Blender 2.8 selection techniques

In this video, we take a look at various selection techniques in Blender 2.8

[@Quantumspace23]

There can never be enough tutorials as we all learn differently and even when watching someone go over the basics again there's a chance we might see something we didn't know before so my hope is that you'll continue documenting your journey into Blender.

[@stratabegood]

yeah he didnt

[@brucemarshall1439]

@@stratabegood Still working on it!!! 😎

[@jessepender5239]

I've watched several tutorials on section methods and none of them mentioned that you can click on different areas of a face to control the direction of the face loop selection. It's super simple and very useful! Thanks for the tip!

[@unknownuser3000]

I've been using blender as a supplemental tool to other 3d softwares for over a year and this is one of the best tutorials I've seen. I actually learned several new skills here and am very grateful for this video and your style of teaching. Thank you.

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad it helped!

[@Grinder-one]

Thanks, this is a great tutorial. There's so many video's out there that claim to be for beginners that are almost impossible to understand when they're just realing off their morse code of 'left click, ctrl A, press S, drag out, ctrl M'.....it's important when learning to understand what the short cut keys are actually short cutting to and the majority of the time, they totally leave out the multi and path selections. I had no idea how they were selecting a ton of edges together to apply a bevel, now I know thanks to you. ps, you have the ideal voice and articulations for tutorials.

[@SW-lw6mt]

There's also Select Linked which is neat. Select a face/edge/vert and hit L on the keyboard - it selects all the attached faces/edges/verts. Or you can hover the cursor over a face, hit L and it'll select the linked faces. Also, you can set constraints to select link materials, uvs etc

[@Drippy.Mickey]

I was stuck in brush selection mode. Using the “W” key not only helped me out of it but im saving so much time on my models. 🙏🏾🙏🏾thank you

[@Define_Insane]

Quick, clear and precise! Great video! Thank you so much, exactly what I was looking for!

[@simfreaks2001]

Thank you so much! I was struggling to select backfaces! and got the bonus of learning all the little tricks.

[@ilustradsn]

SUPER clear and practical, you don't play with the viewers :) thank you!!!

[@fearthesmeag]

I've been looking for the Cntl & + for ages as this defo speeds up the workflow - thanks dude!

[@archlyn1]

Nice, just the tutorial I needed. Thanks for contributing to this great Blender community!

[@kevgames56]

Thank you so much for this video!, this really helped me in modelling better! very quick, informative and straight to the point.

[@ChristinaMcKay]

So great to see you using Blender. Welcome to the club. I know the many shortkeys are a challenge but you will get there. I have one more for you, to reset the 3D cursor press Shift+C That resets the cursor to the world origin and also brings all the objects in the view.

[@brucemarshall1439]

Wow!!! I downloaded Blender 2.93.5 about seven and a half weeks ago. Lately I've been having difficulty selecting face loops to go in the correct direction. You can probably imagine how much time I've spent following the most intricate of loops to make sure I get every last face!!! Just WOW, thank you soooooo much for this simple explanation!! You have a new subscriber on this alone, thanks again :-)

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad I could help!

[@bohdan_lvov]

1:10 also you can press Alt+G and it'll reset all coordinates of the selected objects. Same works with R for rotation and S for scale.

[@JimmyGunawanX]

Bohdan Lvov Also the F3 to find reset command for transform.

[@guyzo540]

Useful af. Thank you

[@damienthc]

1:39 its when he actually start explaining.

[@MAMoonboy]

Thanks

[@-mistsume-4291]

Ty so much lol

[@djpj54321]

Great, you saved my day! This loop selection was exactly what I was looking for!

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad I could help!

[@MavixEdits]

Great video, these are some very effective and versatile methods. Keep up the great work!

[@sidewaysdesign]

Thank you! As a former Modonaut making the leap into Blender, this video is a perfect starting point.

[@wes.mcdermott]

Thanks! Same here. Former modonaught

[@animbot6817]

Great video thanks for posting. I come from a 3dmax and Maya background and have finally decided to give Blender a try. I'm really digging the selection options in Blender. The loop selection is pretty intuitive now that I know it matters what region of the face you're selecting. The one thing that's disappointing is not having an option to change selection culling. Having to toggle xray everytime I make a selection is driving me crazy since 99% of the time I want to select both front and back faces.

[@tahaelsanosi6871]

Great tutorial.. Calm simple and straight forward, well done!!

[@degansullivan2859]

this was very helpful, thanks! I couldn't figure out how to select through the object until I watched this.👍

[@TheBryancrochet]

CRTL SHIRT + is such a time saver. Wish I had known this years ago! THANKS!

[@i.love.chocolatemilkshakeh7357]

ikr, shirts are so amazing!

