Blender is a free, open-source 3D creation application. If you’re just getting started creating visual effects, animated films, and motion graphics then you have clicked the right blog. Since it’s free, you don’t have to worry about investing a good sum of money into it. But it can be scary to learn especially if you’re a beginner. That’s why, in this blog, we will show you step by step guide on how to use a blender. This covers its application, modeling navigation, and other related topics. Let’s dive in.
Step 1: When you open Blender, you can see the timeline at the bottom, toolbars on the left and right, file operations at the top, and the 3D view in the center.
Step 2: Rotate the camera in the 3D view. Click and hold the middle mouse button and move the mouse.
You can scroll down or up, back and forth using the middle mouse + shift key.
To pick or deselect an object, use the right-click menu.
Use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom out and in.
To pick many objects at once, hold the shift key while selecting any number of them.
Step 3: Select modes. There are two modes
Object Type: You can choose where to position the objects with this.
Modus Editor: Select certain vertexes, lines, and planes as a result. Modifications to the mesh are possible in this mode.
Either choose among these two modes from the list below, or simply press TAB.
Step 4: The 3D cursor is exactly what it sounds like—a cursor in a 3D viewpoint. By default, it begins at the origin, but you can move it by left-clicking. If you add an object there, a cube or sphere will emerge where the 3D cursor is.
Step 5: To add a mesh, choose “Create” from the menu. From there, you can choose from a number of submenus, with “Mesh” being the first choice.
Step 6: In edit mode, you can choose an object by its individual vertices, lines, or planes. To swap, press one of the three buttons at the bottom.
Step 7: In edit mode, you can pick two or more vertexes and merge them. Pick the vertexes you want to merge, go to edit mode, press “W,” and then click Merge.
Step 8: While in edit mode, you can extend or extrude a line, vertex, or plane. While choosing the object you want to extrude, press “E.”
Step 9: You may “cut” a mesh using this, which provides you with more versatility. To do this, simply select the desired region to cut, press “CTR+R,” and then drag the cut into place. This is useful if you want to extend only a portion of a plane.
Step 10: Go back to the object mode. Modifiers affect your mesh. One of the modifiers you’ll use a lot is the subdivision surface. Your model is now entirely smooth after this update. The modifier properties are located in the right tool bar.
Final Thoughts: The steps above are merely a basic foundation for learning Blender’s basics. If you want to learn more about Blender, you can always go to YouTube and watch tutorial videos. On YouTube, there are thousands of videos on Blender. For YouTube hand-holding training, use Career Ninja’s LearnTube. Learn Tube creates a course framework from the results of your YouTube search. If you search for “Blender tutorial” on YouTube, LearnTube will show you a series of videos that look like an online course. As a beginner, you’ll go through the videos from beginning to end, as if you were taking a YouTube course customized particularly for you.
