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London Bridge | £429 + VAT save £70 | |||
Online | £399 + VAT save £100 | |||
London Bridge | £479 + VAT save £20 | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT |
The Blender Interface
• Configuring the Workspace and Editors
• Navigating the viewport
• Understanding the Outliner
• Functions of the Properties Panel
Basics of modelling
• Creating basic objects
• Manipulating objects in the viewport
• Object mode vs Editing mode
• Using Hotkeys for speed
• Points, Edges and Polygons, the building blocks of 3D
• Transformation axis and axis types
• Object Attributes
• Modifiers and the modifier stack
• Object Modelling tools, Extruding, Insetting, Bevelling and more
• Proportional editing and snap
• Boolean operations
• Subdivision Modelling and edge loops
Materials
• Creating Blender materials
• Colour, Reflectivity, Specularity and Roughness
• Adjusting material properties
• Types of shaders and their uses
• Creating and Applying texture maps
• The Material Node editor for more complex materials
• Understanding UV Mapping
Lights, Cameras, and Environments
• Creating lights, light types and properties
• Adjusting light and shadow settings
• Adding an environment
• Creating cameras
• Adjusting the camera to get exactly the shot you want
• Changing camera settings for realism
• Using depth of field and camera effects
Rendering
• A tale of two renderers - Eevee and Cycles
• Using Eevee for fast rendering and dynamic viewport updates
• Using Cycles for production quality renders
• GPU vs CPU rendering
• Quality vs Render time
• Sampling, Smoothing and Anti Aliasing
• Outputting stills and animation
Geometry Nodes
• The geometry nodes editor
• A world of possibilities - exploring nodes
• Example node setups
Animation
• The timeline and animation editor
• Setting Keyframes in Blender
• How anything can be animated
• Editing animation keys
• Adjusting animation with curves for better results
Questions & Answers
"The trainer Sarah adapted to my needs. The course went at a great pace and I learned more than I expected"