Videotutorials

The Power of Vertex Groups in Blender

Bart ·

In this video, Zach Reinhardt shows what Vertex Groups are, how to adjust them in Weight Paint Mode and some fun examples on what you can do with them.

CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
00:47 – Vertex Groups Basics (Astronaut)
03:34 – Download Project Files
03:56 – Vertex Weights Basics (Balloon)
08:00 – Weight Paint Mode Basics (Balloon)
12:21 – Example: Cloths Simulation (Flag)
14:31 – Example: Rigging (Tentacle)
18:07 – Example: Hair Paricles (Tentacle)
19:48 – Example: Geometry Nodes (Scatter Rocks)
21:32 – Example: Dynamic Vertex Groups (Ground Deformation)
25:09 – Outro (Don’t miss)

Author Bart
I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Community Lead at n8n.
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