Blender Essential Training (Updated 16.06.2017)
Release date:2012, February 24
Duration:08 h 15 m
Author:George Maestri
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
This course provides an overview of modeling, animating, and rendering 3D graphics in the open-source software Blender. Beginning with a tour of the Blender interface, author George Maestri shows how to create and edit basic objects, work with modifiers and subdivision surfaces, and apply materials and textures. The course also demonstrates lighting 3D scenes, setting up and using cameras, animating objects, and assembling basic character rigs.
Topics include:
Navigating in 3D space
Selecting, rotating, and scaling objects
Using Snap to move objects precisely
Creating mesh primitives and extrusions
Subdividing meshes
Creating a simple creature
Joining mesh objects and stitching vertices
Organizing a scene with layers, groups, and hierarchies
Assigning glossy and reflective materials to objects
Creating bump maps
Creating sky and ambient light
Understanding ambient occlusion
Adding motion blur and depth of field
Editing animation in the Graph Editor
Building and animating a simple character
00. Introduction
001 – Welcome
002 – Using the exercise files
003 – Download Blender
004 – Using Blender on a Mac
005 – Using Blender on a laptop
01. The Blender Interface
006 – Overview of the Blender interface
007 – Understanding 3D view windows
008 – Navigating in 3D space
009 – Configuring user preferences
02. Selecting and Translating Objects
010 – Selecting objects
011 – Moving objects
012 – Rotating objects
013 – Scaling objects
014 – Understanding transform orientation
015 – Changing an objects origin
016 – Selecting pivot points
017 – Using Snap to move objects precisely
03. Modeling
018 – Creating mesh primitives
019 – Selecting vertices, edges, and faces
020 – Editing mesh objects
021 – Proportional editing
022 – Sculpt mode
023 – Working with edges and edge loops
024 – Extrusions
025 – Smooth shading objects
026 – Subdividing meshes
04. Advanced Modeling
027 – Working with modifiers
028 – Working with subdivision surfaces
029 – Creating a simple creature
030 – Symmetrical modeling with the Mirror modifier
031 – Joining mesh objects
032 – Stitching vertices
033 – Finalizing a simple creature
034 – Creating text
035 – Boolean tools
036 – Vertex groups
05. Staying Organized
037 – Using the Outliner
038 – Using layers
039 – Creating groups
040 – Working with scenes
041 – Creating hierarchies
06. Applying Materials
042 – Assigning materials to objects
043 – Diffuse shaders
044 – Working with specularity
045 – Using the Ramp Shader options
046 – Additional shading options
047 – Creating reflections
048 – Adding transparency and refractions
049 – Subsurface scattering
07. Adding Textures
050 – Adding a simple texture
051 – Using bitmaps
052 – Mapping textures in the UV Editor
053 – Using UV projections
054 – UV mapping a character
055 – Fine-tuning UV mapping
056 – Creating Bump and Normal maps
057 – Displacement mapping
058 – Using the node editor
08. Working with Light
059 – Adding lamps to a scene
060 – Fine-tuning ray-trace shadows
061 – Using spot lamps
062 – Fine-tuning buffer shadows
063 – Using Hemi lamps
064 – Working with Area lamps
065 – Creating sky and ambient light
066 – Adding background images
067 – Creating sunlight
068 – Ambient occlusion
09. Cameras and Rendering
069 – Working with cameras
070 – Creating camera targets with constraints
071 – Render properties
072 – Rendering animation
073 – Adding motion blur
074 – Creating depth of field
10. Basic Animation
075 – Understanding the Timeline
076 – Animating objects
077 – Animating properties
078 – Editing animation in the Graph Editor
079 – Using the Dope Sheet
080 – Path animation
11. Character Rigging
081 – Facial animation using shape keys
082 – Understanding armatures
083 – Fitting an armature to a creature
084 – Deforming a character with an armature
085 – Setting up inverse kinematics
086 – Controlling the hips and body
087 – Animating in Pose mode
088 – Creating a test animation
12. Rendering in Cycles
089 – Interactive rendering in cycles
090 – Render settings for cycles
091 – Create basic materials in cycles
092 – Using the Node Editor to refine materials
093 – Working with image maps
094 – Create bumps and deplacemenets
095 – Create lights in cycles
096 – Working wih ambient occlusion in cycles
097 – Create object-based lighting in cycles
098 – Image-based lighting in cycles
099 – Using environment lighting in cycles
100 – Lighting a scene in cycles
13. Conclusion
101 – Next steps
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