The Blender Hook Modifier EXPLAINED! (When do you use this thing?)

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In this video, learn how to use the Blender hook modifier, what it's for, and some cases for when you might use it!
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0:00 - Introduction
0:29 - How to add a hook to an object in Blender
1:40 - Using a custom object as a hook in Blender
2:57 - How to use falloff to affect how much of an object is affected
4:10 - Animating objects with the hook modifier
5:26 - How to add pins to cloth with the hook modifier in Blender
7:08 - Other Blender modifier tutorials

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@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

Hi everyone - let me know what you think about the hook modifier in the comments below! :)

@studioshitaketakashita7093 Жыл бұрын

Really good tutorial I'm hooked now I'm on the hook

@fergadelics Жыл бұрын

Thanks again. I knew I should use Hooks for my canopy but forgot how they worked so I just seached for CG essentials Hook. You and the Blender Secrets guy are in my regular rotation when I need to "I know Kung-Fu" real quick

@asthalis 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ! I did not really test the hook modifier so far but it looks very useful. Thanks a lot for your detailed explanations.

@macnavi 2 жыл бұрын

You always make such pleasant to watch, clear and to-the-point videos. Very helpful, thank you very much.

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

@vickyxx197 2 жыл бұрын

Never looked much into hook modifier at all but thanks to you and this video, I can see just how much I can use this in my creative workflow. Mind slightly blown :D

@qwibber1 Жыл бұрын

This is an extremely well done video. Thanks so much! Please do more!

@lodgechant 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very helpful, concise, exciting intro to hooks. With greetings from Cape Town!

@mrhollywood5285 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for introducing the neat little modifier. Cheers MR H

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

@zachhoy 2 жыл бұрын

very handy, that cloth trick is fun!

@Yishinyourear 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, just used it to create a 2d character using only curves, allows the 2d curve to work in full 3d space(all 3 axis) and have multiple shapes(with separate colors/transparency) in 1 curve without overlap!!!

@hirotokawa3124 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This video is helpful cuz I forgot about it.

@kenzietownsend6644 5 ай бұрын

Somebody mentioned hooks on Blender Exchange. I like the examples.

@leekolb2027 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks.

@frandikapermana1277 2 жыл бұрын

very smart explanation. Pretty clear and awesome

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Tensor-An 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, didn't want use something like an armature rig to control a few vertices.

@jintat87 2 жыл бұрын

It's good for cables usually used on hard surface modeling and robot animation

@taksinwatanabe9362 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial 🙂

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@mrde_ir 2 жыл бұрын

very nice. Thanks

@theforest8882 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@matejivi 11 ай бұрын

thank you

@GAKUTADA 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@ecokestove 2 жыл бұрын

Justin, you make good tutorials. Informative, nice calm presentation, and you don't keep twitching the viewpoint like some others do. Where is your real dog though?

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? She's around - usually waiting on me to take her hiking

@israeldelamoblas5043 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

@josephvanwyk2088 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always just amazed by the cloth mechanics in Blender. But yeah from an animation point, endless potential. Any chance you can do a full explanation/tutorial on animation? Not so much the technique (as animation is obviously vast) - but perhaps a full overview of all the settings and what everything does.

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

Lol - probably not even that as the whole toolset is so big, but maybe something on different kinds of animation or something

@josephvanwyk2088 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCGEssentials Haha - yeah, it is quite extensive. But when you quickly demonstrated the noise - I'm like, wow that exists?

@cyborgmetropolis7652 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Question for another topic… I occasionally use the #frame variable on materials to animate things like noise textures (#frame/1000) without having to use keyframes. I also often like to use blinking lights on some of my models using the cycle modifier, but this requires keyframes. Is there a way to cycle a parameter value to make loops occur in textures without keyframes? The #frame value only ever increases but I’m looking for a way to cycle between two numbers. Sorry if I’m not making sense.

@koaylingxian1296 Жыл бұрын

hi cg, is really an amazing tutorial! However,I had a problem with the hook modifier not allow to bake together with the cloth modifier. May I ask do u have any solution for it?

@sudipto30 2 жыл бұрын

very nice ttutorial

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kryptocat4240 2 жыл бұрын

Hello sir could you please make a video on character modelling

@TheCGEssentials 2 жыл бұрын

At the moment this really isn't the kind of modeling I'm doing

@vizdotlife 10 ай бұрын

Interesting

@JimmyNevell Ай бұрын

HUUUUUUUUUWHATZZUPPP GUUIIZZZ JUSTIN HEREEE

@noobandfriends2420 Жыл бұрын

5:57 Most important part of using hooks and cloth.

@pikachufan25 2 жыл бұрын

either A they Changes how it works or B i have a Addon that did something to it either case. if you are issues with the Pin to Cloth thing. Add Less Vertice Points to the Vertex Group Less is more in this Case. aka only Mark the Areas that you want Pin Down to be part of the Vertex Group. let the Hooks do the Movement Part :P