1 00:00:05,980 --> 00:00:10,420 All right let's go ahead and take a look at something called The Mirror modifier. 2 00:00:10,450 --> 00:00:16,270 Now the mirror modifiers really awesome and we're going to be using it to model part of our mesh of 3 00:00:16,270 --> 00:00:19,260 our sort here what the mere modifier does. 4 00:00:19,270 --> 00:00:22,250 And we're going to take a look as we go along with it. 5 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:28,180 But basically you can see that the hilt of our sword or this part holding the blade and the handle is 6 00:00:28,180 --> 00:00:31,290 exactly the same on either side of it. 7 00:00:31,330 --> 00:00:37,950 So we don't want to model each side individually because again it's exactly the same. 8 00:00:38,050 --> 00:00:41,770 And we want to work smart you know s m r t. 9 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:47,000 So we're are going to do it with the mirror modifier in order to use mirror modifier. 10 00:00:47,020 --> 00:00:52,540 Let's go ahead and add in a cube first placing our cursor right here in the middle of the hilt. 11 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:59,880 Let's hit shift day add mesh cube scaling it down to about the size of here. 12 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:05,770 Let's go ahead and hit tab to go into edit mode and Z to go into wireframe mode. 13 00:01:06,790 --> 00:01:07,150 All right. 14 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:13,700 Now hitting control are to add in a loop cut down the center left click and then right click to place 15 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:21,560 it in the center of the cube hitting B to get our box select crosshairs out left click and drag on these 16 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,940 vertices and go ahead and hit X and delete them. 17 00:01:25,940 --> 00:01:29,810 Now back in Object mode by hitting tab on the keyboard. 18 00:01:29,810 --> 00:01:35,250 Let's go over here to them to our modifier tab and let's click and modifier. 19 00:01:35,250 --> 00:01:38,600 Now we're going to select mere modifier. 20 00:01:38,630 --> 00:01:41,800 Now you could see exactly what is done right away. 21 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:48,280 It's actually mirrored this half of our cube along the x axis. 22 00:01:48,290 --> 00:01:50,380 So how awesome is that. 23 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:57,590 Now if I hit Z to go into solid mode you can see that if I had tab to go into edit mode if I grab a 24 00:01:57,590 --> 00:02:04,820 vert a C or a vertex on this side of the cube whatever I do on this half of the cube right here will 25 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:13,700 be mirrored on this side of the cube including if I extrude it scale it or any kind of changes that 26 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:18,820 I do whatsoever will be mirrored on the other side of the cube. 27 00:02:19,070 --> 00:02:21,670 So right now it's being mirrored on the x axis. 28 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:28,280 You could also mirror it along the y axis which right now we cannot see because it's within itself and 29 00:02:28,490 --> 00:02:30,530 on the z axis as well. 30 00:02:30,770 --> 00:02:33,570 So let me go ahead and show you what that looks like. 31 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:38,160 And you don't have to do it because we're going to be using the cube like this for our sort. 32 00:02:38,180 --> 00:02:42,230 But I want to show you how it looks mirroring on different axes. 33 00:02:42,230 --> 00:02:48,830 If I had to have to go into edit mode and if I bring this out because right now where it's mirroring 34 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:57,260 mirroring from it's mirroring from our center origin point right here and because we deleted the half 35 00:02:57,260 --> 00:03:00,060 on the x axis it can mirror that one. 36 00:03:00,140 --> 00:03:07,130 But if we try to mirror on the y axis which is this way it's mirroring along the center points so it's 37 00:03:07,130 --> 00:03:10,780 still it's with it and the mirror is there but it's within the cube. 38 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:16,610 Now if we had tab to go into edit mode like I said when you move things in edit mode it will move the 39 00:03:16,610 --> 00:03:19,730 object but the origin point will stay there. 40 00:03:19,730 --> 00:03:27,560 So if we move it you can see that now it's mirrored along the y axis from the center origin point as 41 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,190 it's reference. 42 00:03:29,210 --> 00:03:31,690 We can also mirror it along the z axis. 43 00:03:31,730 --> 00:03:36,530 And once again we have to move it down because right now it's within itself. 44 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:47,000 So you can see right now it's mirroring on the x axis on the y axis and on the z axis with this center 45 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,390 point as it's reference for the mirroring. 46 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,710 Now if I move any of these it will affect every single one of those. 47 00:03:54,720 --> 00:04:03,570 Now for the most part in modeling how you use model the mere modifier is only on the x axis or one of 48 00:04:03,570 --> 00:04:04,590 the axes. 49 00:04:04,700 --> 00:04:08,540 I'm going to hit control-C to undo all this to place it back in the center. 