[ENDED] BC1-1808 – August 2018 Class Homepage – Getting Started with 3D Modeling & Blender 2.8

[Jake Korosi]

@smurfmier1985 And objects can belong to more than one collection at the same time, so they can be controlled and selected in more than one way.  It really is a vast improvement, one of so many in 2.8 which is why things like having to learn some different hotkeys doesn’t bother me all that much in the scheme of things.

I’ve read that new matcaps and today the new Grease Pencil function has also been added to 2.8!  The new Grease Pencil stuff is likely beyond the scope of the beginner class though, and I believe the “old” version of the grease pencil tool is now called Notations, to distinguish it from the new system which is more of a 2D creation tool than a utility.  I’m not as interested in the new system as some, as I’m more of a 3D mesh traditionalist, but it does look a seriously cool feature.

[smurfmier1985]

@jakeblended Wow, didn’t now about that option yet. That is awesome!

I’m very curious about the 2D pencil features, want to try out if I can use it to make basic concept art directly in Blender (nothing fancy, I’m not much of a 2D person either). Won’t try that out for a while though, ’cause got a lot of 3D stuff to learn first, can’t do it all at once 🙂

edit: just watched a video from the blender development team about grease pencil, you can do a lot more than drawing, it’s pretty awesome actually! Huge amount of cool new creative options, worth exploring more in time 🙂

[Zsolt Cseh]

@jakeblended Jake I like the option so much in 2.79 (and in before versions too), that no need to install Blender to the computer, it is enough just to download and run.

Do you have information will be the same also with 2.8 so having a kind of portable version in this way?

[Nathan Garduno]

Looking forward to this! I just Joined CG Cookie again and ready to restart my learning into Blender. I realized how hard it was for my to stay consistent and continue my growth as a modeler when I didn’t have a community behind me (plus planning a wedding the last 6 months).

Having Kent and the rest of CG cookie mentoring myself and my art was something I have been missing. Excited to re-learn everything!:)

[silentheart00]

@nathangarduno Welcome back!  Looking forward to what you’ve got!

[Morten Fjellheim]

@nathangarduno If you dont work at a studio its a good replacement for not having teammates to ask.

[smurfmier1985]

@nathangarduno Welcome aboard Nathan! 😁

[Jake Korosi]

@csehz I like that option too, and so far all of the 2.8 builds I have tried work the same way.  You can run Blender from a thumb drive if you wanted.  

[Jake Korosi]

3 days….

Unfortunately I’ve found I cannot switch -completely- to 2.8 after all; because I’ve started Wayne’s animation courses this month and to continue those courses I will need to use 2.79, because the UI button addons for those courses’ rigs don’t work in 2.8 (addons are disabled).  

I am RESOLUTE however about switching to right-click-select on Day 1 of the class!  Which is the default setting in 2.8 of course, but which I will have to reset in 2.79.  

Since the rig UI addons add the buttons to the N-panel, which is not changed tremendously much in 2.8, I’m hoping that they will simply work as intended once addons are switched back on for 2.8 at which point I finally will be able to switch for good.  C’est d’art.

[yukino hatake]

@jakeblended 

you can keep both.  just download 2.8 and for the class open 2.8 blender and for the other you open 2.79

[William Miller]

I don’t think Blender 2.8 is for me, either.  I’ll switch if they bring back add-ons, local view, background images, modifiers for curves, and modifiers shown in edit mode.

[silentheart00]

Commenting again to keep my reading place.

[Zsolt Cseh]

3 days….

@jakeblended Yes that is exciting, for me especially the introduction to 2.8 will be interesting and that is the place where finally all of us are beginners.

Anyway I respect from the side of the developers that they make available the program in a kind of half ready state (probably much more than half and in final state anyway will sweep away the old concepts), so trying to keep the being open approach without too much concrete expectations to actual projects. For that the 2.79 will be fine for long

[Jake Korosi]

@csehz Yes absolutely.  Remember, until the finalized version of 2.8 is released later this year, 2.79 still is the official current version of Blender and is the only one that is technically supported, so there’s nothing wrong with using it.

In case I wasn’t really clear in my last post, though – I still have “switched to 2.8” as far as my own personal projects go; I will just have to keep using 2.79 for the animation courses, or any other courses that may have materials that aren’t 100% 2.8-ready yet.

[yukino hatake]

i look forward to the class sessions. just a shame this week i working at the time the class start . so sadly i will have to rewatch it . since i just started 2 weeks ago this will be perfect for me 🙂

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