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== Get Blender ==
http://www.blender.org

== Best Start ==
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/ noob to pro] - this is probably the best starting point
 * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender_User_Interface.224.0.html Blender User Interface] (basics)

== Useful resources ==
 * [http://download.blender.org/documentation/BlenderHotkeyReference.pdf Complete Blender hotkey reference] (very useful)
 * [http://3d-graphic.hachmeister.org/uploads/media/blender_hotkeys.pdf Blender hotkeys alphabetical]
 * [http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Tutorials/Links Tutorial link collection]
 * [http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Tutorial_Linkliste Tutorial link collection] (German)
 * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Tutorials.243.0.html Official Blender tutorial archive]

== Video Tutorials ==
 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/contrib/interface.avi Interface concept] (windows, buttons, tabs...)
 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/contrib/3dview.avi 3D Viewport] (how to navigate in 3D)
 * box modelling (?)
 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/mytut/uvtut.avi LSCM UV Mapping] (apply texture coordinates)
 * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Video_Tutorials.396.0.html More mapping...] ([http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/ even more...])

== Blender Scripts ==
 * [http://www.alienhelpdesk.com/index.php?id=33 MeshChecker 1] - does it work?

== Specific Stuff ==
=== Making Models from Fotos ===
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Turning_a_Cube_into_a_Puppy Turning a cube into a puppy] - tested: very good
=== Extrusion modelling ===
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Penguins_from_spheres Turning a sphere into a penguin] - looks good
=== Texturing ===
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/UV_Map_Basics UV Mapping Basics] - tested: very good
 * [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/wiki/HowTo:Unwrap_in_Blender Unwraping a Spaceship] - ?
 * [http://biorust.com/index.php?page=tutorial_detail&tutid=85 UV Mapping & Texturing] tested: not so good
=== Other Resources ===
 * [http://www.quake3bits.com/htm/tutorials/doom_3_smooth_groups.htm Smooth groups explained] - Good explanation, but a strange solution... (feature is missing?)
 * [http://www.blender.org/documentation/htmlI/x3225.html Edge tools] - Advanced Edge tools