Getting started - Blender for complete beginners

[@JoeyCarlino]

⚠Snapping options changed in 4.0! Use "face" snapping instead of "face project" Extra Chapters: 00:00:00 ▶ Start 00:00:47 ▶ Downloading Blender 00:01:12 ▶ KZbin tips 00:02:08 ▶ Navigation 00:02:24 ___Emulate number pad or 3 button mouse 00:02:33 ___Undo steps 00:02:41 ___Rotate 00:02:58 ___Move / pan 00:03:13 ___Zoom 00:03:39 ___Number pad views 00:03:54 ___Perspective / Orthographic 00:04:57 ___View selected 00:05:15 ▶ F3 search 00:05:30 ___Camera 00:05:45 ___Saving 00:05:59 ▶ Adding / deleting objects 00:06:22 ___Suzanne 00:06:31 ___Add mesh options 00:07:01 ▶ Shade smooth 00:07:21 ▶ Move, rotate, scale 00:07:39 ___Undo / redo 00:07:58 ▶ Transform tools 00:08:16 ___Move tool 00:08:54 ▶ Duplicating 00:09:04 ___Rotate tool 00:09:14 ___Scale tool 00:09:30 ▶ Flower 00:09:55 ▶ Gizmos 00:10:04 ▶ Axis locking 00:10:32 ___Trackball rotation 00:10:37 ___Specific values 00:11:01 ___Shift and control 00:11:14 ▶ Finishing the flower 00:11:59 ▶ Cube island 00:12:32 ▶ Reset Transform 00:12:42 ▶ Selecting 00:13:04 ___Box select 00:13:23 ___Circle select 00:13:42 ___Select all 00:13:50 ▶ Simple tree 00:14:30 ▶ N panel 00:14:50 ▶ Units 00:15:25 ___Multiple objects 00:15:42 ___Tool tab 00:15:52 ▶ Lock camera to view 00:16:06 ▶ Object mode 00:16:25 ___Editor types 00:16:50 ▶ Windows 00:17:21 ___Default editor types 00:17:38 ▶ Outliner 00:18:01 ___Collections 00:18:44 ___Collection toggles 00:19:00 ▶ View options 00:19:31 ▶ Rendering 00:19:55 ___Solid view options 00:20:17 ▶ Materials 00:20:42 ___Add to multiple objects 00:20:54 ___Adding color to everything 00:21:51 ▶ Origin Point 00:22:10 ___Affect only origin 00:22:32 ___Set origin 00:22:48 ___Move in edit mode 00:23:01 ▶ Tree 2 00:23:24 ▶ Repeating actions 00:23:37 ▶ Proportional editing 00:24:44 ▶ Fence 00:26:35 ▶ Tree 3 00:26:49 ▶ Randomize transform 00:29:01 ▶ Apply transform 00:29:45 ▶ Hiding 00:30:19 ▶ Local view 00:30:42 ▶ House roof 00:31:40 ▶ Global transform 00:32:02 ▶ Local transform 00:33:47 ▶ 3D cursor 00:34:17 ___Cursor snap menu 00:34:39 ▶ Pivot point 00:34:53 ___Median point 00:35:09 ___Individual origins 00:35:15 ___3D cursor 00:35:20 ___Active element 00:35:26 ___Bounding box 00:35:34 ___Only locations 00:35:53 ▶ Well 00:37:54 ▶ Snapping 00:38:14 ▶ House 2 00:38:32 ▶ Vertex snapping 00:38:52 ___Closest 00:39:10 ___Center 00:39:49 ▶ Face project snapping 00:40:10 ___Align rotation to target 00:40:37 ▶ House continued 00:42:39 ▶ Parenting 00:43:33 ___Unparenting 00:43:39 ___Keep transform 00:44:10 ___Select parent / child 00:44:31 ▶ Finishing the scene 00:44:47 ___Organizing 00:45:45 ___Materials 00:48:05 ▶ Door 00:50:47 ▶ Window 00:53:50 ▶ Land 00:54:20 ▶ Putting together the pieces 00:58:07 ▶ Rocks 00:59:43 ▶ Camera 01:00:04 ▶ Lights 01:00:13 ___Power and type 01:01:05 ___Angle / softness 01:01:42 ___Test render 01:01:57 ___Sky 01:03:07 ▶ Eevee and cycles 01:03:46 ▶ Final render

[@Amit_meena19]

dang this is large

[@JoeyCarlino]

@@Amit_meena19 yes it is, lol. Thats why I didn't have all of them on the actual video

[@ChristopherWaddelow]

For this random guy a year later, thank you for this video 🙏

[@gerichopaltep2595]

Hey thank you so much!!!!

