Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Tutorial Links List
Here you can find useful Blender Tutorial Links written in English. Feel free to add some cool tutorials, but, on this page, only in English. For tutorials in other languages please read About. A tutorial about editing these pages can be found here. New to the 3D world? Read To Those Learning 3D.
General Blender Tutorials [edit]
Almost all Manuals can be found in the latest official Blender Manual Books. For additional tutorials look below this topic.
- Documentation at Blender3D.org
- Andrew “Blender Guru” Price’s website and YouTube area
- official Blender wiki
- Blender Cookie
- Categorized list of Blender 3D Tutorials
Interface [edit]
- Blender Basics: 2 Minute Tutorials - The Interface
- The best website to learn Blender 3d
- Blender Interface Theme Repository
- Basic Editing
- Blender Hotkeys
- Blender Hotkeys II
- Basic Blender (Broken Link)
- Basic Interface (Broken Link)
- Blender Multimedia
- Changing Views
- First Impression
- Getting Started
- Removing Orphan Vertices
- Seeing Textures with Alt-Z
- Stereoscopic camera for editing
- Blueprint Setup : Blender3d Club
Mesh Modeling [edit]
- Basic Modeling
- Video - DupliVerts Tutorial
- How to solve Blender's smoothing problems: discussion about smoothing strategies: Smooth/Solid, Auto Smooth, EdgeSplit modifier...
- Heightmaps
- Mesh Editing Techniques broken link
- Object Extrusion and Procedural Objects broken link
- Loops Corkscrews Problem
- Loopings Problem
- Knots in Curves Problem
- ZeTool
- DupliFrames Modeling I
- DupliFrames Modeling II
- Dupliframes
- Spin Modeling : Blender3d Club
- Spin and Spin Dup - Needs a lot more explanation
- Automatized BevOb
- Extrusion along a Path using BevOb
- Path Extrusion
- DupliVerts
- Limit DupliVerts
- Types of Handles for Bezier Curves
- Beveled Cube (pdf tutorial)(Broken Link)
- Joining/Separating Parts of a Mesh
- Extrusion Controlled by IPO
- Basic objects
- Modelling Techniques and Strategies
- Easily Remove Orphan Edges and Vertices
- Non-destructive bevel effect
- "Cage" Technique Tutorial
- Creating Fire
Nurbs and Subsurface Modeling [edit]
- Subsurface modeling tutorial
- IPOs, Lattices, Nurbs & Stuff (Broken Link)
- Cross-Sections
- Curve Resolution
- Weight Parameter
- OrderU, UniformU and EndpointU
- Curves -n- Bevels
- Making a Hole in Subsurf
- Subsurf Edge Rolling - Round
- Subsurf Edge Rolling - Square
- Modeling with lattices - a fork
- Subsurf modeling 2
- Metaballs
- Abstract SubSurf modeling I
Specific Object Modeling [edit]
- Wooden Crate
- Sponge Bob : Blender3d Club
- Double-Helix
- Turtle
- Leaf Shader Tutorial
- Sears-Roebuck Dairy Barn
- Golf Ball
- Celtic Knot
- Simple Tree
- Making a pedestal(broken)
- Building a Castle(broken)
- Ice Cube (pdf tutorial)
- Water I (pdf tutorial)
- Water II (pdf tutorial)
- Space Pod (Dead link)
- Grass (Link moved)
- Bongo Creature (Broken Link)
- Spiral Stairs (All blenderwars links dead)
- Waste Basket(Domain Expired)
- Beveled Cube (Domain Expired)
- Simple Box (Domain Expired)
- Fountain with Moving Water(Dead link)
- Track Creation (Broken link)
- Dolphin(dead link)
- Dice
- Die with round corners
- Logo
- Cutting through steel
- Roller Coaster
- Roller Coster Cobra
- Modelling a Glass (broken)
- Ocean View
- Solar Systems for beginners (Domain Expired)
- Chair
- Spiral Stair(Broken link)
- Lighthouse(Dead link)
- Landscape(Broken link)
- Landscapes Easy (Dead link)
- Cloth Tutorial (dead link) archived version
- Cup
- Cola cane (Dead Link)
- Candle
- Volcano
- Orbital Logo
- Realistic Planet (Dead Link)
- Landscape Cartoon (pdf tutorial)
- Text
- Text Part 1: Manipulate Text (Old link. Might this be the aimed for one? Text Part 1: Manipulate Text)
Human [edit]
Cars [edit]
Texture Mapping [edit]
- Video - Basic Materials
- Making a Lightsaber with Halos (link repaired!)
