If you coming here because you are confused and don’t know what to do, these are the steps:
1. Open the “Course Files” tab and download the “Project Source Files.”
2. Unzip it. Open the blend file.
3. You won’t see the same thing Kent shows in his lesson. You need to go to the bottom where you switch between Object/Edit mode, and just to the right of that is a tiny sphere in a pop up menu. Normally this defaults to “Solid.” Instead, select “Rendered.”
The first videos on Introduction to Blender were fantastic. Really made signing up and paying for CGCookie worthwhile. Jonathan Williamson simply does an amazing job of introducing Blender in “Mesh Modeling Fundamentals.” He left no stone unturned and really made sure to cover everything completely, and from the beginning.
Sadly, this starting lesson by Kent Trammell fails to provide the much-needed intro to get people up to speed. This is a major issue as the lack of 3 steps shown above can potentially be a huge barrier that may cause people to quit CGCookie.
On the other hand, once students figure out how to get the project setup, the course is done well.
Let’s all hope Jonathan will take time in the future to vet each new tutorial, ensuring no information is left out that may cause a large learning hurdle.
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