Simulating Handwriting in Blender

Discover how to transform your handwriting into a physics simulation using Blender in this 24-minute tutorial. Learn to create a handwritten word, apply a cloth modifier for realistic physics, and place it on a video background with real footage. Master techniques such as simulating a piece of string, adding skin modifiers and materials, using hooks to control vertices, and animating text with the build modifier. Explore advanced concepts like rotoscoping, tweaking simulation timings, and rendering with a glowing effect in Eevee. Gain insights into combining this technique with motion capture and creating spider web simulations. Perfect for those looking to enhance their Blender skills and create unique, physics-based handwriting animations.

What we'll be creating
Simulating a piece of string
Adding skin modifier and material
AD: Visualizing a VPN on 3D tracked drone footage
Simulating handwritten text
Using a hook to control a single vertex
Tweaking, testing and disabling gravity
Fixing old cache data, UI and a weird vertex
Animating the text using the build modifier
Adding custom thickness to the skin modifier
Placing a video texture in the scene
Getting an overview of our timeline
Aligning the camera
Rotoscoping using auto keying
Tweaking simulation and writing timings
Baking and tweaking the physics simulation
Exporting as a video
Final result
Advanced alternative
Combining the technique with motion capture
Simulating and rendering a spider web
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