This quick trick for reversing a shape in Blender is from our course SHAPE: Add shape keys to your Blender rigging toolbelt 🛠️

Spencer Magnusson (DreamWorks) reveals one of his favorite coding trick's: when using Python in Blender, there is no 'object menu' in edit mode... That's where Python Tool Tips come in 🛠️

Now you can animate with non-overlapping strips in a clean, organized way! Perfect for modular actions & better control. Our animation trainer Wayne Dixon breaks it down.

Get ready for CORE - streaming now - http://cgcookie.com/p/core In this live stream, @KennyPhases will be creating a Geometry Nodes Aerodynamic Simulation (visual)! *NEW* CORE Fundamentals: Perhaps our most ambitious undertaking yet, CORE Fundamentals, will elevate your Blender skills. All 9 courses will be released together, all recorded in Blender 4.2. Our expert instructors are working daily on the most important bundle of courses to drill down on your Blender skills and achieve your dreams as a 3D artist. 9 courses, 8 instructors, 1 epic journey for Blender Artists. CORE Fundamentals will be streaming on CG Cookie https://b3d.cgcookie.com/6y8jnv and is currently available on Blender Market https://b3d.cgcookie.com/9borh8 Stay informed and follow along as we prepare to launch CORE https://b3d.cgcookie.com/v0uaiy Free Assets (used in this video): http://polyhaven.com Kenny Phases YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/kennyphases _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ "WHO IS CG COOKIE?" We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don't ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. 🍪 If you love what we do, consider enrolling to http://cgcookie.com to stream 100's of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. "WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?" For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series "Getting Started with Blender" https://rb.gy/khqdl7 "I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!" Got it. Here's where you can reach us! / cgcookie / cgcookie / cgcookieinc Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter https://cgcookie.com/newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d

Texture baking is the process of transferring ("baking") data from a model into an image. Why does it matter and what to look out for when baking? Let's bake it down 💪

AI is becoming hugely popular for scripting...esepcially for first-time coders. But each shortcut may come at a cost. Spencer Magnusson (DreamWorks) has a word of warning for those who may rely too heavily on technology: real skill cannot be replaced.

Get ready for CORE - streaming now - http://cgcookie.com/p/core In this live stream, @KennyPhases will be creating a Geometry Nodes Droplet Generator! *NEW* CORE Fundamentals: Perhaps our most ambitious undertaking yet, CORE Fundamentals, will elevate your Blender skills. All 9 courses will be released together, all recorded in Blender 4.2. Our expert instructors are working daily on the most important bundle of courses to drill down on your Blender skills and achieve your dreams as a 3D artist. 9 courses, 8 instructors, 1 epic journey for Blender Artists. CORE Fundamentals will be streaming on CG Cookie https://b3d.cgcookie.com/6y8jnv and is currently available on Blender Market https://b3d.cgcookie.com/9borh8 Stay informed and follow along as we prepare to launch CORE https://b3d.cgcookie.com/v0uaiy Free Assets (used in this video): http://polyhaven.com Kenny Phases YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/kennyphases _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ "WHO IS CG COOKIE?" We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don't ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. 🍪 If you love what we do, consider enrolling to http://cgcookie.com to stream 100's of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. "WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?" For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series "Getting Started with Blender" https://rb.gy/khqdl7 "I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!" Got it. Here's where you can reach us! / cgcookie / cgcookie / cgcookieinc Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter https://cgcookie.com/newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d

Stream (along with hundreds of courses) at CG Cookie: https://b3d.cgcookie.com/lxaq92 Standalone Purchase available from Superhive: https://b3d.blendermarket.com/tsbONW Drawing on his 10 years as a game artist, Chunck Trafagander is back with a brand new course that aims to be the last texture baking course you'll ever need! In only 2.5 hours, Chunck will guide you though the nuanced art and science of baking textures with Blender. From the difference between openGL and DirectX, mid-poly meshes, rays and cages, mesh triangulation, and more. "WHO IS CG COOKIE?" We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don't ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. 🍪 If you love what we do, consider enrolling to http://cgcookie.com to stream 100's of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. "WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?" For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series "Getting Started with Blender" https://rb.gy/khqdl7 "I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!" Got it. Here's where you can reach us! http://instagram.com/cgcookie http://twitter.com/cgcookie http://facebook.com/cgcookieinc Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter https://cgcookie.com/newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d

