# Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Tutorial Links List

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This page includes a categorized list of
Blender "wikilink") tutorials written or
spoken in English. This is by no means a comprehensive list of
tutorials, so adding links is encouraged. For tutorials that are not in
English, please refer to the About page.

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Wikipedia.

## General Blender Information

-   Blender
    Documentation -
    Includes information on Blender functionality, developing for
    Blender, and creating Addons.
-   To Those Learning
    3D -
    Recommendations for people first diving into Blender.

## Blender Tutorial Websites

This section includes links to websites that host multiple tutorials or
provide links to other Blender tutorials. This section does not contain
links to individual tutorials.

-   BlenderGuru - Run by Andrew Price,
    BlenderGuru includes free tutorials as well as full training
    courses.
-   Blender Cookie - Part of the CG
    Cookie Network. Includes many free tutorials. Other tutorials and
    full courses are available to members with a subscription.
-   BlenderDiplom - Free tutorials
    mostly focused on visual effects, but includes other topics as well.
-   Blender Tutor - Includes a series
    for Blender beginners as well as tutorials for more advanced users
-   BlenderArt Magazine - Blender magazine
    that includes tutorials in each issue.
-   Blenderpedia - Free video tutorials,
    mostly about creating scenes and environments.
-   3D Total Blender
    Tutorials -
    Includes many tutorials about various topics in Blender.
-   BlenderCourse - 120 page
    Blender E-Book created for Blender 2.63
-   Tutorials For Blender3d -
    Many Blender Game Engine tutorials for Blender 2.6
-   Blender Tutorials Vimeo
    Group - This group the
    collects video tutorials posted on Vimeo.
-   Super3boy\'s Blender
    Tutorials -
    Video tutorials dealing with the basics of different aspects of
    Blender.
-   Greybeard\'s Blender Video
    Tutorials - Downloadable video
    tutorials that go over many topics.

These sites include links to Blender tutorials on other sites

-   BlenderNation
    Tutorials -
    List of tutorials that have been posted on BlenderNation
-   Blender3d Club - Includes links to
    various Blender tutorials
-   SurfnLearn.com : Blender 3D
    Tutorials -
    Links to various Blender Tutorials
-   Learningblender.com - Categorized
    links to various Blender Tutorials

These sites include tutorials that use Blender versions prior 2.5.

-   Dave Jarvis\' Blender
    Tutorials - Free tutorials
    using Blender 2.4x
-   Kator Legaz - List at bottom
    includes a couple Blender tutorials
-   BlenderMasters -
    Links to tutorials and some embedded YouTube tutorials. All 2.4x and
    older.
-   Selleri (Link removed, because it is harmful nowadays) - Handful of
    tutorials on a very old version of Blender.
-   Cogfilms Tutorials - PDF
    downloads of tutorials in 2.4x
-   Pavaler.se - A couple of
    tutorials on modeling and animation.

## Blender Interface

-   Blender Basics: 2 Minute Tutorials - The
    Interface
-   Blender Interface Theme
    Repository
-   Basic
    Editing
-   Blender Hotkeys
-   Changing Views
-   First Impression
-   Getting Started

## Modeling

### Mesh Modeling

-   Video - DupliVerts
    Tutorial
-   How to solve Blender\'s smoothing
    problems:
    discussion about smoothing strategies: Smooth/Solid, Auto Smooth,
    EdgeSplit modifier\...
-   Heightmaps
-   Extrusion Controlled by
    IPO
-   Basic objects
-   Modeling Techniques and
    Strategies
-   Easily Remove Orphan Edges and
    Vertices
-   Non-destructive bevel
    effect

### Nurbs and Subsurface Modeling

-   Subsurf modeling
    2
-   Metaballs
-   Abstract SubSurf modeling
    I

### Modeling Specific Objects

-   Wooden Crate
-   Double-Helix
-   Turtle
-   Leaf
    Shader
-   Sears-Roebuck Dairy Barn
-   Golf
    Ball
-   Celtic
    Knot
-   Quick and Easy
    Tree
-   Ice Cube *(pdf
    tutorial)*
-   Water I (Link removed, because it is harmful nowadays) *(pdf
    tutorial)*
-   Water II (Link removed, because it is harmful nowadays) *(pdf
    tutorial)*
-   Dice
-   Die with round
    corners
-   Logo
-   Cutting through
    steel
-   Candle
-   Landscape Cartoon (Link removed, because it is harmful nowadays)
    *(pdf tutorial)*
-   Text
-   Hair
    Tutorial
-   Wikipedia: Human Body Proportions

## Texturing

-   Video - Basic
    Materials
-   Making a Lightsaber with
    Halos
-   The Unofficial Texturing
    Tutorial
-   Material Indice
    Tutorial
-   Transparency and
    Refraction
-   Reflections
-   Texturing landscapes according to
    slopes
-   Using Texture
    Stencils
-   Textures with
    Alpha
-   Textures with
    Bumpmapping

### UV Mapping

-   2 Minute Tutorial: Blender Basics - UV Mapping (Project from
    View)
-   Video - UV Mapping
-   UV Mapping &
    Texturing
-   Complex material for a
    sword

### Animated Textures

-   Video - Changing Colors Of Objects Mid
    Animation
-   animating masks for simulating ice
    freeze
-   Animated Procedural
    Textures *(pdf tutorial)*

### Texture Nodes

-   Video - Blender Nodes
-   Vector Blur usage with
    Blender

### 2D Texture Painting Techniques

These tutorials do not directly involve Blender, however they cover
useful 2D knowledge for advanced Blender users.