[@adityarizky3713]

how can we do it in mac os?

[@mlabash]

Super clear! Thanks so much for this. It's not easy to make Blender tutorials that are so easy to follow and understand.

[@wes.mcdermott]

You're very welcome!

[@JesusDeuxLeRetour]

Thank you for the X-Ray mode tip i was searching for this :)

[@jontysb]

Thanks a lot mate. I was super confused in the vertical and horizontal loop select and you solved my problem. ❤

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad it helped!

[@3dxcrazyindia822]

thanks for saving my life....i was finding those techniques for selecting not complete loop but some continuous faces...again thanks

[@abgmusic3883]

Thankyou so much bru, it's been 2days I was learning to creat a room , by watching tutorial on u tube but I was stuck on face selection...but FINNAL I learned 💙

[@FrutigerAero21]

7:17 Exactly what I was looking for to select the whole object. Thanks!

[@bohdan_lvov]

YEAH! Welcome to Blender gang!

[@subject_changed4690]

I have been recruited

[@prokeyG]

Blender is a nighmare

[@peterbalance]

that was so good thank you Wes. amazing

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mediup2472]

This video has helped a lot, thank you so much!

[@wes.mcdermott]

Thank much! Glad it was helpful.

[@mickt9064]

omg thank you. All I want blender for is to take an STL miniature and delete out the weapon they are holding (etc). That x-ray selection is exactly what I needed,

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zonian8782]

thanks for this i applied for a 3d modeling job and they made me do a office chair with like a matress with grooves which i dont know if i should spend time sculpting with mouse or just do edit mode but in the end it just gave me a hard time on selection those selection and just redo it and ended up putting meshes instead of a whole mesh

[@user-gs8ed9qb3n]

you are the selection master!

[@ArmoredColony]

Oh, you have that perfect voice for tutorials. I’m jelly.

[@casharbers2439]

that x-ray is really what i needed, thanks.

[@falahqurashi252]

i was trying hard to fine such a helpful video .thanks a lot

[@khairulrozi3769]

the control + L is really help me out!! Thanks !!!

[@nonrealitymotions9081]

Great. This is what I was exactly looking for

[@muhammadmagbago9572]

this helpt me out alot thank you!!

[@nddgoficial]

Nice video! thx for the info!

[@harikrishnan_g]

Oh... man... you are really a time saver ♥ Thank you

[@estherbello_]

what a life saver this video is. thank you!

[@wes.mcdermott]

Awesome! Thank you : )

[@tomberonable]

This is incredibly helpfull, very good video. Thank you

[@dibritto1298]

6:30 this technique is amazing, I knew it was possible to do, but I couldn't remember how, now I have it in my mind, thanks for sharing your knowledge ❤

[@wes.mcdermott]

Happy to help!

[@jodias27]

Thanks Wes! Very useful to me...a new starter!

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad it was helpful!

[@puppetmasterin]

Thank you man, you saved me alot of time!

[@Prostudios_]

Thanks alot!, you eased me the stress of selecting faces one by one with shift, as alt + left click keeps giving me vertical loop selection, thanks alot 😇

[@my_yt_]

For horizontal loop selections (including inside faces in xray mode, very handy) do this. Hover the selection cross to the left or right of the middle of a vertical line (in Edit / Face Mode), with the ALT+SHIFT down (first selection just ALT needed), until you have all of the horizontal faces selected you need. (Blender 3.3 tested)

[@anasjohnson9058]

Thank you :) you helped me very much for modeling

[@ArtemM3D]

Welcome to the club, Wes! ;)

[@haivo9380]

Help a lot bro ! Thanks

[@wormoSTEEZE]

this was very helpful, thanks!

[@leonciocastillo6433]

It helped a lot. Thanx

[@JefferySchimes0310]

Glad I found this video. Thanks

[@wes.mcdermott]

Thanks for checking out the video!

[@a-factsentertainment5837]

Thanks for explaining....its helped

[@blhtml]

Thank thee, you make me happy, I am going to look your video like 40 times

[@wes.mcdermott]

I'm glad you like it

[@rakamakalo]

thanks you so much for sharing this for free. you help me a lot.

[@sandred2814]

Wes, thank you so much for tutorial . Many thanks!😆

[@marsmotion]

glad to see you doing this. 2.8 got my attention as well. really a game studio could dump costly and manipulative autodesk and go totally blender and save tons of money and have way less hassles. the smart studios will do this. better sculpting and udim support are coming soon along with many other features as this just keeps going. 20year max maya guy here. im finding blender more fun to work in.

[@tested211]

Indeed, Blender has the LTS release as well, which is great for use in a long term project.

