100+ Tips to Boost Modeling in Blender

In this video, Zach shares over 100 modeling related tips for Blender. Below you can find a list with all tips and the according timestamps.
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OTHER CHANNELS
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COURSES & EBOOKS
⇨ Blender 2.8 Launch Pad course: bit.ly/blender-launch-pad-100-modeling-tips
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⇨ 50 Modeling Issues From Hell Course (affiliate): gumroad.com/a/303592563
⇨ Blender Secrets E-book (affiliate): gumroad.com/a/436106355
CHAPTERS
User Interface
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:07 - #01 Mode Pie Menu
00:06:11 - #02 Viewport Shading Pie Menu
00:06:34 - #03 Toggle X-Ray Shortcut
00:06:52 - #04 Inspect Surfaces Using MatCaps
00:07:44 - #05 Cavity
00:08:45 - #06 Random Colors
00:09:09 - #07 Frame Selected
00:10:05 - #08 Better 3D Viewport Navigation
00:12:53 - #09 Local View
00:14:27 - #10 Align View to Face Normal
00:15:17 - #11 Clipping Region
00:15:53 - #12 Quad View
00:17:42 - #13 Disable the Splash Screen
00:18:16 - #14 Disable Tooltips
00:19:00 - #15 Search Menu
00:19:40 - #16 Math Operators
00:20:22 - #17 Change Multiple Parameters at once
00:20:38 - #18 Resetting Parameters to Default
00:21:11 - #19 Make Fine Adjustments
00:21:42 - #20 Pin Panels
00:22:47 - #21 Reopen the Operator Panel
00:23:36 - #22 Quickly View Online Manual
Selection
00:24:42 - #23 Select More/Less
00:25:01 - #24 Select Linked
00:25:47 - #25 Invert Selection
00:26:15 - #26 Checker Deselect
00:26:40 - #27 Pick Shortest Path
00:27:39 - #28 Select Random
00:28:10 - #29 Select Similar
Mesh Modeling
00:29:22 - #30 Edit Multiple Objects at once
00:30:14 - #31 Connect Vertex Path
00:30:46 - #32 Edge / Vertex Slide
00:31:56 - #33 Merge by Distance
00:32:42 - #34 Auto Merge Vertices
00:33:37 - #35 Dissolve Selection
00:34:56 - #36 Extrude to Mouse Cursor
00:35:12 - #37 Mirroring in Edit Mode
00:36:12 - #38 Shear Tool
00:36:38 - #39 Move along Normals
00:37:23 - #40 Grid Fill
00:37:56 - #41 Bevel in Edit Mode
00:38:39 - #42 Solidify in Edit Mode
00:39:02 - #43 Boolean in Edit Mode
00:39:36 - #44 Close all Holes at once
00:40:27 - #45 Cut through Meshes (Knife Tool)
00:41:13 - #46 Knife Project
00:42:50 - #47 Bridge Edge Loops
00:43:21 - #48 Holes using Bridge Edge Loops
00:43:47 - #49 Customize Auto Smooth
00:45:13 - #50 Hide in Edit Mode
00:46:11 - #51 Inset Face Additional Shortcuts
00:46:56 - #52 Offset Edge Slide
00:48:01 - #53 Organic Modeling in Sculpt Mode
00:48:53 - #54 Separate by Loose Parts
00:49:59 - #55 Move using Active Selection
00:51:22 - #56 Rotate and Scale using Active Selection
00:52:26 - #57 Individual Origins
00:53:09 - #58 3D Cursor as Pivot Point
00:53:49 - #59 Repeat History
00:54:49 - #60 Bool Tool Add-on
00:56:32 - #61 Loop Tools Add-on
00:57:41 - #62 F2 Add-on
Transformation
00:58:16 - #63 Reset Transforms
00:58:35 - #64 Always show Transform Gizmos
00:59:26 - #65 Quickly adjust Origins
01:00:13 - #66 Transform Parents without affecting Children
01:00:54 - #67 Change Distance of Objects
01:01:28 - #68 Snap to Surface
01:02:30 - #69 Duplicate Linked
01:03:52 - #70 Copy Object Data
01:04:22 - #71 Temporary Link Data
01:05:27 - #72 Randomize Transform
01:06:16 - #73 Copy Transform Data to other Objects
Modifiers
01:07:24 - #74 Add Modifiers to Quick Favorites
01:08:42 - #75 Apply All Modifiers
01:09:22 - #76 Change multiple Modifiers at once
01:10:13 - #77 Copy Modifiers to other Objects
01:10:39 - #78 Bevel Modifier and Harden Normals
01:11:41 - #79 Custom Beveled Edges
01:13:26 - #80 Multiple Bevel Modifiers
01:16:09 - #81 Clean Hard-Surface Sub-D Modeling
01:17:57 - #82 Beveled Booleans (Weld Modifier)
01:20:05 - #83 Slice Cuts
01:22:39 - #84 Lazy Mirror Modifier
01:23:56 - #85 Quickly Change Mirroring Position
01:24:41 - #86 Quick Array Patterns
01:27:59 - #87 Circular Array Shapes
01:30:19 - #88 Circular Array Duplicates
01:32:06 - #89 Robot Tentacle Arms
01:35:52 - #90 Quad Sphere
01:37:52 - #91 Skin Modifier Modeling
01:39:10 - #92 Multires Modifier Deformations
01:40:08 - #93 Dynamic Mesh Projection
Organization
01:42:01 - #94 Quickly Rename and Batch Rename
01:43:04 - #95 Collections Galore
01:43:48 - #96 Move to Collection
01:44:33 - #97 Instancing Collections
01:46:00 - #98 Mirror Collections
01:46:58 - #99 Collection Instances with 3D Cursor Offset
01:48:27 - #100 Parent in Outliner
Bonus
01:49:27 - #101 Draw Cables
01:51:44 - #102 3D Sticky Notes
01:56:03 - Outro
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[@cgboost]