- The Unofficial Texturing Tutorial
- Material Indice Tutorial
- Transparency and Refraction
- Reflections
- Texturing landscapes according to slopes
- Using Texture Stencils
- Chrome and Shiny Metal Surfaces
- Texturing Tutorial (NOTE: For the game Total Annihilation, not really a general tut)
- Textures in OrCo mode(Broken link)
- Material Indices(Broken link)
- Textures Channels(Broken link)
- Textures Mapping(Broken link)
- Specular Color(Broken link)
- The Color(Broken link)
- Materials in Blender(Broken link)
- Alpha, Bump, and Specular image textures
- Specular Maps : Blender3d Club
- Image Textures (Broken link)
- Decals (Broken link)
- Chrome (Broken link)
- Alpha Masks
- Textures with Alpha
- Textures with Bumpmapping
- Using More Than One Color(Broken link)
- Adding Color To Your Shapes(Broken link)
- Using Textures and Bumpmapping Them(Broken link)
- Texture Mapping Tutorial (pictures ok now 18/03/2006)(Broken link)
- Environment Mapping (pictures ok now 18/03/2006)(Broken link)
- Mapping Caracter(Broken link)
- Creation and Mapping
- Displacement Mapping(Broken link)
- Game Sprites (Broken link)
- Stencilling Textures (Broken link)
UV Mapping [edit]
- 2 Minute Tutorial: Blender Basics - UV Mapping (Project from View)
- Video - UV Mapping
- UV Mapping & Texturing
- Sub-Surf and UV-Texturing problem
- UV Mapping
- Complex material for a sword
Animated Textures [edit]
- Video - Changing Colors Of Objects Mid Animation
- Blender TexMesh Tutorial * exposed
- animating masks for simulating ice freeze
- Animated Procedural Textures (pdf tutorial)
Nodes [edit]
2D Texture Painting Techniques [edit]
This part isn't about using Blender, but about necessary 2D knowledge for advanced Blender users.
- Steven Stahlberg's Tutorials * exposed
- Dirty Metal Texture (Broken Link)
- Gritty Pipelines (Broken Link)
- Digital Painting (Broken Link)
- NWN Texturing Tutorials
- Fixing Lighting Irregulaties in Self-Tiling Maps
- Texture Map for the Iris of the Eye (Broken Link)
- Airplane Texture Tutorial (Broken Link)
- Game Skinning Tips (Broken Link)
- Game Lighting Basics I (Broken Link)
- Game Lighting Basics II (Broken Link)
- Texturing with Gimp
Lighting, Shadows and Rendering [edit]
- 2 Minute Tutorials: Blender Basics - An Outline of Lighting and Rendering in Cycles
- Light - a detailed tutorial (Broken Link)
- Yafray as an Integrated External Renderer (Broken Link)
- Basic 3 Point Lighting
- Radiosity I
- Radiosity II
- Ramp Shaders
- Simulating Radiosity
- Caustic Sampler Tutorial (Broken Link)
- Shadows Control (Broken Link)
- The 'World' buttons within Blender (Broken Link)
- Mastering Shadows (Broken Link)
- Ambient Occlusion
- Soft Shadows and Area Lights
- Depth of Field (Broken Link)
- Soft Lights (pdf tutorial)
- Blender's Mist
- Basic Lighting
- Optimizing Renders
- Flares
- Toon Shading (Broken Link)
- Simple Gold Ring with Caustics (Broken Link)
Armatures and IK [edit]
- Video - Basic Armatures
- Dancing Flor * exposed
- Animation Workshop II * exposed
- Using Ipo driven shape keys to correct deformations in joints * exposed (Broken Link)
- Animation recode project
- Action Constraints tutorial made easy
- Rigged Character(broken link)
- Driven Hand Rig
- Constrained Mechanics
- Armatures Tutorial (Broken Link)
- Animation using Armatures (Broken Link)
- Ikas Blender 3D - Introduction
- Constrained Mechanics (Broken Link)
- Using Armatures (Broken Link)
- Making and Using Armatures (Broken Link)
- Character Animation tools (Broken Link)
- IK Solver Constraint (Broken Link)
- Softbody for Rigged Characters (Broken Link)
- Rigging limbs that can twist (Broken Link)
- Rigging tricks (Broken Link)
- IKA Tutorial
Animation [edit]
- Weight Painting : Blender3d Club
- Learn Animation
- Video - Animation Basics
- Simple Animations
- Basic Keyframing (Broken Link)
- Effects
- Character Animation (Broken Link)
- Run Cycle (Non Blender specific)
- Lip Sync I Blender 2.23
- Lip Sync II (Broken Link)
- Walking Blues
- Non Linear Action Editor - NLA I
- Non Linear Action Editor - NLA II
- Wave Effect (Broken Link)
- Build Effect (Broken Link)
- Animation effects (Broken Link)
- Plane Following a Path (Broken Link)
- Object Following a Path
- Cyclic Animation
- Animating Materials (Broken Link)
- Walking Tutorial
