Learn Blender

IN VIEWPORT - 3D CURSOR AND A POINT(ORIGIN)

Right panel

• Object data types

• Gizmos

• Overlays

• View port shading

Centre panel

• Transformation orientation

• Pivot point

• Snapping

• Proportional editing

Properties

• Active space and Workspace settings

• Render

• Output

• View layer

• Scene

• World

• Object properties

• Modifiers

• Particles
• Physics

• Constraints

• Object data

• Material

• Texture

Matcap – colour

Studio shading

Shortcut

CTRL + A – RESETS ROTATION AND SCALE TO WHAT IT IS EXACTLY

Snap 3d cursor – shift + s

Shift + a – add object

Move – G + x,y,z

Rotate - R + x,y,z

Scale – S + x,y,z

Ctrl + L – to link scenes

Ctrl + N – Swithching workspaces

QUICK FAVOURITES – Q

Shift + right click – snap 3d cursor

ctrl + b - bevel

ctrl + 1,2,3 – subdivision modifier

shift + e - edge crease

ctrl + or - while selection

f3 - cmd

alt + g - reset origin

alt + r - set rotation

shift + c - centre the object on screen

SHIFT + S - SNAP OPTIONS

Quad view – ctrl + alt + q

Ctrl + r – loop cut

Shift + d – new collection

Ctrl + f – shade smooth

Ctrl + right click – to cut nodes in shading

Cycle keyframes – up or down

Ctrl + p

Ctrl + tab - pose mode

Alt + s – save image render

Ctrl + e – bridge edge loop tool

P – select

Shift + h – to hide unselected objects

I – inset faces

Alt + e – extrude along normals

Alt + m – merge at a point ( everything merges at a point )

SCULPTING

F – BRUSH SIZE

2d Animation
Hold alt while using fill tool

Ctrl + drag – cutting

Alt + s = control thickness

Shift + f – control opacity

OUTLINER
View layer – lets you specify different render settings per collection.

Collections are groups.

Layers as a way of organising collections.

Scenes are all encompassing.

Under Modifier Category

Modify = they modify object data of modifier , UV’ s, normal

Generate = they generate more or less mesh

Deform = takes current geometry and deforms it into different things

Simulate = physics and simulation in blender

Order of operations matter in modifier tab

UV MAPPING
PRESS L KEY TO SELECT LINKED PIECES

SHIFT + H TO ISOLATE

ALT + H – TO RETURN TO SCENE

MARK SEAM TO EDGES

CTRL + E – MARK SEAM

PRESS U TO UNWRAP

CTRL + A – AVERAGE ISLANDS SCALE AND CTRL + P – PACK ISLANDS

TO PACK THEM ALL IN ZERO TO ONE SPACE

PERIOD KEY IN NUMPAD TO ZOOM IN

KEY POINTS :

TEXTURES ARE APPLIED TO MATERIALS AND MATERIALS ARE APPLIED TO OBJECTS.