02-18-2024, 07:13 AM
If you are going to watch tutorial make sure to check for the version they use since the version 2.8 came out in 2017 which is a 7 years gap in version you can figure that alot as changed since.
Obviously certain video are pretty timeless but the layout of the program may have change since which can be confusing and new feature added.
A great way to find out what is available to you is the search function you should start to use right away.You can go in the preference setting in the shortcut section and set a key if you want something else then the default key imput.It also helpful because of how menu heavy blender is.
I also recommend learning about quick favorite to create your own custom menu.
Sadly version 2.8 doesn't support something call asset library which mean importing content is a bit more tedious and repetitive.That going to become handy if you want to use work you done before to create large scene (that specially useful to those who work in environnement because they use alot of asset)Also using importing old project can be useful to re-use material.
You can have multiple version of blender you could try to upgrade to version 3.0 since it been introduce in that version.If you are sucessful you can always delete the previous version to save space on your hard drive.
For a low end laptop you might want to look at tutorial on how to tweak your graphic setting within blender to get better performance which can come at the cost of drop quality.But it better then to have lag.Also if you can't afford to do model with a high count of polygon i recommend getting familiar with lowpoly modelling which seem tobe in you well house i feel you have that retro energy you can also learn about something call pixelization which is a shader effect which would add a nice retro look to your project here you can see what it look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uleyXAYl8E
Send me a email if you have any blender question or want blender suggestion.The email icon at the bottom of this post attach to this post should open the email section.
Obviously certain video are pretty timeless but the layout of the program may have change since which can be confusing and new feature added.
A great way to find out what is available to you is the search function you should start to use right away.You can go in the preference setting in the shortcut section and set a key if you want something else then the default key imput.It also helpful because of how menu heavy blender is.
I also recommend learning about quick favorite to create your own custom menu.
Sadly version 2.8 doesn't support something call asset library which mean importing content is a bit more tedious and repetitive.That going to become handy if you want to use work you done before to create large scene (that specially useful to those who work in environnement because they use alot of asset)Also using importing old project can be useful to re-use material.
You can have multiple version of blender you could try to upgrade to version 3.0 since it been introduce in that version.If you are sucessful you can always delete the previous version to save space on your hard drive.
For a low end laptop you might want to look at tutorial on how to tweak your graphic setting within blender to get better performance which can come at the cost of drop quality.But it better then to have lag.Also if you can't afford to do model with a high count of polygon i recommend getting familiar with lowpoly modelling which seem tobe in you well house i feel you have that retro energy you can also learn about something call pixelization which is a shader effect which would add a nice retro look to your project here you can see what it look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uleyXAYl8E
Send me a email if you have any blender question or want blender suggestion.The email icon at the bottom of this post attach to this post should open the email section.