Friday, 17 June 2011 12:56

Tutorial: A 2D Hologram in Blender

Written by  Gottfried Hofmann
Tutorial: A 2D Hologram in Blender
There are many ways to create a hologram effect in Blender. This tutorial shows how to create a 2D hologram from a video that looks very much like in the movie St*r W*rs.

Learn how to pull a decent key in Blender and how to add a hologram-like effect to your video. If you want to become a master-keyer in Blender, watch Sebastian König's Blender Green Screen Keying Concepts on cmiVFX. If you want to find out about a completely differnt technique on how to create a 3D hologram effect in Blender - check out the Hologram Complete Project on Blendtuts.

Dim lights

Dim lights

Download the finished Blendfile including green-screen footage here!

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  • CC-BY 3.0: This tutorial and blendfiles are released under the Creative Commons License CC-BY 3.0 Unported
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15 comments

  • Comment Link Pirate Mouse Thursday, 28 March 2013 03:21 posted by Pirate Mouse

    The download isn't available anymore. :(
    I enjoyed watching and learning. Would of loved to have the download to exam.

  • Comment Link http://www.blogs.mmu.ac.uk/member/8433/ Friday, 01 March 2013 07:39 posted by http://www.blogs.mmu.ac.uk/member/8433/

    I enjoy what you guys are up too. This sort of clever work and exposure!
    Keep up the great works guys I've added you guys to our blogroll.

  • Comment Link Julidavi Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:43 posted by Julidavi

    Tolles Tutorial! ...abgesehen davon, das "Hologramm" mit zwei "m" geschrieben wird ;-)

  • Comment Link Ryandell Sunday, 25 November 2012 14:34 posted by Ryandell

    Thanks! Looks cool. Link to the Blender file is no longer valid though. Any chance to fix it?

  • Comment Link Pandu Aji Wirawan Wednesday, 25 January 2012 15:18 posted by Pandu Aji Wirawan

    WOW! Awesome! i will try it
    thanks

  • Comment Link Andres Friday, 16 December 2011 00:02 posted by Andres

    Woooow, Awesome !!!! Thanks you for this great tutorial !!

  • Comment Link Lars Monday, 08 August 2011 17:48 posted by Lars

    Cool, thanks!

  • Comment Link Rich Wednesday, 06 July 2011 20:08 posted by Rich

    Great Tutorial really helpful in knowing how to create a hologram as well as using the compositor..

  • Comment Link Gottfried Hofmann Saturday, 25 June 2011 10:31 posted by Gottfried Hofmann

    Hey tbagriyanik, looking cool! I will post another tutorial about the VSE which will inlcude sounds for the hologram projector...

  • Comment Link tbagriyanik Friday, 24 June 2011 21:24 posted by tbagriyanik

    there is my low resolution (quicky render):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QqlNUYXQm8

    (
    sorry this is just a preview, i coulnt add sound,
    this is my "hand" on a blue background anyway...
    )

  • Comment Link Donnerland Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:09 posted by Donnerland

    Heys, thank you very much.
    I'm alreday looking forward to the other part(s)
    So get well soon!

  • Comment Link ByronK Saturday, 18 June 2011 21:29 posted by ByronK

    Thank you. This was very helpful

  • Comment Link SeriousM Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:52 posted by SeriousM

    Tolle Anleitung, vielen Dank!!

  • Comment Link SonnyBlender Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:29 posted by SonnyBlender

    Wirklich großartige Arbeit!
    Weiter so! Ich freue mich auf mehr Tutorials

  • Comment Link ATKA-Soft Friday, 17 June 2011 21:05 posted by ATKA-Soft

    Großartiges Tutorial, weiter so!

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