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BLENDER

ANIMATE A MELTING EFFECT IN BLENDER

Using the AnimAll add-on, we can create a melting object animation with Blender in just a few steps

 
MELTING AWAY Let’s take a look at how to melt and animate any object in Blender with just a single add-on

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I n this tutorial, we will discover how to animate a melting or dripping effect that can be applied to any object in Blender. We will first learn how to enable the ‘AnimAll’ plugin, which is a very important feature that enables us to add keyframes in Edit Mode, making the process quick and easy. Secondly, we will learn how to add objects to our scene in Object Mode, then melt our object using proportional editing and adding keyframes at the start and end point of the melting animation. We will make the drips smoother by learning how to use modifiers, specifically the Subdivision Surface modifier. The final step will be making seams on the object and learning how to UV unwrap it so we can apply a fun texture.

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