[@mae-rose]

i can't thank you enough for this video, the donut tutorial just wasn't cutting it . i got to episode eleven before i realized i didn't even remember what i learned in episode two , despite the fact i was closely following along the entire way through , and that was partly the issue , i was just following along . i tried restarting and even taking notes like it was an actual class , but then that just took the fun out of it , so now i'm watching this video as a refresher , and it's helping me out so much more than the donut tutorial did not to hate on the donut tutorial , but this is just so amazingly better for people in my position where even though they followed the tutorial and made the donut , they were basically just copying the work he was doing . thank you a million times over dude

[@himani2504]

Yeah I did the same thing. had to go back to previous tutorials on donut a lot. But I am thinking to start this. Thanks your comment helped me in the decision.

[@jebtalks1152]

good to know I'm not the only one who feels this. I thought I was just dumb lol

[@taftafcool]

@@jebtalks1152 same lol

[@m00ndweller]

saaaame! no hate to blender guru, but he doesn't explain exactly what you're doing and why. it is literally just for making a donut. all I learnt from his lessons were the navigation hotkeys lol.

[@iksonart]

Yea same here

[@zulimations]

after ages of wanting to learn 3d i got started with this tutorial and learned the ropes pretty quickly! the donut tutorial was always a little unclear to me and i felt like it didn't teach much, so i'm going through a bunch of your tutorials. so far it's been great!

[@ScroofMakesGames]

This is quite frankly the most well structured and best Blender tutorial videos!!! I was honestly surprised when I saw the view count on this video! It deserves to be in the millions!!! Keep it up!!! 💜

[@MariumAhmad-it4jd]

yes you are right

[@MariumAhmad-it4jd]

i wish i could subscribe 1000 times

[@Olivia-fl3bn]

2 minutes in and you have already provided so much more information than so many others. And you have done it in such an easy to understand way. Your organization is absolute top tier! Thank you so much for making this! As a viewer I can clearly tell how seriously you take this and also how much you love making these videos. P.S. The cheat sheet is a god-send. I am very overwhelmed by all the shortcuts in Blender. You have no idea how nice it is to have someone make a shortcut cheat sheet for you.

[@benjaminlehmanphotography]

You are the 3D Saint for creating this video! Really appreciate the time and effort you put into this community.

[@SSGmanofgawdgaming]

"And don't forget to save your file." Had me a good chuckle with that one lol. Love the little animated character too!

[@smiffsoft]

Finally a beginners tutorial I can actually follow, thank you so so much for saying what keys each shortcut you use, this makes a huge difference to a complete novice like me

[@SpicySpinosaurus]

SO just fyi, if one is learning blender via tutorial and switching between the video and the software on different screens and then forgets to click into blender again before pressing 1 to look front on, they will be taken straight to 6.25 and immediately jump-scared by Suzanne the Monkey overlaid with a scream. 😂 Theoretically... Totally didn't happen to me many.. many times. 😅 In all seriousness though! This tutorial was amazing and so very helpful! I am so thankful for finding you. I've tried a couple of times over the years to start learning blender after playing around in DAZ Studio for years and wishing I could make my own meshes but this is definitively the farthest I've ever gotten and I am so proud of my little low poly scene. 🥰 I'm nearly finished the second vid in the series but stuck on the bike. I'm going to move on to geometry nodes for a bit and come back to it with fresh eyes. Thank you so so much for taking the time to make these amazing, informative tutorials! ❤

[@SpicySpinosaurus]

