Introduction to Blender Animation Tools

Learn to animate using Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite! 

This course contains over 3.5 hours of training spread over 36 videos, all designed to get you comfortable using the tools and resources within Blender that you can use for animating. We cover the process for installing and working within the application. Then, we review the principles of computer animation and take an in-depth look at Blender's animation editors and tools that can be used to create your animation. Finally, we look at methods for importing reference audio and video and rendering tests of your work.

When you're done with this course, you will have a solid understanding of how to use Blender to create your animation!

Course Outline:

 Introduction

 Installing Blender

 Splash Screen and Interface

 Files

 User Preferences

 Link and Append

 Simplifying the Scene

 Custom User Interface Setup

 Frames, Keyframes, Interpolation, and Frame Rate

 3D View: Overview

 3D View: Navigation

 3D View Editor: Pose Interaction Mode

 3D View: X Y Z Coordinates

 3D View: Select and Transpose

 3D Cursor, Origins, and Pivot Points

 Timeline Editor

 Markers

 Dope Sheet Editor

 Setting Keyframes Manually

 Setting Keyframes Automatically

 Graph Editor: Introduction

 Graph Editor: Function Curves

 Graph Editor: Handles

 Graph Editor: Extrapolation and Modifiers

 NLA Editor

 Copy, Paste, and Paste X-Flipped Poses

 Visual Keying

 Constraints

 Ghost

 Motion Paths

 Grease Pencil

 In-Between Tools

 Pose Library

 Using Video Reference

 Using Audio Reference

 Rendering