Blender is my favourite 3D creation tool. I use it for animations, a bit of modelling, rendering and everything else that needs a quick fix. I love it so much that I’ve been giving monthly donations to the Blender Foundation.
I’ve been using and writing about Blender regularly since version 2.6, but with version 2.8 the interface changed dramatically. For that reason I have two categories:
- Blender 2.8 (and above)
- Blender 2.79 (and below)
People in the know expect that the interface will remain the same with 2.9+, but if this turns out to be not the case, I may end up with more categories here. Let’s hope we won’t…
Blender 2.8 (and beyond)
So far I've written 70 articles about Blender on this site.
Here's a huge long list of every single one. If you prefer a view with teaser content and pictures, take a look at the Blender Archives.
- How to make sliders work with a Tablet in Blender
- Blender Sculpting Shortcuts
- Creating a HDRI from a scene in Blender
- How to remove the Armature from a Rigged Object in Blender
- How to use WASD Mouse/Keyboard Navigation in Blender
- How to check the exact weight of a rigged vertex in Blender
- Baking Normal Detail into a high-res mesh with Blender
- Exporting all textures from a Blend File
- How to install and use the Quixel Bridge with Blender
- Combining images in the Blender Compositor
- Creating a Shadow Catcher in Blender (for Cycles and Eevee)
- How to scale a HDRI in Blender
- How to load a .blend file without messing up your UI
- Transferring Vertex Groups from one object to another in Blender
- Automatically merging Vertices in Blender
- Changing Blender viewport cameras in Quad View
- How to re-time animations in Blender
- How to change the Texture Stencil in Blender
- Creating Fluid Simulations in Blender
- How to import Morph Targets into Blender
- Creating something like “decals” in Blender
- How to export multiple objects from Blender as OBJ or FBX
- Combining Texture Maps with Blender and SimpleBake
- Animating static objects in Blender without rigging
- Turning Material Zones into Vertex Colour in Blender and ID Maps in Substance Painter
- Stencil Painting in Blender
- Projection Painting in Blender: The Basics
- Importing a whole Synty Level from Unreal Engine into DAZ Studio
- Pixel Crab: Creating a Voxel Effect in Blender
- Installing the DAZ to Blender Bridge
- How to point a light source at an object in Blender
- Checking out Cycles X
- What’s a good configuration for a 3D/Rendering/DAZ Studio computer
- Exporting an OBJ Sequence from DAZ Studio (via Blender)
- How to change any Blender viewport to full screen
- Importing animations from Marvelous Designer into Blender
- How to setup Normal Maps in Blender
- Setting up PBR materials in Blender with Node Wrangler
- How to break or remove a Node Connection in Blender
- What’s the mysterious red dotted line in Blender’s Viewport
- Switch between frame count and seconds in the Blender Timeline
- How to extract a UV Template in Blender
- How to create animated dust particles in Blender
- How to rotate a HDRI in Blender
- How to use TeleBlender 4 by mCasual / Jaques
- Importing Genesis into Blender via Mixamo
- Using Non-Linear Animation (NLA Features) in Blender 2.8
- Switching between Cameras in Animations with Blender 2.8
- How to render with the current Viewport Shading in Blender
- Rendering with Transparency in Blender
- How to loop Walk Animations with Blender’s NLA Editor
- Using Synty Characters with Mixamo and Blender
- How to D-NOISE an image sequence in Blender
- How to make wheels turn in Blender 2.8
- How to replicate an object along another mesh in Blender
- How to replace an object with another mesh in Blender
- How to orbit around selections in Blender
- How to enable thicker outlines in Blender
- How to enable the 3D Manipulator Gizmo in Blender
- How to use an external image editor with Blender
- How to scale image textures in Blender
- How to render a movie file as texture in Blender
- How to use the Blender Cloud Add-On
- Adjusting multiple values at the same time in Blender
- Working with a Full Screen Viewport in Blender
- Smooth Dollying/Zooming in Blender
- Trying out Chocofur Asset Management for Blender 2.8 – 3D Shenanigans #24
- Duplicating an object along a path in Blender 2.8
- How to bring back Selection Toggling in Blender 2.8
- Rendering with Blender from the Command Line
Blender 2.79 (and prior)
I've also written 75 articles about Blender 2.79 and previous versions for this site.