-   Steven Stahlberg\'s
    Tutorials
    `<span style="color:green;">`{=html}\* exposed`</span>`{=html}
-   Fixing Lighting Irregulaties in Self-Tiling
    Maps
-   Texturing with
    Gimp

## Lighting, Shadows and Rendering

-   2 Minute Tutorials: Blender Basics - An Outline of Lighting and
    Rendering in Cycles
-   Basic 3 Point
    Lighting
-   Radiosity I
-   Radiosity
    II
-   Ramp
    Shaders
-   Simulating
    Radiosity
-   Ambient
    Occlusion
-   Soft Shadows and Area
    Lights
-   Soft Lights (Link removed, because it is harmful nowadays)*(pdf
    tutorial)*
-   Blender\'s
    Mist

## Compositing

-   Matching Real
    Lighting

## Animation

-   Video - Animation
    Basics
-   Simple
    Animations
-   Effects
-   Walking Blues
-   Non Linear Action Editor - NLA
    I
-   Non Linear Action Editor - NLA
    II

### Armatures and IK

-   Video - Basic
    Armatures
-   Dancing
    Flor
    `<span style="color:green;">`{=html}\* exposed`</span>`{=html}
-   Animation Workshop
    II
    `<span style="color:green;">`{=html}\* exposed`</span>`{=html}
-   Animation recode
    project
-   Action Constraints tutorial made
    easy
-   Driven Hand
    Rig
-   Constrained
    Mechanics
-   Ikas Blender 3D -
    Introduction

## Particles

-   Video - Particle
    Basics
-   Video - Grass with
    Particles
-   Video - Explosions with Particles and the Explode
    Modifier
-   Particle
    Interaction
-   Static
    Particles
-   Making a Rain
    Effect
-   Setting a prey-predator relationship using Boids
    particles
-   Particle and field
    basics

## Fluid Simulation

-   Video - Fluid
    Simulation
-   Fluid Simulation Basics

## Game Engine

-   Video - Blender Game Engine
    Basics
-   Video - Making Dominoes
-   Game Engine
    Development
-   New fully integrated game
    engine?
-   #GameBlender
-   Walkthrough
    Tutorial
-   Mouse Look 1st Person. Options include capping, invert mouse pitch
    and adjust mouse
    sensitivity.
-   Viewports. Creating a split
    screen.
-   Python game functions. Sample Code Included. Updated to
    2.48
-   Car Setup. Use Bullet Physics vehicle
    wrapper.
-   Python scripting for the Game
    Engine
    at cgmasters.net.
-   Python scripting series of
    tutorials

## Verge3D

-   Video - Verge3D for Blender
    basics

## Python and Plugins

-   Povanim Export
    Script
-   AI Path
    Importer
-   3D-No Plugins; Put your 3D Blender space on
    web!
-   Randomizer
    Script
    Scroll down the page
-   Different Useful Scripts (Link removed, because it is harmful
    nowadays )
-   Lsystem tree
    maker
-   Python API
    Introduction
-   Python API, Making a Square
    Mesh
-   Python API,
    Iterations
-   Python API, Automating Vertex
    Creation
-   Python API, Automating Face
    Creation
-   Python API, Making
    Potatoid
-   Python Script, To build an Empty for
    EnvMap
-   Python Script, Bezier Curves
    Import
-   Python Script, Paths
    import
-   Python Script, Importing Adobe Illustrator
    Format
-   Python Script, Mesh
    Explosion
-   Python Script, Level Of
    Detail
-   Python Script, Wire Shadows and
    extrusions
-   Python Script, Changing the active camera
    instantly
-   Using the Superficial Scattering
    Script
-   City Block
    Genarator
-   Blender Camera Calibration with Live
    Camera
-   Mesh shaker and tutorial
-   Batch
    STL
-   Vertices to a Curve
    Converter
-   Zutils, Z-Buffer
    Utilities

## Related Programs

-   YafRay
-   SPE - Python IDE for Blender
-   Wings 3D Subdivision Modeler
-   Verse Gimp-Blender
    Plugin
-   Kerkythea Renderer
-   Equinox 3D
-   Povray
    export
-   Adobe Illustrator Paths
    import
-   Inkscape SVG
    import
-   Voodoo Camera
    Tracker
-   Lionhead The
    Movies

### Distributed Computing

-   BURP - Big and Ugly Rendering Project
-   Global Rendering-Farm

## Blender WikiBooks

-   Blender 3D: Blending Into
    Python
-   Blender 3D: HotKeys
-   Blender 3D: Import and Render a SolidWorks
    Model
-   Blender 3D: MemoBook
    `<span style="color:green;">`{=html}\* exposed`</span>`{=html}
-   Blender 3D: Noob to Pro

## FAQ

-   Blender
    FAQ
    (Generated on September 24, 2001)

## Miscellaneous

These are must reads for CG artists.

-   How to succeed in Animation
-   Classical Film and Video Knowledge Base
-   Quick Tips in Design&GFX

### Open Movies

-   NaNo - Blender Internet Virtual Movie
    Studio

### IRC

-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/blender>
-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/blenderchat>
-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/blenderclasses>
-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/blenderqa>
-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/blendercoders>
-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/blenderwiki>
-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/gameblenderdev>
-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/gameblender>
-   <irc://irc.freenode.net/verse>

### Tests

-   Blender Benchmarks

## Other Lists

Please read more about on
talk page.

-   `<big>`{=html}**LANGUAGES
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## About

This links list is language filtered and extended version of personal
collection originally provided by **IamInnocent**. So if you looking for
tutorials in other languages check this link at
www.elYsiun.com.

-   German Blenders should have a look at
    <http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Tutorial_Linkliste>

If you want to add Blender tutorial link in some other language you can
add it temporary on
talk page. We will
later made such WikiBooks in other languages too.

Thank you all who contributed to this nice and useful links collection!
Feel free to add your name or link if you think you need to be mentioned
here.

