Blender Materials & Rendering Introduction: How to create stills and animations

I hope folks here realize how much work it took to learn Blender, and to put this video together. Powerful software almost always has an interface that looks quite complex on its surface. I used several CAD programs and mechanical design programs, and we always tried to stress that the only way to learn was to "crawl, walk, and then run." If you try to wrap your head around the entire package (run) first, you will stumble, get frustrated, and stop trying. So, if you want to learn this package, start at the beginning of this video, follow and learn the moves Chris has discussed, play with it a bit, then move on a bit in the video. (BTW, good job making this video, Chris!)

It's going to take repeated viewing for my old grey matter to create new neural pathways, but this guide and the one before will help me more than any of the written guides I've seen previously. Invaluable.... thank you Chris

Hi Chris, after watching so many tutorials and learned almost nothing. these two videos finally worked for me. Many many thanks and any more blender tutorials would be greatly appreciated.

Not only do you provide clear explanations, but you also ensure that your screen resolution is set to an appropriate level for optimal visibility. It's frustrating when presenters use excessively high resolutions like 7680 x 4320 pixels without regard for the audience's ability to follow along, so I appreciate your consideration. Well done!

Imagine if Chris and Grant Abbitt ever got to gether to do a Blender colab, I don't think Youtube could adequately capture the extreme levels of Britishness that would involve 😄

Blender is so much fun, it also teaches about spatial awareness, it really should be an elective in grade school.

I love your opening! No better way for a professor to say 'I hope that you've done your homework!' :)

You’re so brilliant. Your Blender videos may be the best introduction to this software I’ve seen.

I discovered that the secret to using Blender (I think) is learning the hotkeys. Not just because its faster but because the blender UI can be really obtuse sometimes. I spent a couple weeks hunting for things before printing out a hotkey cheat sheet that I could use until it became muscle memory.

Thanks for teaching the world something useful every Sunday! Brilliant Mr. Barnatt!

I've said it before..... All credit for the graphics you create. I wish there was a Blender ' get me out of here button ' when you have gone down the rabbit hole of sub menus 😮😂😂

As someone who has never used Blender, I can attest that all of the options look a bit daunting. You make it look easy though! Great video!

I've been using Blender for a few months now, and this was even helpful to me. Another tip is you can drag & drop the material shader on to your viewport 3D item too, clicking the material ball that is checkered and dropping it on your item – I use this all the time!

Please, teach more about creating animation, already loving this series.

Superb series Blender so far!! Please consider making a video on importing files from another CAD program with the intention of making a realistic rendered image. More tips on design with the intention of rendering would be welcome as well.

Elephants playing monopoly, it's too cute. I'll say it again, todays young kids growing up now, are so lucky (It would have taken multiple samples to get right in factory, but now a few clicks on a keyboard and wow you're done, and you are doing all this, from the comfort of your home). I'm little late, but have a good rest of your weekend Christopher and have a good week as well. As Always, Be Smart and Stay Safe.

As someone who's learning blender for only half a year that's useful

Another excellent Blender video. Your videos are the most concise and enjoyable on the internet. Thank you. I hope that you will continue to do more Blender videos. You are a natural born professor! Perhaps, if you wish, you might do an in depth video on how to use the material nodes in Blender. This is a fascinating but, bewildering topic, especially for an old geezer like myself. This has always been a stumbling block for me. Your pedagogical talent suggests to me, that you are the best person to take a crack, at this mystical topic. Thank you again.

I've said it once before and I'll say it once again: An EC video a Sunday makes Sunday a fun day!

Thank you very much Sir for your time for doing all these very informative and, of course, interesting videos. Everytime we can learn something in a very clear way 🙏🏻