Blender

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Tutorials
Terreny / Terrain
Acceleració / Acceleration

General

Blender
Usages

What Can You Do With Blender 3D

Modelling
Sculpting
Rigging and animation
Effects and simulations
Rendering
Concept art
Story art
Compositing and motion tracking
Video editing
Scripting

Keyboard shortcuts

F1
online help

F10

F11
view render
view animation

F12
render image
render animation

Inicio
view all in Grpah Editor

Re Pág
workspace-

Av Pág
workspace+

1
subdivide to level 1

2
subdivide to level 2

3
subdivide to level 3

4
subdivide to level 4

5
subdivide to level 5

-
zoom out

Tab toggle edit mode snap
toggle pose mode,
mode pie menu

R
Rotate,
keyframe type
reset Rotation

T
Tools

Y
Y axis (twice: local)
Y plane (twice: local)

U
UV menu

I
Insert keyframe

P
Parenting menu
unParenting menu

7
z view

8
vertical+

+
zoom in

A
select All
Add menu
unselect All

S
Scale
snap pie menu
reset Scale

D
Duplicate

F
change brush radius
change brush strength

G
Grab to move,
Group channels in dope sheet
reset position

H
Hide selected
Hide unselected
unHide all

4
horizontal-

5
ortho/perps

6
horizontal+

Z
shading pie menu
Z axis (twice: local)
Z plane (twice: local)

X
delete
X axis (twice: local)
X plane (twice: local)

C
Create collection
select Circle

V
set keyframe handle type

B
select Box
render region

N
additional Number settings (menu on right)

M
Move to collection,
add Marker in timeline
rename Marker in timeline
add Modifier

1
y view

2
vertical-

3
x view

space
play
tools
max/min panel

0
camera view

.
frame selected

left click
...
select all keys in a keyframe

middle click

right click

Modifiers: Shift, Control, Alt, Shift+Control

Tutorials

Blender 2.80 Fundamentals (You Tube)
1. First Steps
2. Viewport Navigation
  - Selecció / Select
    - left click
    - Select All (A)
    - Unselect All (Alt+A)
    - Top left menu: Select
  - Rotació / Rotate
    - Top right menu: X, Y, Z
    - middle click drag
  - Moviment de la vista / Move view
    - Top right menu: hand
    - shift + middle click drag
    - frame selected
      - top left menu: View -> Frame Selected (Numpad .)
  - Zoom
    - Top right menu: magnifier glass
    - mouse wheel
    - Numpad + -
  - Vista de càmera / Camera view
    - Top right menu: camera
    - Numpad 0
3. Interface Overview
  - bottom info
  - add/delete panels
  - maximize panel: Ctrl+space
  - Workspaces (Ctrl + PageUp, PageDown)
  - Eines / Tools
    - left menu
    - T
  - Additional quick settings
    - right menu
    - N
  - 3D cursor
    - right menu (N): View -> 3D Cursor
    - position: shift + right click
    - reset to origin
      - shift + s -> Cursor to World Origin
  - Pie menus
  - Timeline
  - Properties editor (right)
    - tabs
  - Collections
  - Lamp
  - Camera
4. Select & Transform
  - Selecció / Select
    - Select/unselect all: A, Alt+A
    - Select multiple
      - left menu: Select Box (B), left click drag
      - left menu: Select Circle (C), left click drag, right click
      - shift + right click
    - Unselect multiple
      - left menu: Select Box, Ctrl + left click drag
      - B, middle click drag
      - C, middle click drag, right click
      - shift + right click
    - Active object: orange
    - Wireframe mode
    - top left menu: Select
  - Transformació / Transform
    - X, Y, Z: axis
      - twice: local axis
    - shift+X, shift+Y, shift+Z: plane
      - twice: local plane
    - shift+drag: more precision
    - cancel: right click
    - reset: Alt+(G,R,S)
    - Move
      - left menu: Move
      - G (Grab), left click to apply
    - Rotate
      - left menu: Rotate
      - R
      - inner sphere
      - outer sphere:rotate around view axis
      - free rotation
    - Scale
      - left menu: Scale
      - S
    - 3D cursor
      - left menu: Cursor, left click
      - shift + right click
      - Rotate around 3D cursor:
        
