an overview of the user interface for blender 2.71
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An Overview of the User interface for Blender 2.71TRANSCRIPT
The User Interface
3D Animation – Blender
J Le Rossignol
Basic Screen Layout
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Interface
Editor Types Python
Console File Browser Info User
Preferences Outliner Properties Logic Editor Node Editor Text Editor Movie Clip
Editor Video
Sequence Editor
UV/Image Editor
NLA Edtior DopeSheet Graph Editor Timeline 3D View
Blender has many editors Each allows the access and
manipulation of the data The five highlighted to the
right appear on the default screen
Screen Layouts All these are designed to make it easier
to do a particular task 3D View Full, Animation, Compositing, Game Logic, Motion Tracking, Scripting, UV Editing, Video Editing
Default *** This is the one we’ll use most of the time
NOTE: if the entire screen layout changes then check the screen layout to see if you have changed it
Adjusting the User Interface File -> User Preferences...
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Preferences
Changing the settingsl On the Interface Tab, check
l Zoom To Mouse Positionl Rotate Around Selection
l Then click Save as Default
For Notebooks Blender users the Number pad
constantly, and since most Laptops, Notebooks do not have one. It will need to be Emulate
On the Input Tab Check Emulate Numpad This will use the number keys
instead of the Numpad
Fixing the User Interface
What if the entire layout changesl It's likely that you've changes screen layout
If everything disappearsl Try <shift> + c to center the 3D viewl Try <alt> + h to unhide everything
What is it all goes wrong?l File -> Load Factory Settings
l The only hassle with this is that you lose everything.