Meant as a crash course in modeling with Blender for newer users, this training DVD takes the viewer through the basics of the interface, navigation, modeling, etc. Then puts all of it to the test with a step-by-step modeling exercise in creating your first character!

Chapter 1: First steps in Blender

Getting Started: exploring the 3D world

-Viewport

-Pan, zoom, rotate

-Changing views

Interface: window types

-Render Buttons

-Edit Buttons

-Material Buttons

Objects: manipulating objects in the 3D space

-Selecting

-Mesh primitives

-Grab, Rotate, Scale

-Duplicate

-Delete

-Modes: object, edit, etc

Modeling Tools: modifying meshes

-Grab, Rotate, Scale

-Duplicate

-Extrude

-Proportional editing tool

-Vertices:

-Merge

-Smooth

-Edges:

-Subdivide

-Loop cut

-Knife tool

-Faces:

-Make a face

-Fill

Modeling Types: different working styles

-Box modeling

-Poly-by-poly modeling

-Sculpting

Modifier Stack: non-destructive editing

-Mirror modifier

-Subsurf modifier

Chapter 2: Conquering the cube, your first character

Getting Started: references

-Choosing a reference

-Setting up the background images

Box modeling: blocking out the basic form

-Starting from a cube

-Extruding the the body

-Modeling the head

-Adding limbs

Poly-by-poly modeling: clean-up

-Edgeloops

-Remodeling problem areas

Going a step further: advanced modeling tools

-Knife cuts

-Loop cut tool

-Proportional editing tool

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