Comments on: 25 Useful Blender tricks that aren't so obvious

By: Moremun

Moremun — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:36:23 +0000

Very helpful for the beginners,not for long-time users…

By: Fire Angel

Fire Angel — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:29:36 +0000

While I think some of those are obvious if you've bothered to read the manual, some aren't in the manual and really should be! A superb little collection of simple but effective ways to speed up your work in Blender.

By: redbyte

redbyte — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:07:53 +0000

Glad you liked the list everybody! The blog will be updated regularly so check back soon :)

@tmr232
I was wondering that myself. Most of the tricks I listed, I learnt from reading the 'Cool tricks that aren't so obvious' thread at CGSociety: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=91&t=52560. But it would indeed be interesting to know where everyone picked these things up. I imagine it makes it's way down the grapevine after a blender dev tells a rookie :)

By: Zinc Chameleon

Zinc Chameleon — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:15 +0000

Instant Camera Tracking with a Bezier Circle!

Try my free-for-all rotating platform. Check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZdzvGrgPio

It's basically tracking a camera to a Bezier Circle. I never found any mention of it when I traipsed across the 'net looking for Blender camera tracking solutions. Really simple, and incredibly versatile. Download the model at: http://brkurt.googlepages.com/testBall1.blend

By: Great Hype

Great Hype — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:15:45 +0000

Blender: Create Great 3D Content, Animation, Movies, Models, Graphics Free…

Blender is a very good 3D animation tool to perform different 3D operations and create 3D content, graphics, games, videos, animations, movies etc.
……

By: Aka

Aka — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:20:44 +0000

No 1's readin' manual or what??

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:11:16 +0000

Win +1

Knew half of them anyway, but they are all great!

By: tmr232

tmr232 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:01:21 +0000

This is simply fantastic.
Just a small Q, how do people get to know these things? It is not even in the hot-key reference inside Blender (which deserves some updating)…

By: Haunt_House

Haunt_House — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:25:02 +0000

Two of the tips were new to me or forgotten, the rest is old news. But still a very useful compilation. There's also a thread on CGtalk for blender features that aren't so obvious.

By: STart_blender

STart_blender — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:35:52 +0000

I have a problem on ubuntu 9.04 layers shortcuts on keyboard doesn't work exept ~ this button showing all layers.