Here's a huge long list of every single one. If you prefer a view with teaser content and pictures, take a look at the Blender 2.79 Archives.
- Using Blender on a Laptop with a Trackpad
- Shattering my Logo in Blender – 3D Shenanigans #15
- Animating Numbers with Blender and DAZ Studio – 3D Shenanigans #12
- Using a Density Map with the Blender Particle Emitter (Replicator)
- Adding Materials to our Objects in Blender (Cycles)
- Replicating an Object with Blender’s Particle Emitter
- Creating a Logo from a Raster PNG in Blender
- How to turn a Raster Image into a vectorised SVG in Photoshop
- How to create Text Objects in Blender
- How to create DAZ Character Morphs with Blender
- How to export all Shape Keys as OBJ files in Blender
- How to import an object as Shape Key in Blender
- Exporting assets from DAZ Studio to Blender (and back)
- What is a Shader Browser
- How to setup a Height Shader in Blender
- How to generate terrains from heigh maps in Blender
- How to apply textures in ZBrush
- How to map a keyboard shortcut for Local View in Blender
- How to select every other vertex in Blender
- How to render “Manuel Bastioni LAB” characters without purple skin in Blender
- How to combine an Image Sequence into a video file with Blender
- How to display a movie on a plane in Blender (Blender Render)
- How to hook a track to a vertex in Blender
- How to create a translucent shader in Blender (Cycles)
- How to create a Shadow Catcher in Blender (Cycles)
- Why I joined The Blender Cloud
- How to create a transparency shader in Blender (Cycles)
- How to make a texture repeat in Blender (Cycles)
- How to grow grass on a landscape in Blender
- How to flip or rotate a texture in Blender
- How to add margins between UV islands in Blender
- How to turn a mesh into a path in Blender
- How to split and detach viewports in Blender
- How to upgrade Blender while retaining your settings
- How to copy and paste materials in Blender
- How to render the current viewport in Blender 2.79
- How to use Normal Maps in Blender (Cycles)
- How to use Bump Maps in Blender (Cycles)
- How to use First Person Navigation in Blender
- How to add Material Zones to an object in Blender
- How to export only selected objects in Blender
- How to add textures to a sculpting brush in Blender
- How to use the Screw Modifier in Blender
- How to use Boolean Operations in Blender
- How to duplicate an object along a path in Blender
- How to use Proportional Editing (Soft Selections) in Blender
- Blender Keyboard Shortcuts
- How to chamfer edges in Blender
- How to use the View Selected shortcut in Blender on a Mac
- How to apply transformations to your non-uniform objects in Blender
- How to set the origin (pivot point) in Blender
- Joining and separating objects in Blender
- How to use Reference Images in Blender
- How to add thickness in Blender
- How to weld points in Blender
- How to apply textures in Blender (Cycles)
- Getting started with UV-Unwrapping in Blender
- How to reload image textures in Blender
- How to use Background Images in Blender
- How to use Blender as a simple Render Farm for animations
- How to drape cloth in Blender
- Grouping and Parenting in Blender
- How to render with Depth of Field in Blender Render
- How to render Motion Blur in Blender
- How to constrain an object to a Motion Path in Blender
- How to create keyframe animations in Blender
- How to apply textures in Blender (with Blender Render)
- How to assign Materials in Blender (Blender Render)
- How to point the camera at an object in Blender
- How to use Sculpt Mode in Blender
- How to use Soft Selections in Blender
- How to apply a Modifier in Blender
- Creating selections on Vertex Objects in Blender
- Creating Primitives in Blender
- Navigating 3D Space in Blender on Mac