Blender Launch Pad

Chapter 4 & 5

Modeling Fundamentals and Exercise

64 tutorials | ~5:05 hrs running time

Hands-on guide to modeling. In the 4th chapter you will learn all the important modeling fundamentals, like workflows, tools and how to solve certain modeling problems.

In the 5th chapter we will practice modeling by creating a car and environment assets, step by step.

Chapter 6 & 7

Shading Fundamentals and Exercise

12 tutorials | ~1:20 hrs running time

The 3D world full of color. In the 6th chapter you will learn all the important fundamentals on how to work with materials in Blender (this task is called "Shading"). We also take a look into the new "Material Preview Mode", which allows us to quickly view the 3D scene in different lighting conditions and see all the changes on the materials in real time.

In the 7th chapter we will practice shading by colorizing all assets which were modeled in the previous chapters.

Chapter 8 & 9

Particle Simulation and World Creation

11 tutorials | ~1:10 hrs running time

3D world creation made easy. In the 8th chapter you will learn all important fundamentals on how to use the particle simulation, to create moving particles like rain or quickly grow a big forest.

In the 9th chapter we will use these techniques to assemble all previously created assets into a big desert scene.

Chapter 10 & 11

Lighting Fundamentals and Exercise

13 tutorials | ~1:05 hrs running time

Turn on the lights. In the 10th chapter you will learn all the important fundamentals on how to work with lights in Blender. We take a look at different light types, important settings, how to use the background to light up your scene and how to work with indirect and volumetric lighting.

In the 11th chapter we will practice lighting by adding light to the 3D scene created in the previous chapters and in this way generating a beautiful mood.

Chapter 12 & 13

Animation Fundamentals and Exercise

20 tutorials | ~1:50 hrs running time

Bring it to life. In the 12th chapter you will learn all important fundamentals on how to animate 3D objects, properties and shapes. We take a look at the different editors for animation, keyframe interpolations and animation modifiers.

In the 13th chapter we will bring the 3D scene to life which was created in the previous chapters. We will animate the flying car, different camera shots and crashing the car into a rock.

Chapter 14 & 15

Rendering Fundamentals and Exercise

16 tutorials | ~1:05 hrs running time

Put it out. In the 14th chapter you will learn all the fundamentals on how to render and output still images. We will learn more about the render and output settings, and we take a deep look into the new realtime render engine called EEVEE. Besides that, we will also have a quick look at the Cycles render engine for creating high quality renders and the Workbench render engine for creating technical images.

In the 15th chapter we will render out the final animation and convert it into a video which you can watch outside of Blender and share online with the world.

The animation you can see below is the final result of this course.

Chapter 17 & 18 (New)

Texturing & Texture Painting Fundamentals

39 tutorials | ~5:00 hrs running time | Added in October 2020

Adding color details. In the newly added 17th chapter you will learn all the important texturing fundamentals. We will have a look on how to use textures in the shader editor in Blender and how flexible you can adjust the textures. We will learn how to use masks, seamless textures, how to create semi-realistic materials on the fly, how to use PBR textures and much more. We will work with image textures and procedural textures. In the exercise at the end, you will fully texture a 3D scene.

In the newly added 18th chapter we will dive into texture painting. First we have a brief look on what we can do with the Vertex Paint mode, which has its limitations, and then we'll get into the more advanced Texture Paint mode. From learning all important settings and options over creating custom brushes to how to use Blenders Shader Editor to get some kind of painting layers and much more.

Chapter 19 & 20 (New)

Texturing Exercise and Baking Textures

12 tutorials | ~1:25 hrs running time | Added in November 2020

Advanced texturing in Blender. In the newly added 19th chapter we will practice everything we have learning in the new texturing chapters and texture and texture paint a CG Boost barrel.

To make this barrel usable in other 3D tools and Game Engines, we will bake down the material into practical PBR texture maps in the last new chapter.