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Simulation and Effects
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Sculpting
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Rigging Basics
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Troubleshooting and Best Practices
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Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of blender — drill into a card to work its skills.

Animation Basics

4 core skills7% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
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Timeline & Dope SheetRecommended
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Graph Editor & EasingAvailable
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3
Animation ConstraintsAvailable
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Keyframe AnimationAvailable
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Modeling Fundamentals · Topology and Cleanup

5 core skills4% total weight
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Topology Best PracticesAvailable
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NormalsAvailable
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Fixing Non-Manifold GeometryAvailable
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RetopologyAvailable
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Shading MethodsAvailable
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Modeling Fundamentals · Mesh Creation and Editing

5 core skills4% total weight
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Proportional EditingAvailable
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Edit Mode Selection & TransformAvailable
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Primitive Meshes & TopologyAvailable
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4
Core Modeling ToolsAvailable
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Merge, Dissolve & DeleteAvailable
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Materials and Shaders · Shader Node Basics (Principled BSDF)

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Image Texture NodesAvailable
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Normal & Bump MapsAvailable
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Principled BSDFAvailable
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Creating & Assigning MaterialsAvailable
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UV vs. Procedural CoordinatesAvailable
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Materials and Shaders · PBR Workflow and Material Management

3 core skills3% total weight
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Shader Node GroupsAvailable
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Material OrganizationAvailable
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PBR Texture SetsAvailable
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Export and Interoperability

4 core skills7% total weight
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Exporting ModelsAvailable
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Importing ModelsAvailable
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Texture BakingAvailable
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Exporting & Packaging AssetsAvailable
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Rendering · Render Engines and Settings

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Render SettingsAvailable
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Eevee vs. CyclesAvailable
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3
Sampling & DenoisingAvailable
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Render PassesAvailable
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Rendering · Performance and Optimization

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Render Artifact TroubleshootingAvailable
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Render Time OptimizationAvailable
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Viewport PerformanceAvailable
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Simulation and Effects

4 core skills7% total weight
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Baking SimulationsAvailable
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Cloth SimulationAvailable
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Particle SystemsAvailable
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Fluid & Smoke SimulationAvailable
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Sculpting

4 core skills7% total weight
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4 skills to mastery
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Dyntopo & MultiresAvailable
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Sculpt Masking & Face SetsAvailable
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3
RemeshingAvailable
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Sculpting BrushesAvailable
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UV Unwrapping and Texturing · UV Unwrapping Basics

4 core skills4% total weight
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4 skills to mastery
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Texture BakingAvailable
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2
UV EditingAvailable
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3
UV UnwrappingAvailable
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UV Unwrap MethodsAvailable
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UV Unwrapping and Texturing · Image Textures and Texture Painting

3 core skills3% total weight
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Texture MappingAvailable
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Managing Texture FilesAvailable
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Texture PaintingAvailable
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Getting Started and Interface · Blender UI and Navigation

5 core skills4% total weight
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5 skills to mastery
1
Customizing BlenderAvailable
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2
Selection & Transform ToolsAvailable
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3
Viewport NavigationAvailable
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4
Blender ModesAvailable
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5
Blender Interface NavigationAvailable
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Getting Started and Interface · Scene Setup and Organization

5 core skills4% total weight
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Collections & OrganizationAvailable
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2
Scene Units & ScaleAvailable
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3
Snapping & Transform ConstraintsAvailable
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Object Naming & ParentingAvailable
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Object Origins & TransformsAvailable
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Rigging Basics

4 core skills7% total weight
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4 skills to mastery
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Mesh to Armature ParentingAvailable
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2
Creating ArmaturesAvailable
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3
Weight PaintingAvailable
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IK ConstraintsAvailable
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Troubleshooting and Best Practices

5 core skills7% total weight
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5 skills to mastery
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Fixing Transform ProblemsAvailable
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Fixing Shading IssuesAvailable
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3
Fixing Topology IssuesAvailable
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4
Relinking Missing TexturesAvailable
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File PortabilityAvailable
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Compositing and Post-Processing

3 core skills7% total weight
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Render Pass CompositingAvailable
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Basic Compositing NodesAvailable
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Color Correction & EffectsAvailable
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Lighting and Cameras · Camera Setup and Composition

3 core skills3% total weight
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Camera SettingsAvailable
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Camera CompositionAvailable
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Depth of FieldAvailable
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Lighting and Cameras · Lights and HDRIs

4 core skills4% total weight
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Light Types & SettingsAvailable
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Light Falloff & SoftnessAvailable
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3
HDRI LightingAvailable
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Light Linking & ShadowsAvailable
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Modifiers and Non-Destructive Modeling · Modifier Workflow and Stacks

4 core skills3% total weight
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Hard-Surface WorkflowsAvailable
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Modifier Stack OrderAvailable
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Modifiers with Vertex GroupsAvailable
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Applying ModifiersAvailable
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Modifiers and Non-Destructive Modeling · Core Modifiers

5 core skills4% total weight
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Solidify ModifierAvailable
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Array ModifierAvailable
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Boolean ModifierAvailable
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Mirror ModifierAvailable
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Subdivision Surface ModifierAvailable
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