Hey! It means a lot to me to read that. I really appreciate your comment and I'm glad the video was helpful to you. I would love to see what you create! Why don't you join the discord server and share it with us! :D discord.gg/Ff4Jn7f
Thanks very much for this! Im Day 1 User of MagicaVoxel and Month 2 Blender user, im hoping I can combine the two! Im finding so many great resources to help carve out a new creative medium for myself and its thanks to awesome people like you! Cheers dude!
Hey! Thank you so much for watching!. Yes. You can. Just create a material that is not "emissive" with the color you want as "off". Then create another one with emissive properties and the color you want as "on". Then just create a last keyframe with the off material and in the next frame change it for the color you want as on and create a new keyframe. Let me know if that makes sense. Good luck!
Would you recommend animating in magicavoxel vs blender? Would using blender be better? Would it be situational based on the model(s) or animation(s)? Working on teaching myself unreal 5 for gamedev, and learning how to make my own assets with magicavoxel and blender, so any tips would be incredible. Thanks a ton for this series, massive help.
Hey. For gamedev proposes 100% of the times go blender. Animating in magicavoxel is cool but it's not something you can export to any kind of production. You will need to animate in blender which, unfortunately, is way more complicated than doing it in Magicavoxel. Feel free to join my discord server if you want. We have a community with many people using blender in there. discord.gg/4M4jMJBaRx
Thank you so much!! I am stuck with one thing though - I have a bee, body and moving wings are seperated but within 1 group. How can I make the whole bee (group) fly around in circles while the wings keep moving. Rotations etc seem to only work for the single parts within the group. Atm my only solution is to build again without creating a group. >w
Hey! Thanks for watching the tutorial! What you probably will need to do is: -Create an animation for the wings. Then make sure the animation is looping. (07:28 - Looping.) -Create a new group containing the animated wings and the bee body. -Animate THAT new group and everything should move together with the wings moving. Let me know if that's what you needed. Cheers!
I wonder hwo it exports to unity. Probably just the separate keyframed models. Probably cpu intensive to set up a 3D sprite sheet animation in unity rather than rigging but it would be great to keep everything voxelized like a pixel animation rather than rigging. Will be trying this out real soon.
Hi there! You would need to find a way to export every model as frames within an ABC (Alembic) file. You can do that in maya, blender or any 3D software. It will be more or less intensive depending on how many different assets you would have and how detailed is the model that you are animating. If you do not include a lot of frames it could be doable! If you think about it, Magicavoxel is showing and hiding each model per frame when you hold the play button. So it is not impossible! :D
@@PedroCasavecchia Good point. Better than rigging and animating .vox files with the Alonesoft's Voxel Importer. It gets the job done but it loses the pixel art sprite sheet feel. Only concern is 1 model versus a 12 frame model. Maybe il animate on 2's or 4's. Either way, this is fantastic. Would even consider exporting png sequences on a green screen or maybe alpha background and using those as a sprite sheet. Kinds lose the 3d aspect but it might be a interesitng style, like the old days of Clay fighter or other stop motion animated games. Will be looking into ABC files and Blender. Thanks.
@@hasan7786 yes. All depends on what you. Are after. If your want some advise, join my Discord server and we can schedule a call. Here's a link discord.gg/Ff4Jn7f
Hey! Thank you! Basically, when activated will display the animation of other objects, vs showing just the animation of the object you are currently working on. Hope that helps you!
Ah man, it looks like the animation feature has been removed by the time i got to it :( Thanks for the course tho Pedro. It's been great learning from you.
@@TidyBridie89 OBJs if you want to import in another 3D software and PNG if you want to import into a compositing software to complie the frames into a video!
Make sure you have the same version as I do. It's on the description of the video. If you are a Mac user, then maybe you will need to wait until the latest version comes out of beta. Hope that helps!
How do I export the model I made together with its animation? I export with .obj extension but only model and texture are created. When I import the .obj file into Unity, it says “No animation data available in this model”.
