What is BLENDER?! (Crash Course)

[@RyanKingArt]

Great video Curtis! Really detailed overview of Blender and 3d!

[@Joschua_Bo]

One thing i love about blender, besides the obvious things, is that there's always something new to learn, no matter how far you're knowledge advanced...

[@CurtisHolt]

That's very true, and I'm constantly impressed with the ways some of my friends are doing new and unexpected things with the different features. The more time I spend with the software, the more it feels like there is to discover.

[@Dmitry2184]

Everyone asks what is blender, but no one asks how is blender..

[@johntnguyen1976]

I'll do you one better...why is Blender

[@_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_]

@@johntnguyen1976 here's why: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2Omq3aVhLmCd5o

[@5thstate]

@@johntnguyen1976 I'll do you one better..who is blender?

[@SpencerMagnusson]

I remember starting this software in 2.49 - the UI was rough. Then it got the facelift in 2.5, but then I realized how gigantic Blender is - it's really an all-in-one 3D software. Which is great but also quite overwhelming. So, I started with just modeling. Then basic texturing and shading so I could make a few renders. Nothing portfolio-worthy, but a start. After a couple years of regular practice, I had renders worthy for a demo reel and portfolio that earned me an animation major. I started to expand into many of the other components of Blender Curtis talks about here - animation, VFX, scripting. My portfolio improved drastically. Eventually, I landed several jobs in film and 3D animation. For new users - let yourself be okay with starting small. You'll get to your big dream projects :) let yourself take the time to be ready for them.

[@aaronvdw]

This excellent. Really impressed by what you have fit into an hour. 🚀

[@spooky_zor]

getting started on blender to learn some animation and modelling and i really appreciate this video, in addition to showing some really good resources that can point me on the right direction you also made everything look waaaay less overwhelming and now i have a really clear objective of what i wanna do and learn!! good video 🚀

[@acquij]

One can tell how well you understand all of these topics by the way you are able to break them down in easily understood language. I've only been at it for like a week and am absolutely fascinated by the breadth of options this software offers. 🚀

[@studiodevis]

Thank you very much, Curtis. Long but not boring. 🚀🚀🚀

[@johntnguyen1976]

Also I've already sent this to several people that have been curious about Blender and ask me all the time about it when I bring it up in conversation. Cuz this is a fantastic primer.

[@CurtisHolt]

Thanks John! I'm glad you think it's useful 😃

[@TonyStark-os7wm]

There’s nothing better than watching a informative Blender video at 11pm right before going to bed😂🚀

[@RyanMason-o1f]

Thank you so much for the video! This was absolutely great. I was hesitant to start getting into blender but you helped put my mind at ease and now I'm so excited to see all the things I'm capable of. 🚀

[@Hara-Jz]

I usually lose interest in long videos, but everything was so direct and well formatted I watched the entire thing in almost one go!! Great video, very informative 🚀🚀

[@SpencerMagnusson]

Appreciate seeing this overview (and THANK YOU for making chapters). The length is great. I really like the discernment between feature set and skill set - Blender and other 3D softwares are there to offer _features_ that your _skills_ can utilize to create. You can have skills in using a software overall, but it's very limited in scope and not often what recruiters look for. But for newcomers - know that we, as a community, can help you know how best to practice those skills in Blender. Then you can get to where you want to go. Blender may not close that skill gap _for_ you, but if you practice and share, you'll be able to close that skill gap yourself :)

[@KennethBuxton-d4k]

Great video! So much to do now: can't wait to get started! 🚀🚀

[@Agency511]

Well done. Yes, long video, but it really gave me a great understanding of Blender's full potential. I want to use it to showcase wheels and other client products in a fun and simple way, through already created CAD files. But to decide whether or not I wanted to learn this or something else, your video made it clear that Blender is worth the time to learn for a year and see were the creative ability takes me. Thank you. 🚀

[@Gulalegend]

thank you man, i started on roblox studio wanting to make a game by the end of my school year, and decided to transfer to blender. I want to me make my goal to make a popular game on roblox , become a dev, and you've given me the inspiration to try accomplishing this endeavor by the end of 2024🚀

