Blender 2.5 Back to Basics: Manipulation

EPISODE TWO: Object manipulation

In this episode we will continue our basic training by showing you how to move your objects in 3D space, some essential shortcuts EVERY Blender artist should know and your practice tip of the day.

I'll also answer viewer email and comments. So remember to comment! Leave your questions and in a future episode I will give you your answer.

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[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!

[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.

[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.

[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!