Introduction to Blender Animation Tools

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Learn to animate using Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite!

This course contains over 3.5 hours of training spread over 36 videos, all designed to get you comfortable using the tools and resources within Blender that you can use for animating. We cover the process for installing and working within the application. Then, we review the principles of computer animation and take an in-depth look at Blender's animation editors and tools that can be used to create your animation. Finally, we look at methods for importing reference audio and video and rendering tests of your work.

When you're done with this course, you will have a solid understanding of how to use Blender to create your animation!

Course Outline:

Introduction

Installing Blender

Splash Screen and Interface

Files

User Preferences

Link and Append

Simplifying the Scene

Custom User Interface Setup

Frames, Keyframes, Interpolation, and Frame Rate

3D View: Overview

3D View: Navigation

3D View Editor: Pose Interaction Mode

3D View: X Y Z Coordinates

3D View: Select and Transpose

3D Cursor, Origins, and Pivot Points

Timeline Editor

Markers

Dope Sheet Editor

Setting Keyframes Manually

Setting Keyframes Automatically

Graph Editor: Introduction

Graph Editor: Function Curves

Graph Editor: Handles

Graph Editor: Extrapolation and Modifiers

NLA Editor

Copy, Paste, and Paste X-Flipped Poses

Visual Keying

Constraints

Ghost

Motion Paths

Grease Pencil

In-Between Tools

Pose Library

Using Video Reference

Using Audio Reference

Rendering

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