28-29th Sep 26
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Take your first steps into the world of 3D design with Blender, the industry's leading free software.
Learn modelling, materials, lighting and animation to showcase your ideas with stunning visuals.
Take your first steps into the world of 3D design with Blender, the industry's leading free software. Learn modelling, materials, lighting and animation to showcase your ideas with stunning visuals.
Build 3D models, animations and renders from scratch using Blender on this beginner-friendly two-day introduction course.
Expert-led and hands-on throughout, you'll learn to navigate the interface and viewport, work in object and edit mode, create and manipulate 3D objects using Blender's core modelling tools, apply materials and textures for realistic surfaces, set up lights and cameras for any scene, animate objects using keyframes, explore geometry nodes for procedural modelling effects, and render your finished scenes to a professional standard.
No prior 3D experience required.
| Course Dates | Days | Location | Places | RRP | Discount | You Pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-29th Sep 26 | Mon-Tue | Online | Available | £549.00 | £100.00 | £449.00 + VAT | |
| 7-8th Jan 27 | Thu-Fri | Online | Available | £549.00 | £549.00 + VAT | ||
| 8-9th Mar 27 | Mon-Tue | Online | Available | £549.00 | £549.00 + VAT | ||
| 10-11th May 27 | Mon-Tue | Online | Available | £549.00 | £549.00 + VAT | ||
| 7-8th Jul 27 | Wed-Thu | Online | Available | £549.00 | £549.00 + VAT |
| Course Dates | Days | Location | Places | RRP | Discount | You Pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-29th Sep 26 | Mon-Tue | Online | Available | £549.00 | £100.00 | £449.00 + VAT | |
| 7-8th Jan 27 | Thu-Fri | Online | Available | £549.00 | £549.00 + VAT | ||
| 8-9th Mar 27 | Mon-Tue | Online | Available | £549.00 | £549.00 + VAT | ||
| 10-11th May 27 | Mon-Tue | Online | Available | £549.00 | £549.00 + VAT | ||
| 7-8th Jul 27 | Wed-Thu | Online | Available | £549.00 | £549.00 + VAT |
Private & team training
Available as private, bespoke or team training at our centre, live online, or at your venue. Customise the outline, train as a group, or book a one-to-one with an expert.
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Private & team training
Available as private, bespoke or team training at our centre, live online, or at your venue. Customise the outline, train as a group, or book a one-to-one with an expert.
Configuring the Workspace and Editors
Navigating the viewport
Understanding the Outliner
Functions of the Properties Panel
Creating basic objects
Manipulating objects in the viewport
Object mode vs Editing mode
Using Hotkeys for speed
Points, Edges and Polygons, the building blocks of 3D
Transformation axis and axis types
Object Attributes
Modifiers and the modifier stack
Object Modelling tools, Extruding, Insetting, Bevelling and more
Proportional editing and snap
Boolean operations
Subdivision Modelling and edge loops
Creating Blender materials
Colour, Reflectivity, Specularity and Roughness
Adjusting material properties
Types of shaders and their uses
Creating and Applying texture maps
The Material Node editor for more complex materials
Understanding UV Mapping
Creating lights, light types and properties
Adjusting light and shadow settings
Adding an environment
Creating cameras
Adjusting the camera to get exactly the shot you want
Changing camera settings for realism
Using depth of field and camera effects
A tale of two renderers - Eevee and Cycles
Using Eevee for fast rendering and dynamic viewport updates
Using Cycles for production quality renders
GPU vs CPU rendering
Quality vs Render time
Sampling, Smoothing and Anti Aliasing
Outputting stills and animation
The geometry nodes editor
A world of possibilities - exploring nodes
Example node setups
The timeline and animation editor
Setting Keyframes in Blender
How anything can be animated
Editing animation keys
Adjusting animation with curves for better results
This course is also available as a private course. If you wish we can tailor the content for your team. Please contact us for more details.
For designers, artists, animators and creatives who want to learn 3D modelling, animation and rendering using Blender. No prior 3D or Blender experience required.
Amazing Teacher - Really easy to follow and understand will deffo recommend to others
Good variety of examples and clear explanations
The course was very easy to follow and everything was well explained
Good at explaining things thoroughly and help to gain a deeper understanding of Blender and how we can use different processes. Definitely…
Very helpful with explaining things and showing us how to create different things. Being shown all different aspects of the software.
Great at explaining and showing examples of how to do things.
Expertly designed course and the teacher was very good at answering our questions whilst keeping us on track and on time
The trainer was great, the course content was brilliant. All the staff are friendly, lunch is delicious and good facilities. I will recomme…
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