Re:Free Non-Commercial Renderman
by foobarbecue on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @02:38AM
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I was scared away from Blender for years by people like you. Last week, I learned Blender. I was astonished to find it way more intuitive than every other 3D program I've used heavily. That includes: 3DS Max, Polyworks, Cyclone, Meshlab, CloudCompare, RiScan, Moray, Photoscan, VisualSFM. You can do everything 100% with the mouse, or 100% with the keyboard. I'm at about 60% keyboard, 40% mouse, which is just how I like it. If you can't remember how to do something, and can't find it in the clicky menus (even though it IS there), just press space and type what you want to do.
I haven't used 3D modelling software, but I presume that you would look up things as you need them as in any other software, and not memorize everything in the beginning.
Things that are commonly used will be memorized automatically.
Here's a hotkey chart for Blender.[1] You must memorize this. "Note that charts and references relate to common or frequently used actions in Blender so should not be regarded as a comprehensive list of shortcuts. Note also that triggers are context sensitive, the same key may function differently depending upon the Editor open or operation performed".
[1] http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/blender/useful-keyboard-sh...