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Tutorials

Introduction

Resources
QuickStart
Alternative QuickStart
External Tutorials
Old External Tutorials
Video Tutorials on blender.org
Game Engine Resources

Chat
XChat tutorial
Workflow
Introduction to Architecture Modelling
Two dice

Starting

Your First Animation
1/2: A static Gingerbread Man
2/2: Animating the Gingerbread Man

Data System

BSoD 2006
Introduction to the Blender Database

Modeling

Objects (BSoD 2006)
Introduction to Modelling

Meshes
Selection in Edit Mode (more of a reference)
Using the Snap tools
Modelling and rigging a cartoon looking spider
Modelling A Tennis Ball (WIP)
Fill Faces
Create a low poly character over a high poly model
Sectioning a mesh with nodes

Videos
Turtle
Curves
Bézier working example
Extrude Along Path
Making a tube
Curve Deform

Surfaces
Skinning

Lattices
Shaping a fork
Shape following

Modifiers and Deformation

Deform
Creating A Double Helix With Modifiers (WIP)

Lighting

BSoD 2006
Introduction to Lighting

Lamps
Sun, Shadows, and a Pseudo Area Light
Options for the Three Point Light Rig
Radiosity
Radiosity Lighting
Sky Dome Radiosity and Global Illumination

Materials

BSoD 2006
Introduction to Materials

Properties
Clear Glass
Solid and Hollow Glass
Node Materials
Basic Material Nodes Tutorial
Mixing Materials with Nodes
Sectioning a mesh with nodes

Textures

Options
Using Textures
Use Alpha for Object Transparency
Map Input Techniques
Wood Texturing

Textures Maps
Displacement map

Texture Types
Using the Brick Pattern Texture Node
UV Textures
Unwrapping Suzanne
Camera Mapping and Projection mapping

Animation Basics

BSoD 2006
Animation Principles

Tools
Relative Vertex Keys (Version 2.31-)

Armatures and Character Animation

BSoD 2006
Introduction to Character Animation
Introduction to Rigging

Armatures
Flying Bird 1/2: Building the Rig

Mesh Skin Weighting
Flying Bird 2/2: Skinning
Animation Editors
NLA Editor and Stride Path

Advanced Animation

Motion Capture
Using Motion Capture

Effects and Physical Simulation

BSoD 2006
Physical Simulation Introduction
Math
Fluid
Soft Body
Particles
Rigid Bodies
Particles
Path Tracing - Particle Writing
Particle Fireworks

Fluids
Fluid Simulation 1/2: Very basic introduction
Fluid Simulation 2/2: The next step

Rendering

Output
HDRI with YafRay

Import
How to import a SolidWorks model

Export
How to export to Indigo

Compositing with nodes

Concepts
Compositor Node Reference
Image Processing

Filter Nodes
Using Vector Blur

Matte Nodes
Introduction
Garbage Matte
Difference and Chroma Keying
Luminance Keying
Node Setups
Blur the Background
Depth of Field (DOF)
Depth of Field for Scenes with Transparent Faces
Enhance Photographs
Glow
Specular Flare
Video Compositing

Editing Sequences

Sequencer
Using the Video Sequence Editor (Original)
Usage examples
Other usage examples
Suggested files organization
From Image Sequence to Video File
Movie production tools
Animatics

Extending Blender

BSoD 2006
Introduction to Python Scripting

Python Scripting
SPE Python Editor and WinPDB

Game Engine

Introduction
Introduction to the Game Engine (BSoD 2006)

Python and the Game Engine
Script Mode vs. Module Mode
Control groups (dupligroups) via Python

Resources
Game Engine Resources

Movie production tools
Storyboards
YoFrankie! Video Tutorials
Library Linking
Level Template Creation
Texture Splatting in Real Time
Water Effect on BGE (animated Normal Maps)
Simulating Ambient Occlusion with Vertex Colors and Shading Nodes
MultiColor Mist Effect with Shading Nodes and GLSL
Ambient Colors
New Features in the IPO Editor
Baking Shadow Maps
Modeling and Texturing a Low Poly Tree
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