Uploaded April 2009 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This tutorial is for the old Blender 2.49b. Click here for the new tutorial:
youtube.com/watch?v=McocktRmG_s
For noobs and pros! Part 1 of 2. IMPORTANT: read below.
Here is explained how to make you own custom Universal Studio intro. It is very easy you just need to donwload the files at Link1 and download blender at Link2 and then do it. (Take your time, this is a whole hour project for a noob and a 10 minutes thing for a pro). It only takes about 3-8 hours for it to render, but then you got YOUR OWN INTRO!!!
If you have any questions, you are free to PM me.
Watch in High Quality!
Link1: goo.gl/XtyJJ
Link2: download.blender.org/release (you'll need the 2.49b version)
Disclaimer:
This is not my video, neither are the files or the program! I actually don't own anything! :-)
I've uploaded this video, made by a very kind guy back on backyardtheater.com. I want to thank him very much for his great tutorial!
Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=ffyw6fZgEH0
• Press the TAB key to put the "YOUR THEATER" text into edit mode. Backspace it out and type in the name of your theater.
• Press the TAB key to exit edit mode.
• Press Alt C, then left click on CURVE. (This converts the text to a curve).
• Press Alt C, then left click on MESH. (This converts the curve to a mesh).
• Left click on the button marked Centre Cursor (This make the object center the same as the earth provided you haven't moved the red & white cursor).
• Change the frame number from 500 to 1.
• Click the Shapes Tab.
• Click the Add Shape key twice.
• Make sure the mouse cursor is back in the top view and press TAB.
• Press A to select all (The text should turn yellow).
• Press Shift W to warp the text.
• Left click to accept the warp.
• Press TAB to leave edit mode (text should straighten out).
• Back in the Shapes Tab, drag the bar next to 0.00 until it says 1.00.
• Change the frame number from 1 to 180.
• Back in the Shapes Tab, left click on the bar next to the 1.00 (it should stay at 1.00, but this will add another key frame).
• Change the frame number from 180 to 270.
• Back in the Shapes Tab, drag the bar next to 1.00 until it says 0.00.
• Press F10 to enter Scene mode.
When rendering the animation, choose Full HD and AVI Raw for best quality. Choose PC and AVI Codec for fastest render.
Normally it renders either to C:\renders or to "the folder where you saved the .blend file"\renders. To check it, open up the blend file and press F10. Then look at the bottom left and take a look at the first directory under "Output". Thats where you should look. It can also happen to render into the user directory.
To use the video, I recommend encoding the large file with a program e.g. XMedia Recode. Recommended format is DivX AVI.
If "unable to create directory", run Blender in Admin Mode (Right Click Blender, Run as Administrator) or choose a non admin directory like C:\Users\username\Documents (you can change this under output as described above.)
This tutorial was made by Tony Hawkes at Backyardtheatre.
This tutorial is for the old Blender 2.49b. Click here for the new tutorial:
youtube.com/watch?v=McocktRmG_s
For noobs and pros! Part 1 of 2. IMPORTANT: read below.
Here is explained how to make you own custom Universal Studio intro. It is very easy you just need to donwload the files at Link1 and download blender at Link2 and then do it. (Take your time, this is a whole hour project for a noob and a 10 minutes thing for a pro). It only takes about 3-8 hours for it to render, but then you got YOUR OWN INTRO!!!
If you have any questions, you are free to PM me.
Watch in High Quality!
Link1: goo.gl/XtyJJ
Link2: download.blender.org/release (you'll need the 2.49b version)
Disclaimer:
This is not my video, neither are the files or the program! I actually don't own anything! :-)
I've uploaded this video, made by a very kind guy back on backyardtheater.com. I want to thank him very much for his great tutorial!
Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=ffyw6fZgEH0
• Press the TAB key to put the "YOUR THEATER" text into edit mode. Backspace it out and type in the name of your theater.
• Press the TAB key to exit edit mode.
• Press Alt C, then left click on CURVE. (This converts the text to a curve).
• Press Alt C, then left click on MESH. (This converts the curve to a mesh).
• Left click on the button marked Centre Cursor (This make the object center the same as the earth provided you haven't moved the red & white cursor).
• Change the frame number from 500 to 1.
• Click the Shapes Tab.
• Click the Add Shape key twice.
• Make sure the mouse cursor is back in the top view and press TAB.
• Press A to select all (The text should turn yellow).
• Press Shift W to warp the text.
• Left click to accept the warp.
• Press TAB to leave edit mode (text should straighten out).
• Back in the Shapes Tab, drag the bar next to 0.00 until it says 1.00.
• Change the frame number from 1 to 180.
• Back in the Shapes Tab, left click on the bar next to the 1.00 (it should stay at 1.00, but this will add another key frame).
• Change the frame number from 180 to 270.
• Back in the Shapes Tab, drag the bar next to 1.00 until it says 0.00.
• Press F10 to enter Scene mode.
When rendering the animation, choose Full HD and AVI Raw for best quality. Choose PC and AVI Codec for fastest render.
Normally it renders either to C:\renders or to "the folder where you saved the .blend file"\renders. To check it, open up the blend file and press F10. Then look at the bottom left and take a look at the first directory under "Output". Thats where you should look. It can also happen to render into the user directory.
To use the video, I recommend encoding the large file with a program e.g. XMedia Recode. Recommended format is DivX AVI.
If "unable to create directory", run Blender in Admin Mode (Right Click Blender, Run as Administrator) or choose a non admin directory like C:\Users\username\Documents (you can change this under output as described above.)
This tutorial was made by Tony Hawkes at Backyardtheatre.
