Tips for using Blender the open source 3D animation software.

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Blender 3D Animation Software

Check out videos: Introduction to Blender « CGCookie.

Setup

• File > User Preference
  • Input > Mouse Left Select
  • System > International Fonts to allow Chinese file name.

Interface

• Rotate: Mouse Middle Button Drag
• Pan: Shift + Mouse Middle Button Drag

Modeling

• Edit mode/Object mode: Tab
• Sculpt mode

Rigging

• Control + P > Automatic Weights

Animation

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• Graph editor
• Timeline
• Keyframe

Video Editting: Video Sequence Editor window

Choose Screen Layout to Video Editting on the top panel.

Check out video How to Edit Videos in Blender! - YouTube

• User Preference > System > Memory cache limit to 2048.
• Control + T to switch between time(s) and frame(n).
• Alt + A to play and pause.
• Mouse Right Button to drag the playhead.
• Shift + A to add strips.
• Shift + D to duplicate strips.
• Shift + S to snap the selected strip to the playhead.
• Move one strip: Mouse drag (sticky). Press Control to snap one side.
• Move two or more strips: B to select clips and G to move a group of clips.
• K to cut strip.
• Keyframe:
  1. On the beginning time frame: Hover on the property and tap I
  2. Go to the ending time frame: Drag to the desired value and tap I
  3. Edit detail in Graph Editor: Control + Mouse Middle Drag to zoom on X/Y axis.
• Menu Add > Effect Strip... > Text to add simple text (suitable for subtitles).
• Menu Add > Effect Strip... > Transform to adjust position, scale and rotation.
• Right panel Add Strip Modifier to adjust brightness and contrast.
• Add an image with transparency: Blend select Drop Over
• Use an image to create mask effect: Blend select Alpha Over

Output: Properties window

• Dimensions: change 50% to 100% when rendering
• Output //: current path

Resources

• BlenderNation: Blender news.
• Blend Swap: Blender 3D models to download.

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