Unfortunately each frame is a different model. You would need to export each frame, torn on and off visibility if each frame and then export all that as an allergic file or an fbx. It's a workaround but that could be the best way
The keyframe interpolation don't work for me. It goes from A to B without creating the interpolation, I tried everything (I'm on the same version of yours and I followed your tutorial)
Can we do the same in voxedit? Does voxedit restrict us to Sandbox or we can use it as a standalone software? I want to try making a short film in voxels, but blender is too complex for me and I assume Magicavoxel is too basic.. can I try that with voxedit given its pre-rigged animation features?
I've never used box edit do I couldn't tell you. But consider the voxel animation course by Zach Soares. I think you might learn all you need to make s short film there!
I don't have that little drop down arrow to start the animation stuff, am I on a different version or is there something I'm not enabling in the settings?
Hey! Make sure you are using the same version I listed in the description of the video? It needs to be the beta latest for Windows. If your are using Macintosh you might need to wait until the latest version leaves beta state. Let me know if that helps!
@@PedroCasavecchia I have same issue on a Mac. Your vids inspired me to learn the software which is really enjoyable to use. First 3-D software I've been able to get my head around in 25 years! I was planning to start animating my models but I'll have to wait for the update. Thanks for the lessons, Pedro!
@@PedroCasavecchia Thanks. There are so many 2D frame animation softwares, I’m surprised no company has ever created a good 3D frame animation software.
@@therealCellblock1138 well... There are so many ways to do that in current 3d softwares that maybe it wasn't necessary. You can animate key by key of you wanted! (:
When you are in render mode go to the last category on the right where you can set materials too. There you can choose between "Photo", "Turntable" and "Anim". Select "Anim" and click render. The frames can be found in the "export" folder. You can then use any video editing software to combine the frames into a video
@@eksynn I usually use the windows video editor when I only want to combine them and don't want to edit anything. Just select all pictures in the folder, right click and select "Create new Video". You will be directed to the windows video editor automatically. There you can select the frames in order and add them to the time line. Length of each frame showing can be adjusted. I would recommend 0.1 seconds per frame. That depends on the speed your animation should play on though
@@Toast_tries_art i don't seem to have that option when i select all png's ( ó ︿ò) granted, my computer is all sorts of broken xD so i'm not surprised. any other recommendations? what do you use when you DO want to edit things? (hopefully it's simple enough for the same purpose of not wanting to edit anything)
@@djaccount5458 Hmm. Maybe watch the tutorial? 😂 Voxel technology comes in lots of different forms. In magicavoxel (the software of this tutorial) you can line voxels one next to the other forming models. In the case of the model you just pointed out it is an array of small voxels (cubes) layed out in the shape of a bigger cube (the final model). Think like Pixel art. You see a drawing, but if you go close its all made out of small, square pixels. This is the same, but the pixels are volumetric (Voxel = Volumetric pixel) Hope that clears it out! Let me know.
@@PedroCasavecchia Probably i stay on times when voxels was associate with Novalogic Voxel Space Engine, when voxel was something different than small 3d cube. :)
@@djaccount5458 That makes sense. The technology arrays points on a grid and in the case of magicavoxel they can be represented with a variety of shapes. The most versatile shape in magicavoxel is the cube. Try the software out. It's lots of fun and very easy to use.
You have both taught me to animate and use the program better. Thank you, Pedro. You're a great teacher.
Hey! It means a lot to me to read that. I really appreciate your comment and I'm glad the video was helpful to you.
I would love to see what you create! Why don't you join the discord server and share it with us! :D
discord.gg/Ff4Jn7f
Thank you for the awesome tutorial series Pedro! You're a gifted teacher and a generous soul!
Hey! Thank you so much for watching it! Hope it helped :D :D
Thank you so much for this tutorial Pedro, pretty cool stuff and I learned new things! can't wait to play with this feature!
Nice one! :D Have fun!
Thanks very much for this! Im Day 1 User of MagicaVoxel and Month 2 Blender user, im hoping I can combine the two!
