3D animation is something I've been interested in recently but have zero knowledge of. Does this book or the FLOSS manuals give enough information for somebody who has never done any 3D modelling before or are they aimed at somebody who has already used 3D Studio Max or Lightwave?
I think the best way to learn Blender is to follow along with one of the thousands of free video tutorials found on Vimeo, YouTube, or some of my favorites:
And all of those tutorials will be 100% useless for 2.5.. Click here for.... wait I dont have that, the UI is completely different... WTF!!!
This is the problem, the changes in blender will make it near impossible for a newbie to get up to speed as everything will be just wrong enough for them to give up. and nobody is going to go back and redo all the tutorials.
Both BlenderCookie and Blender Guru have a large number of video tutorials which have been targeted at 2.5 for some time now. I would suggest either of these as a good place to learn the new version.
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3D animation primer (Score:0)
3D animation is something I've been interested in recently but have zero knowledge of. Does this book or the FLOSS manuals give enough information for somebody who has never done any 3D modelling before or are they aimed at somebody who has already used 3D Studio Max or Lightwave?
Re:3D animation primer (Score:2)
I think the best way to learn Blender is to follow along with one of the thousands of free video tutorials found on Vimeo, YouTube, or some of my favorites:
Have fun!
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There's good trail on Showmedo as well, from Glenn Moyes.
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And all of those tutorials will be 100% useless for 2.5.. Click here for .... wait I dont have that, the UI is completely different... WTF!!!
This is the problem, the changes in blender will make it near impossible for a newbie to get up to speed as everything will be just wrong enough for them to give up. and nobody is going to go back and redo all the tutorials.
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Both BlenderCookie and Blender Guru have a large number of video tutorials which have been targeted at 2.5 for some time now. I would suggest either of these as a good place to learn the new version.