Video starts at 5:00! Chapter list below! Leave a reply here, if you watched the whole video! 😃 User Interface 00:05:07 - #01 Mode Pie Menu 00:06:11 - #02 Viewport Shading Pie Menu 00:06:34 - #03 Toggle X-Ray Shortcut 00:06:52 - #04 Inspect Surfaces Using MatCaps 00:07:44 - #05 Cavity 00:08:45 - #06 Random Colors 00:09:09 - #07 Frame Selected 00:10:05 - #08 Better 3D Viewport Navigation 00:12:53 - #09 Local View 00:14:27 - #10 Align View to Face Normal 00:15:17 - #11 Clipping Region 00:15:53 - #12 Quad View 00:17:42 - #13 Disable the Splash Screen 00:18:16 - #14 Disable Tooltips 00:19:00 - #15 Search Menu 00:19:40 - #16 Math Operators 00:20:22 - #17 Change Multiple Parameters at once 00:20:38 - #18 Resetting Parameters to Default 00:21:11 - #19 Make Fine Adjustments 00:21:42 - #20 Pin Panels 00:22:47 - #21 Reopen the Operator Panel 00:23:36 - #22 Quickly View Online Manual Selection 00:24:42 - #23 Select More/Less 00:25:01 - #24 Select Linked 00:25:47 - #25 Invert Selection 00:26:15 - #26 Checker Deselect 00:26:40 - #27 Pick Shortest Path 00:27:39 - #28 Select Random 00:28:10 - #29 Select Similar Mesh Modeling 00:29:22 - #30 Edit Multiple Objects at once 00:30:14 - #31 Connect Vertex Path 00:30:46 - #32 Edge / Vertex Slide 00:31:56 - #33 Merge by Distance 00:32:42 - #34 Auto Merge Vertices 00:33:37 - #35 Dissolve Selection 00:34:56 - #36 Extrude to Mouse Cursor 00:35:12 - #37 Mirroring in Edit Mode 00:36:12 - #38 Shear Tool 00:36:38 - #39 Move along Normals 00:37:23 - #40 Grid Fill 00:37:56 - #41 Bevel in Edit Mode 00:38:39 - #42 Solidify in Edit Mode 00:39:02 - #43 Boolean in Edit Mode 00:39:36 - #44 Close all Holes at once 00:40:27 - #45 Cut through Meshes (Knife Tool) 00:41:13 - #46 Knife Project 00:42:50 - #47 Bridge Edge Loops 00:43:21 - #48 Holes using Bridge Edge Loops 00:43:47 - #49 Customize Auto Smooth 00:45:13 - #50 Hide in Edit Mode 00:46:11 - #51 Inset Face Additional Shortcuts 00:46:56 - #52 Offset Edge Slide 00:48:01 - #53 Organic Modeling in Sculpt Mode 00:48:53 - #54 Separate by Loose Parts 00:49:59 - #55 Move using Active Selection 00:51:22 - #56 Rotate and Scale using Active Selection 00:52:26 - #57 Individual Origins 00:53:09 - #58 3D Cursor as Pivot Point 00:53:49 - #59 Repeat History 00:54:49 - #60 Bool Tool Add-on 00:56:32 - #61 Loop Tools Add-on 00:57:41 - #62 F2 Add-on Transformation 00:58:16 - #63 Reset Transforms 00:58:35 - #64 Always show Transform Gizmos 00:59:26 - #65 Quickly adjust Origins 01:00:13 - #66 Transform Parents without affecting Children 01:00:54 - #67 Change Distance of Objects 01:01:28 - #68 Snap to Surface 01:02:30 - #69 Duplicate Linked 01:03:52 - #70 Copy Object Data 01:04:22 - #71 Temporary Link Data 01:05:27 - #72 Randomize Transform 01:06:16 - #73 Copy Transform Data to other Objects Modifiers 01:07:24 - #74 Add Modifiers to Quick Favorites 01:08:42 - #75 Apply All Modifiers 01:09:22 - #76 Change multiple Modifiers at once 01:10:13 - #77 Copy Modifiers to other Objects 01:10:39 - #78 Bevel Modifier and Harden Normals 01:11:41 - #79 Custom Beveled Edges 01:13:26 - #80 Multiple Bevel Modifiers 01:16:09 - #81 Clean Hard-Surface Sub-D Modeling 01:17:57 - #82 Beveled Booleans (Weld Modifier) 01:20:05 - #83 Slice Cuts 01:22:39 - #84 Lazy Mirror Modifier 01:23:56 - #85 Quickly Change Mirroring Position 01:24:41 - #86 Quick Array Patterns 01:27:59 - #87 Circular Array Shapes 01:30:19 - #88 Circular Array Duplicates 01:32:06 - #89 Robot Tentacle Arms 01:35:52 - #90 Quad Sphere 01:37:52 - #91 Skin Modifier Modeling 01:39:10 - #92 Multires Modifier Deformations 01:40:08 - #93 Dynamic Mesh Projection Organization 01:42:01 - #94 Quickly Rename and Batch Rename 01:43:04 - #95 Collections Galore 01:43:48 - #96 Move to Collection 01:44:33 - #97 Instancing Collections 01:46:00 - #98 Mirror Collections 01:46:58 - #99 Collection Instances with 3D Cursor Offset 01:48:27 - #100 Parent in Outliner Bonus 01:49:27 - #101 Draw Cables 01:51:44 - #102 3D Sticky Notes 01:56:03 - Outro

