The main change to Blender is the dominance of the 3D Viewport (3D View) which now occupies a majority of the interface. Layout options are now presented as tabs for more immediate access. The initial layout presented by Blender 2.79. The initial layout presented by Blender, many areas and editors are still in the same place but shown as a set of vertical icons instead of a button strip and sidebar. The Info Editor header still runs along the top of the application but has undergone a facelift Layout (formerly Choose Screen layout) options are now fully featured as a series of clickable (customisable) Workspace tabs that change the interface to match the task represented, making this under utilised feature more accessible and prominent.ĭesign note: Workspace effectively replaces Choose Screen Layout for newer versions of Blender. To the right-side the Outliner Editor (upper half) and Properties panel (lower half) are still present with their respective buttons, settings and options.ĭesign note: the Properties panel icons are displayed vertically and colour-coded based on their general purpose or function – broadly speaking, white (light-grey) for Scene, Rendering etc., fuchsia for materials, blue for modifications etc. So too is ( View) Properties (not shown by default), itself now called the Sidebar ( N). What is different is its look, the overall theme design or appearance the Tool Shelf to the left of the 3D View, now referred to as the Toolbar ( T), is still present but functions in a slightly different way – it appears as a series of button/icons. The initial Layout presented by Blender for 2.8+, or workspaces ( Workspace) as they are now known, is not that dissimilar to previous versions, at face value being generally organised much the same way – a main 3D area, various properties to the right, tools to the left. When Blender 2.8+ opens for the first time it displays a dialogue where the selection default can be set, either left or right click, which is then saved to a userpref.blend as the default Start Up File.īlender 2.80 on starting showing the Splash Screen and options.īlender 2.79 on start up showing the Splash Screen and options. Start upĬomparing newer versions of Blender, 2.8x and above, with it’s predecessor, 2.79, little has changed when the application is first opened/started, the Splash Screen still appears (with a different design), displaying a number of shortcuts to important resources and the ‘last opened’ ( Recent Files) list.ĭesign note: when starting Blender for the very first time (clean install, no previous versions present) the Splash Screen initially displays options to set the dominant mouse button for selections/actions, left or right, to accommodate traditionalist Blender users (right-click) or those wanting functionality more consistent with other applications (left-click). Important: the following is a BASIC OVERVIEW of Blenders interface. Discover the best way to learn Blender with the basics below. With that said, aside from the obvious differences in appearance, Blender actually presents a familiar and perhaps more refined version of the application, suitable for the next generation of content creation and development. At first glance a lot has seemingly change between Blender 2.79 and newer versions of Blender 2.8+/2.9+, most of which is not immediately visible to the User.
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