Learn Blenders NLA editor in 3 minutes | Blender 2.9 Animation TutorialTheDuckCow2020-10-26 | Learn how to use the Blender NLA (Non-linear Animation) editor to manipulate, repeat, and blend animations together.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordMCprep contest WINNER | Revealing the Version Artwork Contest resultsTheDuckCow2022-09-26 | Checkout all the entries and the announcement of the winners for the contest.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to make a custom Minecraft title screen background | #MCprep PanoramaTheDuckCow2022-09-17 | Learn how to use MCprep to make a custom resource pack title screen panorama. Check out the example resource pack below:
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordNew MCprep feature coming soon: Effects Spawners! #shortsTheDuckCow2022-07-02 | Get ready for the next MCprep feature to drop - fully fledged effects spawners! View more information about the development here: github.com/TheDuckCow/MCprep/issues/96
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordMCprep v3.3.0 release | Long awaited features are here!TheDuckCow2022-01-05 | Learn about these fantastic new features like Block Spawning and Entity spawning, and long overdue simplified materials.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow I created this Wheres Waldo #MCprep community renderTheDuckCow2021-07-19 | Hot tips and workflow approach from the creator of MCprep itself. Render made to celebrate the discord community.
This render includes the 71 different community members who submitted their username to be included. Want to be part of future community renders? Be sure to join the discord and watch out for announcements in the #official-updates channel: discord.gg/mb8hBUC
That's right, after a couple months of development, the prototype for DuckCowDrive is now ready for testing. It's not a lot, but it shows off one of the central mechanics of the end game: hijacking cars at high speeds, and exploring a procedurally generated world.
TheKindKitten and I are really looking forward to your feedback, and your creative ideas on where to take the game next!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordNew MCprep release + discord challenge | MCprep v3.2.4.2 Blender Minecraft AddonTheDuckCow2021-04-19 | Check out these latest updates to MCprep, which you get get here: theduckcow.com/dev/blender/mcprep/releases
Want to join our mob rig challenge? Join the discord! discord.gg/mb8hBUC
New features for this Blender Minecraft addon include: - New snapshot (21w14a) textures for both items and the material library - Fixing torches in meshswap to emit light and other smaller fixes - Updated the Player rigs to have a simple head model with no 3D eyes, face, or mouth (hidden by default) - Created new Download Skins from Username List
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordRemove 3D face, create armor, and change eye color | Blender 2.9 Minecraft Animation TutorialTheDuckCow2021-03-29 | Learn how to make the commonly requested modifications for ANY blender rig, using the MCprep addon.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordA new endless driving game in Godot | DuckCowDrive Devlog #1TheDuckCow2021-03-17 | Join me & TheKindKitten on this journey creating a procedural open world driving game in the Godot engine!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to install custom mobs for MCprep | Blender 2.9 Minecraft Animation TutorialTheDuckCow2021-02-08 | Bring your favorite rig into MCprep for quick reuse, and easily organize your custom rigs for projects.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHappy New Year Card | #MCprepContest WinnersTheDuckCow2021-01-02 | The MCprep community wishes you a happy New Year through this unique card contest. Congrats to everyone who joined, and the three winners announced here!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordAnimate Faster with Pose Library Thumbnails | Blender 2.9 Animation TutorialTheDuckCow2020-11-16 | Animate smarter, not harder, by saving and reusing character poses.
Learn how to use Blender's built in Pose Library, and then take it even further with the Pose Thumbnails add-on. Video covers both how to use them, and best practices when using it in real productions.
▶ Jump to a section: 0:00 Intro 0:32 Create poses 3:00 Pose Thumbnails 3:28 Install Addon 4:27 Setup Thumbnail Library 5:47 Best practices creating Pose Libs 6:33 Using Selection Sets 9:56 Create Thumbnails 12:58 Assign thumbnail to pose 16:06 Reuse & linking
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordMCprep Contest Winners | October 2020, Stuck IndoorsTheDuckCow2020-10-16 | Check out all the entries, and of course, the winners for the first-ever MCprep Contest!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordMCprep v3.2.4, the Community Update | Blender Minecraft AddonTheDuckCow2020-10-13 | This Blender-Minecraft addon just got even better, learn about the recent updates with this release video.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordSeries end & new contest in 1 minute | Blender 2.9 Minecraft Animation #17TheDuckCow2020-09-28 | Yes, the 1 minute series is over, but make more advanced topics - and the first MCprep contest!
Join the MCprep Discord server! (Join for the contest too) discord.gg/mb8hBUC
Full playlist here on Minecraft animations tutorials in Blender 2.8 & 2.9 bit.ly/MCprepTutorials
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordAnimate a run cycle in 3 minutes | Blender 2.9 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #16TheDuckCow2020-09-21 | Learn how to make a run cycle using Blender 2.9! A simple approach with great results, and learn about the awesome flip pose features.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordAnimate a walk cycle in 2 minutes | Blender 2.9 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #15TheDuckCow2020-09-14 | Learn how to make a walk cycle using Blender 2.9! This simple approach is fast an easy to get started.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to animate characters in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #14TheDuckCow2020-09-08 | Learn to add keyframes and different poses in time, and make use of the animation windows in Blender.
