Blender From Zero

A complete course for beginners

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Brand new to 3d or Blender or both?

This is the one for you!

Want to get into 3d

but feeling overwhelmed?

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A step-by-step course

perfect for you.

  • An absolute-beginner friendly introduction to the fundamentals of 3d in Blender

  • A deep dive into the how and why of all the tools you’ll need to start working confidently in 3d.

  • A fun exercise in free, unconstrained image-making.

61 Videos - 3h 24minutes

6 Logical Modules

A Complete Beginner's Curriculum:

1. Interface (6 Videos)

A complete tour of Blender's super-flexible UI

  • How panels and windows function

  • Split and join windows: customize your layout

  • Make it easy to work on multiple facets of your projects simultaneously.

  • A detailed look at the main windows: 3d Viewport, Outliner, Properties Editor.

2. Navigation (4 Videos)

Learn to move in 3d space

  • Using the middle mouse button

  • Navigational HUD elements (or “gizmos”).

  • Working in orthographic views

  • Navigational preference settings

  • Navigational "pie" or HUD menu

3. Creating & Transforming Objects (14 Videos)

Create and manipulate 3d forms

  • Constrain how we move, scale and rotate (transform) objects

  • Keyboard shortcuts

  • Transforming objects with precision

  • Transform gizmos

  • Global Vs Local Coordinates

  • Snap Menu and Pivot Point: control where an object is transformed from.

  • Bringing simple 3d objects into a scene.

  • 3D cursor and how to control its placement

  • Last-Operation menu: tweak object parameters

  • Snap objects to surfaces

  • "Draw" objects into existence

  • Extra Objects addon

4. Edit Mode (15 Videos)

Take control of your geometry

  • Access the vertices, edges and polygons of your models

  • Extrude Tool: pull new geometry out of the surface of your model

  • Inset Tool

  • Loop Cuts

  • Bevel tool

  • Apply Object Scale; Object Vs Edit Mode

  • Split an object into separate parts

  • Delete specific types of geometry

  • Proportional Editing: transform whole regions of an object

  • Hierarchies: “child” components and “parent” objects

  • Bool Tool: easily join, split and cut objects

5. Materials (11 Videos)

Add Colour and Texture

  • Apply multiple materials to a single object.

  • Material types: metallic, transparent, image-based

  • Procedural or mathematically generated materials

  • Mapping: how materials are applied to an object’s surface

6. Lighting & Rendering

(7 Videos)

Prepare to output a finished image

  • World (ambient) lighting

  • HDRI (image-based) lighting

  • Area lamps, and tips on how to position them.

  • Control the resolution and fidelity of the final output

  • Eevee and Cycles render engines

  • Balance image quality against render time

Testimonials

I really can't recommend that BLENDER FROM ZERO training highly enough as a way to quickly get up to speed. It’s absolutely terrific! So many little gotchas coming from C4D explained in a quick and clear way.

I really appreciate short and focused chapters

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