- Change Cameras during an Animation
- Camera Tracking With Additional Roll Constraint
- Shape Keys / PDF: Blender3d Club
- Eye Tracking : Blender3d Club
- Simple Armature Animation : Blender3d Club
Particles [edit]
- Everything about particles
- Video - Particle Basics
- Video - Grass with Particles
- Video - Explosions with Particles and the Explode Modifier
- Particle Interaction
- Static Particles
- Static Particle Effect (Broken Link)
- Particles Effect (Broken Link)
- Making a Fireplace (Broken Link)
- Making a Fountain With Particles (Broken Link)* Dust Particles
- Flames
- Liquid
- Explosions
- Smoke
- Making a Rain Effect
- Setting a prey-predator relationship using Boids particles
- Particle and field basics
Fluid Simulation [edit]
Compositing [edit]
- Matching Real Lighting
- CGI/Live Action Interaction (Broken Link)
- Compositing CG and Live Action in Blender
Game Engine [edit]
- Rigid Body Constraints : Blender3d Club
- Video - Blender Game Engine Basics
- Video - Making Dominoes
- Game Engine Development
- New fully integrated game engine?
- Game Blender Documentation (Last modified 13. 07. 2001)
- #GameBlender
- Walkthrough Tutorial
- Overlay Scenes
- Walking Tutorial
- Make a Menu
- Flipper (Broken Link)
- Armatures in the Game Engine (Broken Link)
- Multilevel Maze (Broken Link)
- Creating Boulders that make the map restart when hit (Broken Link)
- Mouse Look 1st Person. Options include capping, invert mouse pitch and adjust mouse sensitivity.
- Viewports. Creating a split screen.
- Python game functions. Sample Code Included. Updated to 2.48
- Car Setup. Use Bullet Physics vehicle wrapper.
- Using Blender to host/contain a storyboard
- Blender Games, .blends, models, textures, tutorials, and more. (Broken Link)
- Python scripting for the Game Engine at cgmasters.net.
- A whole series of tutorials by nilunder.
Python and Plugins [edit]
- Python Lessons * exposed (Broken Link)
- Make Hair * exposed (Broken Link)
- Povanim Export Script
- AI Path Importer
- 3D-No Plugins; Put your 3D Blender space on web!
- Randomizer Script Scroll down the page
- Embedding the 3D web plugin in a web page (Broken Link)
- Different Useful Scripts
- AfterGlow, Polyline, Hitchcock ZoomEffect, ... (Broken Link)
- Dynamica (Broken Link)
- BlendSaber (Broken Link)
- Lsystem tree maker
- Python Scripting for Procedural Animation
- Focalblur - A Matter of Depth (Broken Link)
- Python API Introduction
- Python API, Making a Square Mesh
- Python API, Iterations
- Python API, Automating Vertex Creation
- Python API, Automating Face Creation
- Python API, Making Potatoid
- Python Script, To build an Empty for EnvMap
- Python Script, Bezier Curves Import
- Python Script, Paths import
- Python Script, Importing Adobe Illustrator Format
- Python Script, Lionhead The Movies .msh import/export
- Python Script, Mesh Explosion
- Python Script, Level Of Detail
- Python Script, Wire Shadows and extrusions
- Python Script, Changing the active camera instantly
- Subsurface Scattering in Blender (Broken Link)
- Using the Superficial Scattering Script
- City Block Genarator
- Blender Camera Calibration with Live Camera
- Import-export different formats, Different Generators, etc... (Broken Link)
- Horn Extrude (Broken Link)
- Mesh shaker and tutorial
- Batch STL
- Vertices to a Curve Converter
- Zutils, Z-Buffer Utilities
- Setting Vertex Colors with Python
Using other Programs with Blender [edit]
- YafRay
- Verse (Broken Link)
- SPE - Python IDE for Blender
- Wings 3D Subdivision Modeler
- Verse Gimp-Blender Plugin
- Kerkythea Renderer
- Equinox 3D
- Wings3D, a Quick and Accurate UVmapping Tool for Blender (Broken Link)
- Povray export
- Adobe Illustrator Paths import
- Inkscape SVG import
- Using Blender content in PowerPoint 2000 (Broken Link)
- Ter2Blend (Broken Link)
- Batch Processing Images
- BVH Info
- Stereogram (Broken Link)
- Importing VRML (Broken Link)
- Creating Quicktime VRs
- Blender, Python and Mac OS X
- Stylistic Rendering (Broken Link)
- Voodoo Camera Tracker
- Lionhead The Movies
- Using Blender with IMVU IMVU - Information (Broken Link)
Distributed Computing [edit]
- BURP - Big and Ugly Rendering Project
- Global Rendering-Farm
- OS X Distributed Blender Network Rendering with Xgrid (Incorrect link?)
