mithras:
You guys are amazing!!! Please let's keep this thread alive. I just started learning blender from scratch a few days ago and I'd like to ask a quick question. Roughly how long does it take to complete say, a 1 minute animation? Pardon my naivety, I'm a total newbie willing to learn.

This depends on the geometry u have in ur project and the RAM of ur system and Graphic cards u have.

And if u got an instancing like plants , progressions or simulations.

And if you use a high density mesh or apply subdivs too much.
these are factors that affect render time. Even though Cycles have greatly improved render times, try the nightly builds of Corona.

Once upon a time, this very thread was uber famous...

It nurtured several greats.

mithras:
You guys are amazing!!! Please let's keep this thread alive. I just started learning blender from scratch a few days ago and I'd like to ask a quick question. Roughly how long does it take to complete say, a 1 minute animation? Pardon my naivety, I'm a total newbie willing to learn.

it depends on the specs of your computer and the scale of your project. It may take hours, days, months, a year.

Something from my early Blender days

mithras:
You guys are amazing!!! Please let's keep this thread alive. I just started learning blender from scratch a few days ago and I'd like to ask a quick question. Roughly how long does it take to complete say, a 1 minute animation? Pardon my naivety, I'm a total newbie willing to learn.

it totally depends on ur learning curve and the computing power of ur PC. if ur PC sucks then it will definitely take like 1mnth (Nepa factor included)

IMAliyu:
Something from my early Blender days

It reminds me of the film "the Exam"

My Latest Render for Sept.

Steampunk phone

IMAliyu:
Steampunk phone

This is the best....perfect rendering

Hi guys am Rick an aspiring graphics designer, truth is I so much admire 3D Art works I downloaded Blender so that I can learn how to to create 3D art works, but I couldnt understand anything, so I deleted the program, but I would love to go back to it.

But I wish someone can be so kind enough explain some little things to a beginner like me, for instance what exactly does these terms mean in simple language.

RENDERING
TEXTURING
LIGHTING
UNWRAPPING
MAPPING

Thanks guys

Rick9:
Hi guys am Rick an aspiring graphics designer, truth is I so much admire 3D Art works I downloaded Blender so that I can learn how to to create 3D art works, but I couldnt understand anything, so I deleted the program, but I would love to go back to it.

But I wish someone can be so kind enough explain some little things to a beginner like me, for instance what exactly does these terms mean in simple language.

RENDERING
TEXTURING
LIGHTING
UNWRAPPING
MAPPING

Thanks guys

Rendering : is to bring out your final work into still picture or video, in 3D softwares you can design anything by way of Modelling and render it out to see the final result.

Texturing: for easy understanding simply means painting your design or model but it goes beyong that as many 3D artist wants their work to be realistic therefore combining UNWRAPPING and MAPPING.

LIGHTING : Just know that your 3D design is inside a dark room without bulb light so you can`t see anything, therefore it is essential to always add a light source for your design to be visible and realistic.

ncpat:


Rendering : is to bring out your final work into still picture or video, in 3D softwares you can design anything by way of Modelling and render it out to see the final result.

Texturing: for easy understanding simply means painting your design or model but it goes beyong that as many 3D artist wants their work to be realistic therefore combining UNWRAPPING and MAPPING.

LIGHTING : Just know that your 3D design is inside a dark room without bulb light so you can`t see anything, therefore it is essential to always add a light source for your design to be visible and realistic.

astute to the point

House educate me

What can I use blender for as a profession ?

Why do i need to be a 3d artist in Nigeria?

Latest render

frankmoney:
Latest render

can u tutor me pls

femarse:
can u tutor me pls

www.blenderguru.com Follow the 9-part beginner's series tutorial and you should be up and dandy

Kindly state the specifications one should go for when one is looking to get a system that a beginner can use to learn 3D animations.. thanks

BlessedHay:
Kindly state the specifications one should go for when one is looking to get a system that a beginner can use to learn 3D animations.. thanks

4gig ram minimum requirements and ssd will be better but not necessarily external GPU is very important, core i5 Intel processor

Ok maybe its time we wake this page up again, where is kaz... Where yall??

jjk24:
Ok maybe its time we wake this page up again, where is kaz... Where yall??

he's in the freezer ....nitrogenated till 2024.

Been watching too much of the matrix since morning

My 1st works of Blender...

nijabazaar:


This is the best....perfect rendering

Thanks for the compliment.
It was for a challenge on some Facebook page and the topic was steampunk.

donemmx:

It reminds me of the film "the Exam"

I was going for an interrogation room.

Let's revive this thread.
These are from the days I was learning blender.
My first water simultaneously and my first tree render.
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I used an old with laptop core i3 processor, with no internal or external GPU. I took hours to render and weeks for a minute of animation.

I currently don't have a computer that can render so at the moment I haven't made anything new, but I still have some ideas I want to make

Just a football on the street

This was inspired by this page from a manga(Japanese comic) "Blame!" I was reading at the time.

Something I made for my sister.

I'm still a learner though. Barely a year.

WIP.

Blenderheads...

This thread is the spearhead

Please i need help, how can I get xport my render in png in blender