Blender 3D: Noob to Pro

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[edit] Authors & Contributors

This book has been brought to you thanks to the efforts of the fine folks listed on the Authors & Contributors page and a few people who just edit anonymously.

[edit] Intro

This book is a series of tutorials arranged in a sequence to help the new user become a Blender expert. The tutorials become increasingly more difficult. As a result, intermediate users may quickly advance to whatever tutorial is most suitable for their knowledge and can continue along the sequence. Although there are many different learning paths a user could take, we've made a concerted effort to accommodate everyone.

The tutorials should be followed in sequence. Blender beginners should not skip ahead in tutorials and expect to be able to accomplish anything, because the tutorials build on what was taught in the previous tutorials.

Sometimes it's good to set goals and write down what you want to achieve in Blender. If you tell yourself, "I want to animate [what you want to animate]," then write it down. You would then be more likely to be able to animate.

All application versions can be found on blender.org.

This book is one of the Blender-related Wikibooks. Have a look at the complementary ones.

Also should you ever find this tutorial insufficient, or in some way uninformative, you can also consult The Blender Userguide. I discovered this after using this tutorial, and have found it useful. I caution, it is more technical than this tutorial.

[edit] Contributing to this book

If you would like to contribute to this book, you are strongly encouraged (to be read as "begged") to do so! There are a couple of things you may wish to do.

[edit] Editing a page

Simply click on the "edit this page" link at the top of whichever page you would like to edit! Your contribution will be immediately made live, but will also be quickly reviewed, so using these pages to link to a pornographic site is a waste of time and energy, as offending additions will be quickly removed. This also applies to spam and flaming. You can also ask questions and make comments about each page by clicking the "discussion" link at the top of the page.

[edit] Adding a page

If you would like to add a page to the book, such as a new tutorial page or a reference page, create a link to it under the Contents section on this very page. Then with that link live, click it to be taken to the new page where you will be able to create content for the page. If you're putting up a tutorial and you don't know where it belongs, put it in the Miscellaneous section for now and we will tweak it and put it in the right spot. For instructions on how to name your pages appropriately, click here.

To maintain ease of navigation throughout the book, please be sure to create links to the pages before and after your new page, using the format that can be seen here. Also be sure to update the page before and after your new page with links to your new page. You can skip this step if you think the page you are putting in will likely be moved from where you put it, but in this case you should also ask for an opinion via the "discussion" tab..