Blender3D Tutorial

where is the tutorial on the computers in the lab? I can't seem to find it

Why can't we just download the tutorials on our own PC? Is that possible?

The tutorials should be in an EL405 directory, under something like "C:/Document and Settings/All Users/EL405"

I only installed those videos on every other computer, so be sure you're on the right machine. I should be in the office in an hour or so, and if you still can't find the videos I'll see what I can do.

Someone asked a related question via e-mail, which I'll answer here.

Although Blender3D itself is free, the blender tutorials we've been using are a commercial product that I got permission to install at SHU in our classroom, but I did not get permission to post them online (which would be a violation of the owner's copyright).

Having said that, in class on Tuesday I'm going to introduce a series of free print tutorials.. you can start on those now, and spend class time on the video tutorials if you want.

Here's the link to the print-based tutorials:

http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521/lib/54223045235521/BlenderBasics2.42a.pdf

This manual is set up with individual separate exercises, and its designed to be used in high school where you're supposed to call the instructor over to check your work at the end of every exercise, but I don't need to see your work unless you have any questions.

Also, the manual is about 2 years old, and refers to an older version of Blender. It's possible that some of the screens and buttons have moved around... that's why I wanted to be there when I assigned these tutorials, to help you find any buttons that have moved or work around old instructions that no longer work.

If you would like to purchase your own copies of the tutorials, you can do so at

http://www.cartoonsmart.com/3d_index.html

I'll be assigning Blender Basics 1 and 2, and I've purchased Blender Basics 3 but won't be assigning it as required. (It's available if you want to do 3D animation as a class project, though.)

Blender tips:
Top view: number 7
Front: number 1
Side: 3
Camera: 0
Cntrl+7-bottom view
Cntrl +1-back view
Pan-shift key and middle mouse button
Rotate view-middle mouse button
Blue=z
Green=y
Red=x
Rotate on axis=rotate manipulator mode
Size-scale manipulator mode
Shift-several things at once
Tab-move between edit and object mode
When selecting verticies-use right click
z-wire frame
tab-move only object selected
zoom-numberpad +-
one axis extruding=
duplicate=shift d
slect part of object-click verticies, then shift d-I copied just the eyebrows
verticies=select then alt m
blender-10 minute crash course