[@canofair2147]

CG Boost this was great thanks

[@maxblacked1165]

I watched. I really want to learn all of the modifiers. And about shaders..

[@mdm-prods1184]

hello and thanks very long video , 2 day to see , too long but very good tips in result . projection , curve drawing, boolean operation , and many other little tips and shortcut that very important to know. fortunately that the chapters your course are shortness 😁

[@vitonice]

great thanks , i think better , make this 1 video in each methode, make playlist for this tips

[@juliocargnin]

I wanna mention that the progress bar you put on each section was absolutely helpful! It allowed me to consume the whole video much faster by jumping 10 sec when the subject was know until I find myself on the next tip. This + 1.5 speed combo was perfect! Great content as always! Congratulations for this work.

[@venomvein3202]

Blender community is the best community on youtube PERIOD. Awesome work and thanks!

[@lostcrusader8053]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@chocobovonhauske8518]

I don't know, it's not unusual to stumble with blender users that are toxic towards other software (specially maya, it really feels like console elitist sometimes), but those are really the exception, overall it is an astoundingly amazing community and I love it

[@lostcrusader8053]

Chocobo Von Hauske Yeah no doubt there are such elitist. In general, it’s really a good community

[@wisefrog33]

Yeah, i think it's bad to get saffocated by some bad clues about blender. They only praise blender features and don't help much

[@katyb3869]

Absolutely agree!!!

[@cineblazer]

I appreciate the little white timer bar at the bottom of the screen for each tip! It's the little details that really make your videos stand out!

[@NBear50]

Just noticed that too! its so handy

[@JoshGambrell]

Appreciate the mention Zach :) Been watching your content for years now so I'm honored!

[@cgboost]

You're welcome Josh! I really like your content as well, so keep going! :)

[@Block_91]

im new to blender and i gotta say one of the best parts of it is the community \o/

[@theresan2138]

This is crazy you did this for free. I need to thank you a thousand times. You don't know how much I appreciate your work and information you provide in this 2 hour long video. I saved it and wrote pages of notes.

[@cineblazer]

Learning that alt-s fatten/slim edit mode shortcut has restored my faith in humanity, cured my type 7 diabetes, and increased the yield of my crops.

[@RareTechniques]

mad gainz

[@sbc2954]

People do not realize a course like this can cost thousands of dollars. He is giving this all for free. He deserves your like and subscription

[@sbc2954]

@@MapleTree0 ok maybe that was cap. But hundreds for sure

[@michaelsmusicinstruments9980]

2 hours of my life are now planned, and the best: if I don't have enough time, or if I forget something (like every time :-)), everything is listed incredibly precisely in the description. great work zacherias, thanks

[@bzqp2]

Me: *Wondering why my Blender always crushes, while other youtubers can manage without problems* CG Boost: *128 GB RAM*

[@SianaGearz]

When i started using Blender, i had 128MB RAM. It was nearly 20 years ago. I found the PC in the dumpster under my apartment, it was a very new AMD Athlon 800 with a not terrible i think MSI mainboard. The power supply was cheap junk and smelled burned. The PC also housed an optical drive (dead), an GPU (dead), and a hard disk (dead), so this was the handiwork of the power supply; however the mainboard, the CPU, and RAM were alright. So i just had to replace the dead bits, i had an Elsa TNT2 i think at hand, and a Fortron/Source power supply, an older CD burner, i added a DVD drive, and a brand spanking new Maxtor DM80 hard disk with lifetime warranty (that i had to later make use of SEVERAL TIMES by mailing it in to Ireland), and IT WAS GLORIOUS.

