Blender 2.8 Essential Training

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Blender
• 3D Modeling
• 3D Animation
• 2D Animation

Syllabus:

• Introduction
• Introducing Blender 2.8 for beginners
• Getting started with Blender 2.8
• Exercise files
   

1. The New Blender 2.8

• The new Blender 2.8 interface
• Navigating the viewport
• Viewport overlays and pie menus
• The 3D Cursor
• Properties panel
• Scenes, layers, and collections
• Workspaces
• Preferences and shortcuts
   

2. Scene Layout and Modeling

• Adding and creating objects in Blender
• Edit Mode
• Multi-object editing
• Snapping, origins, and applying transforms
• Basic Blender modifiers
• Constraints in Blender
• What is object data in Blender?
• Cleaning up your Blender scenes
   

3. Sculpting

• Blender sculpting basics
• Sculpt in 3D like a master
• Masking in sculpture
• Making your own sculpting brush
• Remeshing for reuse
• Baking delicious normals
   

4. Textures and Shading

• Basics of unwrapping 3D models
• Seemingly easy unwrapping
• Painting textures in Blender
• Shading
• 5. 3D Animation
• 3D animation overview
• Pose Mode
• Driving animation with drivers
• To infinity and beyond
• Creating a basic rig
• Painting weights
• Make a human character rig
   

6. Simulation and Dynamics

• Quick particles physics degree
• May the force field be with you
• Cloth simulations in Blender
• Dynamic painting
• Make it rain
• Light it on fire
• Rigid body dynamics
   

7. Rendering

• Workbench vs. EEVEE vs. Cycles
• Evolving EEVEE
• Screen space reflections
• Light and shadow
• Working the Workbench
• Cycles overview
• A hairy situation
• Cryptomattes
• Speeding up cycles even more
   

8. 2D Animation

• A brand-new grease pencil
• Annotating in 3D
• Draw mode
• Inking line tools
• Animating drawings as objects
• Hand-drawn animation tools
• Sculpt your drawings
• 2D effects in Blender
   

9. VFX and Video

• Camera tracking
• Compositing your next great piece
• Video editor basics

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