If your bevels aren't coming as crisp as you would like, try this. #b3d #blendertutorial #blendercommunity

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Stream on cgcookie.com: https://b3d.cgcookie.com/023kqd Purchase from Blender Market: https://b3d.blendermarket.com/8RSd2r From the moment Geometry Nodes hit the scene, Blender artists have wanted to generate procedural cities. While several commercial add-ons exist to achieve city generation in a variety of ways and quality - what if you build your own from scratch?This is precisely the goal of the BCITY course! Mike Hodgetts is a bona fide node wizard and he's here to guide you step-by-step through his process of developing a city generator from scratch!"WHO IS CG COOKIE?"We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don't ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. If you love what we do, consider enrolling to http://cgcookie.com to stream 100's of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. "WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?"For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series "Getting Started with Blender" https://rb.gy/khqdl7 "I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!"Got it. Here's where you can reach us!http://instagram.com/cgcookie http://twitter.com/cgcookie http://facebook.com/cgcookieinc Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter https://cgcookie.com/newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d

Read all about the details on CG Cookie https://b3d.cgcookie.com/n4g2ln 00:00 - Intro00:31 - Modeling02:11 - Animation06:01 - Geometry Nodes09:26 - Grease Pencil12:26 - Rendering13:53 - Compositing15:02 - Video Editing15:55 - User Interface18:48 - Python API19:22 - Import / Export20:42 - Conclusion"WHO IS CG COOKIE?"We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don't ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. If you love what we do, consider enrolling to http://cgcookie.com to stream 100's of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. "WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?"For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series "Getting Started with Blender" https://rb.gy/khqdl7 "I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!"Got it. Here's where you can reach us!http://instagram.com/cgcookie http://twitter.com/cgcookie http://facebook.com/cgcookieinc Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter https://cgcookie.com/newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d

BCITY is a comprehensive Blender Geometry Nodes course. Instructor, Mike Hodgetts, walks you through his entire workflow for constructing a procedural city generator - from scratch! BCITY launches this month.Join the newsletter to be notified: https://b3d.cgcookie.com/lknlp0 "WHO IS CG COOKIE?"We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don't ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. If you love what we do, consider enrolling to http://cgcookie.com to stream 100's of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. "WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?"For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series "Getting Started with Blender" https://rb.gy/khqdl7 "I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!"Got it. Here's where you can reach us!http://instagram.com/cgcookie http://twitter.com/cgcookie http://facebook.com/cgcookieinc Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter https://cgcookie.com/newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d

More physics from Kenny Phases: https://b3d.cgcookie.com/6g4kzv Kenny Phases guides you through his three favorite uses of Blender's Dynamic Paint tool, which is great for physics effects. Kenny covers the fundamentals of the tool first, followed by fully-rendered projects that apply the techniques."WHO IS CG COOKIE?"We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don't ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. If you love what we do, consider enrolling to http://cgcookie.com to stream 100's of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. "WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?"For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series "Getting Started with Blender" https://rb.gy/khqdl7 "I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!"Got it. Here's where you can reach us!http://instagram.com/cgcookie http://twitter.com/cgcookie http://facebook.com/cgcookieinc Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter https://cgcookie.com/newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d

Stream at CG Cookie: https://b3d.cgcookie.com/gmgsvk Purchase standalone at the Blender Market: https://b3d.blendermarket.com/R9GP0c Rigging extraordinaire, Wayne Dixon, unpacks the power of non-destructive linear mesh edits - also known as "shape keys". These come in very handy for fine tuning rigging deformations. We can also build facial rigs based on shape keys. If you're a technical artist seeking to refine your skills, don't miss out on SHAPE:"WHO IS CG COOKIE?"We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don't ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. If you love what we do, consider enrolling to http://cgcookie.com to stream 100's of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. "WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?"For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series "Getting Started with Blender" https://rb.gy/khqdl7 "I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!"Got it. Here's where you can reach us!http://instagram.com/cgcookie http://twitter.com/cgcookie http://facebook.com/cgcookieinc Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter https://cgcookie.com/newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d