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Blender 3D

Noob to Pro

Blender 3D: Noob to Pro

Unit 1 - Background

Knowing before Making

What Blender Can Do

Section 1A - 3D Concepts

3D Geometry

Coordinate Transformations

Orthographic Views

Perspective Views

Coordinate Spaces in Blender

Section 1B - User Interface (UI)

Overview

Keystroke, Button, and Menu Notation

Non-standard Input Devices

Operating System-specific Issues

Blender User Interface

Blender Windowing System

User Preferences Windows

Properties Window

3D View Windows

Object Mode

Unit 2 - Basic Modeling and Shading

Section 2A - Your First Mesh Models

Meshes and Edit Mode

Normals and Shading

More Mesh Editing Techniques

Quickie Lighting

Quickie Model

Quickie Render

Enter the World

Understanding the Camera

Improving Your House

Section 2B - Smooth Meshes (Simple Person with a Hat)

Extruding a Simple Person

Smoothing Your Simple Person

Improving Your Simple Person

Spinning a Simple Hat

Putting the Hat on the Person

Section 2C - Materials and Textures

Overview

Quickie Material

Multiple Materials per Object

Metal Versus Plastic

Texture Settings

Image Textures

Procedural Textures

Quickie Texture

Halo Materials

Section 2D - Beyond Basics

Blender Memory Management

Using Bones

Mountains out of Molehills

Modeling a Volcano

Penguins from Spheres

Dicing With Depth (Dice Modeling)

Model a Goblet

Model a Silver Goblet

Model a Silver Goblet Another Way

Spin a goblet

Light a Silver Goblet (Early look at lighting)

Simple Vehicle

Simple Vehicle: Wheel

Simple Vehicle: MudTires

Simple Vehicle: Seat

Simple Vehicle: Rocket Launcher

Simple Vehicle: Body

Simple Vehicle: Some Assembly Required

Modeling a 3D Parachute in Blender

Model a Low Poly Head

Building a House

Pipe joints

Lighting Suzanne: Introductory one lamp lighting

Section 2E - Curve and Path Modeling

Overview

Intro to Bézier Curves

Bevelling a Curve

NURBS Patches

Deforming Meshes using the Curve Modifier

The Empty Object

Section 2F - Using Reference Photos

Background Images

Aligning Vertices with a Guide Image

Modeling a Fox from Guide Images

Using Bézier Curve to Model a 3D logo from a 2D logo

Section 2G - Further Materials and Textures

Subsurface Scattering

Ray Tracing

Using Textures

Using a texture to make a material partially transparent

Creating Basic Seawater

Mountains Out Of Molehills 2

Basic Carpet Texture

The Rusty Ball

Creating Pixar-looking eyes

Procedural Eyeball

Putting It All Together: A Dragon!

Unit 3 - Broadening Horizons

The UV/Image Editor

Section 3A - UV Maps - Pasting photos to 3D surfaces

UV Map Basics

Realistic Eyes In Blender

Section 3B - Lighting

Beginning Lighting

Understanding Real Lights

Understanding Blender Lights

Basic Lighting Rigs

Faked Global Illumination with Blender internal

Practising Good Parenting

Section 3C - Basic Animation

Overview

Introduction to Keyframing

The Ways of the Animator

Animation Editors

Introducing the Graph Editor

Animation Rendering

Lattice Modifier

Bouncing Ball with Lattice

Creating Basic Water Animation

Flying Through a Canyon

Using the Sequencer to Compile Frames into an Animation

Further Rendering Options

Section 3D - Particle Systems

Overview

Fire

Fur

Fireworks

Particles forming Shapes

Billboard Animation

Section 3E - Soft Bodies

Soft Body Animation

Simple Cloth Animation

Soft Body with Wind

Section 3F - Blender Game Engine

Blender Game Engine Basics- Rolling Ball

Platformer: Controls and Movement

Maze: Force and Multiple Levels

Platformer: Improving the Physics

How to Make an Executable

Build a Skybox

Basic Mouse Pointer

Text in BGE

Platformer: Creating the Engine with Python

Unit 4 - Taking Off with Advanced Tutorials

Section 4A - Python Scripting

Introduction

Anatomy Of An Addon

A User Interface For Your Addon

Adding A Custom Property

A Separately Installable Addon

Object, Action, Settings

Section 4B - Advanced Modeling

Overview

High Dynamic Range imaging (HDRi)

