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welcome to filtergrade blender is an
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awesome 3d modeling tool
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and the best part is that it's free in
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this video we're going to cover the
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including how to set up a project add
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elements to it and ultimately render
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to start go to the blender website
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download blender and install it on your
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it might be easier to follow this
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tutorial with blender open
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pause the video often to make sure you
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understand each concept
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with so many tools buttons and options
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it's easy to get lost
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when you first open blender it will open
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a splash screen with some options
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for this basics tutorial you can just
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click on the screen outside this menu to
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close it or just click general
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under new file here you'll see the
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basics of any blender project
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a 3d grid plane with a cube a camera and
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you can see these objects in the scene
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let's first talk about controls which
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you will use to view your project from
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hold down the middle mouse button or
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scroll wheel on your mouse and move your
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mouse to rotate around the cube
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if you don't have a three button mouse
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go to edit preferences
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and select emulate three button mouse
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now you can hold the alt
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key while clicking and dragging with
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a third option still is the 3d thumbnail
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in the top right corner of the project
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you can click and drag in this to orbit
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you can also use the scroll wheel to
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otherwise you can use the plus and minus
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keys on your number pad to zoom
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or alternatively click and drag the
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magnifying glass symbol on the top right
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to pan around your scene hold the shift
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key while holding the middle mouse
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and drag if you don't have a middle
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mouse button then you can hold shift and
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while clicking and dragging with left
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you can also click on and drag the hand
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symbol in the top right of the object
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the last view option is perspective vs
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switch between these views by clicking
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on the grid symbol in the top right of
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the project or by pressing the 5 key on
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perspective view shows objects as they
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would look like in real life with
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farther away objects being smaller and
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closer objects being larger
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orthographic view shows all objects as
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now let's start actually working with
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to select an existing object such as the
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cube just left click on it in your
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you'll know it's selected because it
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will highlight in orange just like in
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other programs you can select multiple
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objects by holding shift while
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individually clicking them
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you can also select objects from the
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scene collection but to select multiple
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you need to use the ctrl key rather than
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you can also hide layers here by
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clicking the eyeball symbol next to them
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this does not delete them but just makes
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them invisible until you turn the layer
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to actually delete a layer select it
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right click and select delete
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or just press the delete key on your
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keyboard now let's make some stuff
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to add an object hold the shift key and
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press a and a menu will pop
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up you can also just click on the add
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button on the top left of the project
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in the mesh menu you'll find all the
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basic shapes like cubes
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circles cones and more click on one to
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create it and it will add to the project
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the point at which the object is added
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is determined by the location of the 3d
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if you'd like to move the 3d cursor you
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can hold shift and click with the right
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or use a 3d cursor button on the left
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now when you select a new object it will
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center itself on this point
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to return to the original center point
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now let's use the move tool to change
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the location of an object
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to activate the move tool you can click
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on it from the left side toolbar
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select the object and three colored
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you can drag along these lines to move
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the object on the x y and z
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axes red is the x axis green is the y
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axis and blue is the z axis to move the
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object in a more freeform way
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you can press g with the object selected
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and move your mouse to change the
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position in 3d space left click to
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if you want to move along an axis while
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in this mode press the x y or z key on
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to lock the object onto the
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next up is rotating the object select
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the rotate tool from the toolbar on the
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left side of the screen
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you'll see red green and blue circles
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around the object that signify the axes
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note how the main axis lines go straight
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through the center of their
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corresponding circles
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rotating an object on a certain axis
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means that you're essentially putting it
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and spinning it when you move your mouse
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over these circles they will highlight
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and then you'll be able to click and
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you can also press r to rotate and left
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just like with moving you can press x y
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or z on your keyboard to snap it to an
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the next basic tool is the scale tool it
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is also located on the toolbar on the
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left side of the screen
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the colored axis bars will show up again
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dragging them will shrink or grow the
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object along that axis only
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and it will do so equally in both
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directions out from center
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you can also press the s key on your
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keyboard to use the scale tool and left
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while using the x y and z keys to scale
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only on the selected axis
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the final common tool is the transform
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tool which combines all three of the
