WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.433 Hey guys, let's talk about some Blender resources! 2 00:00:03.433 --> 00:00:07.433 OK, if you didn't remember when, in the first section of 3 00:00:07.433 --> 00:00:11.433 the course, I was talking about a 3 Button Mouse, I still recommend 4 00:00:11.433 --> 00:00:15.433 one of those. A Full Size Keyboard often helps, 5 00:00:15.433 --> 00:00:19.433 as well so you've got the number pad on the side that you can use to 6 00:00:19.433 --> 00:00:23.433 control your view. A dedicated GPU! Now, of 7 00:00:23.433 --> 00:00:27.433 course, that's not going to be an option for many laptop users, unless 8 00:00:27.433 --> 00:00:31.433 your laptop has already got one, but obviously, if 9 00:00:31.433 --> 00:00:35.433 you've got a desktop, there is the potential of upgrading your graphics card 10 00:00:35.433 --> 00:00:39.433 in order to get your renders done in much less 11 00:00:39.433 --> 00:00:43.433 time. Now do bear in mind a dedicated GPU, we're talking 12 00:00:43.433 --> 00:00:47.433 about the performance end of the spectrum, sort of mid level 13 00:00:47.433 --> 00:00:51.433 and higher, just a basic dedicated GPU in your system 14 00:00:51.433 --> 00:00:55.433 is not going to increase your render time. So make sure 15 00:00:55.433 --> 00:00:59.433 you go, first, on the NVidia side probably a 960 16 00:00:59.433 --> 00:01:03.433 970+ at the moment, at the time of recording they've not got anything new out, 17 00:01:03.433 --> 00:01:07.433 and a similar sort of spec on the AMD side. 18 00:01:07.433 --> 00:01:11.433 Recommended Reading! Well there is a lovely 19 00:01:11.433 --> 00:01:15.433 Blender, sort of, crib sheet with an info graphic, 20 00:01:15.433 --> 00:01:19.433 as it says there, with all of the shortcut keys on it. And "Learning Blender" 21 00:01:19.433 --> 00:01:23.433 by Oliver Villar! We'll just have a quick look at what those two 22 00:01:23.433 --> 00:01:24.200 look like! 23 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:27.600 OK, so as you can see here, this info graphic is pretty 24 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:31.600 awesome, it's got almost every key you'll 25 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:35.600 ever need on it. Not necessarily the best laid out thing, 26 00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:39.600 I find it quite stressful going through there, but it is a very useful 27 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:43.600 sheet that you can print out and use. Now this is for version 28 00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:47.600 2.76, which is brilliant! It's got everything we need on it, 29 00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:51.600 so go and check that out! And the book, "Learning Blender" Hands On 30 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:55.600 by Oliver Villar, well it looks like this here. 31 00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:59.600 A really good book, quite a short book, but it really gets you down 32 00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:03.600 and into Blender really quickly. OK, 33 00:02:03.966 --> 00:02:06.700 so let's have a look at a couple of Blender Extras! 34 00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:10.700 There's blendswap.com, that's a brilliant place to 35 00:02:10.700 --> 00:02:14.700 check out other people's work or even share your own, if you produce 36 00:02:14.700 --> 00:02:18.700 something that you want to share with the community. And then, you've got the Blender 37 00:02:18.700 --> 00:02:22.200 Demo Files! So let's go have a quick look at those! 38 00:02:22.266 --> 00:02:26.266 OK, so here we are on www.blendswap.com! 39 00:02:26.266 --> 00:02:30.266 You will have to sign up for an account, if you want to use it, 40 00:02:30.266 --> 00:02:34.266 and it gives you a great place to share and also download 41 00:02:34.266 --> 00:02:38.266 .blend files, as well. Do be careful, read the description of 42 00:02:38.266 --> 00:02:42.266 any licenses, if you want to use someone's assets for your 43 00:02:42.266 --> 00:02:46.266 own projects. Oh, if it's just a personal project, then sure go ahead and use 44 00:02:46.266 --> 00:02:50.266 it, but remember to read the license agreements. We don't want anybody to get into trouble, 45 00:02:50.266 --> 00:02:54.266 by using someone else's assets in 46 00:02:54.266 --> 00:02:58.266 their project that they haven't asked permission for, so do read 47 00:02:58.266 --> 00:03:02.266 those carefully! And the demo files themselves, on the Blender 48 00:03:02.266 --> 00:03:06.266 website. So if you go to Blender.org and click 49 00:03:06.266 --> 00:03:10.266 on Download at the top, and once you've done that, 50 00:03:10.266 --> 00:03:14.266 along the middle of the page here we have Demo Files, 51 00:03:14.266 --> 00:03:18.266 External Renderers, etc. Demo Files is right there and you can 52 00:03:18.266 --> 00:03:22.033 check out some of the files that are available, see 53 00:03:22.033 --> 00:03:24.733 what your computer behaves like with some 54 00:03:24.733 --> 00:03:26.433 more of these highly 55 00:03:26.666 --> 00:03:30.666 detailed Blender files. And of course, the BMW 56 00:03:30.666 --> 00:03:34.666 Benchmark is quite a common one, used to spec 57 00:03:34.666 --> 00:03:38.666 out a computer or check it and benchmark it against 58 00:03:38.666 --> 00:03:42.666 other computers. And of course, this is the one we actually use in the course, as 59 00:03:42.666 --> 00:03:43.766 well. 60 00:03:43.766 --> 00:03:45.566 That's it for now! 61 00:03:45.566 --> 00:03:47.866 Carry on Blending!