Im finding so many great resources to help carve out a new creative medium for myself and its thanks to awesome people like you! Cheers dude!
Heyyy! I'm glad is helping you! :D
this solved many questions for me. was searching for a detailed tutorial of this feature for a while now.. you are a god sent.
Thank you.
Happy to help! :D
Helped me a lot! Thanks!
I'm glad to hear that. Thanks for watching!
@@PedroCasavecchia Thanks for making this video btw!
Great video! I really never got into the animation thing because I thought it was too complex. Now I know better :)
Hey! It can be complex, but there's lots of fun and simple animations you can create :D
Thanks mate I was kinda lost with the key framing but this cleared it up thanks!
I'm glad it helped you!
thank you so much been searchig for something exactly like this tutorial for so long
Happy to help! (:
Fantastic
Thank you! :D
Thanks very much for this! Such a helpful video!)
I'm glad it was useful!
Epic!!
Hey! Thank you so much!
Thanks, Pedro!
Happy to help!
very intelligible and understandable, thanks for the explanation and the work done
No problem! Thank you for watching!
Veeeery nice 😍😍😍
:D
Your tutorials are amazing! I got a question tho, can i change te material of an object in animations? For example, turn a light on?
Hey! Thank you so much for watching!.
Yes. You can. Just create a material that is not "emissive" with the color you want as "off". Then create another one with emissive properties and the color you want as "on". Then just create a last keyframe with the off material and in the next frame change it for the color you want as on and create a new keyframe. Let me know if that makes sense. Good luck!
Thanks alot , im 2d animator , im learning Magic voxel , but i didnt know that i could actualy animate inside of MV !! 😱😱😱✊🏾✊🏾Thanks
Niiice! I would love to see what you create with it :D
@@PedroCasavecchia GM , i tag you on Twitter on my First animations experiment on Magicavoxel , thanks alot to unblock this knwolage ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Would you recommend animating in magicavoxel vs blender? Would using blender be better? Would it be situational based on the model(s) or animation(s)?
Working on teaching myself unreal 5 for gamedev, and learning how to make my own assets with magicavoxel and blender, so any tips would be incredible.
Thanks a ton for this series, massive help.
Hey. For gamedev proposes 100% of the times go blender. Animating in magicavoxel is cool but it's not something you can export to any kind of production. You will need to animate in blender which, unfortunately, is way more complicated than doing it in Magicavoxel. Feel free to join my discord server if you want. We have a community with many people using blender in there. discord.gg/4M4jMJBaRx
Thank you so much!! I am stuck with one thing though - I have a bee, body and moving wings are seperated but within 1 group. How can I make the whole bee (group) fly around in circles while the wings keep moving. Rotations etc seem to only work for the single parts within the group. Atm my only solution is to build again without creating a group. >w
Hey! Thanks for watching the tutorial!
What you probably will need to do is:
-Create an animation for the wings. Then make sure the animation is looping. (07:28 - Looping.)
-Create a new group containing the animated wings and the bee body.
-Animate THAT new group and everything should move together with the wings moving.
Let me know if that's what you needed. Cheers!
@@PedroCasavecchiaYou are amazing for taking the time and effort to reply, thanks! I will try that!! May the voxels be with you :) Thanks!
Haha no problem! Let me know if it works out.@@pyam_to_go
it worked, thanks a lot!!! @@PedroCasavecchia
😎 No problem.@@pyam_to_go
I wonder hwo it exports to unity. Probably just the separate keyframed models. Probably cpu intensive to set up a 3D sprite sheet animation in unity rather than rigging but it would be great to keep everything voxelized like a pixel animation rather than rigging. Will be trying this out real soon.
Hi there! You would need to find a way to export every model as frames within an ABC (Alembic) file. You can do that in maya, blender or any 3D software. It will be more or less intensive depending on how many different assets you would have and how detailed is the model that you are animating. If you do not include a lot of frames it could be doable!