[@johntnguyen1976]

Just the sheer logistical distilling of information here is super impressive 👏 Well done!! 🚀

[@emileschnabel7644]

Thanks Curtis. Nice overview and good check for me for my current Blender understanding.🚀

[@JavierSam_Uy]

This is a great general (but very comprehensive) introduction to Blender, thank you very much! 🚀

[@JoDuke713]

🚀 great comprehensive introduction on what Blender is capable of

[@profesorasarahwenzlick9682]

🚀 comprehensive and helpful in showing what options/where to go from 0, thank you for taking the time to make this so thorough

[@bonumonica3269]

Thanks for the great summary. I am looking at using blender to enhance my landscape designs🚀

[@thomasfrose]

🚀 I have been using Blender for over 2 years now but it is still nice to get a quick refresher on what is out there in the Blender world. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Curtis!

[@theyellowlurker5201]

🚀🚀 I'm planning on really exploring more creative avenues for myself this year, and one of my bucketlist items has always been 3D modeling and exploration of different animation avenues, so this has been a real great first look at the program and what to really start considering with my journey. Thanks for the video, Curtis, and we'll see what this year brings for me here.

[@craigdiskowski6011]

Really liked this video, Curtis. I’m an intermediate level Blender artist, but this is a great review and worth a rewatch. Great work! 🚀

[@fizftw]

🚀awesome. watched till the end

[@beansnrice321]

Man, I wish I had the time to watch this now(flagging it to view later) but this is probably the exact blender video that I've been looking for a nice full top down of the entire app from the point of view of someone who knows it inside and out. I came from Maya and am trying to get into blender but I fear I keep replacing what I think blender should do, with what Maya does and thus not learning what I need to about Blender. I think part of why I understand Maya well is because it was explained in a very top down way for me and this video feels like it will do the same, for me, but for Blender. ty! =D

[@SJQuayle1]

🚀 Thanks so much for this video. I started playing around with Blender during the first lock down and have done several tutorials along with 2 paid courses. I find I’m able to make some pretty cool stuff by following along but what I’ve observed to be lacking in most cases is explanations. For example, there’s a lot of “click this, press this key, change the value to this” without explanation of specific terms used that are unknown to beginers or hobbyist. This leaves me struggling to produce anything decent unless I’m following along. You did an amazing job of explaining concepts here. Really appreciation you taking the time to do so. I’ve committed to making a lot more this year and levelling up so subscribed to your channel and looking forward to seeing more in future 🙌🏻

[@Blender.Quebec]

Great video Curtis !!

[@maxlotz9536]

Really informative video to give a broad overview nice one.🚀

[@Rei_edits1010]

Just stareted to learn blender for my editing career cuz i really like the integration of Videos and 3D animations🚀

[@curtthurston7931]

Great Video! 🚀 A lot of useful information!

[@manofasgard]

Thanks for the great introduction! 🚀

[@emmanuelfenris4339]

Super excited to start learning, thank you for this🚀

[@jwiseowl]

Awesome video, thank you! 🚀

[@hobbitfootedgrillin]

Great overview! Makes me excited to get started! 🚀

[@HAzher-cn4jm]

This is a video that I can recommend to someone who wants to learn 3D graphics. Thanks. 🚀

[@juergenuhlemann2866]

Great overview and it is all in one place.🚀

[@cmpix]

Excellent content, really enjoyed that, learned a lot and totally agree with what you said about not being disheartened when things don't go according to plan. I've found dropping a 'project' and going on to something else much more productive. 🚀🚀🚀

[@jameslinz7269]

🚀Thanks for the video. I found your mind-mapping framework very helpful to understand the capabilities landscape. I am attempting to transition to Blender from Sketchup; however, I feel cursed by the radical Sketchup interface and inference methods. Perhaps my greatest personal obstacle to embracing Blender is that it seems to radically change each time I attempt to dive into it which is every 6 months, or so. I appreciate that one of Blender's strengths is its constant evolution; however, I have a hard time drinking from the waterfall.

