I've been learning blender over about the last 2-3 months, and almost EVERY "tutorial" is not a tutorial, but a demonstration that identifies keystrokes as the host progresses through a project. YOU, however, are a true tutor. You don't just demonstrate, you introduce, explain, demonstrate, and discuss. You do an excellent job. Thank you.
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Thank you too. Appreciate the nice comment and I am glad the video was useful!
2 жыл бұрын
"Cyclic strip time" is for cyclic animations, like a walk cycle. You create one cycle and make it a strip. Now if you resize the strip, the single walk cycle will play slower or faster. But if you turn on "cyclic strip time", then resizing the strip will not change the speed, but rather how many times the cycle is repeated.
@judedouch7838
Жыл бұрын
Have a look on this simple example for a better understanding of what Cyclic Strip Time does in NLA here : kzitem.info/news/bejne/zJ6dq5icq5OhrW0
@ZzZz-dr7uq
7 ай бұрын
thanks
@PoMkAc27
5 ай бұрын
@@judedouch7838 it’s not about cyclic strip time but about animated strip time
@PoMkAc27
5 ай бұрын
Bullshit
@RafaWasHere
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this great tutorial. A lot of courses skip this because they say its too complicated but this explains it so well and simply.
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful and thanks for the contribution :)
@ugoangeletti3556
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly who needs art school when you have online tutorials like these... Amazing tutorial!
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man. Schools have some positives. But they are indeed overpriced and not very efficient.
@TheNerd
3 жыл бұрын
yeah in theory professional advice should be a good thing. i guess art schools is more for learning a lot of the theory stuff like when you want to create a human charakter you need to know a lot about anatomy. the number of drawn faces i saw with wrong proportions (most commonly ears / eyes are too high / low) is insane. reaaaally good art but ears drawn at the height of the temporomandibular joint... nah
@efsfsesegsgesg8775
2 жыл бұрын
true
@BrianLife
Жыл бұрын
Yes!! Props! So good!
@Soturi_the_paladin
Жыл бұрын
everyone I know who went to art school does a normal job somewhere else, aside from 2 tattooers and one of them sucks. Everybody else I know who is a professional artists in any random medium didn't go to art school lol.
@combeechan
3 жыл бұрын
This is probably the most concise and informative NLA editor video I've come across. Thank you very much for taking the time to carefully compose this lesson.
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@unskillednaive416
3 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your work...you are only one who talks about Blender Animation tools in detail...... Keep going brother👍👍👍👍
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@d3x84
3 жыл бұрын
@@CGDive That Tutorial was awesome. i really fell in love with blender animations and that cleared up a lot ofr me
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
@@d3x84 Nice :)
@martyfouts771
3 жыл бұрын
Nice, concise, and thorough. Only one tiny thing missing: You can reorder tracks by hovering over a track, right clicking, and selecting a reordering action from the menu. (Up, Down, To Top or Top Bottom)
@doctari1061
2 жыл бұрын
You asked about the “Cyclic Strip Time”. It’s my understanding that this is for things like flashing lights on and off. If you create a single curve that switches the emission on an object from “zero to 10” then you only set this once from say Frame 1 being zero and Frame 3 being 10, the when you select Cyclic Strip Time, then Blender creates a sine-wave that cycles up and down repeating every 3 frames until the end of the strip. It save you needing to create all those inserts across the entire strip. The first “blink” of the light is automatically repeated at equal intervals over the length of the strip. At least that’s how I understand it. It works like that in the door sheet so I think they are just adding the same functionality here in the NLA. I haven’t tried it myself, but it’s what I assume is being provided. Cheers
@demiancoorey2394
11 ай бұрын
First class tutorial. The most thorough I have seen
@llYuki0okami
Жыл бұрын
A little tip fo begginers: in situations where we have several ActionStrips stacked on top of each other that affect each other. If we click on, for example, the middle one and want to edit it (TAB), our character is no longer influenced by ActionStrips that are above the one we are currently editing. It is very inconvenient when, for example, one ActionStrip is responsible for placing our RootBone and the other for the movement of the hand, and when editing the movement of the hand, the character teleports to a different place because the ActionStrip with RootBone stops working. There are two solutions; One thing is to move the edited ActionStrip to the top in the NLA, for some reason editing the ActionStrip the ones below still work.. The second is to click on the star next to the name of the Track on which the ActionStrip you want to edit is located, and then edit it, then most of the effects remain, for some reason ... remember to uncheck the star after editing.
