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Blender 2.8 Tutorial #1: Intro for Beginners #b3d

From BornCG, this YouTube tutorial takes only 46 minutes to complete. It bangs out the bare necessities of Blender, enabling students to get past the absolute basics and primed for more advanced forays into Blender applications.

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Created by: BornCG

Produced in 2019

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Blender Awards Best Crash Course

In this Blender 2.8 Tutorial #1 I cover: - How to get Blender & System Requirements (1:23) - Blender 2.80's new splash screen and 'Quick Setup' settings (2:12) - Blender's user interface (layout and editors) (3:47) - Workspace (UI layouts: Top Tabs) (6:52) - Splitting & Joining Editor Windows & changing Editor Types (8:18) - Navigating the 3D View Editor (Gizmos & Mouse controls) (9:42) - Views (Front, Sides, Top, etc) using Gizmos and Shortcuts (11:14) - Viewport Shading Modes (Solid/Wireframe/LookDev/Rendered) (14:20) - Toolbar Tools: Select, Transformation (Move/Rotate/Scale) using Transform Gizmos (16:27) - Adding Objects, Primitive Object Settings, & the 3D Cursor (19:16) - Grab/Rotate/Scale with Keyboard shortcuts + Modifier keys (23:09) - Make a snowman! + Duplicating Objects + Right-Click Context menu (28:52) - Adding simple Materials (colors) to Mesh Objects (34:46) - Positioning the Camera and Rendering a still image (37:41) - Saving a Rendered Image (41:31) - Saving your .Blend file (42:55) - More Blender 2.8 Tutorials to come! + Tutorial numbers, thumbnails & topics (44:10)

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Time: 45m

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- At 46 minutes, virtually anyone can complete this course. It is the height of accessibility.
- Efficiently arranged information makes this tutorial more useful than many of its longer counterparts.
- BornCG offers a host of additional tutorials that can supplement and build on what is learned in the intro.
- This tutorial is really designed for an absolute first look at Blender. Some students will be underwhelmed.
- At 46 minutes, you will be left with more questions than answers.
- Course might not be deep enough to help students discern how deeply they want to explore Blender.