[@gergotothmihaly2307]

No, sir, you are an absolute legend. Thank you for all the info. 🚀

[@jameslindfors]

Great video... That answered a million of my questions. 🚀

[@kazes]

For beginners but not only, this is a super great video. Can you tell us more about your dad's work? I'm curious

[@xperiencer]

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 Wow Curtis, that was probably the best overview you could produce for Blender. An hour investment that was not only worth it, but the ultimate GPS for the beginner to find their own way in the wide Blender dimension. Brilliantly presented, not a word superfluous, no drivel, pure information! respect. And 1000 thanks I'm hooked.🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@j_p_griff]

Thank you I've learnt so much 🚀

[@rilleyblazer2330]

Honestly such a great video, very comprehensive and you explain things very well! Especially for so,someone like me who really has very little background knowledge of how all this technology works this was extremely helpful! 🚀 I’m mainly looking to learn animation and 3D asset of character creation for games and the workflow for that, so I'm hoping to find some good courses for that. If anyone has any specific recommendations please let me know 😄

[@prattmatsuda4607]

🚀 Thank you so much. Very detailed overview of Blender software. Keep up the great work 👍

[@mobaali]

Thank you Curtis! 🚀

[@robertelkins5928]

Thank you for this, excellent video 🚀

[@tansytail]

Thank you! 🚀

[@not_katara4507]

thx for the amazing video🚀

[@Beautifulvillagelife]

wonderful video for learning blender

[@efferington]

Hi Curtis! The Making Money section at @2:20 seemed a bit confusing. It felt like the 'it depends' answer was going to lead off into an explanation of what 'it depends' could mean, but as you started your example about coming in to start animating in blender, there never seemed to be an answer to the Making Money subject and you instead led into the community section. (I'm still watching so it could be you come back to the money making subject later on! :)

[@CurtisHolt]

Yes, I spoke about hiring potential in that section, later in the feature presentation we talk about community elements of Blender that people tend to make money on (see material, asset library sections). Note this is an introduction to what Blender is, not making money.

[@Gareth_Mayers]

🚀 great one.

[@warvaynecb]

🚀Thank you for covering the 'boring stuff.' This is what Ive been looking for. A crash course the spends minimal time in the software and takes time to build a good foundation. Thank you again. 🚀

[@twiciavfx]

love this🚀

[@dakkshinshashidharan5224]

Love the video man 🚀

[@HipocratesR]

I want to sincerely congratulate Curtis for having the Skill set to explain clearly and quickly what he does and what we can take or develop from such an incredible free software, I come From the Old Bryce6 and Bryce 7, DAz 3D and Photoshop 6 and I can only dream or wish other graphical/3D software had such a nice intro into the software and community as Mr.Curtis does here in his channel, Just yesterday I got the balls to download and install Blender and hopeful for the journey to come, cheers!

[@pTw4short]

🚀 thank you so much!

[@JakeDJY]

🚀Just starting on blender, thank you for this video to help explain things and make it seem easier to tackle.

[@storghe]

🚀Thank you! This is the video I would like to watch when I first started learning Blender. This can really help a lot of people figure out things that seem completely non-obvious when you start learning 3d software in general and Blender in particular. Really great job!

[@coreys2686]

🚀 Blender to the Moon!!

[@lazarusmachine2061]

thank you! 🚀🚀🚀

[@kazes]

There is what you know about blender. And there is WHY you know this. This is the video 👌

[@iHaveUsernamee]

Thank you for this! very informative:)))🚀

[@LANCEPOLYMER]

🚀 Wonderful! Thank you. That was truly comprehensive and inspitational. As a confused "soon-to-be" Newbie, I now know Blender is the way for me to go. I want to make mobile phone Photogrammetry files from my ceramic sculptures, then slice them in Blender. I would them hope to be able to print cros sections on paper, with a view to making templates to make replication somewhat more efficient - hopefully, a true blend of old-school and new-tech methods. Brilliantly clear teaching Curtis. Many thanks.

