The complete beginners guide to Blender and the world of 3D.
What you will learn
Gain comfortable with navigating through the Blender Interface
Learn the basics of 3D modeling, materials, texturing, lighting, animation, sculpting, particles and physics
Gain confidence in being able to tackle your own ambitious 3D projects
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Content
Introduction
Course Outline
Those Dreaded Shortcut Keys
Downloading and Installing Blender
Summary
The Blender Interface
Windows
The Blender Interface
Screen Layouts
Scene Management
Summary
The Properties Panel
Overview of the Properties Tabs
Render Settings
RenderLayer Settings
Scene Settings
World Settings
Object Settings
Modifiers and Constraints
Materials and Textures
Particles and Physics
Summary
Navigating Blender
The Blender “World”
Selecting Objects
Transforming Objects
Transforming the View
The Toolbars
Shortcut Keys
Summary
3D Modeling Basics
Objects in Blender
The 3D Cursor
The Edit Mode
Vertices, Edges and Faces
Loop cuts, Subdivision and Extrusion
Modifiers
Exercise: Creating a Vase
Summary
Materials and Texturing
The Cycles Rendering Engine
Cycles Shaders
The Powerful Shader System
Texturing
UV Mapping
Exercise: Leaf Texturing
Summary
Lighting
Lighting Types in Blender
Creating Awesome Lighting
Exercise: Lighting up a Simple Interior Room
Summary
Sculpting Basics
The Sculpt Mode
The Basics of Sculpting
Dynamic Sculpting in Blender
Summary
Animation
The Concept of Timeline and Keyframes
2 ways to animate in Blender
Animate everything in Blender
Summary
Particle System
What are particles?
Using Blender’s particle system
Exercise: Creating hair
Exercise: Making it rain
Summary
Physics System
Types of Physics in Blender
Exercise: Simulating a Pinball Machine
Exercise: Simulating a Waving Flag
Summary
Conclusion
Summary