If you think about it, Magicavoxel is showing and hiding each model per frame when you hold the play button. So it is not impossible! :D
@@PedroCasavecchia Good point. Better than rigging and animating .vox files with the Alonesoft's Voxel Importer. It gets the job done but it loses the pixel art sprite sheet feel. Only concern is 1 model versus a 12 frame model. Maybe il animate on 2's or 4's. Either way, this is fantastic. Would even consider exporting png sequences on a green screen or maybe alpha background and using those as a sprite sheet. Kinds lose the 3d aspect but it might be a interesitng style, like the old days of Clay fighter or other stop motion animated games. Will be looking into ABC files and Blender. Thanks.
@@hasan7786 yes. All depends on what you. Are after. If your want some advise, join my Discord server and we can schedule a call.
Here's a link
discord.gg/Ff4Jn7f
@@PedroCasavecchia Might take you up on that. Thanks.
Great series of tutorials. Not super clear on what Global Time would be used for
Hey! Thank you! Basically, when activated will display the animation of other objects, vs showing just the animation of the object you are currently working on. Hope that helps you!
Ah man, it looks like the animation feature has been removed by the time i got to it :(
Thanks for the course tho Pedro. It's been great learning from you.
Hey! It should still be there in older versions (for windows)
Thank you for watching! :D
@@PedroCasavecchia Any idea why animation was removed? Will it come back? D:
Excelletnt! One question - what file do you export them with all animation in tact?
Unfortunately they're is no file you can export with the animation. You need to export frame by frame and put it together in blender
@@PedroCasavecchia Thanks Pedro - would that be in seperate Obj's or PNG files?
@@TidyBridie89 separate obj files. The texture should be the same for all models (
@@TidyBridie89 OBJs if you want to import in another 3D software and PNG if you want to import into a compositing software to complie the frames into a video!
is it possible to change materials of an object during a animation ?for doing stroboscopic light for example
Don't think so, but you can hide the object, and duplicate it for another one with a different material, maybe?
@@PedroCasavecchia yeah i was thinking to do that too :) thanks
Хлоп, а ти крутий
The issue fopr me is that arrow to open the animation menu is missing in my program, how do I make it appear?
Hmm. That's unusual. Are you running on mac?
I don't have the arrow on the top left
Are you using the same version as I am? Check the link in bio.
If your are on a Mac you won't have it until the version is officially released ):
@@PedroCasavecchia thx for the help
@@berat61.y81 Any time!
i cant see timeline maybe diffirent version
Make sure you have the same version as I do. It's on the description of the video. If you are a Mac user, then maybe you will need to wait until the latest version comes out of beta. Hope that helps!
hi i have a question, how to render police sirens glowing red and blue simultaneously?
How do I export the model I made together with its animation? I export with .obj extension but only model and texture are created. When I import the .obj file into Unity, it says “No animation data available in this model”.
Unfortunately each frame is a different model. You would need to export each frame, torn on and off visibility if each frame and then export all that as an allergic file or an fbx. It's a workaround but that could be the best way
@@PedroCasavecchia thanks for your answer
@@Julinan3 happy to help!
Do you know when this will be available for Mac?
I do not know that ): hopefully soon!
The keyframe interpolation don't work for me. It goes from A to B without creating the interpolation, I tried everything (I'm on the same version of yours and I followed your tutorial)
Hey! Interpolation will only work on specific cases. If you want to join my Discord server and show me what's the issue I can try to help you (:
Can we do the same in voxedit? Does voxedit restrict us to Sandbox or we can use it as a standalone software? I want to try making a short film in voxels, but blender is too complex for me and I assume Magicavoxel is too basic.. can I try that with voxedit given its pre-rigged animation features?
I've never used box edit do I couldn't tell you. But consider the voxel animation course by Zach Soares. I think you might learn all you need to make s short film there!
like it
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How do you actually export the animation?
You can't unfortunately. You can export each model separately though.
I do not have that arrow on the top left of MagicaVoxel...
Are you using Mac?
@@PedroCasavecchia negative, windows 10
@@Xyphien then make sure your are using the beta version. Latest of the latest. Let me know if that helps
nice, thank you! how would we actually save it as a gif/mp4 though?