Creating a Light Probe

Landscape Modeling with Heightmaps

How to Do Procedural Landscape Modeling

Landscape Modeling I: Basic Terrain

Landscape Modeling II: Texture Stenciling

Landscape Modeling III: Exporting as a Heightmap

Section 4C - Advanced Materials and Textures

Bump Mapping

Normal Mapping

Texture Normals

Color Map Normals

Section 4D - Nodes

Introduction

Texture Nodes

Material Nodes

Compositing

Further Compositing: A Portal Effect

Advanced Rendering

Introduction to Cycles

A Glass Material in Cycles

Dealing with Firefles in Cycles

Firefles in Cycles, Continued

Procedural Eyeball in Cycles

Introduction to Freestyle

Section 4E - Advanced Animation

Overview

Introduction

Guided Tour:

Armature Object

Armature Object in Object Mode

Armature Object in Edit Mode

Armature Object in Pose mode

Mesh Object

Connection between Armature and Mesh

Envelope

Vertex Groups & Weight Paint

Shape Keys

Lip-Sync with Shape Keys

Constraints

Copy Location

Copy Rotation

Track-To

Floor

Locked Track

Follow Path

Stretch-To

IK Solver

Timeline Window

IPO Window

Data Type

NLA Window

Introduction To NLA Editor

The Stride feature

Relative Vertex Keys

Working Example: Bob

Building the Rig

Deform the Mesh

Create a Walk Cycle

Working example: Piston, Rod and Crank

Working example: Cutting Through Steel

Section 4F - Advanced Game Engine

Overview

Advanced Game Engine Techniques (GUI)

Creating Pop-Up Menus

Creating Dropping Menus

The "5-Layer" Button

Creating Object Outlines

Advanced Game Engine Techniques (Python)

Hacking Blender

Introduction to Game Engine Source

Appendices

Appendix A - Reference Material

Glossary

Frequently Asked Questions

Tutorial Links List

Hotkeys

Output Formats

Image Portfolio

Blender Glossary

Materials Directory: Every Material Known To Man

Sources of free 3D models

All Blueprints Links

Materials, Textures, Photos

Appendix B - Advice

Appendix B1 - General advice

Asking for Help

Tips for a Successful Project

Modeling Realistically

Modeling tips

Appendix B2 - Performance tips

Cheat the 3D

Performance vs. Quality

Appendix C - Miscellaneous Tutorials

Modeling a Gingerbread Man

Modeling a simple space-ship

GIMP)

Part 1 - Preparing the Scene

Creating Weapons based on 2D Images

Modeling with Meta Balls

Match Moving

Match Moving/Motion Tracking with Icarus and Blender

Create a Clayman

Organic Modeling

Understanding the Fluid Simulator

Creating a jewel in Blender

Modeling a picture

Modeling with the Spin Tool

Spin Tool Introduction

Illustrative Example: Model a Wine Glass

Creating Ogg-Theora movies using Blender

Creating animated GIFs using Blender and Gimp

3D Tiling Backgrounds For The Web

Cool Things That Aren't That Obvious in Blender

Troubleshooting

Creating Blender Libraries

Add some depth with stereo

Ways to create a "fluffy" effect (materials and lights)

Human Body

Rendering Information

Using Blender Libraries

Beginning Modeling Final Project

Using Inkscape to make advanced Bezier curves

Light Mapping

Platonic Solids

Modeling techniques and Workflow

Polygonal Modeling

Box Modeling

Illustrative example: Model a Chair (Swan Chair)

Model a Chair-Preparations

Model a Chair-The Seat

Model a Chair-The Feet

Illustrative Example: Modeling a Simple Human Character

Modeling a Human Character - Preparations

Modeling a Human Character - Modeling

Polygon by Polygon modeling

Animation Notes and FAQ

Customization

Mist - Make Objects Opaque