Blender Crash Course for beginners - modeling, texturing, lighting and more!

Do you want to learn how to make great looking images with Blender the efficient and fun way? Skip the frustrating process of watching hours and hours of YouTube tutorials that may or may not teach you what you need to know as a beginner, especially when it comes to rendering products?

The Liandi CGI Blender Crash Course

Get my Blender Crash Course and learn how to create your first product render with a universal lighting setup that can be re-used for other products or 3d models! Within 2 hours I take you through the Blender basics and all the steps involved in making a nice looking render from scratch - the fun way.

Who is this course for?

Suitable for beginners as well as users switching from a different 3D Software such as Cinema 4D. The course includes modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering and post processing as well as lots of useful tips and tricks that'll make learning Blender an enjoyable experience instead of a frustrating one. In the end you'll have enough knowledge to create your own projects and continue exploring the wonderful world of CGI and products with Blender.

Online Community

This course also includes personal support within my online community in case you do need a helping hand at any point. What's better than learning Blender on your own? Learning it together!

Feedback from Students

“Loved the course Janine. Very useful.”

"Excellent course, thank you! I learnt a lot about lighting and rendering and applying the image texture correctly, I had been struggling with these areas in my learning. Now I need to keep practicing!” Both posted in my online community.

Instructor:

I'm Janine Pauke, instructor of this course. I have 25 years of experience as a CGI artist and worked as a product visualizer at companies including Design Bridge and Landor, making product renders and animations for brands such as Heineken, Ballantine's, Rémy Martin and others. I also teach 3D software in person. Design Bridge and McCann are companies where I've taught in the past.

Blender version used: 2.91 (compatible with 2.92 and up)

Video Format:

- 1920x1080 pixels (Full HD)
- Instant streaming
- Fully narrated
- Total length: 2 hours

List of Contents:

- Intro Part 1 (11:36 minutes) Navigation, manipulating objects
- Intro Part 2 (4:04 minutes) Manipulating geometry, edit mode, selection tools
- Intro Part 3 (6:25 minutes) Rendering, Camera Controls
- Modeling Part 1 (14:57 minutes)
- Modeling Part 2 (14:17 minutes)
- Texturing Part 1 (14:50 minutes) Basic materials, label texture
- Texturing Part 2 (4:43 minutes) Embossing
- Lighting Part 1 (13:06 minutes) Floor and background, lighting for the background
- Lighting Part 2 (17:39 minutes) Lighting for the tube
- Rendering (6:37 minutes)
- Post Processing (10:02 minutes) Final tweaks in Photoshop
- Course material .zip archive