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Blender lessons

14 sections · 86 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.

Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

Practice 86 skills across this outline.

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Timeline & Dope Sheet

Animation Basics

Long-form lesson

Weighting distribution

21 categories

Animation Basics

Export and Interoperability

Simulation and Effects

Sculpting

Rigging Basics

Troubleshooting and Best Practices

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

Timeline & Dope SheetRecommended

Long-form

Graph Editor & EasingAvailable

Long-form

Animation ConstraintsAvailable

Long-form

Keyframe AnimationAvailable

Long-form

Modeling Fundamentals · Topology and Cleanup

5 core skills4% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Topology Best PracticesAvailable

Long-form

NormalsAvailable

Long-form

Fixing Non-Manifold GeometryAvailable

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RetopologyAvailable

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Shading MethodsAvailable

Long-form

Modeling Fundamentals · Mesh Creation and Editing

5 core skills4% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Proportional EditingAvailable

Long-form

Edit Mode Selection & TransformAvailable

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Primitive Meshes & TopologyAvailable

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Core Modeling ToolsAvailable

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Merge, Dissolve & DeleteAvailable

Long-form

Materials and Shaders · Shader Node Basics (Principled BSDF)

5 core skills4% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Image Texture NodesAvailable

Long-form

Normal & Bump MapsAvailable

Long-form

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

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Shader Node GroupsAvailable

Long-form

Material OrganizationAvailable

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PBR Texture SetsAvailable

Long-form

Export and Interoperability

4 core skills7% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Exporting ModelsAvailable

Long-form

Importing ModelsAvailable

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Texture BakingAvailable

Long-form

Exporting & Packaging AssetsAvailable

Long-form

Rendering · Render Engines and Settings

4 core skills4% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Render SettingsAvailable

Long-form

Eevee vs. CyclesAvailable

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Sampling & DenoisingAvailable

Long-form

Render PassesAvailable

Long-form

Rendering · Performance and Optimization

3 core skills3% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Render Artifact TroubleshootingAvailable

Long-form

Render Time OptimizationAvailable

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Viewport PerformanceAvailable

Long-form

Simulation and Effects

4 core skills7% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Baking SimulationsAvailable

Long-form

Cloth SimulationAvailable

Long-form

Particle SystemsAvailable

Long-form

Fluid & Smoke SimulationAvailable

Long-form

Sculpting

4 core skills7% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Dyntopo & MultiresAvailable

Long-form

Sculpt Masking & Face SetsAvailable

Long-form

RemeshingAvailable

Long-form

Sculpting BrushesAvailable

Long-form

UV Unwrapping and Texturing · UV Unwrapping Basics

4 core skills4% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Texture BakingAvailable

Long-form

UV EditingAvailable

Long-form

UV UnwrappingAvailable

Long-form

UV Unwrap MethodsAvailable

Long-form

UV Unwrapping and Texturing · Image Textures and Texture Painting

3 core skills3% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Texture MappingAvailable

Long-form

Managing Texture FilesAvailable

Long-form

Texture PaintingAvailable

Long-form

Getting Started and Interface · Blender UI and Navigation

5 core skills4% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Customizing BlenderAvailable

Long-form

Selection & Transform ToolsAvailable

Long-form

Blender ModesAvailable

Long-form

Getting Started and Interface · Scene Setup and Organization

5 core skills4% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Collections & OrganizationAvailable

Long-form

Scene Units & ScaleAvailable

Long-form

Snapping & Transform ConstraintsAvailable

Long-form

Object Naming & ParentingAvailable

Long-form

Object Origins & TransformsAvailable

Long-form

Rigging Basics

4 core skills7% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Mesh to Armature ParentingAvailable

Long-form

Creating ArmaturesAvailable

Long-form

Weight PaintingAvailable

Long-form

IK ConstraintsAvailable

Long-form

Troubleshooting and Best Practices

5 core skills7% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Fixing Transform ProblemsAvailable

Long-form

Fixing Shading IssuesAvailable

Long-form

Fixing Topology IssuesAvailable

Long-form

Relinking Missing TexturesAvailable

Long-form

File PortabilityAvailable

Long-form

Compositing and Post-Processing

3 core skills7% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Render Pass CompositingAvailable

Long-form

Basic Compositing NodesAvailable

Long-form

Color Correction & EffectsAvailable

Long-form

Lighting and Cameras · Camera Setup and Composition

3 core skills3% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Camera SettingsAvailable

Long-form

Camera CompositionAvailable

Long-form

Depth of FieldAvailable

Long-form

Lighting and Cameras · Lights and HDRIs

4 core skills4% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Light Types & SettingsAvailable

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Light Falloff & SoftnessAvailable

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HDRI LightingAvailable

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Light Linking & ShadowsAvailable

Long-form

Modifiers and Non-Destructive Modeling · Modifier Workflow and Stacks

4 core skills3% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Hard-Surface WorkflowsAvailable

Long-form

Modifier Stack OrderAvailable

Long-form

Modifiers with Vertex GroupsAvailable

Long-form

Applying ModifiersAvailable

Long-form

Modifiers and Non-Destructive Modeling · Core Modifiers

5 core skills4% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Solidify ModifierAvailable

Long-form

Array ModifierAvailable

Long-form

Boolean ModifierAvailable

Long-form

Mirror ModifierAvailable

Long-form

Subdivision Surface ModifierAvailable

Long-form