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Tutorial: intro to Shapekeys (pigeons/jet nozzles) (Patreon)

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2020-11-21 22:53:29
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2026-06
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OKAY SO YES- most of you probably already know all about shapekeys. But they are so fun and powerful that I wanted to make totally sure! Imagine your childlike joy upon learning of shapekeys for the first time! And O'! I am filled with envy.

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Shapekeys

Intro to shapekeys! Pigeons and Jet Nozzles!

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benana sonjira (edited)

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2026-09-20 10:00 I've always meant to learn about shape keys but never did so this is GREAT FOR MEEEEEEEEEE
2020-11-21 22:55

AnDiff

Literally the first time i saw shape keys was during your Lazy Moths video :D

IanHubert

WOoooo!!!! Hopefully I did a good enough job explaining them!

IanHubert

Wait really?? I can see it- although I JUST uploaded it.. maybe it's still... huh. Let me look.

IanHubert

Dang yeah, it's working on my end. Maybe try reloading in 10 minutes?? I figured as soon as it was done processing it was good to go, but maybe it takes a while to propagate to international servers or something?? Sorry about that.

Bowchee

Yea sometimes when a video is like 2 seconds new it takes a little longer till I’m able to view it.

Dyrgrip FX

Awesome! Shape keys are great for a lot of things and I've used them quite often. However I've never thought about that min/max thing before. Thank you for the inspiration! :)

Ian Allen

Vectoring or vectored thrust is the name for when the jet points in directions

Doug Brown

Made my weekend... with 11 minutes of tomfoolery. Love it ! :)

Ben "Sonjira" Young
>>48147066

Oh wowie you did! It's so useful I can't believe I waited so long to learn this, that jet engine bits a goooooood ideaaaaaa 👏 👏 👏

Kai Christensen

vector engines allow you to commit acceleration with both DIRECTION aaand MAGNITUDE! BOOYAH!

John Zwick

Thanks for re-instilling my childlike wonder at the power of shape keys--and instances!

German Bauer

You did good Ian! Actually only used shape keys for capturing states but these blends look delicious.When I first saw the title of pigeons and jet engines I thought the former shape shifts as it gets sucked into the latter

Anonymous

Great vídeo!! Shape keys are so powerful.

Martin M Barbudo

Amazing!! You always make my mind boiling with a lot of possibilities!!

Mario Taylor

Awesome!! Thank you for a thorough explanation of shape keys!

Jérémy Pajot

Really awesome ! Thank you very much , please keep doing some "beginners" tutorials like that ^^ I am completely beginner in Blender and you are my Blender High school basically. You rocks! I love that you explains everything you do, even the basics things. Your tutorials are the bests!

Petteri Valtiala

Shape keys are all cool and whatnot, but cutting out the nozzle flap part from the plane with the knife tool was totally preposterous! I would've spent a good chunk of time modelling that thing.

niko777

where can i get the pigeons ?

Ross Edwards

Great video, really thought it was going to end in jet powered pigeons

Mornarion

My first experience with shape keys was your moths lazy tutorial. The fact they can be translated as morph targets in Unreal has changed my life (for the better, of course) :D

Griffin Toal

Where can we snag these pigeons?

YakovlevArt

I'm sure you've seen the cut out add-on. pretty much what you do with knife tool, but faster. Have you considered using that in your workflow?