[@cesaramaral7007]

@@SianaGearz thanks for sharing the story. That was really awesome. I take it you still have that hard disk? That'd be some piece to keep, wonder if the warranty holds still.

[@SianaGearz]

@@cesaramaral7007 No, they cancelled the warranty eventually. Also Maxtor no longer exists as a legal entity. I have SOME DM80 hard disks here in a box somewhere, but i don't know whether either of them is THE hard disk that last came back from replacement of THAT hard disk, because i took custody of a number of dead DM80 disks since then that i also got replaced, which BTW wasn't free, they would repair and mail them back for free, but you pay the shipping to them, which was expensive. I think the DM80 were dying like flies for some reason. I think the TNT2 didn't stay in that PC for all that long, because naturally the GeForce 2mx was a better match for Blender. Because thanks to OpenGL, transformation and lighting viewport acceleration would just work.

[@Rek-55]

strange. never crashed in comparison of Maya

[@cgboost]

@Siana Gearz My first computer also had 128MB RAM, if I remember correctly. But back then I had no clue about Blender or 3D tools, I was just doing pixel art in MS Paint. 😅

[@Dantti]

Man, this is HUGE! Thanks for the massive effort! Respect!

[@rinshinmurad5865]

HEY I AM YOU ARE SUBSCRIBER

[@tracygunning]

this is now my fav video; I'll come back to this time and again. Thank you

[@lukeh9300]

11:18 I started to learn blender like a year ago, but i quit because had been researching how to fix the getting stuck zooming in issue, and could not find any way to fix it. This tip literally saved my life!!

[@LiquidSnake1988]