Also just want to say that as a beginner, the shortcuts are so overwhelming so I really really appreciate that you repeat them every single time because it becomes somewhat of a mantra and makes it easier to learn. Shift A, mesh, cube, tab edit mode, G Z 1, tab object mode, scale it down. Pretty sure most of that is from the second tutorial. But I will remember it and probably think it every time I add a new mesh to the viewport for a long time to come. 😂

[@Hilzoti-白狼龙]

This videos is EXTREMELY comprehensive and I absolutely love it!! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this and uploading it so all us plebs can learn how to 3D model stuff! I've just barely gotten started, but already I'm loving how explanatory you are with everything and how easy you make the navigation sound. I don't feel so hopeless with you helping me along this Blender journey!

[@Singularity-d2f]

WOW ! A beginner tutorial that's actually for beginners. Thank you. I just started Blender 4 and have looked at so many "beginner tutorials" and it's clear that they are not remembering how it was when they were beginner's. You have helped me understand how things work and I can actually follow along because you are explaining everything you are doing and we don't have to figure out what you did.. thank you.

[@itsblueanimations]

THANK YOU FOR THIS. I'm trying out 3d animation and no other tutorials help. This one is long yes, but it covers everything and genuinely explains it well. Idk how some people try to explain it within a 15 minute video. This helped me a lot.

[@renotS_tahT-024]

Thanks for the video. You showed a lot that others skipped over, mainly with the very basic stuff that most assume is widely known or something. Also all of the time you repeated the shortcuts really helped them stick a bit better. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos on blender

[@Youloveyou9]

i tried to follow the famous donut tutorial and got so frustrated nothing seemed to work out! this video is what every beginner should start with. thank you so much for all your time and effort.

[@blikkcg]

Good Luck everyone in learning Blender!

[@Quanyuh]

Why , is blender learning harder than programming ?

[@orangeman2456]

Lmao

[@Hoodperd]

thanky!!

[@KaraokeNig]

Indeed

[@Lonewolf.7.7.7]

Thanks

[@poorme1art]

The way you teach works for anything we want to make, not just donuts! You're teaching the tools and how they interact so we can be creative and find our own solutions instead of just "To make this object, follow these steps".

[@daon23]

Not to dunk on other creators here, just sharing that for me, this not only helped me understand what I was doing but solidified that a lot more than when I did the donut thing

[@du9267]

Thank you so much, I've learned so much and enjoyed the video and the learning, I did struggle with the well and the size of the bricks. if anyone else is having trouble with that I have these measurements: X =0.35m Y =0.2m Z =0.23m

[@devmarboy4045]

best tutorial, i can never focus on the donut tutorial, but for some reason i was 100% focused here, it was fun lol

[@Z0nnestraal]

I know it's a year late but I agree, maybe I just didn't want to watch 30, 20 minute videos, it may be more in depth but I also think it's just too much and the donut isn't very interesting

[@Gredran]

Yesss! I don’t need the basics, but I adore how you simplify technical stuff like geometry nodes and rigging. So I’ll absolutely be recommending you to everyone wanting to get started now with Blender in general like I already recommend you for geometry nodes! 😁

[@lunerjuice1832]

This tutorial was so detailed! It's my first time using blender in over 10 years and with all the new features and upgrades I was so insanely overwhelmed. But this video made it so much easier to re-learn everything I had lost. I made a post with my render on the discord and am hopping into the next tutorial now!

[@plpa8250]

First 5 minutes gave tools for more efficient learning. That was awesome.

[@mymomisastoryteller]

Hi Joey, warm greetings from Indonesia. I want to thank you for making this tutorial. It helps me a lot and please don't delete this video so I can always get back here everytime I need help.

[@miladhatam]

After 20 years fighting in Maya as a TD only this video made me start learning blender deeper. The best tutorial ever! Thanks

[@ellielionheart8083]

I love the perspective shifting hallway that smoothly transitioned to the viewport. Amazing stuff!

[@TariyakiTary]

thank you, not only was educational, it was funny too!! I love your character! he's too cute!!