@joechristo2
3 жыл бұрын
20:58 it doesn’t override it because it has no keyframes and the layers blend from bottom to top
@salamota
3 жыл бұрын
Finally, I understand NLA & action, thank you
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Thanks for watching!
@etta777
Жыл бұрын
Blender Foundation needs to put your tutorials to some official learning course. Very quality materials, man! Thanks for your work!
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
haha, thanks! :)
@BasedMando
2 жыл бұрын
3:10 Rotating 360 degrees on Y-axis with XYZ Euler was a chad move bro, LOL! Love your videos. Can't thank you enough for the amazing value you've added to my art!
@CGDive
2 жыл бұрын
haha, thanks! I am super happy you find it useful.
@AroundTheHouseShow
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve come back to CGDive whenever I need a refresher on the NLA and the knowledge and information in these videos have saved me many times. Very grateful. Keep up the fantastic work…
@CGDive
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the positive feedback! Really appreciate it!
@massivetree7937
2 жыл бұрын
This is by far the best information I've found so far on NLA in Blender.
@tante4dante
3 жыл бұрын
tbh i watched a paid blender animation course and still didn't understood the nla, but you explain it really well! looking forward to the next part! i finally know now what i did wrong when i tried to combine a simulation animation and a normal animation XD
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice to hear that the video helped you solve an actual problem you were having. The next one should be out soon. This one was probably the most difficult one.
@RealityXHD
2 жыл бұрын
I've never seen nla or even any other feature of blender well explained like this! Good job! Keep it up!
@HeinerS
2 жыл бұрын
Even in August '22 still the best video on NLA. Subscribed.
@ShuyaTheDark
2 жыл бұрын
This feels like an eye-opening experience. Suddenly the mess I had in the NLA and Action Editor makes sense.
@CGDive
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@emmanm5633
Ай бұрын
you are way more simple and understandble to catch up with.. i am totally lost with p2live my goodnesss i am stress and after i found your channel I was enlighten and this boost my energy up to dive in animation again THANK YOU!!! REALLY !!!! YOU SUPERB!!!
@CGDive
Ай бұрын
Hey, thanks for the kind words!
@0fficez0mbie
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for such a detailed and well structured tutorial. I love that you sign-post the areas that caused you confusion at first, to save us from having the same troubles.
@3d_toys
Жыл бұрын
All I'm gonna say is just thank you. You're right, NLA is a pain when you try to figure it out by yourself. As somebody who's also creating video tutorials I should say this is very well explained
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@purgebs101
2 жыл бұрын
The fact that you need a 40 minute tutorial to Un-Confuse the action editor just goes to show how confusing it is. I've been animating for 25 years, moved to Blender in the last 3 years and I find the action system the biggest impediment to animating in Blender so far.
@CGDive
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I think there is some effort to make it more intuitive. Fingers crossed.
@MeerkatLaru
3 жыл бұрын
You can tweak multiple Tracks in a single time (select multiple and then press tab), and it works fine. I use it a lot for animations. :)
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Cool tip. Thanks!!
@dancingshapes
3 жыл бұрын
what do you mean by tweaking multiple tracks? by default the NLA lets you always tweak only the active strip, and if you tweak the bottom strip it will show only the bottom strip. Or do you refer to the track properties?
@MeerkatLaru
3 жыл бұрын
@@dancingshapes Select from each character (2 characters in scene) a nla-strip and press tabulator-key. Now you can animate both characters without going again and again into the edit modus of the strips. I hope it was understandable.
@dancingshapes
3 жыл бұрын
@@MeerkatLaru Aaah ok, I thought you meant multiple strips of the same character
@TheresThatMan
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video - this is the best explainer of the action / NLA workflow in blender that I have seen. Solved a half-day-long problem just by watching and understanding this video.
