IMAX Sonic Anthem Tutorial Part 1: Text and Animation

In this introduction to Blender we'll be remaking the IMAX sonic anthem countdown. We'll cover text, animation, materials, lighting and basic rendering. Templates: https://ko-fi.com/kyleheilig Socials and Resources: https://bio.link/kyleheilig Background: https://pixabay.com/photos/nebula-space-stars-galaxy-668783/ 4K downloader: https://www.4kdownload.com/-ycbq9/video-downloader Blender: https://www.blender.org/ If you have Steam, I suggest installing it there because it auto updates. Davinci Resolve: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ Join us on Discord… Jake Wipp’s DaVinci Resolve Discord https://www.jakewipp.com/discord/join Mr Alex Tech’s Discord https://discord.gg/NuhadaGQbh Jay Lippman's Discord https://discord.gg/ADQXjYhnQ5 0:00 - What we'll learn 0:50 - Basic controls 2:20 - Important preferences 3:05 - Adding text 6:45 - Making collections 7:15 - Resetting the 3d Cursor 7:30 - Setting up the camera 8:05 - Save...and again I say save 8:40 - Animating camera 10:10 - The power of the Home button 10:35 - Adding a reference 13:50 - Adding rotating bars 16:55: Grouping objects 17:30 - Setting constant rotation with the node graph 19:00 - Keyframing camera positions 21:15 - Adding material 24:10 - Adding in a background 25:20 - Adding lighting 26:35 - Fading text 28:25 - Extra tips and corrections 30:20 - Render settings 31:40 - Adding material to the sphere (emission) 33:10 - Coming up