All these learning Lessons are from Neal Hirsigs website gryllus.net! Thanks Neil for making these tutorials all open content! Everyone go to his website, and thank him for these great tutorials!
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)
| Blender Default Scene | | | |
| Splitting and Joining Windows | | | |
| 3D Viewport Navigation | | | |
| Viewport Shading | | | |
| Maneuvering About | | | |
| Blender For Laptops | | | |
| Loading and Saving Files | | | |
| Primitive Mesh Objects | | | |
| Icosphere - Torus Objects | | | |
| Plane - Grid - Circle Objects | | | |
| Selecting Objects | | | |
| Moving Objects | | | |
| Scaling Objects | | | |
| Rotating Objects | | |
 | First Animated Model - Yellow Submarine Yellow Submarine PDF Tutorial Click Here for Lesson 2 |
8 comments:
Thanks for the great tutorials
Thx, great tutorial!
Thank you so much for the very clear and useful tutorials! I feel a lot comfortable using blender now. Thanks again!
This is an awesome intro to Blender. Everything is crystal clear and the instructor doesn't waste a lot of time getting to the point. Thanks so much for your help.
Caleb
HUGE thanks for creating these! I've avoided using Blender for years due to lack of good tutorials ... FINALLY someone made it simple! (Well, as simple as Blender can be :-) Thanks!
Thanks! Best tutorial!
goodness it doesn't EVER get better than this! omg THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Thankyou SOooo Much. This was super easy to follow
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