What’s the most frustrating thing about Blender?

Each person will have their own answer, but if you ask me it’s the user interface. There are many features in Blender that are inaccessible if you don’t know the exact keyboard function. For example, did you know that you can change the Timeline units from frames to seconds by pressing Ctrl + T? Or how you can change the sculpting brush pressure by pressing Shift + F? I could go on all day.

In fact if you scroll through the User Input section of Blender 2.5 you will find literally hundreds of possible keyboard combinations!

Where to start!?!

Unless you’re rain man the chances of you remembering all of these are slim. Some are irrelevant and rarely ever used, making it even harder to sift through them and find the one you’re looking for.

The solution?

The Blender 2.5 Cheat Sheet

This cheat sheet is a handcraft list of the most frequently used Blender 2.5 shortcuts for your reference.

Best of all? It’s printer friendly!

Simply print this cheat sheet out and enjoy stress free Blender use.

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There’s only 3 days left until the much anticipated release of The Wow Factor!

I’m getting loads of emails from people interested in it so I thought I would do something nice and give away one copy to a long term reader of the site.

The Wow Factor teaches you:

• How to add “the wow factor” to your images in Blender using the compositor
• The most advanced camera effects used in 3d today
• How to create your own advanced effects and incorporate them in your scene
• When to use each effect and when not to

Features:

• 17 exciting chapters
• 17 tutorials
• Magazine style layout with photos, screenshots and examples
• Breakdown of each effect and how to use them
• Interviews with compositing experts
• 90+ Minutes of bonus video tutorials
• 17 ready-to-use effects for your scenes
• PLUS! 5 unannounced bonuses

For those that haven’t seen it, here’s the teaser:

>>To win a copy,  leave a comment saying why you want to win The Wow Factor.<<

The person with the most creative answer wins. That’s it!

But you will need to act fast!! Entries for the competition close on Monday May 17 noon GMT (just 2 days away from this post!)

The winner will be announced in a video posted later that day.

Why do you want to win The Wow Factor?

[COMMENTING IS NOW CLOSED - THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED HERE]

Go nuts! You are free to use this model in all personal and commercial works! It includes headlights, tail lights, basic interior, rims, grills, everything bar the mechanics.

Do what you want with it, just don’t take the corners too fast.

Enjoy! As always, I’m interested to see what creations you come up with, so if you put it in a scene be sure to post a link back to it!