Full playlist here on Minecraft animations in Blender 2.8 (works in 2.9 too!) bit.ly/MCprepTutorials
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to animate textures in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #13TheDuckCow2020-08-24 | Give some motion to your lava, water, and fire animations, learn how to make them animated with MCprep.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to install wine to run Mineways on a Mac OSXTheDuckCow2020-08-22 | Mineways only works on a PC... unless you install wine to run .exe files. Learn how to install on a Mac OSX.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to swap texture packs in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #12TheDuckCow2020-08-17 | Change the default vanilla resource / texture pack for a custom one, maybe even a physically realistic one!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to add 3D blocks in 1 minute (meshswap) | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #11TheDuckCow2020-08-11 | Learn how to use meshswap to spawn in special 3D blocks or replace blocks in world imports.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to render in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #10TheDuckCow2020-08-04 | Learn how to render your 3D Minecraft scene into images or video. Next up, swap in 3D modeled blocks!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordItem Vomit Animation Timelapse | Blender 2.8 Minecraft #MCprepTheDuckCow2020-07-31 | See how I made the vomit animation end to end, including pose addons and custom code use!
Playback is at ~300-400% original speed.
See a full playlist of Minecraft animation tutorials in Blender 2.8: bit.ly/MCprepTutorials
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordImport and hold items in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #9TheDuckCow2020-07-27 | Learn how to spawn any item as a 3D model, and how to get characters to hold items you add.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to Pose Rigs in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #8TheDuckCow2020-07-20 | Learn how to adjust the bones of an armature to pose any character or mob rig, with some quick practical tips!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordTimelapse Animation & Customize Rig | Blender 2.8 Minecraft AnimationsTheDuckCow2020-07-18 | Watch and listen to how I animated and customized this character for a recent tutorial video intro.
Playback is at 400% of the original speed, all shot in one sitting. The only thing not shown compared to the finalized animation was the tinkering done to create the particle and swirl effects, which was not quite as straightforward so I did not include.
See a full playlist of Minecraft animation tutorials in Blender 2.8: bit.ly/MCprepTutorials
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordChange skin & Customize rigs in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #7TheDuckCow2020-07-13 | Let's transform our character with a personal touch! Learn how to swap skins, add extrusions, and adjust textures for facial rigs.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordImport character rigs in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #6TheDuckCow2020-07-06 | It's time to add life to our scene! Spawn mobs and character rigs ready for posing and animation.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordInstalling Java on Macs to use jmc2objTheDuckCow2020-06-28 | A super short tutorial just to show how to install an updated version of java on a mac to run jmc2obj. The Java link: http://www.java.com/en/download/mac_download.jsp
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. Crawford http://www.theduckcow.comImport & fix a Minecraft world in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #5TheDuckCow2020-06-28 | Import a Minecraft OBJ into Blender, fix materials, and make pretty lighting using MCprep.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to use jmc2obj in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #4bTheDuckCow2020-06-13 | Learn how export Minecraft worlds using jmc2obj, and import into Blender
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to use Mineways in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #4aTheDuckCow2020-06-13 | Learn how export Minecraft worlds using Mineways, and import into Blender
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to use Blender in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #3TheDuckCow2020-06-06 | Using Blender for the first time? This quick video will show you how to easily navigate its interface.
Part 3 of the 1 minute Minecraft Animation tutorials, teaching you how to use Blender and the best ways to use the #MCprep addon.
I did my absolute best to each Blender in such a quick time, but of course it is a vast topic! The fundamentals shared in this video are key concepts you want to master and be very comfortable with, and will let you more naturally learn all of the parts of using Blender like adding objects, rigs, importing assets, and rendering.
Full playlist here on how to make Minecraft animations in Blender 2.8: bit.ly/MCprepTutorials
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordInstall Blender and #MCprep in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #2TheDuckCow2020-05-30 | To make quality Minecraft Animations for free, we will use Blender 3D and the #MCprep addon. How to install both in only one minute!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordIntroduction in 1 minute | Blender 2.8 + 2.9 Minecraft Animation Tutorial #1TheDuckCow2020-05-30 | Learn how to make Minecraft animations in this new, snappy tutorial series! All the tricks, delivered in exactly one minute. For Blender 2.8 and Blender 2.9.
We will cover everything from installing Blender and MCprep, to importing worlds in Mineways and jmc2obj, to animation, and rendering tips and best practices. And of course, we'll cover every feature of the MCprep addon, to make sure you make the most of the great resources available to you!
Subscribe and click to get notifications, as I'll be trying to roll these out bi-weekly for the first chunk of tutorials.
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordFox in the forest | Teaser for Blender 2.8 Minecraft animation tutorialsTheDuckCow2020-05-24 | The hunter is being hunted. Just launched, shortform Minecraft animation tutorials for blender 2.8!
Full playlist here on how to make Minecraft animations in Blender 2.8: bit.ly/MCprepTutorials
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordEasy user error reporting for Blender Addons (Python tutorial / World Blender Meetup Day)TheDuckCow2020-03-22 | Save time as a developer, and work on the bugs that users actually encounter with simple error reporting!
