Blender for Beginners

Overview

“The shape keys allow us to create deformations to our geometry with this we can create, for example, gestures for our characters. In this unit I will teach you how to use this tool.”

In this video lesson Carlos Sifuentes Haro addresses the topic: Shape Keys, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Animation Basics. Animating your objects in 2D and 3D.

Partial transcription of the video

“INTRODUCTION TO BLENDER / COURSE 4 LESSON 8 Shape Keys Shape Keys is a tool for deforming animation. Let's take a look. We’ll use the monkey for this and we’ll enter the Shape Keys section by going to the Object Data Properties option and finding the Shape Keys section. Here's where we’ll create our list of deforms. We’ll also use the sculpting tools to help us out with this. First, we’ll look at how to do it manually and then using sculpting tools. First, we’ll create an initial layer, automatically named Basis. We should try not to change this layer because it will be our backup. We’ll cr...”

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Course summary for: Course 4: Animation Basics

• Level: Beginner
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• 9 lessons (1h 30m)
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