Blender 2.5 Tutorials (New: Tool Dictionary)

Tutorials, Tips and Tricks
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I hope they will be helpful. :slight_smile:

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New Tool Dictionary I[/I]

Here is the new Tool Dictionary

New Tool Dictionary contains:

  • 1065 Operators
  • 1065 Operator Descriptions
  • 55 Operator Types
  • Alphabetically listed tools and categories
  • Pdf bookmarks

Click here for the document.

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Here is the Addons Guide. You can now see what these addons do. (Illustrated with screenshots) (25-Apr-10)

Click here for the Add-Ons guide

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Flash Tutorials: Mesh Tools Set-1 (23-Mar-10)

Do you know how to use mesh tools?

You know that mesh tools are very important part of modeling process. I made ten short flash tutorials about mesh tools. These tutorials are especially for beginners.

Click here for the sample.

Click here to download all flash tutorials

For windows: For windows: In order to open these swf files, you have to dowload Swf Opener.

For Ubuntu: You can open these flash files with Gnash Swf Viewer.

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Are you a Maya user?

I am an old Maya user and I created a detailed Maya to Blender keymap configuration.

I guarantee all Maya users love this configuration.

Click here to download Maya to Blender keymap file.

Copy this file into your .blender > scripts > presets > interaction folder.

I also created a document which contains Maya-Blender keymap comparison; Changed and Default shortcuts.

Click here to download this document

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Blender 2.5 Object Data Panel Tooltips. (12-Feb-10)

Over 35 pages Tooltips.

Mesh, Curve, Surface, Armature, Lattice, Camera… They are all in this document with their useful functions.

Click here to download.

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Here is the all hotkeys in Blender 2.5 (02-Feb-10)

This document is in pdf format.
All hotkeys listed by categories.
Bookmarks included.
It’ll be updated!

Click here for the document.

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Blender 2.5 Theme Basics. (26-Jan-10)

Do you know how to change UI colors in Blender 2.5?

This tutorial shows you how to change UI color preferences.
Blender 2.5 is WIP now so saving option may not be work.

Click here for the tutorial
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Blender 2.5 User Preferences Tooltips! (16-Jan-10)

If you want to see useful tooltips together, this document is just for you…

Click here for the document

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Blender 2.5 Basic Hotkeys (09-Jan-10) Updated!

Tutorial Link:

Basic Hotkeys

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Tool Dictionary is Updated!

New operators added! (Over 950)
New shortcuts added!
Some spelling and context mistakes corrected!

New Download link:

http://www.box.net/shared/qc97d5kq4h

You can preview it before download.

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How to change key maps in Blender 2.5 (22-Nov-09)

Tutorial Link:

Changing Keymaps

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Blender UI Differences (2.49-2.50)

Tutorial Link:

Comparison

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Do you want more tutorials and documents?

Then visit my Blender 2.5 Tuts and docs blog:

http://foreverblender.blogspot.com/

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I have seen so much on blender 2.5, And i went to there site no downloads for it yet?

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no you wont dude because its gonna be released at the end of october, but you can get builds from graphicall.org

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Here is the guide which shows the ui differences between 2.49 and 2.50.

Forever Blender :yes:

http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1253960051

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Thanks a lot Dman…
I have a question though…in the renders panel…where did the OSA options etc move to??
seems to have only…image…animation and size.
Thanks in advance

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It’s in the scene window, called Anti-Aliasing.

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much appreciated…thanks

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I am delighted to see that somebody is making the effort to offer up-to-date tutorials. Before the stable release of Blender’s next gen is even released! (Applause!)

This is so refreshing. After all the time that I’ve spent getting stuck on tutorials with obsolete information (based on much older versions of Blender), I cannot find the words to explain just how happy I am to see that you’ve gone out of your way to offer these tutorials.

I’ll still hold onto 2.49 for a while after I’ve installed 2.50. I’m not just learning how to use Blender. I’ve been trying to also learn how to create 3D models and do all the other cool stuff and am fully dependent on building my skills via free written tutorials that I copy to the tutorial folder I created on my hard drive.

Any way that I can download these tutorials to my hard drive? I’m on dial - up and only go online when I’ve decided that it’s too late for people to ring the phone here.

Thanks a zillion!

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You’re welcome. I like sharing tutorials. Because I love Blender and Blender community. This completely free program may free everyone’s mind. :smiley:

Btw, you can download all the tutorials here: (All files have *.swf extention. Use Swf Opener program to open those files)

http://www.drivehq.com/sharing/ShareLogon.aspx?key=6315930/1gnhxwwtj6cf

To download, you have to enter the e-mail adress:

[email protected]

Then download:

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I doubt if I would have missed the download button had it not been for the evolving headache. Good deal!

And yes, I love Blender, too. This is the absolute best (no holds barred) free 3D modeling plus program I found. I thought that when I started on 2.45. I get jazzed every time the Blender developers release an even sweeter version with more perks.

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Hi Demohero,

It is November but there is still nothing on Bleneder.org ?

What is or what will be the difference between between download from Blender.org and graphicall.org ?

I am very new to Blender, love it, it is like a drug but the new 2.5 interface is pretty confusing after I just touched the basics in 2.49

I want to make sure I download the “good” version and stick with it.

So many things to learn but so little time …

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graphicall.org builts are not official. They are for testing.You can’t find any stable 2.5 version of Blender until 2.6 release.

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I added a two new short tutorial about changing key maps and basic hotkeys in Blender 2.5. It’s on my first message.

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I added Maya to Blender 25. hotkey configuration tutorial. Look at my first message. :eyebrowlift:

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Demo Hero, It’s really great you are doing these.

I was wondering, is it possible to save out the Maya Keys configuration files in such a way that someone could just use it, rather than having to go through the step by steps? Maybe Zip up the config files so they can simply be overlaid over the default Blender directories?

Is such a thing possible?

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I thought I saw someone mention in the development thread (maybe a different thread) that you can save out the keymap,py, open it in the text editor window and run the script. It would change the keymaps for you and you’d just have to save defaults (attempting it, it seems to add a second Blender configuration in the drop down of the input window in user preferences).

You may need to hit restore all to get the settings of the new profile to become active if it doesn’t immediately change.

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Check the tutorial file. :eyebrowlift:

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thank you demohero for putting that list together. those links were very helpful :slight_smile:

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Ok I have a problem. I made a character in 2.49b and transferred to 2.5 alpha 0. It looks like my ipo drivers were erased in the process so where do I got to remake the ipo drivers? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

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Hiya I made some video tutorials about rigging a character (specifically the feet and legs) in Blender 2.5.

Setting up ipo drivers is covered in this one.

Watching the video just before it might help to clarify what I’m trying to do in this video (or at least why I’m trying to do it) but it shouldn’t be 100% necessary, you can just watch that one video.

If you want to see the whole series, then you can watch this playlist. There are 10 videos in total and they cover an IK foot roll setup, knee control, a funky foot tumble control and IK/FK switching. Hope this is helpful.