[@jbrownson]

Such an excellent video, well paced to watch through once for an overview and then go back as needed and slow down. Brilliant work.

[@snaker4642]

you're very kind to share all this knowlage with us, thank you so much for your service

[@liamchandra5335]

Amazing tutorial. I've been around the youtube block for some time now, and the potential for this channel is insane. Keep it up!

[@Gluf3r]

This is a fantastic intro into blender, I'm on 4.2 and this is still one of the best tutorial videos I've found. Thanks!

[@King_KrehZ]

I thoroughly the effort you've put in there! There is only one thing I would suggest is that you get "Power toys" for windows, and use the cursor finder while filming stuff like this. Double tap CTRL to highlight the mouse

[@takune]

Thank you for this video! I did the donut tutorial a few months ago, but I fell off of blender almost as soon as I finished it. This was a great way for me to go back over the basics without having to go through that entire tutorial again. Hopping into your modeling tutorial now!

[@radar536]

Man, congrats. Just made a video in such a profesional way is an amazing thing. You should be paid by YT just for the quality. On top of that, you explain very well. I feel sorry I can not help with your patreon.

[@JoeyCarlino]

I'm happy to help, don't worry about patreon

[@Whomobile]

This was a great refresher after not using Blender for a long time, thank you!

[@durgam_sumerian7815]

I am enjoying watching this tutorial with all these "short" demand details without over-talking and making me lose motivation...simple, useful & fast...cheers sir.

[@sneebert]

this is gonna help so many people. good luck to everyone trying to learn blender!

[@lucianhuja1079]

ok this vid is actually super good for beginners beginners

[@sionjones1675]

Fantastic tutorial, thank you. I used to do some CGI back in the mid 90s-00s, with 3Dstudio MAX, and this is exactly what I needed to sort out some rusty knowledge! Great pacing.

[@nidonemo]

Thank you so very, very much. You're just the right speed, focus, and pace for my (aggravatingly) specific learning style. I really appreciate it.

[@Okaysam09]

Thank you for this! I just started my blender journey and your video and the way you teach is extremely helpful. I will be watching all of the videos in the beginner playlist. Thank you for doing this. You're an awesome human!

[@domino6755]

Bloody hell this was fun ! Learned so much. Hardest part, was to figure out and get used to camera movement and I accidentally without knowing in the beginning moved 3d cursor... Which only made things harder until further on reaching clear explanation about pivot points lol. Thank you o/

[@JohnFlanaganII]

This is the first time blender has clicked with. Might actually stick with it this time, thanks to you!

[@OccasionalRelated]

i was not expecting a general computer literacy course as well as blender, but I love that I got both.

[@frankie_goestohollywood]

What a fantastic tutorial! Thank you for such detailed and thoughtful instructions and information 👍🙏

[@aliceliddell6633]

THIS was the first tutorial I could properly follow and complete, thank you. I am so excited to learn more and will use the rest of your content as you are SO through and easy to follow along with.

[@rienav0ir]

Thanks a lot, Joey - this was very helpful! I'm really glad I started learning with this tutorial, 1 hour of watching and 4 hours of following along - and I can now find my way around the tool and watch a number of other guides without being lost in the controls.

[@crj06121995]

Thanks for telling me not to get overwhelmed. I'm sitting here going man, it's great to have all the keybinds for m/kb, m, emulated configs, but man is it a lot😅. Great video! Thank you

[@xacharon]

Finally, a "Beginner's tutorial" that lives up to its name. :) This is excellent and thank you so much for putting it together and setting chapter bookmarks. I'm using Blender 4.2, but the information in this video still looks quite accurate. I'll be using this as a reference as I get more into Blender! (And yes, I've done the doughnut tutorial too, and while it is a good intro to mesh manipulation in Blender, THIS video is what I needed to start understanding the general workflow of creating scenes and objects, from the basics)

[@virturii2571]

Everyone who is new to blender needs this video!! I thought I had the basic stuff down but there are so many helpful tips in here. Thank you!!

[@s1v7]

I like how you got straight to the point! Respect!

