Coming up with new ways of making lower thirds can be challenging. Using a cloth simulation is a fresh, different approach that I don’t see often. In this tutorial I show how to create a nice flowing banner, complete of matching texture, in Blender, the amazing and free 3D modeling and animation software. This is inspired by the lower third technique used in Bravo’s “The Rachel Zoe Project” and it’s a a gigantic tutorial, running at a total of 54 minutes! I just had too much fun in doing it.
Next to the tutorial thumbnail there is a link to the Blender project file.
Enjoy!
Part 1
Part 2
https://youtu.be/qj6cxdhwAYQ
Great job. I learned tons. Your style is engaging, your enthusiasm super!
3D text next please?
Cheers,
Jef
Hey Jef, thank for the feedback. Funny that you ask, I just finished recording a new tutorial exactly about that subject. Take a look at the “Blender Survival Guide” (http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ciccone_paolo/blender-survival-guide-1.php ), part 1 is out, part 2 will arrive in a few days and part 3 is all about 3D text.
Hey!
At about 4 min in, you scroll the pane at the bottom of the buttons menu. How do you do that? I can not get my system to do so.
Thanks,
Jef
@Jef, middle click of the mouse and then drag.
Beautiful work as usual. Is there someway in AE to make the “Canadian Mountain” text to wave as if it is part of the banner as the logo does? Or does this have to be done in Blender.
Thanks,
John
Thanks. Actually there is a possibility. You could duplicate the flag, de-saturate it so to create a grayscale clip and then use a displace effect in AE.
Wow – amazing. I am using Blender since a year now and my computer was too slow to render big projects and/or even install after effect. I’ve now handled that and I am learning after effect since 2 weeks now and I ended up on your site as you’re the only one explaining how to get .blend files onto after effect. I though this alone was impressive but now I am amazed.
Awesome work, you’re really a pro.