Blender Resources
For this course we will be using several different tools and resources to complete the lessons and learn the material.
# Blender.org
If you don’t already have blender you can go to the official website and download it. You can run the installer or use it as a portable application.
# Addons
The number one addon I use is Machin3tools. I never use blender without it these days. Luckily it’s free and makes the workflow a little faster. My main use for this addon are the fast pie menus which make switching contexts much more fluid. machin3tools
The Machin3Tools Documentations Machin3Tools Docs
The YouTube channel by the creator of the addon. MACHIN3
Other addons I use all the time.
- HardOps HO Docs
- BatchOps Store page
- KitOps Free version
- MeshMachin3 Store page
- DecalMachin3 Store page There are more but all of these in combo are able to help me reduce repetition in my 3D modeling.
# Store
One hub for getting blender addons is the blender market. Part of the profits made there are donated to the blender foundation. However legally any addons are supposed to be free and opensource so most can be found on GitHub.
# YouTube
Official Blender Channel CGMatter Default Cube Blender Guru Ian Hubbert Southern Shotty Markom3D Curtis Holt Polyfjord Iridesium Ducky3D Danny Mac 3D Blender Fast Track CGGeek Stylized Station CGCookie Josh Gambrell askNK Grant Abbitt Flipped Normals MACHIN3 Gleb Alexadrov Josh Gambrell Ponte Ryuuru MX2 Bad Normals
# Paid Resources
Although there are a lot of great free resources, there are a lot of excellent paid sources as well.
# Blender Cloud
The first paid resource I’m going to recommend is blender cloud. Because the money goes to support blender development, and the trainings and resources are straight from blender itself.
# HDRIs and Textures
# Free
PolyHaven Free HDR Skies AmbientCG sketchuptextures FreeStockTextures Texture Ninja 3DTextures.me Texturelib Wild Textures Pixar 128 3DXo Texturer arrowway Enviornment Textures Free Textures
# Paid
Quixel Megascans Blender Quixel Plugin Poliigon Textures.com