[@bearslovepearsfordayz1472]

Bro. Lol Blender Guru could never. Like I'm in the middle of his donut and I'm going to finish it because I already had this goal. But if I would have found you first I would not have touched his video. I'm not trying to like speak badly of him because he's awesome but I'm 2 minutes in and you have taught me so much. I appreciate the effort and time this took you and that pdf is about to be an absolute game changer for me. I'm just in awe of the 3d community in general and I'm in a state where I feel like I found the love of my life, blender. Lol

[@anonymouxx9261]

i am not a beginner, ive been using blender for abt a few yrs .. i am here just to see your ways of doing things and see what i can learn :) because i love how u explain things

[@Hoodperd]

I'm halfway through this tutorial right now and I gotta say, I think I'm doing a pretty good job following this video. Although, I had trouble figuring out the camera controls and shortcuts, the PDF was just simply a life saver! I didn't quite get 100% of what he's making, but at least it looks a little bit close to the original thing! I am learning little by little..

[@simplyspontaneousme]

I've just started learning blender by watching tutorials for beginner on KZbin. You explain things so clearly and very easy to follow. Definitely helped a lot. Thank you so much!

[@przemysawbogdan7699]

when you accidentally hit "1" on the browser instead blender and you are welcomed by monkey jumpscare. thx joey. (great tutorial srlsy)

[@runsteen]

This is probably the best beginners tutorial I’ve seen. Easy to follow and very enjoyable to watch. You got a like and subscribe from me, sir. I look forward to watch more of your videos.

[@whoisKami.404]

hands down the best beginners guide out there

[@mayanightstar]

I'm learning Blender to enhance my comic book art workflow and you're saving my life here

[@CiciAndersen]

This is the best tutorial I’ve watched!! Thank you ❤

[@Developly]

I'm at the point with blender where in getting really good at making simple things without a tutorial, but I still watch tutorials to keep refreshed on how to do things. And today you are that lucky video to watch. Sorry Blendr Guru ❤

[@bboylayz2670]

Really appreciate this step by step tutorial! You're the freaking man for doing this. Thank you!

[@ZachBugay]

An absolutely fantastic tutorial. I feel so much more confident opening up blender. I might not be able to recreate a masterpiece like this in an hour, but with practice I'll get there. Thank you so much for this amazing content!

[@AMNESIASTUDI0S]

Appreciate this video, it is absolutely perfect for beginners. Thank you for explaining the things everyone assumes us to know. Every click, every key. Ur the bestttt

[@baharehkhoshooee4545]

thank you so much! I enjoyed every second of this and learned so much

[@darrenj3485]

Joey, I thought I should point out that the "F9" hotkey is not a "construction history" but a "last action" meaning if you click on the object after fiddling around with other objects or even moving the object "F9" won't allow you to define the parameters again. I spent hours watching and rewatching the video trying to get back to the parameters with "F9". i thought my keyboard was broken. so I tried that hotkey on three different keyboards. googled and searched what was going on and found what happened. I still love the tutorial, don't take this as a criticism in ANYWAY. I still don't understand the workings of Blender to even suggest if a construction history would even work much less make a suggestion for a cool addon that would allow you to reconfigure the parameters way after the fact, but it would be awesome if it were possible.😁

[@JoeyCarlino]

If you are interested in being less destructive with modeling, you should check out the modifiers and geometry nodes

[@bennn.mp4]

This video is perfect. You offer so much support and work with the viewer. It's really good and very professional, keep it up :D

[@fatgrubman645]

Been here 5 seconds and learned a lot of youtube tips xD I been using this platform for like 15 years everyday! Earned an immediate sub lol!

[@maripaquis3015]

This video is helping me sm thank youu, im at minute 15. Ive been pausing it a lot but ive learned so much in these first 15 minutes :)

[@unaddan]

this should be official tutorial. following by the modeling tutorial in this channel aswell. awesome

[@cypresakos]

Thank you for the video man, you've brought the spark back

[@happysmiles2900]

I really appreciate you making these videos I'm new to blender I wouldn't have never have figured this out on my own so thanks😁

[@googreviews6910]

Incredible content. Want to start doing this and your videos are just amazing. Thanks for taking the time to create them. Really easy to follow and clear.