This tutorial covers possibly the lowest tech way to get convenient and manageable error reporting in a blender python addon. Final code and the module to copy can be found here, but really is just a starting place for your own exploration: github.com/TheDuckCow/user-report-wrapper
This tutorial was presented live at the 2020 World Blender Meetup Day on March 21 (if it seems suspicious how this topic was spread over a 30 minute period, that was the time slot I had to fill).
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHow to create a bustling crowd simulation in Blender 2.8TheDuckCow2019-06-03 | Learn how to create a simple yet powerful crowd simulation in Blender 2.8! Bring bustling Kings Landing from Game of Thrones to life.
▶ Tutorial sections 00:00 Introduction 02:40 Start setting up the crowd and animations 16:40 Setup the particle simulation 23:14 Editing the particles and the “bold brain” 30:48 Setting up collisions 40:47 Laying multiple crowd behaviors 44:26 Tweaking & baking for rendering
In this tutorial for Minecraft Animators, you will learn end-to-end how to create a convincing crowd simulation inside Blender 2.8 using a simple method that works surprisingly well, will little processor slowdown compared to using duplicates of full-fledged rigs.
▶ Get the Shapekey Player rig from the MCprep add-on https://TheDuckCow.com/MCprep
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordCreate a Minecraft Sky inside Blender (#MCprep Tutorial)TheDuckCow2019-05-25 | Learn how to use the Create MC World and prep World buttons in Blender 2.8 and #MCprep.
These new features as of v3.2.0 allow you to create dynamic skies with time of day input and responsive lighting and sky shading. Add clouds with ease, and make timelapse animations for your Minecraft animations
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordInstall #MCprep for Blender 2.8 (Blender Minecraft addon tutorial)TheDuckCow2019-05-14 | See how install #MCprep for Blender 2.8, the Minecraft addon for 3d animators. The same process applies to Blender 2.7, or see the video below: youtube.com/watch?v=i6Ne07-eIyI
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordUsing Blender with a Holographic Display | Looking Glass factoryTheDuckCow2019-04-06 | Demo video on using the Looking Glass 3D display with Blender 3D, a live integration using the beta addon.
This video was live streamed as a part of the 2019 World Blender Meetup day, cut down to this shorter video. Here I show how the Looking Glass Blender addon works, some use cases, as well as some of the limitations.
▶ Learn more about the Looking Glass I'm not affiliated with the Looking Glass, but they did create for me this reference code - use it if you end up purchasing a Looking Glass unit (you should get a discount)! lookingglassfactory.com/ref/theduckcow
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordUpdating Blender Addons for 2.7 and 2.8 | How to make a single script work in both at onceTheDuckCow2019-03-17 | Learn how to maintain Blender 2.7 & 2.8 scripts and addons in this World Blender Meetup Day 2019 live stream. #blender #addons #python
In this video we'll cover: - Why it can be hard to make code work for both Blender 2.7 and 2.8 - Learn the optimal way to keep code compatible across versions - Using the special 2.7 / 2.8 resource guide (link below) - Partial live demo of updating an addon (I ran out of time on the stream!)
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. CrawfordHalloween Surprise | #MCprep Minecraft AnimationTheDuckCow2018-10-27 | Wishing you all a happy Halloween with this short, fun little Minecraft Animation (also showing MCprep texture-swap)!
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. Crawford theduckcow.comMCprep Beta Release | Swap texture pack, animate textures, find missing texturesTheDuckCow2018-08-28 | #MCprep has a massive update coming out, be one of the beta testers, or just learn about the new features!
NOTE: The video covers three key features added: 1. Animating textures (only supports jmc2obj worlds currently) 2. Texture pack swapping (only supports jmc2obj worlds currently) 3. Find/replace missing textures (supports jmc2obj & Mineways)
I'm calling everyone to help give this beta version a try! Download it here for free, and play around with these new features as well as any old features to help make sure it's all working as it should. http://bit.ly/mcprep-310-beta
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. Crawford http://www.theduckcow.comStop Meets Live: The Wand | A stopmotion brickfilm animationTheDuckCow2018-07-20 | The saga continues, but now our tiny hero has the upper minifigure-hand.
Stopmotion is an art where an animator painstakingly moves models bit by bit, taking a photos in each position to capture the sense of movement. But what if the subject model had a plan of its own?
Originally, this entry was going to be part of the BRAWL stopmotion contest. While I did not finish within the 1-week timelimit, about 90% of it was done in that period. This is why there’s an “e” on my hand! More information here: http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/25377/brawl-2018-is-over
Moo-Ack! ~Patrick W. Crawford http://www.theduckcow.comCreating linked library overrides in Blender | Quick python trickTheDuckCow2018-03-17 | Have you ever needed to easily edit part of a blender library-linked rig? Well now you easily can, with python overrides!
This is a tutorial on how to use simple python code to override data (such as objects, materials, positions, etc) contained in a linked library. Usually, if you have an object contained in a linked library group, you cannot modify it at all. This trick however, shows you a way to get around that and make your linked rigs and sets more flexible!