[@阿囉哈得修]

🚀 Very informative! Thank you so much for this video.

[@emmastewart6879]

🚀Thanks Curtis! : )

[@davespaige]

Awesome video. 🚀

[@darkdroide]

🚀 very nice, even for someone who already knows blender 🚀

[@bassemb]

I watched the whole thing! This is a video I will be linking to anyone who asks what Blender can do! pshoooooooooooooo 🚀

[@mehaukulyk7164]

🚀 wonderful , thank you

[@mzr9mm]

🚀very informative as always

[@brunofaria9113]

🚀🚀🚀🚀nice video, thank you so much. It really helped me.

[@Poswayla]

🚀 Nice, thanks for your time!

[@TheEyesore]

Great vid Curtis! I've been digging into character creation with an aim for animating a short. I've seen a great series on character creation and rigging by Dikko but I'll check out more from Grant Abbitt with his stylized characters! Thanks for the inspiration 🚀

[@RajeshJames-qo2id]

🚀Great overview of Blender's capabilities. Looking forward to diving into some of the tutorials you recommended.

[@Catherine-fr8vg]

🚀 That's a great description! I didn't like the doughnuts or the apples. Learned Blender from Blenderbros (because I just love their renders). Then basic animation in a course called "Alive". And then Creative Shrimp (their courses are awesome, but not for beginners).

[@stephenconroy4365]

Cool what is. I still haven't achieved my original goal with blender (8yrs) creating a fully rigged character ready for animating - The rigging bit s... me every time. 8yrs of blender joy regardless. Maybe I should do a paid course for once 😅🚀

[@3n10tn4]

Thx for the video ! I already learned how to make a rocket ship in a youtube comment. Next step is to make a rocket ship in blender ! 🚀

[@4115steve]

there is no video on how to program your own add on for blender. Can you share how?

[@CurtisHolt]

I have a crash course for Python in Blender, but you are right, there is a bit of a void for larger multi-file addons. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqK7Zqqeab6YiNk I would definitely recommend checking out CGPython for developing general Python skills with Blender: www.youtube.com/@CGPython/videos

[@4115steve]

@@CurtisHolt I'm sorry I watched this great video after that comment. Are you saying that every add on is made with python? Or are there add on made with languages like C++ or languages other than python. I tried searching it on google with no luck and don't trust the chat gpt answers completely. I plan to watch your python playlist, thanks for all these video's, they're great help to me. I'm watching this video a second time. Thanks again, I'm looking forward to all your future work.

[@pergetoryofdream6466]

🚀 Great video, had my attention beginning to end. Hopefully you are thinking on updating this video. Python Crash Course for Blender!. If improvements can be made.

[@jameslinz7269]

I'll second the request for updating the Python Crash Course for Blender, especially with additional emphasis on geometry nodes and procedural modeling.

[@ElanStruble-o3v]

🚀Thanks mate!

[@andreydoichinov1683]

🚀 thanks for the hard work, making this video

[@GARRAKAZAMA]

thank for help me your videos.🚀

[@amjadkalash]

🚀Great Video🚀

[@MrRunniff]

🚀 nice video

[@davidbell6101]

🚀nicely done

[@Головныемюсли-ь6я]

🚀 TY

[@flamlynn]

🚀 very helpful video thank you

[@dirxpharaoh7770]

🚀🚀🚀 thanks you helped a ton

[@hoodboyslim]

Rocketship Emojy!

[@colormeblue211]

feeling daunted by all this, but thanks to your video, i am starting to have a vague sense on what i'm doing (or am i?)🚀

[@alessandr_0]

70 minutes well spend! 🚀

[@mind_of_a_darkhorse]

🚀 Great content and you covered a lot!

[@intmainvoidling]

🚀🚀🚀 ! I'm using blender to create assets for mods I make for games I play!

[@XIBLEE]

🚀 Thanks for the video. 🚀

[@wingedhead]

🚀thx

[@tabolum3266]

🚀🚀Thanks for your recommendations and tips🚀🚀

[@hazar357]

🚀 That was really helpful