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@Allisfm
Жыл бұрын
Thanx for the review. But, still... I have 10 years of experience in video editing and motion design, and to be honest, NLA editor is the most unpredictable, unintuitive and creepy stuff that I have ever met in my life. And it is still overwhelmed with bugs.
@michaberg8403
Жыл бұрын
The best video for this complicated topic.Thank you very much
@ario6819
Жыл бұрын
ooh I know, I know, because the new action doesn't have any keyframes yet, so nothing is there to replace anything, hooray! you are such a good instructor
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Excellent haha
@evilferber2704
3 жыл бұрын
@CGDive That's... You... Ehhh :D You have no idea for how many years I've been waiting for this video. I'll drink to that today. And to You :). Cheers and Thanks!
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Nice. Watch part 2 as well :)
@andrewmartin458
Ай бұрын
Your tutorials are always so easy to understand.
@CGDive
Ай бұрын
That’s awesome to hear!
@resaliputra4910
2 жыл бұрын
I thought I knew quite a lot about NLA but there were still some great nuggets in this video and super well presented that re-learning the stuff I already knew didn't feel boring.
@habitdaemon
2 жыл бұрын
Very comprehensive and answered some questions I didn't know I had.
@applecarapplecar
Жыл бұрын
Best explanation about NLA editor I've seen so far!
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! There is one more vid, by the way :)
@tactilevisions
4 ай бұрын
The NLA is like a piece of ancient alien technology, and you're Indiana Jones patiently explaining his understanding of it
@CGDive
4 ай бұрын
ahahahahaha
@mikemurphy8744
3 жыл бұрын
Great explanation! It's a hard concept to understand - now I finally get it. I've literally watched hundreds of tutorials and I appreciate the time that it took to do this one. Well though out and executed.
@AndyMGar
2 жыл бұрын
Superb explanation. I came across this after sampling a couple of other similar videos and yours is much, much, much better. Not sure where you come from but your English is as good as your explanations. Many thanks.
@zardify_
Жыл бұрын
The most confusing thing for me is moving the strips... you move one high, there's a new layer created you have to delete. If they're boxed in, you can't move them, you have to mess up all your strips to make way for moving one of them.... moving strips feels like playing snake but the game plays in reverse after completion.
@Val5589-5
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the videos you made until now about animations and rigging. I had the sentiment that I was in a course, specially with the mind map of the other video, the content is a level of professional. A big thank to you.
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Hi and thanks! The rigify videos are a course. The new blender for games series is also a course. Enjoy!
@herecomesjhonny944
3 жыл бұрын
I always tried animating thing on Blender for games and it never made any sense to me, because all I wanted was to make separated individual clips for the characters like idling, walking, attacking, etc. This is the first time someone explained this in a sensible way. Thanks a lot, I'm really looking forward to the series.
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, man! "Separated individual clips for the characters like idling, walking, attacking">>> this is the exact reason I started working on this series. Once you understand the basics of NLA that's fairly easy to do. I'll cover it in the next video or maybe in a short video after that. We'll see :)
@pedrobranco669
8 ай бұрын
The best explanation for this topic. Very detailed an direct. Thanks a lot
@RenoSydney
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for demystifying the NLA and action editors, and continually making high quality Blender tutorials!
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks for your support!
@bscott2hot
2 жыл бұрын
Superb! I've been confused about this for a very long time. Thanks for the concise video. You're a very good teacher.
@JulianGallese
Жыл бұрын
I've been looking for the perfect actions/NLA tutorial for years, finally found it! This tutorial series explains everything in such a great way, thank you!
@dillondeer4371
8 ай бұрын
THANK YOU AGAIN! I love how you explain probable problems and its cause. I understand Actions and NLA much better now!
@CGDive
8 ай бұрын
Nice! '
@TheSuperRaspberry
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this is the best tutorial on NLA in Blender I've seen so far. I learned a lot which will help me to master my final bachelors thesis! Thank you so much for your effort
@CGDive
2 жыл бұрын
bachelors thesis... feels good to know I am "teaching" people who are much smarter than me haha Glad the videos are useful!
@vladartov2817
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! One of the most helpful and structured tutorials on the matter.
@IrocZIV
Жыл бұрын
This is an excellent overview. Exactly what I needed.
