Skills learned in this Blender course
- Advanced polygon modeling
- Non-destructive modifier workflows
- UV mapping and texture management
- Shader and material creation
- Lighting and rendering techniques
- Scene organization and optimization
- Asset preparation and export
- Professional 3D workflow practices
Please call 800-851-9237 or 781-376-6044 to schedule a course.
Blender Course Topics
This Advanced Blender course moves beyond the basics to help you create professional 3D designs.
Advanced Modeling & Non-Destructive Workflows
- Review of core Blender workflows and modeling best practices
- Clean topology and edge flow for production models
- Advanced Edit Mode techniques
- Non-destructive modeling using modifiers:
- Boolean workflows
- Subdivision Surface best practices
- Mirror, Array, Solidify, Bevel
- Managing complex objects with Collections and Outliner strategies
- Real-world scale and precision modeling
- Troubleshooting shading and geometry issues
Materials, UVs, and Lighting for Realism
- UV unwrapping fundamentals and strategies
- Managing seams, islands, and texture distortion
- Working with PBR materials and texture maps
- Advanced material creation using the Shader Editor
- Texture workflows: image textures, procedural textures, and mixing shaders
- Lighting for 3D scenes:
- HDRI lighting
- Area, point, and spot lights
- Lighting for mood vs realism
- Camera setup and composition
- Rendering workflows using Cycles and Eevee
Asset Production & Workflow Optimization
- Scene organization for complex projects
- Optimizing geometry and materials for performance
- Preparing assets for reuse and export
- Rendering multiple views and variants
- Introduction to basic animation for presentation (turntables, camera motion)
- Exporting assets for:
- Marketing and product visualization
- Web and interactive use
- Game engines and external platforms
- Creating a polished, production-ready 3D scene
Questions about this Blender class? Interested in a private or customized Blender training? Call to speak with a training consultant: 781-376-6044.
Custom and private Blender classes
This Blender course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. Blender classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.
Audience for this Blender course
This course is useful for anyone who has basic Blender experience or has completed the introductory Blender course and wants to improve their 3D designs, moving them to a higher level of professionalism. This course is useful for a range of professionals, ranging from engineers and technical professionals using 3D for visualization, product designers creating renders and mockups, architects, any designer needing to create 3D artwork, as well as game and interactive media designers.