
UdemyBlender is free and open source, yet rivals tools costing thousands. This comprehensive course walks you through every major workflow: modeling objects by hand, building complex surfaces with polygonal tools, mapping and texturing (including physically-based materials), and rendering with both the fast EEVEE engine and the cinematic Cycles renderer.
You'll master lighting with HDR image-based techniques, organize complex scenes with object hierarchies, rig characters for animation using the Rigify addon, and animate them. The teaching balances theory and hands-on practice—you understand why you're doing each step, not just how to press buttons.
Suited for 3D beginners through intermediate artists who want to turn ideas into renderable 3D worlds, whether for games, visualization, or creative projects.
Blender is a free and open source 3D modeling and animation software that is highly versatile. Its lightweight yet powerful nature supports every stage of the 3D animation production process, providing users with a wide range of features and functionalities.
In this comprehensive course, you will have the opportunity to explore not only Blender's intuitive interface, but also to understand the fundamental concepts that underpin this powerful tool. In addition, you will acquire practical skills in several areas, including:
Creating and transforming objects to shape the virtual world according to your creative vision.
Using polygonal modeling tools, enabling you to create your own custom objects.
Mapping, texturing, and creating materials of various types—from simple surfaces to materials with PBR (Physically Based Rendering) textures that accurately reproduce the physical characteristics of real-world materials.
Mastering lighting and scene rendering techniques using both the real-time rendering engine EEVEE and the powerful Cycles, which delivers high-quality results.
Exploring HDR (High Dynamic Range) image-based lighting, which allows you to achieve realistic and atmospheric lighting effects in your scenes.
Setting up hierarchies between objects to establish complex hierarchical relationships and efficiently organize your scene.
Bringing your projects to life with simple animations, allowing your objects to move and interact within the virtual environment.
Learning to set up animation rigs using the Rigify Addon, a powerful tool that simplifies the creation of complex and realistic animations.
Throughout the course, all these topics will be covered from both theoretical and practical perspectives, ensuring you gain a comprehensive understanding of Blender's capabilities and can apply them to your own 3D animation projects.
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Not the best price we've seen. The lowest we've recorded is $19.99 on 29 Jul.
This is what we recorded in US pricing — not every price this course has ever had, and prices differ by country.