where to start learning Python for blender?

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Where is the best virtual place to star learning to scripting animations with Python on Blender, considering I know how to use Python?

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Here is a link to the 2.48a API.
http://www.zoo-logique.org/3D.Blender/scripts_python/API/

Also, you can do a search on “python beginner” in this forum. I put a few introductory posts about how to do simple tasks.

My best advice is to just make a small script and keep going. If you already know python, that is a great start. I had to learn from the ground up.

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Where is the best virtual place…

In .blender/scripts folder, I assume :slight_smile:

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look also the templates in the blender script window.

nice short examples and complete doc for game engine :
http://www.tutorialsforblender3d.com/index.html

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I know you said ‘virtual’, but check out this thread. Tony Mullens books on Blender are excellent.

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thanks for all your responses, but I am looking more for a guided tutorial for animation with python scripts.

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I don’t know if you read the details about that book I recommended, but the second part (of three) is about Python scripting in Blender. Perhaps you could contact Tony (bugman_2000) for more details.

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The book you mention is not retailing on shelves yet.

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In my opinion, some of the best links are on the wikibook for Blending Into Python:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Blending_Into_Python

also check out those pages:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Advanced_Tutorials
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Blending_Into_Python/Cookbook

and last but not least, you can try reading some scripts for blender:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Scripts/Catalog

good luck!