CHAPTERS User Interface 00:00:00​ - Intro 00:05:07​ - #01 Mode Pie Menu 00:06:11​ - #02 Viewport Shading Pie Menu 00:06:34​ - #03 Toggle X-Ray Shortcut 00:06:52​ - #04 Inspect Surfaces Using MatCaps 00:07:44​ - #05 Cavity 00:08:45​ - #06 Random Colors 00:09:09​ - #07 Frame Selected 00:10:05​ - #08 Better 3D Viewport Navigation 00:12:53​ - #09 Local View 00:14:27​ - #10 Align View to Face Normal 00:15:17​ - #11 Clipping Region 00:15:53​ - #12 Quad View 00:17:42​ - #13 Disable the Splash Screen 00:18:16​ - #14 Disable Tooltips 00:19:00​ - #15 Search Menu 00:19:40​ - #16 Math Operators 00:20:22​ - #17 Change Multiple Parameters at once 00:20:38​ - #18 Resetting Parameters to Default 00:21:11​ - #19 Make Fine Adjustments 00:21:42​ - #20 Pin Panels 00:22:47​ - #21 Reopen the Operator Panel 00:23:36​ - #22 Quickly View Online Manual Selection 00:24:42​ - #23 Select More/Less 00:25:01​ - #24 Select Linked 00:25:47​ - #25 Invert Selection 00:26:15​ - #26 Checker Deselect 00:26:40​ - #27 Pick Shortest Path 00:27:39​ - #28 Select Random 00:28:10​ - #29 Select Similar Mesh Modeling 00:29:22​ - #30 Edit Multiple Objects at once 00:30:14​ - #31 Connect Vertex Path 00:30:46​ - #32 Edge / Vertex Slide 00:31:56​ - #33 Merge by Distance 00:32:42​ - #34 Auto Merge Vertices 00:33:37​ - #35 Dissolve Selection 00:34:56​ - #36 Extrude to Mouse Cursor 00:35:12​ - #37 Mirroring in Edit Mode 00:36:12​ - #38 Shear Tool 00:36:38​ - #39 Move along Normals 00:37:23​ - #40 Grid Fill 00:37:56​ - #41 Bevel in Edit Mode 00:38:39​ - #42 Solidify in Edit Mode 00:39:02​ - #43 Boolean in Edit Mode 00:39:36​ - #44 Close all Holes at once 00:40:27​ - #45 Cut through Meshes (Knife Tool) 00:41:13​ - #46 Knife Project 00:42:50​ - #47 Bridge Edge Loops 00:43:21​ - #48 Holes using Bridge Edge Loops 00:43:47​ - #49 Customize Auto Smooth 00:45:13​ - #50 Hide in Edit Mode 00:46:11​ - #51 Inset Face Additional Shortcuts 00:46:56​ - #52 Offset Edge Slide 00:48:01​ - #53 Organic Modeling in Sculpt Mode 00:48:53​ - #54 Separate by Loose Parts 00:49:59​ - #55 Move using Active Selection 00:51:22​ - #56 Rotate and Scale using Active Selection 00:52:26​ - #57 Individual Origins 00:53:09​ - #58 3D Cursor as Pivot Point 00:53:49​ - #59 Repeat History 00:54:49​ - #60 Bool Tool Add-on 00:56:32​ - #61 Loop Tools Add-on 00:57:41​ - #62 F2 Add-on Transformation 00:58:16​ - #63 Reset Transforms 00:58:35​ - #64 Always show Transform Gizmos 00:59:26​ - #65 Quickly adjust Origins 01:00:13​ - #66 Transform Parents without affecting Children 01:00:54​ - #67 Change Distance of Objects 01:01:28​ - #68 Snap to Surface 01:02:30​ - #69 Duplicate Linked 01:03:52​ - #70 Copy Object Data 01:04:22​ - #71 Temporary Link Data 01:05:27​ - #72 Randomize Transform 01:06:16​ - #73 Copy Transform Data to other Objects Modifiers 01:07:24​ - #74 Add Modifiers to Quick Favorites 01:08:42​ - #75 Apply All Modifiers 01:09:22​ - #76 Change multiple Modifiers at once 01:10:13​ - #77 Copy Modifiers to other Objects 01:10:39​ - #78 Bevel Modifier and Harden Normals 01:11:41​ - #79 Custom Beveled Edges 01:13:26​ - #80 Multiple Bevel Modifiers 01:16:09​ - #81 Clean Hard-Surface Sub-D Modeling 01:17:57​ - #82 Beveled Booleans (Weld Modifier) 01:20:05​ - #83 Slice Cuts 01:22:39​ - #84 Lazy Mirror Modifier 01:23:56​ - #85 Quickly Change Mirroring Position 01:24:41​ - #86 Quick Array Patterns 01:27:59​ - #87 Circular Array Shapes 01:30:19​ - #88 Circular Array Duplicates 01:32:06​ - #89 Robot Tentacle Arms 01:35:52​ - #90 Quad Sphere 01:37:52​ - #91 Skin Modifier Modeling 01:39:10​ - #92 Multires Modifier Deformations 01:40:08​ - #93 Dynamic Mesh Projection Organization 01:42:01​ - #94 Quickly Rename and Batch Rename 01:43:04​ - #95 Collections Galore 01:43:48​ - #96 Move to Collection 01:44:33​ - #97 Instancing Collections 01:46:00​ - #98 Mirror Collections 01:46:58​ - #99 Collection Instances with 3D Cursor Offset 01:48:27​ - #100​ Parent in Outliner Bonus 01:49:27​ - #101​ Draw Cables 01:51:44​ - #102​ 3D Sticky Notes 01:56:03​ - Outro MY SYSTEM CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X GPU: Nvidia Titan RTX RAM: 128 GB FOLLOW CG BOOST ⇨ Facebook: facebook.com/cgboost/​ ⇨ Twitter: twitter.com/cgboost​ ⇨ Instagram: instagram.com/cg_boost/​

[@coreforce9872]

My respect for this comment: 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈*reads description*📉📉📉

[@fatehjingar6384]

Pardon? 128 GB RAM???! NO WAY

[@ibrahimayad6732]

Best modelling tutorial on KZbin. Thank you , Sir.

[@cgboost]

Glad you approve :) ~ Daniel

[@basspig]

One of the most useful Blender tutorials I've seen.

[@terryhycheng]

These tips are really useful!!! You solved almost all the problems I got while using Blender. Thank you so much, and I can't believe I just finished a 2-hour video.

[@o.kiryukhin]

41:15 Note that in later version of Blender Knife Project tool works differently: To use Knife Project, first in Object Mode select the objects to be cut, then switch to Edit Mode and select the cutting objects in the Outliner (Ctrl-LMB), and finally choose Mesh ‣ Knife Project.

[@cgboost]

Thank you so much for the tip! ~ Masha

[@flamingart55]

thanks

[@amjadmosawi2923]

god, this video is my ultimate reference of blender of all time. its the best ever tutorial I have ever came across, thank you so very much for this huge effort and great video

[@Philipeace]

I gotta watch this more often. every now and then one of these shortcuts slips my mind still

[@pedrobranco669]

This is the most important 2h of knowledge in this platform. Thanks a lot

[@msc6227]

Even though I might know most of these feature I still enjoy watching blender tips for the few that I don't. I'll watch all 2 hours just to not miss any information. These types of videos also always freshen up my memory of features or short cuts that I might have forgotten along the way and are almost always very interesting. Another great one @CG Boost

[@Pogomix]

This should be mandatory viewing. Thank you very much!

