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Author: Neal Hirsig

Blender 3D Design, Spring 2008
Neal Hirsig, Instructor
Tufts University

1. Blender Video Tutorials

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1.1. Basic Blender GUI

REAL MEDIA

FLASH VIDEO


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Blender Default Scene

Splitting and Joining Windows

3D Viewport Navigation

Viewport Shading

Perspective/Orthographic Projection

Maneuvering About

Blender For Laptops

Blender Layers

Loading and Saving Files

Blender Default File

Undo / Redo

Outliner Window

NEW-Blender Data Blocks Part 1

NEW-Blender Data Blocks Part 2

Text Window

Background Image

Appending Objects

NEW-Blender Groups

Appending Materials

NEW-Display Speed and File Size

NEW-File Browser and Image Browser

NEW-Reset 3D Cursor

NEW-Keyboard Shortcuts Window

1.2. Object Mode Modeling


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Primitive Mesh Objects

Icosphere - Torus Objects

Naming Objects

Selecting Objects

Moving Objects

Scaling Objects

Rotating Objects

Transform Properties Panel

Global and Local Orientation

Pivot Points

Object Centers

Duplicating Objects

Parenting Objects

Deleting Objects

Joining Objects

Separating Objects

Boolean Objects Part 1

Boolean Objects Part 2

Smoothing

Plane - Grid - Circle Objects

Empty Object

Text Objects

NEW-Subsurf

NEW-Symmetrical Modeling Part 1

NEW-Symmetrical Modeling Part 2

NEW-Mirror Menu

Decimator Tool

NEW-Curve Modifier

Lattice Deformation

Bevelling Tool

NEW-Blender Snap Menu

NEW-Array Modifier Part 1

NEW-Array Modifier Part 2

NEW-Dupliverts

1.3. Blender Camera and Scenes


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Blender Camera

NEW-Align Active Camera

Camera Constraints

NEW-Multiple Blender Scenes

NEW-Multiple Cameras

NEW-Set Chaining

1.4. Animation


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Basic Keyframe Animation

Timeline Window

IPO (Interpolation) Curve Window

Path Animation

Alpha Animation

Cyclic Animation

Layer Animation

Camera Path Fly Around

Animating Lattice Deformation

NEW-Creating An Animated GIF

1.5. Modeling Demos


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NEW-Box Modeling Frog Part 1

NEW-Box Modeling Frog Part 2

NEW-Box Modeling Frog Part 3

NEW-Box Modeling Frog Part 4

NEW-Box Modeling Frog Part 5

1.6. Rendering


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Dump Window

Render Image

Render Screen

1.7. Blender Materials


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Blender Material Basics

Colored Material

NEW-Color Picker

Multiple Materials

Image Textures

Multiple Textures

Noise

Tweaking Materials

Transparent Image Textures

Bump Map Texture

Packaging Texture Images

UV Textures Part 1

UV Textures Part 2

UV Textures Part 3

UV Textures Part 4

UV Textures Part 5

NEW-Color Gradient

NEW-Texture Gradient

1.8. Blender Lighting


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Lamp Lamp

Spot Lamp

Sun Lamp

Hemi Lamp

Volumetric Lighting

Lamp Textures

Lamp Constraints and Parenting

3 Point Lighting

1.9. Edit Mode Modeling


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Vertices, Edges and Faces

Selecting Vertices

Selecting Edges

Selecting Faces

Subdivide

Extruding

Extrude Constraints

NEW-Extrude Dup

NEW-Organic Extrusion

Spin

Spin Dup

Hooks

Warp

Proportional Editing

Vertex/Edge/Face Loop Selection

Face Loop Splitting

NEW-Transform Snap Tool

NEW-Knife Cut Tool Subdivide

NEW-Edge Split Modifier

NEW-Rip Tool

1.10. Modeling Problems


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NEW-Cutting A Hole-Flat Surface

NEW-Cutting A Hole-Curved Surface

NEW-Smoothing Problems

NEW-Curving A Surface Along 2 Axes

1.11. Curves


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Bezier Curve

NURBS Curve

NEW-Loft Modeling - Bevel and Taper

1.12. Blender Particle System


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Basic Blender Particles

Objects as Particles

Fire Effect

Particles Lattice Deformation

Static Particles-Fur

1.13. World


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World Background Color

World Background Image

Mist

Stars

1.14. Google Earth


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Basic Google Earth

Google Earth Footprint

NEW-Blender/GE UV Textures

NEW-Exporting Blender Model For GE

NEW-Importing Blender Model In GE

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