        top menu: Pivot Point -> 3D Cursor (default is Median Point)
      - Move to 3D cursor:
        
        top menu: Object -> Snap -> Selection to Cursor
        
        shift+S -> Selection to Cursor
      - reset to world origin
        
        shift+S -> Cursor to World Origin
    - Snap
      - top menu: Snap
      - shift + Tab
5. Add & Delete
  - Add
    - top left menu: Add (shift+A)
    - Monkey (Suzanne)
  - Delete
    - top left menu: Object -> Deltete (no confirm)
    - X (confirm), delete key (no confirm)
    - in Edit mode, X has a richer menu
6. Collections
  - like: layers, groups
  - View layer:
    - visibility of collections is unique for each view layer
  - deleting collection does not delete the objects inside it
  - Filter
7. Workspaces
  - ...
8. Modeling Introduction
9. Creating Meshes
10. Objects and Edit Mode
11. Mesh Selection Mode
12. Extrude
13. Loop Cut
14. Bevel Tool
15. Knife tool
16. Intro to shading
17. Shading editor
  - Shading
  - drag image
  - make links (F)
  - Add (A) -> Textures -> Gradient Texture
  - Add -> Color -> MixRGB
  - unselect left connection
    - Ctrl+left click
  - toggle mute node
    - M
  - remove node
    - Delete with reconnect (Ctrl+X)
    - Alt+left drag
  - cut connections
    - Links Cut tool (from left menu)
18. Intro to Texturing
  - procedural textures
    - Add -> Textures -> ...
19. UV Unwrapping
  - workspace: Shading (or UV Editing)
  - Edit mode
  - A to select all
  - change Image Editor -> UV Editor
  - drop image to Shader Editor
  - sync UV editor with mesh selection
  - top menu: UV (U)
    - select some edges -> Mark Seam
20. Procedural Textures
  - Workspace: Shading
  - Add -> Texture
  - output: Fac(tor)
21. Light Types
  - Rendered Mode
  - Properties Editor -> Light
  - Cycles renderer: emission
22. Three Point Lighting
  - 3 lights: key light, fill light, rim light
  - Add -> Mesh -> Monkey
  - right click -> Shade Smooth
  - move existing light
  - duplicate: shift+D
  - Add -> Mesh -> Cube
  - select trim light
  - convert it to Spot; rotate it
  - ...
23. Render Settings Introduction
  - top menu: Render
    - Render Image
    - Render Animation
  - right tabs: Render
  - Render Engine
    - Eevee
      - ...
    - Workbench
    - Cycles
      - Edit -> Preferences -> System -> CUDA, OpenCL
24. Render Dimensions & Metadata
  - Render Output tab (printer icon)
    - Dimensions: of the render image
      - Render region
        
        View -> View Regions -> Render Region
    - Stereoscopy
    - Metadata
25. Render Output Settings
  - Render Output tab (printer icon)
    - Output
      - File Format
  - Render (top menu)
    - Render Image / Animation
    - View Render / Animation
26. Cycles Samples (accurate renderer)
  - Render tab (camera back)
    - Render Engine: Cycles
    - Sampling
      - Render: low values vs high values
      - Advanced
        
        Seed (with clock: different at each frame)
  - View Layer tab (images)
    - Denoising
27. Eevee Lighting (fast renderer)
  - Render tab (camera back)
    - Render Engine: Eevee
    - Ambient Occlusion
    - Bloom (glow)
      - Material tab
        
        Surface -> Surface -> Emission
    - Depth of Field
      - select camera
        
        Camera tab
        
        Depth of Field
        
        Viewport Display
        
        check Limits: see the focus point in 3D
    - Subsurface Scattering
      - translucent skin effects
    - Screen Space Reflections
      - reflection of objects into a plane
      - Refraction
        
        material: Glass BSDF
        
        Settings: Screen Space Refraction
    - Motion Blur
      - camera view
      - select camera
      - R R to rotate the camera
      - record button on bottom
    - Volumetrics (...)
      - Add -> Cube
      - Material
        