Unfortunately there's not a direct way to output a video format from magicavoxel. Only PNG sequences. I'll talk about on my next video! Coming soon :D
@@PedroCasavecchia nice! i can't wait! really looking forward to it :D your videos are always so informative
@@eksynn Thank you so much :D
I don't have that little drop down arrow to start the animation stuff, am I on a different version or is there something I'm not enabling in the settings?
Hey! Make sure you are using the same version I listed in the description of the video? It needs to be the beta latest for Windows. If your are using Macintosh you might need to wait until the latest version leaves beta state. Let me know if that helps!
@@PedroCasavecchia I have same issue on a Mac. Your vids inspired me to learn the software which is really enjoyable to use. First 3-D software I've been able to get my head around in 25 years! I was planning to start animating my models but I'll have to wait for the update. Thanks for the lessons, Pedro!
@@ShotDrawnCut I'm happy to hear I helped with that! Yes. Hopefully that feature will come soon to Mac! :D
Thanks a lot , this episode is not in playlist man.
Ahh thanks for letting me know!
I can’t find the animation button, help?
Hi there. It's only for Windows at the moment. On the latest version
Is it possible to keyframe layer visibility to do flip book style animation?
Don't think so, but you can animate your working area to go out screen or delete your voxels for that frame (:
@@PedroCasavecchia Thanks. There are so many 2D frame animation softwares, I’m surprised no company has ever created a good 3D frame animation software.
@@therealCellblock1138 well... There are so many ways to do that in current 3d softwares that maybe it wasn't necessary. You can animate key by key of you wanted! (:
great video! how do we export animation
?
Hi there! I have a video about exporting a render sequence on my channel (:
how to do render animation and export it?
When you are in render mode go to the last category on the right where you can set materials too. There you can choose between "Photo", "Turntable" and "Anim". Select "Anim" and click render. The frames can be found in the "export" folder. You can then use any video editing software to combine the frames into a video
Hi there. I'll cover rendering in a future video!
@@Toast_tries_art what would you recommend to combine the frames?
@@eksynn I usually use the windows video editor when I only want to combine them and don't want to edit anything. Just select all pictures in the folder, right click and select "Create new Video". You will be directed to the windows video editor automatically. There you can select the frames in order and add them to the time line. Length of each frame showing can be adjusted. I would recommend 0.1 seconds per frame. That depends on the speed your animation should play on though
@@Toast_tries_art i don't seem to have that option when i select all png's ( ó ︿ò) granted, my computer is all sorts of broken xD so i'm not surprised.
any other recommendations? what do you use when you DO want to edit things? (hopefully it's simple enough for the same purpose of not wanting to edit anything)
Its not true voxels but 3d cubes?
Hi there? The contents of this tutorial are about animation within magicavoxel. True voxels. No plugins, nothing crazy.
@@PedroCasavecchia Example 01:19 (i see 3d cube with or 3d rectangle), what is different between 3d cube or your voxel? :)
@@djaccount5458 Hmm. Maybe watch the tutorial? 😂
Voxel technology comes in lots of different forms. In magicavoxel (the software of this tutorial) you can line voxels one next to the other forming models.
In the case of the model you just pointed out it is an array of small voxels (cubes) layed out in the shape of a bigger cube (the final model).
Think like Pixel art. You see a drawing, but if you go close its all made out of small, square pixels. This is the same, but the pixels are volumetric (Voxel = Volumetric pixel)
Hope that clears it out! Let me know.
@@PedroCasavecchia Probably i stay on times when voxels was associate with Novalogic Voxel Space Engine, when voxel was something different than small 3d cube. :)
@@djaccount5458 That makes sense. The technology arrays points on a grid and in the case of magicavoxel they can be represented with a variety of shapes. The most versatile shape in magicavoxel is the cube. Try the software out. It's lots of fun and very easy to use.
Wow I had no clue about any of this lmao
I'm glad you found new things in this video! :D
thanks for such a helpful video :)
Thank you for watching! :D