Blender 2.5 Back to Basics: Manipulation

[Nenicanie]

is it posible when we use scale,grab and rotate command to see gizmo?Than when we use gizmo to manipulate with object?

Becouse i cant every time use x,y,z to manipulate in one direction!

Sry for bad English:D

Extra tuts:-*

[xj506]

nvm im sorry disregard that last comment i was just being an idiot i forgot that u had to be in edit mode to do ctrl+Tab for it to work

[xj506]

I lov how the most important shortcut doesn't even work any more

[OneCapsuleDaily]

also please give my page a shout out if your willing. I'm doing a lets play for skyrim and a few other games soon to come when i get some viewers xD

[OneCapsuleDaily]

Hey man... sorry i'm so late on this, i really need your help atm. I'm stuck with a little problem regarding the curve we're using in this video. Mine wont stay straight unfortunately, therefore, when i go to straightening out my first curve and placing it, the next time i push E, my line ends up curved, any tip to fix that would be awesome... :D

[Jindypops]

Your tuts are brilliant. Many, many thanks

[TylerJordayne]

Okay so I don't have a center mouse button and I know that you can go to user preferences and emulate 3 button mouse then use ATL to move around and pan but how would you go about zooming in with emulate 3 button mouse on?

[xApeRumblex]

i try to press the middle mouse button but it dosent let me move

[halabihazem]

Best Blender tutorials, ever! Blender is free and so should be Blender education, free and open to all. Kudos to you, sir!

[timanttimaarit]

U are awesome! Thank you!

[khentoumi]

A nice refresher; however I have one question: when moving the cursor toward the edge of the view window, how do you keep it from just getting stuck at that edge or corner of that window (i.e. when you move the cursor all the way to the right side of the window, it reappears at the same height on the left side)? I assume its in the preferences, but do you know off the top of your head?

[JosephAReviews]

I have some trouble with blender because Im a beginner. When I am trying to model something in edit mode I go into the 3d mode to see how th model is coming out. I dont know how to get back to modeling and get the picture back. Help?

[13jechozilla]

it wont let me select an edge or corner. it keeps making me select the whole thing

[mdrensdey]

@13jechozilla Press the TAB button to enter *Edit* mode, which will allow you to select each of the corner (vertices)

If that's not the problem, once in edit mode, three little cubes, one with one of the faces highlighted, appear in the bottom sidebar (not the one under the Timeline). Click on the first one, and you should be done.

[13jechozilla]

how do i unselect an object?

[niknty1]

Thanks A lot, your vids are just what ive been looking for. Step by step breakdowns of the program. I am only 14 but Ive been wanting to learn how to 3d model for years and this is exactly what i need. Right on and keep on going!

[chrisredfiud]

Make a tut about rigging

[XinmodicLoxnog]

is there like a back button, or undu button for when i make a mistake?

[firechildc]

@XinmodicLoxnog Ctrl+Z to undo. Second most important short-cut you have. Ctrl+S is the most imporant. Happy blending!

[Warzinak]

Thank you so much for your tutorials, I am looking forwards to the rest. I have spent a few hours playing around with SGR+E XYZ keys, just to get comfortable with it. tinyurl com/3sly4ma

The 1st image is a piller with a hollow inside narrowing into a needle passage link. This was a great way of learning the Extrude function and messing around with scaling. The vase in the 2nd pic is made similar. The dog is using Extrude + a tool called Subdivide i have come to like

On to the next Tutorial!

[Yinglish]

clear, engaging, and insightful! you are my hero!

[kushnjuice]

How do you select the side corners (vertices i think) individually on the quick key on a mac book. im having problems getting that right? plz help. 

[nopride87]

when i render a map i made it seems shiny and it seems to turn parts of the image white is there a way to stop that from happening?

can you bring a previous render and place it on a current render like say i make a rock can i take it and put it on a map i made previously?

what are the little blank buttons on the control bar for? i see that they take you to a new layer but what is the application for them can you make a land on one a tree on another and then bring them together later?

[yensidtun]

excellent tutorials - nice and clear.

[troy17fl]

This might be minor, but I gotta say -- I love that you have the yellow ball around your mouse. I've seen a few video tutorials that don't have it, and it's annoying to try to see where they are clicking on the menus, etc. Thanks.

[impossibiliacom]

These are great videos, Chad! It's a real help after coming from other software to have someone break it all down and show what's what.

[12345franny]

I'm subbing you for sure. I swiched to the new version of blender, but since I'm unfamiliar with the interface, I sorta got a little bit lost. (Very lost.) Now I have to relearn these stuff.

It's okay though, the new version seems easier to use once I get the hang of it.

