Other things you can do here are managing your add-ons and themes, and viewing basic system information.įrom here, depending on what you'd like to use Blender for, there are more functions than you'll ever need. By clicking on the user preferences tab, a window will pop up where you can edit how things appear on the interface like scaling the display, and enabling certain functions in view manipulation. The first thing you'll want to do when you start creating is adjusting the settings to your liking. You'll see photos of themselves and their work, a biography, and links to their portfolios and social media where you can contact them to start training.

Sort by continent, the type of training you'd like (one on one or a classroom learning type format), and the type of work that you'll be doing, and a list of people that can help you will pop up. On the Blender Network, you have the opportunity to connect with people all over the world who have experience using Blender for their individual projects. Your other option for learning about what you can do with Blender is the Blender Network. In the 'Modeling' section, you can learn how to make a human head, in 'Lighting', you'll go in depth on textures and styles, and the list goes on. Under 'Getting Started', you'll see everything that you need to learn the basics of how to navigate around the interface, and videos about creating game assets. There's an entire page dedicated to tutorials separated into sections. Never fear, Blender gives you plenty of options for help. Unless you've got a background in 3D modeling, animation, and other related areas and you've have previous experience with tools to create, it's a bit confusing. The software contains a massive amount of features and even if you're only using it to 3D print something, you most likely won't touch half of the functions available. If you're a beginner to Blender, at this point you might feel a little overwhelmed. Once it's done, the program opens and you can begin creating immediately.

For us, installation speeds were really fast the whole process only took about three minutes for 84MB. Choose what platform you'll be running the program on and start the installation. On the website, you'll see all the amazing things you can do with the software like creating feature films and video games, and all of the features that it comes with. A 3D tool suite streamlined for individual and small company use

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