[@UnrealBucket]

I've switched to Blender ~3months ago and this video is a must watch for everyone new to the software! Great work sir!

[@NBear50]

Thank you so much! And thanks for reading the comments and working with the community!

[@cgboost]

You're welcome! :)

[@AnthonyAragues]

I watch this end to end. I’m not very good yet but just seeing how you do things gives me ideas of what’s possible and efficient to look up when needed. I’ll probably let it run in the background after I’m not glued to tutorials. Thanks for sharing it

[@BlenderFun_]

really great useful tips and no time wasting - just explained what's useful. Love it!

[@jitspoe]

Watching this makes me realize there are so many things I've been doing manually that Blender can just do with a keystroke or a few clicks. Most helpful new stuff: - Select all by trait | non manifold to speed up fixing holes in meshes. - Ctrl-F menu to do boolean operations within the same mesh. - P, "by loose parts"

[@raccoon9469]

Found this video from the recommended feed on an Arrimus video. I'm glad you gave him a lil shoutout, his work is great and his content is improving by the month.

[@dressed_snake]

Two hours of tips... this is gonna be good!

[@g1incman]

Amazing Job CG Boost. One of my favorite Blender tutorials. Great job.

[@DiggoryJiggory]

I used this video to see how many of these I knew and check up on my progress in learning blender! This is an amazing video with so many amazing things to learn, thank you!

[@helpmenowmark]

By far - this is the most entertaining and informative video I've ever seen on any subject anywhere on the net.

[@AvionPrince16]

I just took the launch pad course for Blender. I have learned a lot. I will be more happy if more course will come. I hope you all the best for your channel. I will follow it to learn more in Blender. Thanks for your work!!

[@mcf924]

Wow, great vid with tons of good tips. Just remember knife project ( 41:15 ) has changed, and now to use it, first in object mode select the object to be cut, then enter edit mode, select the cutting object (Ctrl-LMB), and select Mesh -> Knife project from the upper menu. Thank you so much for sharing

[@cgboost]

Thanks for the info!

[@rajendrameena150]

At Tip 50: press "Shift+H" to hide unselected. Also the tip no 67 make my day... I am searching for this functionality for a long time and was also planning to suggest the developer to add function like "mirror move" for such function.... Amazing the vast range of possibilities you showed today forced me to switch from 3ds max to blender.....really cunning tips....

[@RareTechniques]

Good

[@zaynehibbert6348]

What you did with arrays and bevels at the end blew my mind. Thank you!

[@martinturner9190]

Always amazed at people downvoting videos like this. This is great stuff and it is FREE.

[@andreasprott2182]

This is the longest, most compact and helpful video with blender tips I have seen. Helps a lot if you already have intermediate knowledge.

[@DanielKrafft]

Woah! Awesome video (:

[@antonarset]

Thank you for that video, I dont have time yet to see the full video, but just for few minutes learn so many things!

[@MartinKlekner]

So - MUCH - GOLD.

[@matthewjc89]

This revolutionized my Blender experience. As a 3ds Max user, it inspired me to really buckle-down and learn Blender. Thank you!

[@nibblrrr7124]

49:59 Moving along another element's normals is balm for the hard-surface/precision modeling soul. Too bad the quick unselected-but-active trick you show at doesn't work anymore, but you can instead *create a custom orientation:* Select the "reference face". Open the _Transform Orientations_ dropdown (next to pivot point, usually says "Global") and click the _+_ button _(Create Orientation)._ Then you can select whatever and move it along this orientation. You can even create multiple custom orientations, and give each one a name to stay organized. And it works across objects, so you can move other objects/elements in perfect alignment to an unselected face in a completely different mesh.

[@TheCobyRandal]

I was about to ask about this because I could not get unselected faces to stay active. Did they patch it as a bug? I wish they would have kept it as an option because it is SO FAST! *Edit* I just tested and this unselected but active trick worked in 2.79b all the way up to 2.82a. Why in the world is it gone now???

[@nibblrrr7124]

​@@TheCobyRandal Interesting, thanks for tracing it through the versions! I heard it was regarded as a bug and removed. I didn't know about this behavior and never had the chance to get used to it - but I guess consistency of the UI is important. Maybe allowing active-but-unselected elements lead to behavior elsewhere that is even less expected? I guess you could try to hunt down the patch, or make a proposal thread on RightClickSelect to discuss bringing it back.

[@AnatoleBranch]

Thanks for great workaround.

[@w.m3712]

thank god you exist

[@jas-jr3rv]

my jaw kept dropping at the amount of hard work you went through to not only make this video, but to make it so so easy for us to learn as well with the hotkey guide, description guide, and recommendations to other tutorials!! AMAZING!!

[@-mystic-93]

Man, if I could remember any of this I would be so good!

[@majkyyx]

The Collection instances and Curve trick to model arms saved me from some headaches :) Thank you!

