Learning Blender, 3rd Edition

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Your First Scene in Blender

You’ve been introduced to the basics of Blender, and with practice, you’ll have the interface under control. It’s time to create objects; interact with them; add modifiers, materials, and lights; and then render your creation. This chapter presents a very simple exercise to help you better understand how to create your first scene. You also learn about Blender Render and Cycles, the two render engines included by default in Blender. If you’re using Blender for the first time, you’ll find this chapter to be especially useful. The idea is that after reading this chapter, you have a basic understanding of the workflow to create a scene in 3D and export it as an image.

Creating Objects

When you open Blender, you’ll ...