@mickyr171
Жыл бұрын
This was amazing, been using blender since 1.79b and always saw NLA but was awfully confusing, thanks so much
@vladartov2817
3 ай бұрын
The "Frame Start" in Action Clip acts diferrent and somewhat strange as the "Frame End". It doesn't shorten the clip.
@binyaminbass
3 жыл бұрын
27:32 - I don't think it's a bug. Playback scale only effects the end but not the beginning, so adjusting the frame start won't appear in Playback scale. I love this tutorial and your whole channel.
@RG-ef8vm
Жыл бұрын
I think it WAS a bug, but in the fact that changing the end changed the scale. I'm using Blender 3.5 and neither changing the Frame Start nor Frame End changes the scale now. Making the strip twice as long just adds dead space at the end of the action, which still ends at the original frame.
@hydrocosmo
Жыл бұрын
This and your previous video have been SO helpful, thanks a ton man.
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked them!
@blenderzone5446
3 жыл бұрын
great tutorial mate!
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks as always ;)
@jafarsadiq6226
3 жыл бұрын
You are great blender teacher. Thank you for sharing valuable knowledge
@deepak3dart
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful tutorial and well explained. Thank you. Now this three panels are much easy to work.
@activemotionpictures
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent foundation points! I am positive a lot of artists will find it so helpful, specially with the second half of the video for the NLA properties.
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man. Means a lot coming from you!
@BlenderFun_
2 жыл бұрын
really good nla tutorial...i have seen so much nla tutorials...most of them made me more confuse than before...great job!! +subscribed
@lodgechant
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this incredibly helpful tutorial. The amount of work you must have to do to make these so accessible and comprehensive is mind-boggling.
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Andrew!
@ShadowMakerSdR
3 жыл бұрын
This is a very thorough video. Well done and with a good voice over. I can't get over the fact that you hardly seem to 'hm' at all. Impressive!
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, man! As for the "hms", I write a script for my videos these days. Then I also edit out some of the "hms" while editing the video. If I just hit record and talk there would be more "hms" than actual words :P
@KriGeta
2 жыл бұрын
this video is just amazing! from all NLA fundamentals and easy to understand, yay!
@NoCodeFilmmaker
Жыл бұрын
Bro! Brilliantly simple breakdown of a complex topic. You truly made this easy to not fully understand. Amazing job!!!
@RealGaryGibson
Жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial! It really helped me to understand the NLA editor.
@saitkayhan
Жыл бұрын
THIS IS A GREAT TUTORIAL. I'M LEARNING SO MUCH
@AlberTesla1024
3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for this, Thanks.
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
One more coming soon :)
@AlberTesla1024
3 жыл бұрын
@@CGDive I am waiting for that one too.
@ceegeevibes1335
2 жыл бұрын
i am not understating when i say - i love you ! huge thanks to this beautiful tutorial ! i love your rigging and UE stuff too ..
@CGDive
2 жыл бұрын
♡ :)
@chicao.do.blender
2 жыл бұрын
just found your channel, second video, and you're amazing, thank you really
@andklv2
3 жыл бұрын
about the cyclic strip time. it seems it works in the following scenario: you need to have an _animated strip time_ animated (time remapping feature) and _action clip_'s _start frame_ set to something, then the _cyclic strip time_ option deducts _start frame_ value from the recalculated strip time. It works very weird to me and does not match the description.
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!! I think this makes sense. I'll give it a try and if it works I'll include this in the next video.
@jco7551
2 жыл бұрын
I found a similar result: It seems to be tied to the 'Animated Strip Time' function. If you manually animate the 'Animated Strip Time' (for example, by typing '#frame' in its field for a quick result), then toggling 'Cyclic Strip Time' will make the animation repeat when the playback head goes past the strip's bounds. Hope this helps!
@JavierSam_Uy
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic explanation. Clear and concise, even though the NLA Editor is rather complex. Thank you very much.
@sedits5820
Жыл бұрын
it is illegal to know this much in one video! Love from PK
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
haha, thanks!
@hlitecinema3733
3 жыл бұрын
this is 10x the quality in tutorials ive seen in blender these days
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so! Cheers!
