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| juicy blender Getting Started Tute Here are a few things that can help the beginer get started and not be so confused. ============================================================ (1) Firstly, in your viewport you will see a little circle with a cross through it. This is a 3d cursor. Whenever you create an object. That object will appear wherever the 3d cursor is. By left clicking your mouse around the various viewports can place the 3D Cursor wherever you want it allowing you to create objects there. It is also used as a reference point for mesh editing sometimes. You will learn with experience. ============================================================ (2) To create a mesh object you press SPACE and choose Add then Mesh then TYPE OF MESH After you create a mesh object (sphere, cube etc) it will always appear in the viewport in editmode. This is the mode where you can move and manipulate the vertices of the mesh. To exit editmode you simply press TAB. Pressing TAB again when the object is selected will re-enter editmode. In and out of editmode ============================================================ (3) To select an object, use the right mouse button. To move an object press the GKey(grab) after it is selected. To rotate an object press the RKey after it is selected. To scale an object press the SKey after it is selected. ============================================================ (4) To render a scene you must first have a lamp to iluminate the scene. To add a lamp press SPACE then ADD then LAMP. SpotLamps are the only type of lamp that cast shadows. To make the lamp a spotlamp press F4 after selecting the lamp and choose Spot. To make the shadows of the spotlamp render you must select the shadows option in the renderbuttons area. To antialias the render you must click the OSA button in the renderbuttons area. ============================================================ (5) To render the scene simply press F12. To get rid of the rendered picture press ESC. To view the rendering again press F11. To save an image click on the circled box and change to the required directory and type in a file name. To choose the file type select the desired format (and quality for jpgs). ============================================================ (6) Finally to save the scene (*.blend) file you simply press F2. Whichever viewport your mouse is in will change to the save window. Simply choose your directory to save in then type in the filename and press enter twice. To load the scene you press F1. The same applies only this time middle click on the filename you wish to load. If at any time you have a window other than a 3d window open and you wish to revert to the 3d window just press Shift F5. ============================================================ Hopefully these little hints and tips will get you started enough to explore blender and have a play around. After you find your feet feel free to try the Juicy Blender TUTE1XX series on this site for further development of your skills.