[@potato_enjoyer4]

You saved me man, thank you so much

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad I could help

[@drumhailer547]

SAVED MY DAY THANKS

[@wes.mcdermott]

You are most welcome!

[@franham]

Really useful! Thank you!

[@tomtrovert2339]

Thanks for sharing Wes

[@JerseyAir]

Very helpful, thx!! super new to blender

[@wes.mcdermott]

You're very welcome!

[@BhanuSingh-xq1rx]

This is really a great tutorial, I have been try to hop in blender and learning my way around , this video helped me learning some really cool techniques along with the shortcuts, (been fan of your work on substance )

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad it helped! Thank you much! I am thinking of updating this video using the latest version of Blender.

[@guyzo540]

Good video. Thank you

[@JustMat_t]

thank you so much dude you helped me a lot

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad I could help!

[@Tarek-Sobh]

You're amazing! Thank you so much :D

[@codeine6460]

Appreciate man for real

[@alexbobyr8076]

thank You, great tips.

[@digoisho]

bruh you made life easy, thanks

[@Kennyisgoated]

Thanks man!

[@TheStevecgibbs]

Useful video thanks bro 🙏

[@m0rph3u5.]

Awesome tips.. thanks alot for sharing.. will make the transition from Maya easier

[@shaddyeldesouky8953]

very helpful, your voice is calming, I watched this video because I have an issue, it seems that blender doesn't completely deselect all, in the outliner you will find the mesh icon of the last selected and deselected object is still grayed(Active) and when I go to the shader mode to try select materials and then "select linked by material" the last deselcted object changes its material as if it was selected, also this confuses me while modeling because I have one object selected while the changes happen to the other object with the grayed icon in the outliner.

[@SL-ec3im]

Thank you so much !

[@leenaandnoorpro923]

Thank you for explanation,❤

[@scarydays6528]

Couldn't figure out why it was only squares! Thank you!

[@aidanhust4922]

Very helpful, thank you

[@suhaibmayanad]

very helping,...i just wanted to know only about selection features in blender... and dont want to go through a 2 hour vedio..thank you brother..

[@manthiravel6274]

I learned many selection methods, thank you. Still If I do edge split and create some sci fi look to that sphere, then how to select the edge split portions with a click. I saw many of them used that edge split and select but I don't how, I asked them but not replied. Can you please tell me how, if possible. Thank you

[@trippychickens4811]

thnx , well explained.

[@joyoussuccess]

well made tut thanks alot

[@wes.mcdermott]

Glad it helped!

[@aapka_rudraksh]

Thank you sir you helped me so much

[@wes.mcdermott]

You are most welcome

[@hh-ls2lh]

how do you get the square grid to come up

[@ackmaster8050]

I feeel just like you. thanks for this

[@Dios_of_Autumn-1999]

Knowing that the linked all option exists is a eureka moment for me thank you very much. rip my wasted hours...

[@arnold_ondra7456]

Ty mate.

[@dividemedia2465]

6:45 learn me please which button was pressed

[@george-vn8uk]

great video! when i try the loop selection, it doesn't work. i hold alt and press the face but it doesn't work. please let me know asap!

[@yonamiti9743]

Well explained Bravo

[@hackerr2656]

thank you for this userful fideo!

[@deadspirit6]

Very helpful

[@CarlosAcosta-pw1er]

Thank you sooo much man

[@Lukey_3D]

Hi Wes. Finding all of your vidoes fantastic. Do have a seperate question about getting vertex colours onto models in bledner. I downloded your SpiderBot for your substance painter tutorial but I cant reverse engineer how you got vertex colours so nicely onto the model. Any bledner tips for this? did you do this before you merged all the individual parts? or is there some trick to do this once all the parts have been merged? thanks

[@wes.mcdermott]

Thanks much! So glad you like the videos. What I use in blender is the Set Vertex Color - Shift + K menu. In Vertex Paint mode, I use the Vertex Selection option to select vertices then Set them to the color. I will bounce over to the Object Mode to use selection tools, then go back to Vertex Paint mode and then use Set Vertex Color. In the Spider Bot, I did have individual parts. I don't think I merged it down to one mesh. But even if you do use one mesh, you can go into Object mode and make selections then go to Vertex Painte mode and Set Vertex Color. For me, the key is going to Object Mode to make my vertex selections : )

[@stefanleithner6922]

cntrl + l was what I was looking for :D

[@dertobbe1176]

Is there a way to select same height in world Position?

[@MarkandSandieInMotion]

I'm Alt clicking on a face and nothing happens unless I just click on a face. Is there a setting you know of that I need to turn on?

[@pascalcreativedesign8790]

Do you still use Modo? I'm learning Modo. Really like it but didn't seem to have a big community.