[XxUNxTAMEDxX]

WHAT IF U DONT HAVE A NUMBER TAB?

[THEROVERDUDE13]

i have a really tough time using online textures to texture things like guns could you do like a tutorial for that or direct me to a realy specific video

[19keverick91]

best tutorials on youtube by far, appreciate your hard work!

[toothpaste8760]

gsr= gun shot residue :)

[TheVeggydude]

I am not new to Blender, but 2.5 really is diffirent from the earlier versions. It kinda scarred me at first but thanks to your first tutorial I can now find everything I need. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!

[bnewton81]

i love that blender logo.

[jjkus2]

when i press on a vertex to select it, it wont select it, the circle thing goes where ever i click

[211darthreven443]

or if you have a laptop you click both left and right click

[Manududu3]

Another handy Short cut for manipulation after pressing on key G, S, R:

PRESS MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON for Automatic Axes Selections

(in stead of pressing key X,Y,Z to choose your axe)

It's a bit more intuitive

[zoidschica21]

I don't know when I was messing with it or what. but ever time I go to move the box with G there is still another box that's still there. even when i hit new project or whatever. i didn't hit shift-D for duplicate nither. Help me fix this:(

[musicmakesinfinite]

very very good and helpful series!

[FilmReady]

Thank you so much! This was really helpful and it made me more comfortable with Blender :)

[rustabout54]

how do you undo? which button i must not have caught it in the first one

[nashietay]

@rustabout54 ctrl z

[TimmehSnydeh]

I LOVE YOU! no homo.

[crispycreature]

I am working on a modelling project and am having problems in the edit mode. I want to select certain vertexes on both sides of the object but when. I use "B" so select them it only does the one side. Is there a way that i could select both sides??

[VONRAT]

You mad me love Homework and I thank you!

[acowgoesquack]

I don't know if you know who super3boy is, but you shit all over him :D

[MrNikagra]

I can rotate view by pressing both right and left buttons on my touchpad too

[songojin]

When I select a face and press g, it will grab the whole geometry that face is part of, instead of extruding at first. I have to press e first to extrude, then cancel it with right click, then g gets me the "global direction" extrude.

This leads me to wonder, when I initialize an extrusion and then cancel it with right click, that face isn't really returned to a "flat" state on the object. It's primed for an extrusion, right?

How do I fully cancel the extrude for future reference?

[firechildc]

@songojin CTRL Z to undo.

[ParanormalGaming]

OMG Chad.. your as good as the VideoCopilot Guy.. YOur Tutorial are Top notch like theres.. You have made me fall in love with Blender.. I used to be a 3Ds Max fan and thought that Blender was hard to learn but you show to me that it is as easy as it is.. THANK YOU SOO MUCH.. Keep them comming..

[Co5M1cBull3T]

you forgot to tell them one thing, right-clicking to pull one of the vertices and right clicking again to cancel and left clicking to confirm

[FEenergy]

Hello Chad, I wanted to encourage you a bit. I have been working in the 3D modeling industry for 5 years now, and starting out blender was nearly impossible to find resources for. Really great tutorial series you have going on, props to you!

cheers

[firechildc]

@FEenergy I really appreciate your comment. I know what you mean. When I first picked up blender there were literally ZERO training resources out there. That's why I started Firechild Video. So others wouldn't be as stuck as the rest of us were in the early days. It truly humbles me that a fellow professional in the field would enjoy my work. I am quite honored. Thank you.

[xOxCrapWeaselxOx]

@firechildc Thankyou so much for these videos, this complicated program is slowly starting to make sense thanks to you :) I do have one question, what do i do if my laptop does not have a number pad? Aren't they used in shortcuts?

[xOxCrapWeaselxOx]

@xOxCrapWeaselxOx I'm so silly i typed that comment before i watched. No need to answer question thanks :)

[Kakaohunden]

Epic. as soon as I get home from work I am gonna modify that cube untill it's well... not a cube :P

[pixelitegaming]

Thank u ;D

[cajhne]

Might be worth mentioning that along with the x, y and z axis hotkeys (while transforming), you can transform along TWO axes simultaneously, by holding shift+x, shift+y, or shift+z. Additionally, if you want to scale/rotate/move the object by local axis rather than the global axis, hit xx, yy, or zz. Great tutorial! +Like

[labsnonstop]

thank you! i am beginner so very informative! you are doing a great job!

[wautersandreas]

You forgot the zoom in alternative (2button mouse) command :p

[Koshmaar]

@wautersandreas that would be ctrl + alt + left mouse button

[Markus2976]

I see now 2 videos how to change the divrent views like wireframe and so on...

[Markus2976]

nice thx man :D