Summary

You learned that Blender is not as intimidating as it seemed at first. In this chapter, you learned about the structure of Blender's windows and why they are that way. You learned how to resize them to make them as you want them. You found out how a computer measures things in a 3D world. You learned to use the mouse, the mouse wheel, the keyboard, and the NumPad to navigate in the 3D View window. You discovered how the computer makes colors.

In the next chapter, we're going to have fun. It will be lights, camera, and action as we discover the basics of using light, how to control the camera, and make our first animation.

Let's go!

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