Blender Introduction
Course Facts
- 3 day course
- Our Trainers are Authorised Professionals
- Live Online or Classroom-based
- Certificate of completion
- Maximum class size of 6 for scheduled courses
- Unlimited support after your course
- Courses at all levels: Introduction, Intermediate, Advanced and Masterclasses
Course Outline
- Introduction to the Interface
- Modelling in 3D
- Modifiers and Deformation
- Lights
- Materials
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Overview
Course Outline
Introduction to the Interface
- The Blender workspace
- Viewports and navigation
- 3D space and 3D objects
- Tools
- Creating, moving, scaling, and rotating objects
Modelling in 3D
- Objects
- Mesh Objects
- Curves
- Surfaces
- Text Objects
- Meta Objects
- Objects with parent/child relationships
- Group Objects
Modifiers and Deformation
- Modify
- Generate
- Deform
- Simulate
Lights
- Lamps
- Shadows
- Volumetric lights
- Scene lights
- 3 point lighting set-ups
Materials
- Material Usage
- Material Properties
- Node materials
- Vertex Paint
Textures
- Texture Types
- Texture Painting
- Texture Mapping
- Influence (bump maps and displacement maps)
Rigging
- Armatures
- Creating animation Bones
- Posing and key positioning
Animation
- Frames and Key frames
- Animation Techniques
- Bouncing balls
- Animation Editors
- Human movement techniques
Physical Simulation
- Dynamics (force field and collision)
- Particles
- Fluids
- Smoke
Cameras
- Setting a camera in the scene
- Lenses and perspective
- Real life camera limitations
- Animating the camera in 3D space
Rendering
- Rendering a Still image
- Rendering Animations
- Camera Depth of Field
- Render Properties
- Render final passes (for compositing, e.g. After Effects)
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Our experts are accredited by Adobe, Apple and Claris and bring years of experience and real-world expertise.
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SEE COURSESUseful Links
- Blender home page – Official Blender page
- Assess Blender with Epidemic Sound – Pros and cons of Blender
- Wikipedia page for Blender – History and capabilities of Blender
- Blender review page – From SodtwareAdvice.com
- Tutorials page for Blender – Starting point for official Blender-recommended tutorials
- Blender Studio – Subscribe to access invaluable production knowledge from Blender Studio
- Complete beginner's guide to Blender – Here’s what you need to know to get started using this powerful, free 3D creation suite
- Blender manual – Lots of guides, written by the Blender foundation