Blender 2.91 Reference Manual¶. Welcome to the manual for Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite. This site can be used offline: Download the full manual (zipped HTML files). In Blender 2.79 we have changed the behavior significantly. Now you can decide to either export textures that are related to materials, or you can export UV Face textures. In the latter case there is no longer the need to have materials defined in the objects.
- The last Blender 2.79 nightly build includes additional bug fixes and new features on top of 2.79b, which are part of 2.80 too. So, I suppose this is the. V2.76-rc2 v2.76-rc3 v2.76a v2.76b v2.77 v2.77-rc1 v2.77-rc2 v2.77a v2.78 v2.78-rc1 v2.78-rc2 v2.78a v2.78b v2.78c v2.79 v2.79-rc1 v2.79-rc2 v2.79a v2.79b v2.80 v2.80-rc1 v2.80-rc2 v2.80.
- Blender 2.79 features much faster AMD OpenCL rendering and feature parity with NVIDIA CUDA. Including support for Subsurface Scattering, Volumetrics and optimized transparent shadows. Note to macOS users: AMD is currently working on the drivers, OpenCL rendering should work once they are updated.
- Skill level: Easy (basic knowledge of Blender's interface and navigation controls required) Note: Before beginning with the tutorial, make a note of the cover dimensions (Front cover and spine). Part 1: Modelling the book. Open Blender and select the cube (it will be our model for the book) and press ‘N' to open the Cube's properties panel.
Welcome to the manual for Blender,the free and open source 3D creation suite.
This site can be used offline:Download the full manual (zipped HTML files).
Getting Started¶
Sections¶
An introduction to Blender's window system, widgets and tools.
Overview of the interface and functionality of all editors.
Objects and their organization into scenes, view layers and collections.
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Meshes, curves, metaballs, text, modeling tools, and modifiers.
Sculpting, texture painting and vertex painting.
2D drawing and animation with Grease Pencil.
Keyframes, drivers, constraints, armatures and shape keys.
Physics simulations, particle systems and dynamic paint.
Rendering and shading with Eevee, Cycles and Freestyle.
Post-processing with the compositing nodes. Ubuntu iso vm.
Video motion tracking & masking.
Video editing with the sequencer.
Data-block management and the structure of blend-files.
2D drawing and animation with Grease Pencil.
Keyframes, drivers, constraints, armatures and shape keys.
Physics simulations, particle systems and dynamic paint.
Rendering and shading with Eevee, Cycles and Freestyle.
Post-processing with the compositing nodes. Ubuntu iso vm.
Video motion tracking & masking.
Video editing with the sequencer.
Data-block management and the structure of blend-files.
Additional functionality available as add-ons.
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Python scripting, how to write add-ons and a reference for command-line arguments. Disc format utility.
Solving crashes, graphics issues and Python errors, recovering data and reporting bugs.
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A list of terms and definitions used in Blender and this manual.
A list of terms linked to the Glossary.
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