[@darrenj3485]

OMG! I absolutely love the way you teach. you have a wonderful style that helps beginners like me feel at ease. i've been trying to get going on the more complex modeling but always get stuck on the simple stuff like user interface and how the heck do i find the "fill-in-the-blank" because other tutorials assume the user somehow intuitively knows where stuff is and how to get back to things just opened up? I usually spend more time trying to find the cube i just made and how to center it on the screen before i just give up and walk away. thanks for understanding that and showing the little frustrating things and anticipating that beginners can get lost and overwhelmed. i almost wish that blender would have a tab just for beginners and progressively add tabs as you learn new skills. and I simply love your avatar! so cute. please keep teaching and, i haven't checked, but do u do a video on how you made the avatar?

[@JoeyCarlino]

I'm happy to help. My next video is about how I make my avatar scenes, but I also have a playlist about character modeling that will have better step-by-step videos

[@majorleaguegrowing]

the last 15 minutes was helpful to see the hotkeys being implemented repetitively while you talked about what hotkeys you were using

[@Torviticus]

Excellent introduction to Blender's tool set, looking forward to going through the rest of your videos. Thanks!

[@da7034]

Great tutorial! One of my fav youtubers when it comes to blender/3d content. Cant wait to see the next tutorial !

[@SILVIA-nq6it]

Thank you so much for this tutorial 🫶🫶🫶

[@lukenuke4757]

great video, absolutely love it !! but i cant tell you the times that I pressed 1 to view from the front only to notice i was in my browser window on my second monitor and the whole video just jumps back to 6:25 😂 and the sound effect at that point in the video perfectly describes my feelings lol was that on purpose?

[@coolkid7377]

6 minutes in and im already liking the pace of this video lol

[@housetraitor4806]

You went above and beyond even the pdf 🤯

[@thffkfltm]

You deserve so much more subs Joey. Keep grinding!

[@JaiOnline]

Learned so much about blender thanks to your videos. Thank youuu so much 🎉

[@rlkku576]

in all honesty this video helped so much but im now learning blender is so complicated due to the many different ways to do the simplest things lmao

[@exccit1547]

Great Video. Was a pleasure to follow along and really easy to comprehend.

[@raphaelsanabria7505]

Holy moly you have become a god and that smooth animation

[@greatbad5618]

this is really good

[@DamianM_M]

A few days ago I subscribed to you to learn blender - and here is such a nice surprise :)

[@rayb.5609]

thank you for reminding me to save!

[@tahahussain1481]

My man making timeless videos!!!! lesss gooooooooo

[@Canyon_Steele]

0:04 Oh my god! Phew, i thought you were an alien! haha

[@StickOnHair]

‘Period’, or ‘full stop’ as we say in English, does not centre the highlighted object you say it does. Instead, it brings up a rotational menu. Also, letting go and reclicking the Shift key seems to require you to also let go of the middle mouse button. I tested my keyboard on Sketchup and there’s nothing wrong with my keyboard. Does Blender have some kind of Accessibility-style sticky keys turned on by default, because this will get really tiring, really quick.

[@ColoNihilism]

a 1:24 into your tutorial and already learned something new 😀

[@Monetbaileyngatai]

that was amazing, so helpful and so easy to follow ❤

[@LEDs]

I love the flapjack scream. 😱

[@Cazza904]

28:52 leaving this here bc i need it tmr

[@dIANA-xk8pq]

This is INSANELY amazing, I just got your videos on my recommended (it was block_blender) and I am speechless. I'm surprised you don't have 5 million subscribers. The amount of detail you put into your videos is incredible! Keep it up, your content and teaching are amazing! 👏

[@bishalscreation]

Awesome mind blowing thanks a lot 🙏💐

[@coldchilln]

Starting my new journey today!

[@charliemiddleton9918]

Great Tips!

[@huixus1717]

Thank you for the video!!! It rocks!!! Feel like a very solid foundation!!