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previous tools into one interface with
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to reset an object to its original
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settings hold alt while pressing the
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corresponding shortcut key
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g for position r for rotate and s for
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these are the basics of object mode but
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now we can move to edit mode
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to change modes use the drop down on the
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top left of the project
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or press tab on your keyboard you'll
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notice first of all that the object now
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has vertices and there are additional
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tools in the left-hand toolbar
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selection modes are important in this
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view and you can change between vertex
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edge select and face select
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vertex select will highlight a single
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corner edge select will highlight an
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entire line between two vertices
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and face select will select an entire
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shape enclosed by at least three
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you can change the position scale and
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rotation of any of these selections
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using the same tools as before
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now let's use some of the new tools the
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this tool extrudes your selection click
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and drag the yellow line to extrude an
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just left click to finalize the position
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the extrude shortcut is e
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on your keyboard the next tool is inset
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this doesn't physically change a face
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but it does give you more to work with
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extra faces it essentially creates a
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small shape in the middle of the
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existing shape using existing vertices
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to draw those new faces
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you can use i on your keyboard to access
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finally we have bevel to use this on a
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plane click and drag the yellow line and
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to change the settings of how the bevel
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tool works click on the bevel menu
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in the bottom left corner you'll be able
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to adjust the number of segments as well
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as other features if you're trying to
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a specific look with bevel selected you
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b on your keyboard to activate it then
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move your mouse to drag
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while doing this you can also use the
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scroll wheel to add segments
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left click to confirm your bevel
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the loop cut tool is a cutting tool that
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can cut a shape in half along an axis
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once you see your preview just click to
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confirm this does not actually cut an
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object into two and separate it but it
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that separate the object into new planes
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if you don't want it in the center you
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can slide by clicking and dragging the
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mouse and then clicking again to confirm
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let's take a look at putting colors and
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textures onto our boring gray shapes
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to work with color first switch the view
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mode from solid mode to material mode
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found as icons in the top right of the
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screen now click on the material
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properties button on the right toolbar
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and click on base color to bring up the
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color wheel now you can change the color
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and your object will change to reflect
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if you're working in solid mode the
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color will not show up
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now what if you want to only color a
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specific face go back to edit mode
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select a face with face selection then
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click on the plus button on the material
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click on assign and it will give that
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face its own material property
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now you can select a different color for
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this face in the same way we colored the
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whole object previously
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next we'll look at how to view your
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object as a more realistic final render
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start by creating a new mesh plane and
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arranging it so the object is sitting on
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this will help us visualize the scene
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better click on the small drop down
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arrow in the top right next to the
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uncheck the scene world box and you'll
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be able to select some world boxes
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increase the opacity to be able to see
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them these will not show up in your
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final render but they can help you
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visualize what your object might look
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like in a larger scene
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entering render view will render your
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light sources giving a final realistic
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while we're here you can click on your
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light source and adjust things like
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color and more if you need a new light
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source just click on add
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and select a light source then move it
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to the desired position and angle
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the last thing we need to do to render
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our scene is to add a camera
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there is one in your scene by default
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but if you want to add a new one just go
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to add and click on camera
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you can move and rotate it using the
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normal controls just like an object
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to enter camera view just click on the
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camera icon on the right side of your
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and click again to exit it this will
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show the view of the camera and you'll
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be able to render after finalizing your
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focal length and other settings
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now click on render properties from the
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right hand side bar and choose your
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ev is faster but lower quality and
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cycles is slower but higher quality
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it's a little more complicated than that
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but the differences are beyond the scope
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once you've selected your render engine
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click on render then render image
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this will open up the blender renderer
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and process the image
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the render time will depend on the
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complexity of the scene and the power of
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once the render is complete click on
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image save as and select a location
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now you'll have a 2d image file of your
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scene as seen through the blender camera
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blender is a deep and complex program
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but these basics should give you enough
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to mess around the inside of the program
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and hopefully learn through your own
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if not there are some awesome tutorials
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out there done by talented artists
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