WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.533 Welcome to 2 00:00:02.533 --> 00:00:06.533 Where to Find Support! So help others to help 3 00:00:06.533 --> 00:00:10.533 you, that is a very critical starting point. We have a very 4 00:00:10.533 --> 00:00:14.533 supportive community, so asking them for help is 5 00:00:14.533 --> 00:00:18.533 great! That's what we're all here to help you out with! Start the conversation. 6 00:00:18.533 --> 00:00:22.533 So if you see someone's asking for help, but you don't quite know 7 00:00:22.533 --> 00:00:26.533 how to help them, just starting that conversation itself 8 00:00:26.533 --> 00:00:30.533 can help answer the question, because they'll start trying things. Perhaps they got a bit 9 00:00:30.533 --> 00:00:34.533 of a mental block, and it just helps them going. As you become more 10 00:00:34.533 --> 00:00:38.533 Experienced yourself, you can help others, too. Now, of course, you're probably 11 00:00:38.533 --> 00:00:42.533 thinking at this point, hang on a minute, Mike, you're the instructor! Can't you just answer 12 00:00:42.533 --> 00:00:46.533 all the questions? Well I would really love to, but I think there are now 13 00:00:46.533 --> 00:00:50.533 something like 22,000 of you students and 1 of me. 14 00:00:50.533 --> 00:00:54.533 So there's only so much I can do in a day, of course, and 15 00:00:54.533 --> 00:00:58.533 you guys can get back to each other really quckly, whereas it's going to take 16 00:00:58.533 --> 00:01:02.533 me a bit longer to do so. So helping each other out is 17 00:01:02.533 --> 00:01:06.533 also a very good way of learning yourself. 18 00:01:06.533 --> 00:01:10.533 Becoming a teacher is often one of the best ways of learning a particular 19 00:01:10.533 --> 00:01:14.533 topic. Of course, I am always around to help, but it may take some 20 00:01:14.533 --> 00:01:18.533 time, in order to get back to any queries that you've got. 21 00:01:18.533 --> 00:01:22.533 Now remember, asking a good question, 22 00:01:22.533 --> 00:01:26.533 you'll get a good answer. So be specific about 23 00:01:26.533 --> 00:01:30.533 your issue. If you go ahead and say, help I can't get it 24 00:01:30.533 --> 00:01:34.533 to work! Well we know from that that you need help 25 00:01:34.533 --> 00:01:38.533 and you can't get something to work, but we don't know what. So it is 26 00:01:38.533 --> 00:01:42.533 very important, that if you're going to ask a question, that you ask a 27 00:01:42.533 --> 00:01:46.533 specific question. Help, I'm having problems with 28 00:01:46.533 --> 00:01:50.533 this particular thing not working, and 29 00:01:50.533 --> 00:01:54.533 tell us what you've tried so far. I know when I've asked for help, 30 00:01:54.533 --> 00:01:58.533 it can feel a bit irritating when someone asks 31 00:01:58.533 --> 00:02:02.533 me, have you tried switching your computer on and off again. Because that does solve 32 00:02:02.533 --> 00:02:06.533 a lot of problems, but of course, if I've already tried that, 33 00:02:06.533 --> 00:02:10.533 I'll say yes yes I've already tried that. But that question would never have been 34 00:02:10.533 --> 00:02:14.533 asked back if I'd said, well I've got this issue with Blender not doing X, 35 00:02:14.533 --> 00:02:18.533 and I've tried restarting the computer and reopening my 36 00:02:18.533 --> 00:02:22.533 Blender file and it's still doing it. Now I'm not going to get asked to switch switch 37 00:02:22.533 --> 00:02:26.533 the computer off and on again. Remember you can 38 00:02:26.533 --> 00:02:30.533 edit your discussions, to your question, to add further things you have 39 00:02:30.533 --> 00:02:34.533 tried, rather than asking more and more questions going on. And 40 00:02:34.533 --> 00:02:38.533 include a picture of the issue. Now, it's very true that 41 00:02:38.533 --> 00:02:42.533 a picture speaks 1,000 words, so if you include a 42 00:02:42.533 --> 00:02:46.533 picture, it can often give us a clue as to what's 43 00:02:46.533 --> 00:02:50.533 going on, even if you think it's to do with X, Y, Z. And remember to include the full 44 00:02:50.533 --> 00:02:54.533 screen with the outliner. It's very tempting to crop a tiny 45 00:02:54.533 --> 00:02:58.533 bit of the screen out, but often it's better if we can see everything that's on 46 00:02:58.533 --> 00:03:02.533 the screen. And remember, you can go to the very top of Blender and make the screenshot 47 00:03:02.533 --> 00:03:06.533 there, which will include everything. Ask questions 48 00:03:06.533 --> 00:03:10.533 in the Q & A. Udemy have changed around their system, 49 00:03:10.533 --> 00:03:14.533 somewhat recently, and it's very useful if we're answering 50 00:03:14.533 --> 00:03:18.533 questions in the Q & A, cause that's how it's all been setup to 51 00:03:18.533 --> 00:03:22.533 work, I suppose. And if you want to share your work, 52 00:03:22.533 --> 00:03:26.533 the best place to do it is to come over to our community, because 53 00:03:26.533 --> 00:03:30.533 it's such a rich experience over there. And you can see the address there. 54 00:03:30.533 --> 00:03:34.533 There's http://community.gamedev.tv! 55 00:03:34.533 --> 00:03:38.533 And we've already got many students coming over there. It's 56 00:03:38.533 --> 00:03:42.533 much much more fluid. You can see pictures, you can see other people's 57 00:03:42.533 --> 00:03:46.533 work. So much easier than it is trolling through the Udemy Q & A's, 58 00:03:46.533 --> 00:03:50.533 which are for questions and answers. So it also feels a bit odd sharing your 59 00:03:50.533 --> 00:03:54.533 work as a question, and it's also very confusing because, sometimes 60 00:03:54.533 --> 00:03:58.533 I look at people's work, and it's lovely to see your work, and I'm 61 00:03:58.533 --> 00:04:02.533 thinking well have they got a question about it? And sometimes if there's no question 62 00:04:02.533 --> 00:04:06.533 or it's a bit ambiguous, you end up starting a dialog and there's nothing actually wrong, 63 00:04:06.533 --> 00:04:10.533 there's no answer required. So have an answer for something? 