[@Egonator78]

Awesome tutorial, even for skilled 3D artists, there is always something new to learn. I.e. Copy Attributes Menu built-in addon is also worth of mention. But of course there is tons of extra tips which would make another two hours video. Great job Zach.

[@afrikaniz3d]

I look at this every other day just to pick up better ways of working. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙏

[@TopFunnyGames]

When transforming objects, for example, after pressing G, move the mouse to the side and click on the mouse wheel. And then the transformation will take place strictly along one of the axes!

[@PastorRossCochrane]

I have watched the whole video, madly making notes and experimenting in Blender as I went. Congratulations on your subscriptions. I am one of the the thousands. I can't choose one tip. All of them are brilliant, of course. I am 66 years old and have been creating with Blender since about 2018 and your tips show me how much I still don't know. Thanks so much for this.

[@dymegee]

Absolutely looking forward to the uv course and other upcoming courses. Just subscribed for the launchpad course and I've really learned a lot so far. Thanks, Zach!

[@abdullah9734]

Definitely one of the most useful videos in blender community Good Job Zacharia !

[@astrobat81z45]

11PM Oh well sleep can wait also just finished the beginers Apple Scene and it was absolutely a joy ride,thanks,danke sehr.

[@dakshjangra9660]

thank you brother it is so amazing. quick and fast learning in a single video. appreciate 🧡

[@ronieedrums]

Hey, can you name or time stamp the part where you have show the Explode Mesh trick as shown in the Beginning of the video ? And also THANK YOU, this video is Extremely helpful. Something that i have been looking for . Just have to find enough time to watch the whole video.

[@royceronningen9934]

Thanks for this! I will definitely refer back to this video! I want more! More! more! Appreciate your time and your knowledge!

[@rainbowtoyabc7155]

Congratulations on 120k Zach! I am currently at 130k, but at this rate, you will probably pass me. :D

[@cgboost]

Congrats on passing your 100k subs! :)

[@seraaron]

Are you an actual person?

[@rainbowtoyabc7155]

@@seraaron I am an actual person. Are you?

[@moneebkhan3744]

lol you have like double him now

[@palmberry5576]

What is a real person

[@RG-ef8vm]

A most excellent video. I've been learning blender for about 3 months, and I've done quite a few tutorials, yet I still learned SO many things from your video. Some even countered what I learned incorrectly in other tutorials, like that fact that I CAN reopen the Operator Panel once it disappears. TYVM.

[@phantomnull0]

Wonderful video! learned a lot. Thank you for sharing! have one question though, is there a way to convert instance object or instance collection to regular object?

[@cgboost]

Thank you. Yes, simply select the instance collection and then in the 3D viewport go to Object > Apply > Make Instances Real.

[@phantomnull0]

@@cgboost thank you

[@BeatMax2023]

Thanks for sharing. Amazing collection of tips!

[@maggiem1323]

This has just become THE BIBLE for me on blender.

[@christine-kht]

In 2 Minutes I learned more than in some 40 minute videos. This is awesome and really helpful! You're a saint for saving us from nervous breakdowns! :)

[@bakyt-3d]

when watching blender tips is more satisfying than watching a blockbuster

[@optimistms]

Very useful. So many tips. My most liked ones are Array in curve, Shrink, Inset faces, knife projection...

[@nibblrrr7124]

9:57 Instead of *Num-Period* you can also press *`~* (Backtick/Tilda) followed by *3* to view selected. Unfortunately, enabling _Pie on Drag_ breaks selection with the number keys, b/c it doesn't trigger the pie menu until you move the mouse...

[@skorp265]

I prefer to use the F key, as it stands for Focus, and is pretty universal across my 3D programs and game engines. Blender is the only program I've encountered that has counter intuitive keybinds lol

[@someoldguy22]

Very nice! I just need to watch it a lot of times to absorb it all. The little bits of humor throughout are a great idea

[@ballisticblocker9163]

Things I learnt from this video: • A lot of useful tricks • Some keyboards lack a number pad

[@maxblacked1165]

Very very useful...I love your videos because they're so clear and understandable.

[@MBPerdersen]

Great video, there are so many good tips in this one :D But it seams like the tip at 51:00 where you select a second face and deselect it, and pivot-point stays where is were, when deselecting it, doesn't work anymore in Blender 2.92.0 ? Or is it just me, having a problem getting that trick to work? When I deselect the the last selected face, the pivot-point (and the directions it points) jumps back to the previous selected face. This in not a big problem, I can work around it, but is seems like a nice trick, that could be useful. And the "Apply all modifiers" at 1:08:44 does also not seem to work anymore :( Under "Convert to", I don't have the option "Mesh from Curve/Meta/Surf/Text", instead I have one there just is called "Mesh", and when I choose this option, it just converts to mesh, without adding the modifiers.