50 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:14,920 But for the for modeling it's usually just on the x axis or one of these axes. 51 00:04:14,970 --> 00:04:20,070 For example if you're modeling a human character you're going to be modeling two sides of the body which 52 00:04:20,070 --> 00:04:21,730 look exactly the same. 53 00:04:21,750 --> 00:04:27,720 So you would use a mirror modifier so that you model one half of the body and the other half is mirrored 54 00:04:27,810 --> 00:04:29,540 right away as well. 55 00:04:29,610 --> 00:04:30,230 Another thing. 56 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,930 Take a look at is right here you could see merge. 57 00:04:33,930 --> 00:04:37,400 This basically merges the vertices together. 58 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:42,740 So you can see right here that when they come together emerges them. 59 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:50,460 And also clipping clipping makes it so that you cannot separate them if clipping is on or if clipping 60 00:04:50,460 --> 00:04:51,150 is off. 61 00:04:51,150 --> 00:04:53,280 You can separate them. 62 00:04:53,640 --> 00:05:04,450 And once again merging is basically you've seen how we we can have doubles of vertices for example right 63 00:05:04,450 --> 00:05:13,070 here if I set the merge limit up you will see that if I go all the way back around for example if I 64 00:05:13,070 --> 00:05:17,730 were to extrude this and again you don't have to do this. 65 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:30,330 But if I extrude this let me just do this quickly just to show you what merging does. 66 00:05:30,490 --> 00:05:32,740 You can see that if I bring it back around. 67 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:40,770 Now if I hit the merging and make sure the merge is on and I set the merge limit and I bring it up bring 68 00:05:40,770 --> 00:05:41,990 these a little closer. 69 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:53,220 You will see that if I bring it all the way down and then if I bring it higher it will actually merge 70 00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:54,100 together. 71 00:05:54,330 --> 00:06:00,060 So again the merging is basically when these two Virdi C's will connect together. 72 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:05,970 If you don't have the merging on they want but we want merging is usually good because again you don't 73 00:06:05,970 --> 00:06:13,110 want to have it not merging and then have it like this where you have two vertices overlapping each 74 00:06:13,110 --> 00:06:13,690 other. 75 00:06:13,770 --> 00:06:18,750 It's always good that if something is supposed to connect that does connect and there's no overlapping 76 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:19,480 vertices. 77 00:06:19,590 --> 00:06:26,400 So merging allows for that to happen by you can see if I increase the amount it will snap the two vertices 78 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:27,800 together into one. 79 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:34,270 So that we no longer have two separate pieces of the mesh but it's all one can grunt piece. 80 00:06:34,290 --> 00:06:40,290 All right so those are the main options that we're going to be using the axes the merging and the clipping. 81 00:06:40,290 --> 00:06:41,990 Possibly but not too much. 82 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:43,740 And the merge limit. 83 00:06:43,740 --> 00:06:45,080 So that's a mere modifier. 84 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:51,210 And once again you wouldn't apply it unless you know for sure that this is how you want your object 85 00:06:51,210 --> 00:06:51,920 to be. 86 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:58,380 Or if you want to edit this side of the mesh independently from this side of it. 87 00:06:58,380 --> 00:07:03,560 So if we hit apply we can do it in edit mode we have to go object mode hit apply. 88 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:09,510 You can see that now we can edit this side of the mesh but any changes we do here will no longer be 89 00:07:09,510 --> 00:07:13,860 mirrored because we applied the mirror modifier. 90 00:07:13,860 --> 00:07:17,010 So that is a mere modifier very useful. 91 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:25,680 I'm going to hit control-C a hundred times or so to undo all this and now just with adding a mere modifier 92 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:31,410 on the x axis Let's go ahead and start modeling our sword over here. 93 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:38,520 Another beach picture I think you guys know what I'm hinting at when you go to beach. 94 00:07:38,830 --> 00:07:39,720 All right. 95 00:07:39,950 --> 00:07:46,250 Art is the ability to take whatever is in your imagination and bring it forth into existence in this 96 00:07:46,250 --> 00:07:46,860 way. 97 00:07:46,860 --> 00:07:51,700 Everyone is an artist whether it be with words business or art itself. 98 00:07:51,710 --> 00:07:55,660 So develop your imagination and make the world your canvas. 99 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:02,180 All right especially you guys you blender artists may develop your imagination and bring it forth and 100 00:08:02,180 --> 00:08:04,850 to life in the art of 3-D. 101 00:08:04,850 --> 00:08:05,180 All right. 102 00:08:05,180 --> 00:08:06,170 See you in the next video. 103 00:08:06,170 --> 00:08:06,940 Ciao for now.