Blender

Blender

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Blender For Dummies
By beetlejuice
Basic Controls :

Middle Click (mouse): cam angle

Scroll: Zoom in/ Zoom out

Click: Select object

Click Then Right Click: ability to move an object

Shift + F: Free fly (can use AWSD keys to move the camera around)

Numpad 0: Camera perspective

Rendering (F12)

Cancel Render (F11)

Rotate: R

Tab: When selecting TEXT press TAB to edit text

Save Rendered Image: F12 + F3
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How to create an object

Look to your left tab

Go to create

Click on an object

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Properties (The tab right side of the workspace)

Render: Displays Render options

Layer: Masking

Scene: Included world options (Like Gravity For example)

World: Includes Sky and lighting options

Cube: Apply properties to cubes

Object Constraints: Basically Criteria an object has to follow

Modifier: The name says it all

Object Data: Changes and modifies data of an object

Material: A way to change Material/Color of an object

Tex: Textures

Particles: The name also says it all

Cubes physics (for blender game)

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Different Render engines (top of your workspace)

Blender Render: The most basic, and the default Rendering engine

Blender Cycles: Enables the ability to add nodes to enhance the object (Node examples: Glossy, Glass, etc.)

Blender Game: Enables Physics and Game coding

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Animation

*edit (8/21/2020): A couple of years ago, I deleted all of the videos on my YouTube channel by mistake, and there is no way to recover them. I would simply make a new video, but I simply forgot how to use the program. (I have been in other pursuits) I am so sorry.

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Thanks for looking at this guide and I hope it helps, THUMBS UP!!!!!




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A picture of the properties of blender
Key Framing (goes with Animation Video)
Adding an object
Intro Video
Rendered image
28 Comments
Newbie 23 Oct, 2023 @ 7:20pm 
as a dummy this helps :steamthumbsup:
Scared of BEEEANSSSS??? 1 May, 2022 @ 9:12pm 
who tf spells WASD like that!?
Stix 10 Jan, 2022 @ 9:57pm 
thanks! :steamthumbsup:
Cheesebredperson 30 Sep, 2021 @ 10:38pm 
instructions unclear i destroyed all objects... also whats a object
rtrb-_. 22 Apr, 2021 @ 7:56am 
finally a guide without insulting dummies.
Pooiloui 7 Apr, 2021 @ 10:43am 
It somehow helped me :steamthumbsup:
beetel 15 Oct, 2020 @ 8:17am 
nice
Tman5209 22 Aug, 2020 @ 5:03pm 
im the worst at this i cant even make a simple smiley face
Icoraz 25 Jul, 2020 @ 2:06am 
Thanks you so much! I've lost a lot of time trying to figure out camera rotation/cam angle, no joke.