Intro to 3d Modeling Using Blender

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Intro to UI, Manipulating Objects, and Navigating the 3d Space

Lecture 1: Download Course Files Here!

Lecture 2: Introduction

Lecture 3: Downloading Blender

Lecture 4: Blender Control Presets

Lecture 5: User Preferences

Lecture 6: Themes and Colors

Lecture 7: Restoring the Last Session

Lecture 8: Customizing the UI

Lecture 9: UI Presets

Lecture 10: Saving Presets

Lecture 11: Viewport Navigation

Lecture 12: Changing Viewports

Lecture 13: Orthographic Mode

Lecture 14: Creating Primitives

Lecture 15: 3d Cursor

Lecture 16: Transforming Objects Parametrically

Lecture 17: Transforming Objects Interactively

Lecture 18: The Outliner

Lecture 19: Edit Mode

Lecture 20: Object Properties

Chapter 2: Introduction to Modeling and Basic Shapes

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Modeling Preparation and References

Lecture 3: Starting the Hinge

Lecture 4: The Mirror Modifier

Lecture 5: Inset and Extrude

Lecture 6: Modelling the Lower Arm

Lecture 7: Snapping

Lecture 8: The Solidify Modifier

Lecture 9: The Arm Base

Lecture 10: The Knife Tool

Lecture 11: The Knife, NGons and Quads

Lecture 12: Completing the Forearm

Lecture 13: The Arm Tip

Lecture 14: Completing the Model

Chapter 3: Modifiers, UV Unwrapping, and Texturing Basics

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Disabling the Mirror Modifier

Lecture 3: Starting to Unwrap

Lecture 4: Seams

Lecture 5: Islands and Scale

Lecture 6: Pinning

Lecture 7: Mapping Cylindrical Objects

Lecture 8: Recycling UVs

Lecture 9: Texel Density

Lecture 10: Combining Islands

Lecture 11: Exporting UV Layouts

Lecture 12: Creating Textures

Lecture 13: Texture Mapping

Chapter 4: Animation and an Intro to Rigging and Poses

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Animation Overview

Lecture 3: Object Separation

Lecture 4: Setting the Base Pivot

Lecture 5: Setting the Lower Arm Pivot

Lecture 6: Setting the Lower Arm Pivot Part 2

Lecture 7: Rigging with Hierarchies

Lecture 8: Animation Basics

Lecture 9: The Dope Sheet

Lecture 10: Auto Key

Lecture 11: Pose to Pose Animation

Lecture 12: The Graph Editor

Lecture 13: Refining the Animation

Lecture 14: Markers

Chapter 5: Importing to Unity, Working with Cameras, and Additional Animation

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Tweaking Before Export

Lecture 3: Exporting to FBX

Lecture 4: Importing into Unity

Lecture 5: Configuring Meshes

Lecture 6: Starting a Scene

Lecture 7: Creating an Animation State Machine

Lecture 8: Adding Textures

Lecture 9: Working With Instances

Lecture 10: Building an Environment

Lecture 11: Duplicating Objects

Lecture 12: Recording a Camera Fly Through

Lecture 13: Image Effects

Lecture 14: Conclusion

Lecture 15: Bonus Lecture: Further Learning with 3dmotive