= Blender Tutorials (Work in Progress)= This is a list of recommended tutorials for Blender. If you know a good tutorial and cannot find it here, just add it to the list. == Orxonox Blender Tutorials == * [wiki:BlenderGettingStarted Getting Started with Blender] * [wiki:BlenderTexturing Texturing with Blender] * [wiki:BlenderSmoothing Smoothing with Blender] == External Links == === Tutorials for Beginners === * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender_User_Interface.224.0.html Blender User Interface] - Learn about the User Interface * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/contrib/interface.avi Interface concept] - Video tutorial about the interface * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/contrib/3dview.avi 3D Viewport] - Another video tutorial about how to navigate in 3d space. * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro Noob to Pro] - A well-arranged set of beginner's tutorials and a very good place to start learning. === Modeling === === Texturing === * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/mytut/uvtut.avi LSCM UV Mapping] - Video tutorial about uv-mapping your model. === Animation === * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/mytut/kfipo.avi Key Frames and IPO Curves] - Learn how to animate objects with this video tutorial. * [http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/video/cam_control/lesson1/cam_control1.html Camera Control Lesson 1] - How to make the camera track an object * [http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/video/cam_control/lesson2/cam_control2.avi Camera Control Lesson 2] - The second lesson as a video === Technical === === Resources === * [http://wiki.blender.org Blender Wiki] - The official Blender wiki. * [http://download.blender.org/documentation/BlenderHotkeyReference.pdf Blender Hotkey Reference] - Which was the correct key? * [http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/ Official Blender tutorial archive] * [http://www.blender.org/education-help/video-tutorials/ Blender video turorials archive] * [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/wiki/HowTo:Unwrap_in_Blender Unwraping a Spaceship] - ? * [http://biorust.com/index.php?page=tutorial_detail&tutid=85 UV Mapping & Texturing] tested: not so good === Animation === * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Basic_Animation Basic Animation Tutorial] - ? * [http://ocw.tufts.edu/Content/28/learningunits/354128 Basic Key Frame Animation] - Real Media Videos - good? === Other Resources === * [http://www.quake3bits.com/htm/tutorials/doom_3_smooth_groups.htm Smooth groups explained] - Good explanation, but a strange solution... (feature is missing?) * [http://www.blender.org/documentation/htmlI/x3225.html Edge tools] - Advanced Edge tools