@hlitecinema3733
3 жыл бұрын
@@CGDive yeh ima share this with my friends cause most of them havent heard of the NLA Editor
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
@@hlitecinema3733 Much appreciated! Yes, more people need to know about it.
@BerkEgeCakl
Жыл бұрын
honestly helped me for my animation exports
@georgetherat3345
3 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate all of the work you've put in.!
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@carlosedubarreto
3 жыл бұрын
More than a month to finaly watch this video . It was sitting on my browser for all this time. Ita amazing.... so much info that I've got confused explained here... amazing!!!!
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
I know how it is. I have a long list of cool videos to watch :) Glad it was useful, mate!
@nucleon.
2 жыл бұрын
A very good, comprehensive and easy to folllow tutorial on the NLA Editor! Especially in pointing out on what can get confusing. Thank you for your effort and sharing your knowledge.
@thenout
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. I wouldn't have dared to wish for a tutorial this thorough. Covers my pains in great detail ;) Instant sub.
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, man! :)
@VeaceslavDubenco-t1e
6 күн бұрын
Excellent explanation! Thank you.
@user-zy3mx1xz4d
5 ай бұрын
the best tuturial for NLA
@CGDive
5 ай бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate that!
@benjamingundlach9233
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man, you are a real lifesaver. Great video, great explanation, easy to understand 👍
@vstreet7583
3 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant explanation. Clear and concise. Now I understand. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. THANK YOU! Dg
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks again! :)
@rken100
3 жыл бұрын
wow freaking amazing so much detail
@rimonmath
Жыл бұрын
Very well explained. Thank you very much for this beautiful video :)
@erik352
3 жыл бұрын
Very clear tutorial. Thanks! Learned a lot!
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that 😁
@mazingstudios
2 жыл бұрын
This is so useful! The amount of work you put into this is amazing. Very clear and easy to follow. Many thanks!
@SandroSanakoti
2 жыл бұрын
Dude, you’re my hero
@patrickespinoza
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this, some things in the Dope sheet and the NLA editor are so cryptic
@Sfoyarbide
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously, you are the best, you are making my dream true, Development of game!. keep going like this!.
@makia.7440
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your time! Really good video I didn't see ather video explaining like this.
@kangtoodull
2 жыл бұрын
This video is exactly what I needed. Thanks a lot !!!
@OnyxIdol
Жыл бұрын
In depth and valuable information, thanks
@gregerolsson1713
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! And good tempo as well. Thanks a lot for your hard work!
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support, Greger!
@dreamburn1
3 жыл бұрын
Now this is a proper tutorial. You are an excellent instructor. Bravo! To those of you who are confused by Blender NLA and Actions: This is the video you want to watch if you don't want to be confused any more.
@CGDive
3 жыл бұрын
Really glad you thought so! Cheers :)
@PoMkAc27
5 ай бұрын
Love your videos man, they are such detailed and well explained
@CGDive
5 ай бұрын
Thank you~!
@AnatomyLab
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial! Thank you!
@Rocklaz
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Big shout out and hugs!
@CGDive
Жыл бұрын
Any time!
@alexmassy
2 жыл бұрын
Damn, that is perfect ! thanks a lot for the explanation!
@frowndere6597
10 ай бұрын
Great video! you explain things very well, this is a great contribution to the game dev community, thanks for helping us out!
@CGDive
10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@alexsnowgore7975
2 ай бұрын
This is absolutely useful content. Thank you so much.
@CGDive
2 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@martinmardoek4663
Жыл бұрын
Very thorough explanation. Thnx!
@knoedelsalat
9 ай бұрын
Someone must have said it before, these are the best Todorials out here :) Thanks man!
@CGDive
9 ай бұрын
hahah, actually, yes. This is the second time I hear this term. 😅 Thank you!
@knoedelsalat
9 ай бұрын
@@CGDive Haha yeah man that was probably me a few years ago. Hope you're doing well. Really appreciate your videos, it's more like CGDeepDive if you ask me ;)
@CGDive
9 ай бұрын
@@knoedelsalatah, that makes sense. Yeah, I remember that 😂 Thanks, and yeah, "deep dives into cg topics" is what I wanted to convey with the channel name.
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