- Bfarm Distributed Rendering via Internet (Broken Link)
- Powua Blender renderfarm Requires a Password
Maybe someday ... [edit]
Video Tutorials [edit]
- Blender Underground
- Official Blender Video Tutorials (Broken Link)
- Super3boy's Blender Tutorials
- Greybeard's Blender Video Tutorials
- Series of short VTuts that explain basic details
- lessons on Blender 3d (Broken Link)
- Japanese Blender2.59 Video Tutorials
Blender WikiBooks [edit]
- Blender 3D: Blending Into Python
- Blender 3D: HotKeys
- Blender 3D: Import and Render a SolidWorks Model
- Blender 3D: MemoBook * exposed
- Blender 3D: Noob to Pro
- All Blender WikiBooks Modules
FAQ [edit]
- Blender FAQ (Generated on September 24, 2001)
- Blender Tips (Broken Link)
Miscellaneous [edit]
CG artists must see or read:
- How to succeed in Animation
- Bitter History of 3D Business
- Blender Art Gallery (Broken Link)
- Classical Film and Video Knowledge Base
- Quick Tips in Design&GFX
Open Movies [edit]
- Orange (Broken Link)
- NaNo - Blender Internet Virtual Movie Studio
IRC [edit]
- irc://irc.freenode.net/blender
- irc://irc.freenode.net/blenderchat
- irc://irc.freenode.net/blenderclasses
- irc://irc.freenode.net/blenderqa
- irc://irc.freenode.net/blendercoders
- irc://irc.freenode.net/blenderwiki
- irc://irc.freenode.net/gameblenderdev
- irc://irc.freenode.net/gameblender
- irc://irc.freenode.net/verse
Tests [edit]
Other Lists [edit]
Please read more about on talk page.
Tutorials [edit]
- blenderartists.org * exposed
- Categorized list of Blender 3D Tutorials
- A Monolingual List of Tutorials French Language
- A Multilingual List of Tutorials
- Dave Jarvis' Blender Tutorials
- Blender Tutorials/Ebooks in PDF format
- Dark Scarab Tutorials
Miscellaneous [edit]
- Blender3d Club : Tutorials, samples, Links.
- SurfnLearn.com : Blender 3D Tutorials
- Blender 3D Links & Resources
- Blender Heads around the Globe(Where live other Blenders?) (Broken Link)
- Blenderart Magazine (Broken Link)Mirror 1 (Broken Link),M2 (Broken Link),M3 (Broken Link)
- Blender Classroom Tutorial
- Blender Tutorials Search Engine (Broken Link)
- Blender Basics 2nd ed - excellent classroom course
- BlenderMasters - Many resources for blender users
About [edit]
This links list is language filtered and extended version of personal collection originally provided by IamInnocent. So if you looking for tutorials in other languages check this link at www.elYsiun.com.
- German Blenders should have a look at http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Tutorial_Linkliste
If you want to add Blender tutorial link in some other language you can add it temporary on talk page. We will later made such WikiBooks in other languages too.
Thank you all who contributed to this nice and useful links collection! Feel free to add your name or link if you think you need to be mentioned here.