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[edit] Introduction

Introduction
Installing Blender
The Interface
Interface Concepts
Keyboard and Mouse
Window System
Window Types
Screens (Workspace Layouts)
Scenes
Configuration
Contexts
Menus
Panels
Buttons and Controls
Your First Animation
1/2: A static Gingerbread Man
2/2: Animating the Gingerbread Man
The Vital Functions
File operations
Quick render
Screenshots
Default scene
User Preferences
Undo and Redo
Help!



[edit] Interaction in 3D

Introduction
Navigation in 3D Space
Introduction
Using the 3D View
3D View Options
Camera View
Layers
Local or Global View
Sketch in 3D Space
Grease Pencil
Manipulation in 3D Space
Introduction
Hotkeys
Manipulators
Manual/Gestures
Axis Locking
Pivot Points
Proportional Edit
Transform Orientations
Transform Properties



[edit] Data System

Blender's Library and Data System
Scenes
Working with Scenes
The Outliner Window
Appending and Linking



[edit] Modelling

Introduction
Objects
Objects
Selecting in Object Mode
Editing Objects
Booleans
Groups and Parenting
Tracking
Duplication
DupliVerts
DupliFaces
DupliGroup
DupliFrames
Meshes
Meshes
Mesh Structures
Mesh Primitives
Mesh Smoothing
Selecting Meshes
Basic Mesh Tools
Advanced Mesh Tools
Edge and Face Tools
Snap to Mesh
Vertex Groups
Weight Paint
Subdivision Surfaces
Multi Resolution Mesh
SculptMode
Retopo
Curves
Curves
Editing Curves
Curves Deform
Curves Taper
Surfaces
Surfaces
Editing Surfaces
Surfaces Skinning
Text
Editing Text
Meta Objects
Meta Objects
Editing Meta Objects
Scripts
Modelling Scripts



[edit] Modifiers and Deformation

Introduction
Modifiers Stack
Deform
Armature
Cast
Curve
Lattice
Mesh Deform
Wave
Objects
Array
Particle Instance
Animation
Build
Mesh
Bevel
Booleans
Decimate
Displace
EdgeSplit
Explode
Hooks
Mask
Mirror
Smooth
Subsurf
Textures
UVProject



[edit] Lighting

Introduction
Lights
Introduction
Light Properties
Light Attenuation
Light Textures
What Light Affects
Lights In Other Contexts
Shadows
Introduction
Shadow Properties
Raytraced Shadow Properties
Volumetric Lights
Introduction
Lamps
Introduction
Lamp Light
Raytraced Shadows
Spot Light
Raytraced Shadows
Buffered Shadows
Halos
Area Light
Raytraced Shadows
Hemi Light
Sun Light
Raytraced Shadows
Sky & Atmosphere
Lighting Rigs
Radiosity
Introduction
Rendering
Baking
Scene Light
Ambient Light
Ambient Occlusion
Exposure


Introduction to Shading


[edit] Materials

Introduction
Usage
Assigning a material
Material Preview
Material Options
Multiple Materials
Properties
Diffuse Shaders
Specular Shaders
Ambient Light Effect
Color Ramps
Raytraced Reflections
Raytraced Transparency
Subsurface Scattering (SSS)
Strands
Node Materials
Node Materials
Material Nodes Editor
Nodes usage
Material Node Types
Vertex Paint
Using Vertex Paint
Halos
Halos



[edit] Textures

Introduction
Options
Texture Options
Texture Channels
Map Input
Map To
Texture maps
Bump and Normal Maps
Displacement Maps
Texture Types
Procedural Textures
Image Textures
Video Textures
Environment Maps
Texture nodes
Texture Plugins
UV Textures
UV Unwrapping Explained
Unwrapping a Mesh
Managing the UV Layout
Editing the UV Layout
Applying an Image
Painting the Texture
Projection Paint



[edit] World and Ambient Effects

Introduction
World Background
Mist
Stars



[edit] Animation Basics

Introduction
Tools
Ipo Types
Creating Ipo Keyframes
Editing Ipo Curves and Keyframes
The Timeline
Animating Objects
Moving objects on a Path
Changing Object Layers
Animating Deformation
Methods of deformation
Shape Keys
Absolute Shape Keys
Deforming by a Lattice
Other Resources
Reference: Editing Ipos
Hook Modifier to animate mesh deformation
BSoD 2006
Constraints and Axis Locks



[edit] Armatures and Character Animation

Introduction
Armatures
Armature Objects
Editing Armatures
Posing Armatures
Inverse Kinematics
Mesh Skin Weighting
Mesh Skin Weighting
Animation Editors
The Action Editor
Non Linear Animation



[edit] Constraints

Introduction
Introduction
Constraint Stack
Objects Constraints
Child Of
Copy Location
Copy Rotation
Copy Scale
Limit Location
Limit Rotation
Limit Scale
Floor
Track To
Locked Track
Follow Path
Clamp To
Stretch To
Transformation
Special Constraints
Rigid Body Joint
IK Solver
Action
Script
Null



[edit] Advanced Animation

Driven Shape Keys (Ipo Drivers)
Ipo Drivers Example
Python Ipo Drivers



[edit] Effects and Physical Simulation

Introduction
Particles
Particles
Types
Physics
Visualization
Controlling Emission, Interaction and Time
Children
Particle Mode
Hair
Soft Body
Soft Bodies
Exterior forces
Interior forces
Collisions
Simple Examples
Combination with armatures
Combination with hair particles
Reference
Force Fields
Collision
Rigid Bodies
Fluids
Clothes



[edit] Rendering

Introduction
The Render Window
Options
Render Options
Oversampling (Antialiasing)
Render engines: YafRay
Render Bake
Rendering From the Command Line
Output
Output Options
Output Formats
Rendering Animations
Video output
Compositing
Render Layers
Render Passes
Camera
Perspective (Vanishing points)
Depth Of Field
Other
Rendering Performances


Post-production


[edit] Compositing with nodes

Compositing Nodes
Introduction
Nodes Editor
Using Nodes
Node types
Node types
Input Nodes
Output Nodes
Color Nodes
Vector Nodes
Filter Nodes
Convertor Nodes
Matte Nodes
Distortion Nodes
Groups nodes



[edit] Editing Sequences

Introduction
The sequencer
Sequencer window modes
Sequence Screen Layout
Usage
Effects
Built-in Effects
Plugin Effects
Audio
Audio Sequences



[edit] Game Engine

Introduction
Index (to be reviewed)
List of Features
Usage
Logic Panel
Logic Bricks
Actors
Camera
Dome camera
Logic bricks - Actuators
2D Filters
Physics
Physics Engine
Python API
Bullet physics
VideoTexture
Blender2.49 Game Engine Python API
Blender2.48 Game Engine Python API



[edit] Extending Blender

Introduction
Python Scripting
Python Scripting in Blender
Blender Python API
Blender2.48 Python API
Python Scripts
Bundled Scripts
Catalog of all Scripts
Plugins
Blender's Plugins System
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