        Surface -> Remove
        
        Volume -> Volume Scatter
    - Hair
    - Shadows
    - Indirect Lighting
      - Add -> Light Probe
28. Rigging Intro
  - relationships between objects
  - Add -> Armature
29. Parenting
  - Duplicate a cube (shift + D)
  - first select the chile cube and then the parent one (shift + left click) -> last selected is yellow (other is orange)
  - add relation:
    - Parent -> Object (P)
  - one object can have several children, but only one parent
  - Add -> Empty
    - can be used as a parent
30. Armatures (rigs, skeletons)
  - Add -> Armature
  - Pose Mode
  - parts: head, body, tail
  - ...
31. Copy Limits Constrains
  - Object Constraints
    - Add Object Constraint
      - Copy Location
        
        Target: select
      - Limit Location
  - Bone Constraints
    - Add -> Armature
    - Edit mode -> Divide
32. Tracking Constraints
  - Object Constraints
    - Add Object Constraint
      - Track To
        
        Target: Light
      - Locked Track
      - Stretch To
      - Damped Track
      - Clamp To (target: curved object)
        
        object follows a curve (e.g. Bézier curve)
  - Object
    - Viewport Display: Axis
33. Transform Constraints
  - Object/Bone Constraints
    - Add Object Constraint
      - Transformation
        
        Source: Loc, Rot, Scale -> Destination: Loc, Rot, Scale
      - Limit Distance
      - Maintain Volume
34. Character Rigging
  - Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons: rigify
  - Add -> Armature: Basic Human
  - Edit mode
  - right menu: Tool -> Options: check X-Axis Mirror
  - ...
35. Inverse Kinematics
  - Forward kinematics (FK): parent bone influences child bones
  - Inverse kinematics (IK): child bone influences parent bones
  - Bone Constraints
    - Add Bone Constraint
      - Inverse Kinematics
36. Vertex Groups
  - Vertex Groups = Weights
  - Add -> Mesh > Cube
    - Subdivide (twice)
    - Resize
  - Add -> Armature -> Single Bone
    - Resize to match the cube
  - parent the armature to the cube object:
    - select the cube; shift select the armature
    - Ctrl + P -> With Automatic Weights
      - will automatically create vertex groups
      - Pose Mode to check that moving the armature deforms the cube
      - rename bones
      - to see Vertex Groups (automatically renamed as the bones):
        
        select cube
        
        Object Data on right tabs
  - check weights
    - select cube
      - change to Weight Paint mode
    - or select armature, shift select the mesh (cube)
      - change to Weight Paint mode
      - now you can select a bone (Ctrl + left click) to see its related vertices
    - paint regions with brush or any other tool (left menu)
      - to delete influence
        
        right Tool menu (N)
        
        Weight: 0.0 (it will paint on blue)
        
        Strength: 1.0 (it will replace the previous values)
        
        Options
        
        Front Faces Only
        
        2D Falloff
    - you can do same by selecting vertices on Edit mode and Object Data -> Vertex Group
      - Select, Deselect, Remove
    - Weight Paint options
      - Draw
      - Blur
      - Average
      - Smear
      - Gradient
      - Sample Weight
    - ...
  - other usages for Vertex Groups
    - Wireframe modifier
      - Add Monkey
        
        Modifiers (right tab)
        
        Add Modifier: Wireframe (to convert our object into a real wireframe version of it)
        
        uncheck Replace Original
        
        add a vertex group
        
        Object Data -> Vertex Groups -> Add
        
        Edit mode
        
        select all vertice in the ear with box select tool
        
        assign it to wireframe modifier
37. Bone Layers
  - Object Data
  - Skeleton: Layers
  - Bone groups
38. Keyframes
39. Timeline
40. Dope sheet
41. Graph Editor
42. SCULPT
43. Right Click Select

Terreny / Terrain

Tutorials

Acceleració / Acceleration

Nvidia
- Instal·lació a Linux / Installation on Linux
  - Info
    - GPU rendering
    - CUDA rendering on Linux Mint or Ubuntu variants [duplicate]
  - Paquets / Packages
    - nvidia-cuda-toolkit
    - nvidia-modprobe
    - nvidia drivers

Resources

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Darrera modificació: 31 de desembre de 2021 / Last update: 31st December 2021

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