Introducing Blender

The great Chinese general Sun Tzu once said, "Know thy enemy." If you just replace "enemy" with "amazing 3D program that will open up new worlds for you," you will get what we are aiming for here. It's time to expand your horizons and capabilities, and the best way to begin is to start, so here we go without further ado.

Go ahead and launch Blender. You should see the following screen:

Fig. 3.1 – Oops, not Blender. Definitely ignore. Especially since you don't read the Standard Galactic Alphabet

Ahem. Correction, if you launch the proper Blender application you will get a splash screen very similar to this one:

Fig. 3.2 – The actual Blender splash screen

The splash screen allows you convenient access to recent files and older files, as well as allowing you to create a new file pre-configured for various different types of workflows. Additionally, you can browse...