[@toapyandfriends]

@12:20 Amazing how you explained those issues so eloquently🥳

[@siminc7905]

His system specs made me rethink my whole life😂😂😂💔 *edit: leave a comment on my youtube channel,would really make my day.

[@cgboost]

Ha ha! Recently upgraded. :)

[@examcircle7778]

I have 8gb ram😶

[@AndrewPRoberts]

When I started using blender I was on a $300 laptop with a Pentium processor. I had renders that took a week and half.....

[@examcircle7778]

@@AndrewPRoberts a week!😳 Now I'm feeling motivated, if u can then why don't I.

[@rinshinmurad5865]

@@examcircle7778 i hve 2gb ram

[@susi2622]

I'm very new to Blender and I should tell how amazed I was by your tips. especially modifiers! new ways to use them brilliant!

[@incognito6751]

30:26 WHY DID I NOT KNOW OF THIS SOONER

[@qubafootbag]

Same for me, I used to use knife tool for doing that...

[@1DInciner]

Thanks for mentioning F2. Very pleasant.

[@Bokaj01]

Yeah...I already forgot everything..

[@trevann8213]

That's why it's all in one video with chapters for you to look at any specific tip or maybe find a better solution

[@darkboyxela3159]

When in doubt... ask chatgbt 🤝 hell 3 years passed u probably goated asf now 😂

[@jack-zc3gj]

This is great. My favorite: @​ - #56 Rotate and Scale using Active Selection

[@Junigami]

"You there, dink more water!" I must admit that I laughed with that

[@henriquebrandao6354]

gringo tem um senso de humor estranho

[@Junigami]

@@henriquebrandao6354 como assim?

[@FamilieNetra]

I can't repay with anything, Master. God bless you! This is worth more than a course.

[@michaeltyers7336]

I'm 23 minutes into this video and just realised In looking at a fancy drink dispenser.

[@plazrat458]

The best video I've seen in KZbin ever. I'll get back to this many times. Thank you!

[@ForeignPixel]

You've just created a bible ! Meaning you're a saint ! Meaning you're going to heaven ! Thank you so much kind Lord !

[@0cyrhoe]

Amen!

[@wenkinglin9792]

Agree~ it is really cool

[@alexkozliayev9902]

Check Daniel Krafts videos. He has 450+ tips in three videos

[@spr1334]

What an absolutely fantastic video manual. Brilliant.

[@antondruzhinin9056]

Another tip to blender, use blender as calculator

[@cgboost]

:-D

[@jonathanvandenberg3571]

So this is literally everything in modeling, not just tips. Masterpiece.

[@joshuaanderson6609]

*something weird happens* "Now you have some abstract art"

[@peterhuang9575]

This is amazing! I always consider these nuggets throwing all over the tutorials the most valuable parts.

[@zoa_photo]

The very best conclusion ever for a KZbin video !!! You're awesome mate ! Thank you soooooo much for the lessons and the laughters ^^

[@LIVINGSTONTH]

One of the most usefull video I saw about blender. Thanks !!!!

[@doctari1061]

Absolutely Brilliant!! What an amazing video. Thank you so much. This has been a lifesaver!

[@AlexeyRonjin]

Awesome tips! I know one trick, that is quite useful in some cases. You can use animation for modeling! It is always easier to work when your model is perfectly aligned with the global axes. But often we have to rotate an object and move it to the particular place (like in a pivot desk lamp, for example). The idea is to save the position and rotation via keyframes: 1) Move to the frame 2, select the object and press I -> LocRotScale 2) Move to the frame 1, move and rotate your object and then press I -> LocRotScale. Now you can model in the frame 2 and check the result in the frame 1. You can even add modifiers and apply them.

[@TheYoukarel]

This is AWESOME.Thank you !

[@mrbrookah4117]

Incredible video! Thanks so much!!

[@PurpleArkStudio]

The tentacle arm tip is actually the best tip that I needed right now!! THANK YOU!!

[@MilanDuric-v4o]

I'm just starting with Blender and this video is a must see ! Thanks.

[@jimmysgameclips]

Been using Blender on and off for 15 years and a bunch of these blew my mind. Never knew about the vertex cutting with J that's awesome!

[@monles_yen]

Mind-Blown. The easiest digesting tips.

[@RafaelCamacho-ln3gj]

Probably the best tutorial video for blender i will ever watch!! Massive effort remarkable and truly admirable, this video should become the ultimate guide for every sculptor out there! Thank you very much! I could thank you for another 2 hours like this videos duration! 🙏🏻

[@edwinblackman7037]

This is a gold mine! Many thanks for your hard work.

[@felixsamulevich8668]

Compact, dynamic. easy to follow . I do believe some where is heading button of humor the talented author use all the right times , Thank you for big pro/ work .

[@lageek]

Thank you for this Blender video! I watched the whole thing and continue to watch. So many favorites, but #90 (Quad Sphere) is pretty awesome!