The Blender 2.8 Encyclopedia

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Welcome to The Blender Encyclopedia

Lecture 1: Introduction: Your Own Blender Encyclopedia

Lecture 2: How to Watch & Download Videos in 1080p

Lecture 3: Navigating the Course (Important!)

Chapter 2: Understanding Blender

Lecture 1: User Interface

Lecture 2: Customizing the Layout

Lecture 3: Workspaces

Lecture 4: General Editors

Lecture 5: Animation Editors

Lecture 6: Scripting Editors

Lecture 7: Data Editors

Lecture 8: User Preferences and Suggested Changes

Lecture 9: Saving and Loading

Lecture 10: File Backups and Recovery

Lecture 11: Importing and Exporting

Lecture 12: Navigating Through 3D Space

Lecture 13: The Axis and Grid

Lecture 14: Units of Measurement

Lecture 15: Viewport Shading

Lecture 16: Viewport Options

Lecture 17: Different Work Modes Overview

Chapter 3: Working with Blender

Lecture 1: Introduction to Working with Blender

Lecture 2: Selection Tools and Active Selection

Lecture 3: Basic Tools

Lecture 4: Object Origins

Lecture 5: Global Axis Vs. Local Axis

Lecture 6: The 3D Cursor

Lecture 7: Transformation Orientations

Lecture 8: Pivot Point Options

Lecture 9: Duplication and Linked Duplicates

Lecture 10: Object Parenting

Lecture 11: Snapping Tools

Lecture 12: Origin and Parent Transformations

Lecture 13: Smooth , Flat, and Auto Smooth Shading

Lecture 14: Collections and View Layers

Lecture 15: Scenes

Lecture 16: Appending and Linking

Lecture 17: Setting Up Background Images

Lecture 18: More Selection Tools

Lecture 19: Measuring Tool

Lecture 20: Annotations Tool

Lecture 21: Quick Favorites Menu

Lecture 22: Project – Your First 3D Scene – Making a Toy Train

Chapter 4: Modeling – Mesh

Lecture 1: Introduction to Mesh Modeling

Lecture 2: Mesh Anatomy and Common Terminology

Lecture 3: Everything's a Triangle

Lecture 4: Project – Your First 3D Model – Low Poly Axe

Lecture 5: What are Normals?

Lecture 6: Selection Tools and Selection Modes

Lecture 7: Transform Tools and Basic Tools

Lecture 8: Deleting, Dissolving, and Collapsing

Lecture 9: Separating and Joining

Lecture 10: Extruding

Lecture 11: Creating Faces and Edges

Lecture 12: Face Tools – Part 1

Lecture 13: Face Tools – Part 2

Lecture 14: Edge Tools – Part 1

Lecture 15: Edge Tools – Part 2

Lecture 16: Splitting and Ripping

Lecture 17: Knife, Knife Project, and Bisect

Lecture 18: Vertex Tools

Lecture 19: Mirroring Tools

Lecture 20: Convex Hull, Spin, and Spin Duplicate

Lecture 21: More Selection Tools

Lecture 22: Subsurf Modeling – Part 1 – Introduction

Lecture 23: Subsurf Modeling – Part 2 – Rules and Tools

Lecture 24: Project – Subsurf Modeling a Coffee Mug

Lecture 25: Vertex Groups

Lecture 26: Mesh Analysis and Measurements

Lecture 27: Cleaning Up Your Meshes

Lecture 28: Editing Normals

Chapter 5: Modeling – Curve

Lecture 1: Introduction to Curve Modeling

Lecture 2: Adding and Editing Curves

Lecture 3: Curve Handles

Lecture 4: 2D Curve Type

Lecture 5: 3D Curve Type

Lecture 6: Curve Custom Bevel

Lecture 7: Curve Custom Taper

Lecture 8: Curve Follow Path

Chapter 6: Modeling – Surface

Lecture 1: Introduction to Surface Modeling

Lecture 2: Surface Editing Tools

Lecture 3: Surfaces Properties

Chapter 7: Drivers

Lecture 1: Introduction to Drivers

Lecture 2: Project – The Basic Drivers Workflow

Lecture 3: The Drivers Editor

Lecture 4: Editing F-Curves

Lecture 5: Scripted Expressions

Lecture 6: Combining Multiple Input Variables

Lecture 7: Input Variables – Transform Channel