= Blender Tutorials =
...work in progress...

This is a list of recommended tutorials for Blender. If you know a good tutorial and cannot find it here, just add it to the list.

== Orxonox Blender Tutorials ==

 * [wiki:BlenderGettingStarted Getting Started with Blender]
 * [wiki:BlenderTexturing Texturing with Blender]
 * [wiki:BlenderSmoothing Smoothing with Blender]

== External Links == 

=== Tutorials for Beginners ===

 * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender_User_Interface.224.0.html Blender User Interface] - Learn about the User Interface
 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/contrib/interface.avi Interface concept] - Video tutorial about the interface
 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/contrib/3dview.avi 3D Viewport] - Another video tutorial about how to navigate in 3d space.
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro Noob to Pro] - A well-arranged set of beginner's tutorials and a very good place to start learning.

=== Modeling ===

=== Texturing ===

 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/mytut/uvtut.avi LSCM UV Mapping] - Video tutorial about uv-mapping your model.

=== Animation ===

 * [http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/mytut/kfipo.avi Key Frames and IPO Curves] - Learn how to animate objects with this video tutorial.
 * [http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/video/cam_control/lesson1/cam_control1.html Camera Control Lesson 1] - How to make the camera track an object
 * [http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/video/cam_control/lesson2/cam_control2.avi Camera Control Lesson 2] - The second lesson as a video


=== Technical ===

=== Resources ===
 * [http://wiki.blender.org Blender Wiki] - The official Blender wiki.
 * [http://download.blender.org/documentation/BlenderHotkeyReference.pdf Blender Hotkey Reference] - Which was the correct key?
 * [http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/ Official Blender tutorial archive]
 * [http://www.blender.org/education-help/video-tutorials/ Blender video turorials archive]




* [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
=== Animation ===
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Basic_Animation Basic Animation Tutorial] - ?
 * [http://ocw.tufts.edu/Content/28/learningunits/354128 Basic Key Frame Animation] - Real Media Videos - 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