very much my friend!
this is all good my guy, but how the heck do you apply the cloth modifier?
nvm i found it, CRTL + A, in case anyone else runs into the same problem
@@LatinDimpling thank you! your comment helped a lot💚 i'd like to take a note here maybe people would like to see it: in 3d viewport, CRTL + A, in the menu choose Visual Geometry to Mesh.
The torus part isn't working, I can't scale it to affect the curtains. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
better than the 10 min tuts out here
Thanks, that was great! However the simulation freezes at frame 250 even after increasing the end frame, Please help
I know this is 4 months later, but did you try going into your cache underneath the physics tab for the curtain object? There you can increase the frames you want the simulation to continue for. Had the same issue and that's what fixed it for me
Why isn't this working I followed step by-
Realizing that I had other physics objects in the way.
ah... right... Fantastic video!
My frustration is unsurmountable, I dont know what "hook empty" is or how to select it ;; simply scaling does not work because it selects everything
In case CTRL + H did not work: Go to Vertex -> Hook -> Hook to new Object ( My short cut was ^ + H )
Very cool and helpful and to the point. How do i prevent the plane(cloth) from falling downwards after giving it cloth physics
Pin the top row of vertices!
⚠⚠ Error resolution!
CTRL + SHIFT + Numpad+ is not working? I had the same problem as you (the person reading this) and I spent a few hours trying to fix it, and I found the solution.
Pay attention! There is a solution, and it can be accessed through two different methods, one from the interface and the other through keyboard commands.
Method using keyboard commands:
Select the desired object and press the TAB key to enter Edit Mode.
Press the Shift + Space keys. A window will appear. If it disappears, press Shift + Space again and make sure not to move the mouse.
Without touching anything and without moving the mouse, press the W key (note that the window that appeared when you pressed SHIFT + Space should be displayed on the screen).
Now, you probably noticed that the mouse arrow in the left part of the screen where you have the top column with the modeling tools has changed.
Now, you can select one point (check at the very top to make sure the point mode is selected (not line, not face)). Select one point, leave two points free, select the next one, and finally, you can press CTRL + Shift + Numpad+ and it will work. Press CTRL + Shift + Numpad+ as many times as needed.
Congratulations! You may be wondering how to return to the old mouse selection form?
Press Shift + Space, do not touch anything so that the window does not disappear and press the B key.
That's it.
how come when I try this it crumbles into random direction. it looks like crumbled tissue paper... is there any solution to fix this?
same
Followed the steps exactly. My plane looks like a microwaved sunchip bag.
You have very nice logo animation, I like it
OMG! first time to know ctrl+ shift+ NUP+, it save my life
I got it to work, but how do I get normals on both sides instead of just the one?
I need help!! hehe
For some reason my object is not getting the cloth physics ... is dropping down!!!!!! what do i do? T.T
0:59 You forgot to add "Once you've extended your *fake* timeline, extend your *REAL* timeline by scrolling down in the Cloth Property to the 'Cache' drop-down (right above the 'Shape' drop-down), and increasing the 'End' value under 'Simulation Start' from 250 to whatever value you extended your timeline to."
Blender is just so beginner friendly 😭
How can I fix the normals in the curtains?
Thank you!🙏
that one was the best one
Does this still work? IDK what I'm doing wrong.
I figured it out a few hours later.
Wait. . . Does the curtain become a solid object after the modifier is applied, retaining its shape from the keyframe no matter what I do with it afterward? Like, can I just delete the keyframes and discard all the animation it took to prep, making the curtain another still object in my scene without worrying about moving cloth bogging down my resources?
I just converted it to mesh and then deleted the empty.
@@stevefuncke9798
It's been a while since I posted that, but yeah. Learning that I didn't have to keep the simulation unless I needed it to move around is a game changer for my limited resources. I was basically just trying to make some drapes, or place a tarp over some cargo. Neither had to blow around, and it never occurred to me to just apply the modifier. LOL.
Easy and fast effective tutorial thank you
You're welcome!
wow that was a pretty good tutorial
I'm not being able to modify the scale of the hook while the animation is running. I should had selected some option in the menu?
You can hit the 's' key to scale once the animation is running.
@@karafernstrom5038 It doesnt let scale Empty hook tho, but i can scale curtain itself..
@@KilaysnChan oh no! It worked for me when I selected it first, hit space, then s. I WISH I could help more but I'm a newbie myself.
Wow!!! Nice job.
I hope your news videos
More on the way!
anyone know why my cloth disappears after adding cloth modifier?
when i hit spacebar nothing happens. in another tutorial they made us add shape keys?
sorry, but when i move try to move my empty only the top edge moves, and the rest of the plane doesn't move, i followed each step so im not sure where i went wrong
Thank you
For me, the curtains are super pixel'y and not smooth at all. Any advice?
sadly this is due to your tri count, more triangles you have the better it will look, but more laggy. If you do the animation with say 200k tris (possibly way too much) it would look good, you'll just have to decimate it if need be (or bake)
Right click > Shade Smooth.
@@therealblenderbox that too, it would still be pixel'y tho
Help the curtain doesn’t move when I play the animation.
for whatever reason when i go to scale while its playing. blender wont let me. i press space and i have the empty selected but when i click whith scale on it does nothing
help?
Make sure you select your empty, then hit play and scale slowly.
This had this issue but it works when you use the shortcut (the s key).
@@therealblenderbox Holy crap!! Thanks!!
Thanks!
How do you scale the empty during the animation?
yeah same question
Nice.
when i add cloth property my mesh just vanishes
When I add “cloth” my grid disappears… do you know why?
same
make sure your timeline (bottom of screen) is set to keyframe #0, aka the first frame
This happeneded to me as well, however somehow it came back once I returned to Object Mode
1:25 once it played, scaling down both torres and the hook at the same time doesn't work. If I shrink down the torres, I can't do the same on the hook, and vice versa.
in same boat, not sure why - in this version he does both during play back flawlessly / easily, if I scale the hooks after scaling the torus it doesn't work, and if i scale the torus after scaling the hooks, it doesnt work either lol
nice!
I do not mean to be that guy, but it is "vertices" not "vertexes" @0:38. Thanks for the video! (Your video was too professional to allow me to let that one go!)
Ctrl + shift + numpad + isnt working for me? is it a default thing or do i have to turn it on
It depends on the vertexes you have selected, just select them manually if it doesn't work.
You can also alt-click to get the top row, then from the select menu choose 'checker deselect'. In the bottom left corner you can choose how many to skip and how many to select in each group.
thank you so much!@@its_Freebs
Don't forget to turn your self collisions down to like .001, or else it will mess up
this efficiency make me subscribe to your chanel
Thanks!
as soon as I clicked cloth the plane vanished
holly crap :O
nuce
Thanks!
it says selection pair not fuond.
fucking great tutorial. straight to the point. love you for this
Why does it all go to the middle?
When I apply cloth?
Make sure you're on frame 1.
@@therealblenderbox It resets back if I go back to frame 1
Aka it goes back to being a flat grid
it didnt work
Doesn't really work all that well.
Your audio really drowned out the instructions
Ouch !!!
doesn't work
You just watched a video of it working.
try scaling your object to a larger size, seemed to help me
Like someone else said, you need to scale your object MUCH bigger than what it is when you spawn it in. He doesn't mention it in the video. Otherwise your curtain just shrivels up on itself.