In this blender video we will cover the basics of lighting within Blender.
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In this blender video we will cover the basics of lighting within Blender.
I can’t use Shift A!!!!! It just won’t work… HEEEEEEELP!!!!!
What seems to be the problem Boris? You can also add objects by going to the Add menu at the top of the viewport.
-Jonathan
you can use “space” to for more advance search of both objekts, modefiers and many more ^^
hello. im an ecuadorian architecture student and im trying to start using blender. i finished these 7 tutorials and now i want to keep going but there are too much tutorials that i dont know which one try out to keep learning. please can you tell me which tutorials should i watch to keep learning about modeling and rendering. im not yet intrested in animation but i cant already model or giving textures and materias or lighting to my projects. i will be very thankfull if you help me giving me a list of tutorials that i should watch to get to make nice architecture models and renders.
Hi Nicolas,
Here are a couple tutorials I would recommend:
http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/09/09/series-modeling-a-shipping-container-part-01/
http://cgcookie.com/blender/2011/08/30/tip-using-the-masonry-add-on/
http://cgcookie.com/blender/2011/08/03/tip-using-the-snapping-tool-in-blender-2-5/
http://cgcookie.com/blender/2011/07/08/creating-a-damaged-pillar-part-01/
http://vimeo.com/26119905
Enjoy! Please let me know if you need any help.
-Jonathan
Just wanted to say thanks to you and everyone who have given their time to share their knowledge with beginners like me.
You’re very welcome! Please let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help with.
-Jonathan
Hi. some of the functions doesn’t work on the MAC OS, i dont know why, but i cant select the entire workspace and move it around, can you help me please?
can you make the gaming engine tutorials as well? my dream is to become an animator and create games
In your views as you manipulate the light source, what did you set up to have a line that goes from the light to the cube? (For example, at time marker 4:00).
Also wondering this…
Found it. Use rotation on the sun/lamp .
What did you have to set up to have a line that goes between the light source and the cube (for example, as seen at time marker 4:00)?
Great tutorial, really helps me
how do i make the lighting visible?
Hi, I tried to do an animation where the object is stationary, but the camera moved. When I tried to render it, it went very very slow and then blender crashed. Any tricks? or is this just a limitation of the computer I am working from?
Awesome tutorial series, thanks so much for these.
You’re very welcome! Let me know if there’s anything you find missing on the site or any tutorials you feel ought to be covered.
-Jonathan
hi. im just asking i want to take the “animating path” that means im intrested in animating and i really want to know wich tutorials around here will help me to achieve my goal…thats all im asking
Wow, thank you so much for these videos, i’ve been trying to understand blender for 2 months, and today i found these vids, now it’s no problem, omg thanks!
Hi, I’m really enjoying these tutorials (7th one in an hour
). I wanted to know if you could help me with building a rocket and animating its lift off. I;m watching these videos with this goal in mind. So if you could direct me to a link or such that would help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Dumb question I am sure…sorry. How do you toggle between render image screen and back to object mode screen?
F11
-Jonathan
great tutorials just took me a while to find some. Yay
i am supposed to program some double pendulum in matlab and create a .dat file then draw the pendulum in blender. link the two so that the data on the .dat file that matlab creates can be used to animate the blender file. i really am not sure how to even start on the drawing. how to put in the joints. worse off to tell the blender file that this part of the drawing should move according to these results. and my project is due next week. i’m lost. but you have a great program here. powerful and simple.
ohh the double pendulum i am supposed to draw is the one on the movie IRON MAN 2 at around 1:13:30m into the movie or on youtube… Swinging Sticks Iron Man 2
any help is much much much appreciated
I can move the lamp. However, when I view my object through the camera perspective the shading never changes. What am I doing wrong?
Oops. never mind! I don’t think I was rendering the image properly. i got it.
Hi! Newbie here… I have imported a vector drawing (logo) which was done in Illustrator and saved as an svg file. I can’t figure out how to extrude the logo to make it 3D and not flat.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks in advance, and thanks for the wonderful application.
~Bob C.
You should be able extrude it by going to the Curve properties and adjusting the “Extrude” or “Depth” setting.
Thanks Jonathan! can’t believe I missed that, sheesh.
THANKS for your prompt reply.
Digging in on the tutorials!
~Bob
I’ve just discovered Blender and I’m enthralled thanks largely to your terrific introduction tutorials. My eleven year old son and I are learning together which began from his algebra study. Blender not only ties in with that study but it opens a new way of thinking. Thankyou for taking the time out to help others Johnathan – More power to you
having trouble with getting materials and textures using new 2.5 manual but you are updating those pages now. It says something is wrong in that area and to wait for your update. I have a texture stuck on my 1st blender try and I have deleted the one that was issued with the 2.506 download. This is more fun than shooting fis in a barrel.
Thanks a lot for all those fun and very instructive tutorials! I am just knowing blender, but seems like this is will not be easy to abandon this now.
It looks very interesting and I would like to try it. I am very knew to Blender!!
dear sir i love blender i just join it’s trening shoot i enjoy but i like to learn complitely it so pls give me help to learn it
i like learn and teach to other free so i hope blender is very imp for new comers artist
thank you blender and blender team
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india
I’m using the 2.60 release now, and just found these intro tutorials. They were extremely helpful! Thanks! One question. The render shortcut seems to be different in this version. Both F11 and F12 render the scene, so what’s the difference between these two renders; why two buttons?
(Posted a second time because I didn’t check the email replies box, sorry)
I’m using the 2.60 release now, and just found these intro tutorials. They were extremely helpful! Thanks! One question. The render shortcut seems to be different in this version. Both F11 and F12 render the scene, so what’s the difference between these two renders; why two buttons?
F11 does not render. It is simply used to show the image you have already rendered. (So if you use F11, you will never see any changes, because it does not actually render your scene)
Does anyone know a good tutorial for more in depth materials on this website?
Just wanted to say thanks. I found this program the other night and the interface, while very well designed, isn’t..natural for someone to just pick up if they haven’t used other modeling programs. (Last one I used was Key3D when I was a kid, lol.) Your tutorials have just been flat out amazing. At first I needed to watch every click you made, but by the fourth video I was just listening to what you said as I clicked around the program.
Thank you!
I’m very excited to get started in this program and use it to create convincing scenes for some of the stuff I’ve made in photoshop
1 have a small doubt how to change the camera to top view
You can switch the view to Top by pressing Numpad 7
-Jonathan
Thank you Jonathan.
My nephew has been looking at my blender work and wanted to get into it but I was unsure of how to go about explaining everything. These Tutorials are just what he needed.
Keep up the excellent work.
Gary
Hi Gary,
That’s great to hear! I hope he continues to find them helpful
-Jonathan
Nice tutorial