Blender Training

Blender Intro is an online learning course which shows you all the basics you need to get started with the Blender 3D animation package. It is ideally suited to those who are new to 3D animation and have not previously used Blender.

Availability & Price
This course is priced at £55.  To take this course now click here.

Prerequisites
In order to take the Blender Intro training course, you will require basic computer skills such as a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, launching an application, creating & saving files, and copying files from CDs & other media.

Course Overview
The interface

• Files
• Moving objects
• Manipulating objects
• Creating simple shapes
• Creating a Gingerbread man
• Basic architecture
• Basic materials and textures
• Simple rigging
• Blender objects to Actionscript 3

System Requirements for the course (nb: other settings may work, but we have tested these)

• Computer: minimum 1.5GHz processor, 512MB memory, sound card and speakers
• Monitor: minimum resolution of 1024x768 and 16 bit colour (at least)
• Operating system: Microsoft Windows, 2000, XP, Vista, Apple OSX, Linux, and various other.
• Internet connection: Broadband is recommended as a minimum for watching the videos
• Web browser: Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Apple Safari, with JavaScript & Cookies enabled
• Web browser plug-in: Adobe Flash