# How to Create Interactive Sand Particles in 3D (https://academy.spline.design/tutorials/how-to-create-interactive-sand-particles-in-3d)

> A video tutorial from the Spline Academy.

- Product: Spline 3D
- Level: intermediate
- Duration: 11 min 9 s
- Published: 2024-03-28
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g
- Part of: [Spline Advanced | Feature Deep Dive](https://academy.spline.design/collections/spline-advanced-feature-deep-dive.md)

## About this tutorial

Hello everyone! ⏳ In this video, you will learn how to create a sand-like texture using the 3d particle system and how to have the sand follow your cursor using Spline. Plus walk through the exporting process from Spline onto a website using Framer.

Jump into Spline 👉  https://spline.design/ (It’s free! 😉)

Framer Template: https://the-growth.framer.website/

Learn more About Particles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRhLWE_cXkc

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https://community.spline.design/

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## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g&t=0s) Intro
- [0:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g&t=22s) What Are Particles?
- [0:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g&t=54s) Creating a Sphere
- [2:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g&t=121s) Adding a Collider (Particle Force)
- [2:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g&t=171s) Creating Sand Particles
- [7:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g&t=473s) Making the Particle Follow Your Cursor (Follow Event)
- [8:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g&t=516s) Exporting
- [9:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_EJGDYN-g&t=561s) Embedding into Framer

## Related documentation

- [Particles](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/particles)
- [Follow Event](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/events/follow-event)