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Blender 3D Short Course

Ready to take your filmmaking skills further? This advanced course will sharpen your storytelling and production expertise.
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AED 4000 excluding VAT
23 February 2026
Mon & Wed
6PM - 9PM
6 weeks
AED 4000 excluding VAT
30 March 2026
Mon & Wed
6PM - 9PM
6 weeks

OVERVIEW

A practical and creative short course focused on 3D modeling, basic animation, and rendering using Blender, one of the world’s leading open-source platforms for 3D content creation. Designed for beginners and creatives with some 3D experience, this course introduces essential modeling workflows, material creation, lighting setups, and animation techniques. Through a structured, hands-on learning process, participants will build professional-quality assets and animations using Blender’s industry-ready toolkit. Ideal for those looking for 3D design training in the UAE, Blender courses in Dubai, or a foundation in animation and rendering.
  • Age 16 and above
  • Beginners interested in 3D design, modeling, and animation
  • Designers looking to expand their skill set into 3D workflows
  • Indie game developers or animators seeking Blender-specific training

Blender 3D

Session 1: Introduction to Blender UI and Customization

  • Overview of 3D workflows, system requirements, and why Blender
  • Navigating and customizing the Blender interface

Session 2: Introduction to Modeling

  • Adding and editing basic objects, understanding vertices, edges, and faces
  • Essential modeling tools and concepts including mesh topology and object vs. mesh distinctions

Session 3: Fundamentals of Modeling 1

  • Using and applying Blender modifiers
  • Key modeling tools such as Knife, Loop Cut, and Bridge Edge Loops

Session 4: Fundamentals of Modeling 2

  • Modeling workflows and low-poly techniques
  • Using proportional editing and snapping for precision

Session 5: Fundamentals of Modeling 3

  • Using brushes and parenting objects for complex modeling

Session 6: Fundamentals of Modeling 4

  • Creating props, environments, and modular assets
  • Exporting models for various platforms including game engines and rendering

Session 7: Introduction to Materials

  • Understanding material nodes and maps
  • Creating realistic materials for production and introduction to texturing

Session 8: Texturing and UV Workflow

  • UV unwrapping basics and texturing assets for production
  • Tips and best practices for UV mapping

Session 9: Lighting

  • Types of lights and lighting techniques in Blender
  • Using render engines, HDRi environments, and three-point lighting setups

Session 10: Rendering

  • Overview of render engines and settings
  • Camera setup, render layers, compositing, and exporting images and animations

Session 11: Animation 1

  • Basics of Blender’s animation system and principles
  • Setting keyframes and using the Graph Editor and Timeline

Session 12: Animation 2

  • Animating walk cycles and bouncing balls
  • Applying principles of timing, arcs, and squash/stretch
  • Refining animations with the Graph Editor and exporting final work

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