Introduction to 3D Graphics using Blender

Nick Porcaro, May 7th, 2008

this talk: http://www.blendernyc.org/demo.html
email: nick@porcaro.org

• Introduction

• Blender History

• Open Source: Windows, Mac, Linux, interface the same because it's done in OpenGL
  
  
  

• Interface

• Window Types
  

• Menus

• Preferences (mouse, view name, etc)

• Navigating (views, axes etc)
  
  
  
  

• Quick Start (ginger bread man)

• Mesh Editing

• Edges, Faces, Vertices, Extrusion

• Modifiers

• Sculpt Tool (go into Linux to do this, bug in Tiger on the latest MacBook Pro)
  
  
  

• Texturing

• Adding a material

• Shaders

• UV Mapping
  
  
  

• Animation

• Simple animation of an object using IPO editor
  
  

• Game Engine

• Enables real time interaction

• Watch out, its future is uncertain

• Crystal Space a possible alternative

• OGRE 3D

• Quake

• Complex Examples

• Character Modeling

• Rigging

• Cloth Modeling

• Fluid Simulation

• Interactive Abstract Art

• Elephants's Dream

• Blender Resources on the Internet

• Blender.org

• Blender Nation

• Blender Artist's Forum

• Elephant's Dream

• The Essential Blender

• Man Candy FAQ

• Introducing Character Animation

• Blender 2.3 Guide (a bit out of date, but still good)

• Blender Basics 2nd Edition (good basic high school class room tutorial)

• Game Engine

• 2007 NYC Blender Conference