# Create Liquid Glass Materials in 3D - Materials & Shading That Look Good - Spline Academy (https://spline.design/academy/tutorials/create-liquid-glass-materials-in-3d)

> Hello! In this tutorial, you will learn how to create liquid glass effects using the glass layer in Spline and 3d shape blend.

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# Create Liquid Glass Materials in 3D

Lesson 9 of 12Spline 3DBeginner12 min

Hello! In this tutorial, you will learn how to create liquid glass effects using the glass layer in Spline and 3d shape blend.

Example Files: Liquid Glass → <https://app.spline.design/community/file/3cbf0e6a-09c8-4b47-9560-c3ff84130086>

## What you’ll learn

1. [0:00Intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhUypBNMc0&t=0s)
2. [0:20Creating the Background](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhUypBNMc0&t=20s)
3. [3:25Creating Liquid Glass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhUypBNMc0&t=205s)
4. [7:50Adding more objects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhUypBNMc0&t=470s)
5. [8:20Adding animation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhUypBNMc0&t=500s)

## Related resources

- [Liquid GlassTemplate](https://app.spline.design/academy/tutorials/create-liquid-glass-materials-in-3d?redirect-duplicate-template-uuid=f315d208-aa94-41bb-a212-5ad10704ba5c&is-2d-file=false)
- [Shape BlendDocument](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/shape-blend)
- [Fresnel LayerDocument](https://docs.spline.design/materials-shading/fresnel-layer)
- [Glass LayerDocument](https://docs.spline.design/materials-shading/glass-layer)

## Overview

- Spline 3D
- 12 min
- Beginner

## Up next

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