• 20 - 23 October
  Teachers: Jason van Gumster, Pablo Vazquez and Ton Roosendaal
  Course includes full ticket for Blender Conference 24-26 Oct.

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Download here the general terms and conditions for Blender trainings

Description
This course is for everyone who wants to get seriously started with Blender, it is a course designed for artists or teachers who are already familiar with basic 3D concepts or with other 3D software tools, but who are new to Blender or new to  using 3D software professionally. This course will guide you step by step through every phase you need to know how to create and deliver a computer graphics project with Blender.

This course has an emphasis on learning how to deploy Blender as a tool, but for each course day aspects of general 3D skills will be discussed as well, such as mesh topology, animation principles and efficient usage of light on 3d sets.

Prerequisites
An understanding of 3D terminology and concepts is really a minimum, we would advise that you have a general knowledge of these topics before starting the course. We also expect you to have used a 3D tool before, and advise you to download Blender and try some of the free online tutorials on blender.org before attending the course.

Course Room
The Blender Institute is located in the city centre of Amsterdam, in an 18th century former warehouse with beautiful canal view. The courses will be in the main studio, with 8 workstations with large screens available for the students, the studio also is equipped with a video projector. Refreshments and excellent daily lunches are included in the courses.

Teachers and Materials
The teachers are usually selected among the artists who are working on Open Movie/Games projects in the institute. Apart from all digital courses files and examples, the students will get the Essential Blender book. A certificate will be given on completion of the course.

Program

Day 1 Monday 10.00 - 13.00

• Demonstration of art and animation projects realized in Blender
• General introduction to Blender
• Blender architecture and database concepts
• Understanding the interface

Day 1 Monday 13.30 - 17.30

• Basics of mesh modeling
• Transform tools

Day 2 Tuesday 10.00 - 13.00

• UV editing and unwrapping
• Image Textures

Day 2 Tuesday 13.30 - 17.30

• Animation basics and physics
• Character animation

Day 3 Wednesday 10.00 - 13.00

• Lighting
• Materials
• Rendering

Day 3 Wednesday 13.30 - 17.30

• Compositing
• Video editing

Day 4 Thursday 10.00 - 13.00

• Modifier stack options
• Vertex groups
• Particle systems for hair, fur, grass

Day 4 Thursday 13.30 - 17.30

• You define the target, and we help you realizing a finished visualization or animation from scratch to final render this afternoon.

Day 5 Friday 10.00 - 17.30 (optional, to be confirmed)

• Course room freely available for study and personal Q&A
• Customizing Blender to match your workflow or habits
• Weekly presentation of Open Project team

Price
This course will cost euro 1000 p.p. for 4 days. It is including daytime drinks and  a good lunch. Evening dinners and hotel are for your own expenses.