Blender Learning Units 1 - 6

This Learning Unit is dedicated to getting your personal computer loaded with all of the necessary software to take this course and begin learning the Blender interface.

It is extremely important that you make sure your computer is set up this week with all of the correct software to take this course.

• Read the computer specifications listed in the Syllabus. Your personal computer must meet these specifications to take this course.
• Make sure Adobe Acrobat Reader Version (latest version) is installed on your computer. You can download a free copy from http://www.adobe.com
• Make sure Real Media Player (latest version) is installed on your computer. You can download a free version of this player at http://www.real.com
• Make sure your computer browser supports the latest version of Flash.
• Make sure you are using MS Explorer version 7 or FireFox version 2(+) or Safari version 3(+) as you browser.
• Make sure you can open a ZIP file and extract the files from it.
• Download and install the latest version of Blender from the http://www.blender.org web site.
• View the Video tutorials Blender Default Scene, Splitting and Joining Windows, 3-D Viewport Navigation, Viewport Shading, Maneuvering About, Blender for Laptops, Loading and Saving Files, Primitive Mesh Objects, Icosphere Torus Objects, Plane Grid Circle Objects, Slecting Objects, Moving Objects, Scaling Objects and Rotating Objects. (Note: all video tutorials contain audio)
• Complete the First Animated Model - Yellow Submarine PDF tutorial. Any files you might need for the PDF tutorial are located in the zip file associated with the tutorial. Right-click on the zip file link and download it to your computer. Open the zip file from there and extract the files.

NOTE:
Click on the Real Media link to view streaming Real Media.
or
Click on the Flash link to view streaming Flash video. --- (Note: you can download the Flash file (.swf) by clicking on the Flash icon then clicking on the "Download" button. After downloading you can open the .swf file in your web browser)

First Animated Model - Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine PDF Tutorial
Yellow Submarine ZIP File
Yellow Submarine Animation - Flash

This Learning Unit is dedicated mostly to understanding some of the basic functions used in modeling and rendering. We will also do some mesh modeling tutorials that include adding a texture to an object.

• View the Video Tutorials: Perspective and Orthographic Projection, Blender Layers, Blender Default File, Undo/Redo, Naming Objects, Transform Properties Panel, Global and Local Orientation, Pivot Points, Object centers, Dump Window, Render Window and Render Screen
• Work through (with your copy of Blender open) the 3 PDF tutorials: Mesh Modeling - Sofa, Mesh Modeling - Snowman and Snowman Animation. This should give you some good practice in manipulating basic primitive objects in Blender. Any files you might need for the PDF tutorials are located in the zip file associated with the tutorial. Click on the zip file link and download it to your computer. Open the zip file from there and extract the files.

NOTE:
Click on the Real Media link to view streaming Real Media.
or
Click on the Flash link to view streaming Flash video. --- (Note: you can download the Flash file (.swf) by clicking on the Flash icon then clicking on the "Download" button. After downloading you can open the .swf file in your web browser)

Mesh Modeling - Sofa

Sofa PDF Tutorial
Sofa ZIP File

Mesh Modeling - Snowman

Snowman PDF Tutorial
Snowman ZIP File

Mesh Modeling - Snowman Animation

Snowman Animation PDF Tutorial
Snowman Animation ZIP File
Snowman Animation - Flash

This Learning Unit is dedicated mostly to understanding the the sub-object (edit mode) elements of an object. We will also continue on with some tutorials in mesh modeling

• View the Video Tutorials: Outliner Window, Text Window, Vertices Edges and Faces, Selecting Vertices, Selecting Edges, Selecting Faces, Subdivide, Extruding, Extrude Constraints and Organic Extrusion.
• Work through (with your copy of Blender open) the 3 PDF tutorials: My Blender, Mesh Modeling Vase and Mesh Modeling Hand. Any files you might need for the PDF tutorials are located in the zip file associated with the tutorial. Click on the zip file link and download it to your computer. Open the zip file from there and extract the files.

NOTE:
Click on the Real Media link to view streaming Real Media.
or
Click on the Flash link to view streaming Flash video. --- (Note: you can download the Flash file (.swf) by clicking on the Flash icon then clicking on the "Download" button. After downloading you can open the .swf file in your web browser)

My Blender . Blend

My Blender PDF Tutorial
My Blender Zip File

Mesh Modeling - Vase

Vase PDF Tutorial
Vase ZIP File

Mesh Modeling - Hand

Hand PDF Tutorial
Hand ZIP File

This Learning Unit is dedicated mostly to understanding the common material, camera and animation tools as well as a few more object mode modeling tools. There is also a PDF tutorial covering materials.

• View the Video Tutorials: Duplicating Objects, Parenting Objects, Deleting Objects, Blender Material Basics, Colored Material, Color Picker, Blender Camera, Align active Cmera, Camera Constraints, Basic Keyframe Animation, Timeline Window and (IPO (Interpolation) Window.
• Work through (with your copy of Blender open) the PDF tutorial: Simple Materials. Any files you might need for the PDF tutorial are located in the zip file associated with the tutorial. Click on the zip file link and download it to your computer. Open the zip file from there and extract the files

NOTE:
Click on the Real Media link to view streaming Real Media.
or
Click on the Flash link to view streaming Flash video. --- (Note: you can download the Flash file (.swf) by clicking on the Flash icon then clicking on the "Download" button. After downloading you can open the .swf file in your web browser)

Simple Materials - My Materials . Blend

Simple Materials PDF Tutorial
Simple Materials ZIP File

This Learning Unit is dedicated mostly to understanding the basic use of Blender's Lighting Tools ans well as the spin modeling tool and smoothing objects. There are two modeling PDF tutorials.

• View the Video Tutorials: Smoothing, Lamp Lamp, Spot Lamp, Sun Lamp, Hemi Lamp, Display Speed and File Size, Spin, Empty Object and Reset 3D Cursor.
• Work through (with your copy of Blender open) the 2 PDF tutorials: Loft Modeling – Sword and Loft Modeling - Wine Glass. Any files you might need for the PDF tutorial are located in the zip file associated with the tutorial. Click on the zip file link and download it to your computer. Open the zip file from there and extract the files.

NOTE:
Click on the Real Media link to view streaming Real Media.
or
Click on the Flash link to view streaming Flash video. --- (Note: you can download the Flash file (.swf) by clicking on the Flash icon then clicking on the "Download" button. After downloading you can open the .swf file in your web browser)

Loft Modeling - Sword

Sword PDF Tutorial
Sword ZIP File

Lathe Modeling - Wine Glass

Wine Glass PDF Tutorial
Wine Glass ZIP File

Mesh Modeling - Dice - Boolean

Dice PDF Tutorial
Dice ZIP File