
However, there are no detailed step-by-step how to guide, and not much information on 3D animation.Ĭreate 3D Animation Using Blender is a nine-unit training. It is quick to go through and a good place to see some basic functions and features you have access through Blender. Some other courses they offer: digital filmmaking, video game design, Stop Motion Animation, Scriptwriting, Digital Animation, Digital Comic Book Creation.īeginner’s Guide to Blender is a quick guide on Instructable. If you are interested in other courses offered at Fresh I Learning, you can buy a year access of all courses for $299. So far this is one that I found most appropriate for kids who just start on 3D animation. Some units has some pre-created Blender files for kids to play around. Each unit has quizzes to test comprehension. It starts by explaining what is animation, and then what is Blender, then breaks down into 18 short units of 2 to 10 minutes with more detailed contents.

It is $30 for life long access, which I think is a very good value.ģD Animation is a program designed for kids by Fresh I Learning. You can view the first 5 units for free before purchase the whole course. It covers topics like Introduction, Adding Material, Setting the Environment, Creating Movements (such as people walking), Animate the camera, Adjusting, … There are a total of 20 units, each running from 5-15 minutes, so the total course is 3 hours. I just started on this subject, so if you know any other resources, please let me know.ģD Animation with Blender is a short training on Udemy. I also find some really good online 3D Animation Tutorials for beginners using Blender. Many professional designers are also using it. Recently I found a free 3D animation tool called Blender.

For kids to learn 3D animation, especially when you are not sure if the child is going to stick with it long enough, it is hard to decide if you should invest the money or not. But these are all paid software packages. I have heard some 3D animation tools, like Autodesk, Maya. If you want to design your own images and animation effects, or making a short movie with 3D images with animation, you will need special tools specially designed for animation. You can only use the images and effects offered to you.

But most of these presentation tools have limited options. Most presentation tools let you add certain animation effects, like the image dancing on the screen, or flying into the screen. What is more, if you have used a presentation tool, like PowerPoint or Keynote, you probably have some experience creating 3D animations. Today every one probably have seen some 3D animation effects. Have you tried 3D animation? Many scenes and characters in movies and video games are results of 3D animations.
