1.- Introduction

2.- What is Blender 3D?

• Origin of Blender 3D
• Open source software
• Fields of direct application of Blender 3D
• Indirect application fields
• Frequency of updates
• Contribution to code development

3.- Learning the tool based on the development of a practical exercise

• Choose a model that suits our level of use.
• Establish what the use of that model will be
• Establish what is the level of definition that the model should have according to its use.
• Choose good references for the model
• Establish a strategy to undertake the work

4.- First steps

• Downloading Blender 3D
• Installing Blender 3D
• The Blender 3D settings window
• System settings
• Input settings
• Installing Addons

5.- The graphical interface

• The workspaces
• The workspace layout
• The 3D window
• The editor selector
• The outliner
• The properties panel
• The timeline
• Adding windows to our environment
• Saving our favourite configuration

6.- Preparing the workspace

• The modeling workspace
• The 3D window
• The T tool menu
• The options menu N
• The visualisation gizmo
• The snapping options
• The 3D cursor

7.- Modelling strategies

• Loading the reference images in the 3D window
• Division of the reference object into its key components
• Searching for geometrical relations between the components of the reference object
• Establishing a modelling strategy
• Establishing which components of the reference object are to be modelled and which are to be simulated with textures.

8.- Blocking

• Adding objects to the scene
• Object and editing modes
• The geometric elements of an object
• Basic transformations of the elements of an object
• Advanced transformations of the elements of an object
• Transformations in object mode: modifiers
• Constructing the base structure of the reference object

9.- Model detailing

• Recursive model
• Topology cleaning
• Quads, tris and ngons
• The subdivision surface modifier

10.- Creation of PBR materials

• Physically based rendering materials
• The shading workspace
• Working with nodes
• Shader principled bsdf
• Dielectric materials
• Conductive materials

11.- Obtaining uv coordinates of objects

• The uv editing workspace
• uv coordinates of an object
• Definition of the seams in the topology of an object
• Obtaining maps with uv coordinates of an object

12.- Texture creation

• The texture paint workspace
• Procedural textures
• Bitmap textures
• Texture channels of a material
• Real-time texture painting

13.- Lighting

• Types of lights in Blender
• Adjusting the types of lights
• Characteristics of shadows
• Creating an environment
• Lighting with an environment
• Lighting with objects

14.- Cameras

• The Blender 3D camera
• Blender 3D camera parameters
• Scene resolution settings
• Scene framerate settings
• Camera transformations

15.- Scene preparation

• Creating a backdrop for our scene
• Lighting the scene
• Positioning the camera in the scene
• Adjusting the composition of the image to be rendered

16.- Rendering the scene

• The rendering workspace
• Real-time and offline engines
• Eevee and cycles
• Real-time engine settings
• Offline engine settings
• Image rendering
• Animation rendering

17.- Extending Blender I - visual programming

• The geometry nodes workspace
• What is geometry nodes
• The node editor
• What is a nodetree
• Types of nodetrees
• Automating tasks with visual programming

18.- Extending Blender II - addons

• Installing addons
• Addons included in the Blender installation
• Free addons
• Paid addons
• Automating tasks with the Blender API

19.- Animation

• The animation workspace
• Types of animation
• Transformation animation
• Animation of materials
• Simulations of physical behaviour

20.- Particle systems

• What are particle systems
• Uses of particle systems
• Emitter type systems
• Hair-type systems
• Application of materials to particle systems

21.- Extending Blender III - the community

• Blender today / Blender hoy
• Blender conference
• Blediberia
• Blenderartists
• Blendernation
• Blendtuts
• Cgboost
• Cgcookie