64 00:04:10.533 --> 00:04:14.533 If you have solved your issue, when you've asked a question, do 65 00:04:14.533 --> 00:04:18.533 let us know, because that's important to know how you solved it 66 00:04:18.533 --> 00:04:22.533 as well. So tell us how you overcame the challenge that 67 00:04:22.533 --> 00:04:26.533 you faced. It's very important, because that's going to help not only going to help us improve the 68 00:04:26.533 --> 00:04:30.533 content, if it's something systemic with the actual lesson itself, 69 00:04:30.533 --> 00:04:34.533 but it's also very useful for other students as well, if they come 70 00:04:34.533 --> 00:04:38.533 across a similar issue. If you have solved 71 00:04:38.533 --> 00:04:42.533 it, it is always useful to use a little [Solved] prefix itself 72 00:04:42.533 --> 00:04:46.533 in the discussion or question title, so that people, if they've 73 00:04:46.533 --> 00:04:50.533 asked that question themselves, can see straight away that there is a proposed solution 74 00:04:50.533 --> 00:04:54.533 to the problem that they're having if they are searching for a similar 75 00:04:54.533 --> 00:04:58.533 problem as to what you had. An example question, just to 76 00:04:58.533 --> 00:05:02.533 get the ball rolling, just so you can think about it. So you might say [Question], 77 00:05:02.533 --> 00:05:05.533 I've got a snapping problem. So 78 00:05:05.533 --> 00:05:09.533 it's very helpful for me if you list a time for 79 00:05:09.533 --> 00:05:13.533 referencing something in the video. So let's say in the snapping video 80 00:05:13.533 --> 00:05:17.533 at 3:32, when you use the Snapping 81 00:05:17.533 --> 00:05:21.533 Tool, I cannot see how... So fill in the rest of that 82 00:05:21.533 --> 00:05:25.533 there. And then, of course, you may want to say I have tried doing X, Y, and Z 83 00:05:25.533 --> 00:05:29.533 but unfortunately to no joy. Here is a 84 00:05:29.533 --> 00:05:33.533 picture of the issue, etc. etc. You get the idea behind this. 85 00:05:33.533 --> 00:05:37.533 This is a very good question, because it's actually going to help me 86 00:05:37.533 --> 00:05:41.533 understand what you're trying to do because you've referenced the time. It's 87 00:05:41.533 --> 00:05:45.533 tells us what you've tried already, so I don't go ahead and give you instructions that you 88 00:05:45.533 --> 00:05:49.533 may have already tried, and a picture, of course, may highlight what the actual problem 89 00:05:49.533 --> 00:05:50.833 is. 90 00:05:50.833 --> 00:05:54.300 So in summary, where to go! Well if you've got 91 00:05:54.300 --> 00:05:58.300 a question that's specific to the lecture that you've been watching, 92 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:02.300 then please use the Udemy Q & A's, that's what they're now designed for. 93 00:06:02.300 --> 00:06:06.300 They used to be called discussions. You'll hear sharing the discussions a lot, 94 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:10.300 and if we want you to do that, it would be best not to share in the 95 00:06:10.300 --> 00:06:14.300 Udemy Q & A anymore because it's kind of odd posting 96 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:18.300 work as a question. And it also helps us manage what 97 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:22.300 questions we actually need to get to and answer. So if you do want to 98 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:26.300 share your work, and I'd like to invite you over to our community 99 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:30.300 at https://community.gamedev.tv/ This is a wonderful place 100 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:34.300 where you can share your work. It's really easy and accessible to see 101 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:38.300 all the work as well. It also does what we call Sketch Fab embeds, 102 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:42.300 which you'll see later on in the course as well. So if you've got a specific 103 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:46.300 question, ask it in the Udemy Q & A's, 104 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:50.300 especially if it's against a particular lecture that helps us help you. And it also, 105 00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:54.300 helps us modify the course itself, if we get a series of questions 106 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:57.000 that are all very similar in nature. 107 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:57.733 If you want to 108 00:06:57.733 --> 00:07:01.733 share your work then, then come over to https://community.gamedev.tv// 109 00:07:01.733 --> 00:07:05.733 And of course, we've got the Facebook group as well, and you're more than welcome to 110 00:07:05.733 --> 00:07:09.733 come and share your work and then join in the discussions over there. And that's 111 00:07:09.733 --> 00:07:13.733 https://www.facebook.com/groups/blendercourse/ 112 00:07:13.733 --> 00:07:17.733 So those are two places you can go to share and contribute your work, 113 00:07:17.733 --> 00:07:21.733 especially if you're doing stuff outside. I love seeing what you guys are coming up with. And 114 00:07:21.733 --> 00:07:25.733 of course, if you've got a lecture specific question, then of course answer it, 115 00:07:25.733 --> 00:07:29.733 ask it or answer it as well [Laughs] in the Udemy Q & A's. 116 00:07:29.733 --> 00:07:33.733 That's it for now and I will see you guys in the next lecture!