<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Introduction to Blender</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Blender Documentation Volume I - User Guide" HREF="book1.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Blender Documentation Volume I - User Guide" HREF="book1.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="c88.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="part" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Blender Documentation Volume I - User Guide: Last modified April 29 2004 S68</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="book1.html" ACCESSKEY="P" ><<< Previous</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="c88.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next >>></A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="PART" ><A NAME="part_introduction" ></A ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" >I. Introduction to Blender</H1 ><DIV CLASS="PARTINTRO" ><A NAME="AEN82" ></A ><P >This first part of the Documentation will guide you through downloading Blender, installation, and if you elect to download the sources, building.</P ><P >Blender has a very unusual interface, highly optimized for 3D graphics production. This might look odd to a new user, but will prove its strength in the long run. You are also highly recommended to read <A HREF="c627.html" >the chapter called <I >Understanding the interface</I ></A > carefully, both to get familiar with the interface and with the conventions used in the Documentation.</P ><P >The last chapter of this part, <A HREF="c1182.html" >the chapter called <I >Your first animation in 30 + 30 minutes</I ></A >, will also give you a glimpse of Blender's capabilities. Of course, Blender can do much more than this, but this is just a quick start.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="c88.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="c217.html" >Installation</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="c627.html" >Understanding the interface</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="c1182.html" >Your first animation in 30 + 30 minutes</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="book1.html" ACCESSKEY="P" ><<< Previous</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="book1.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c88.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next >>></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Blender Documentation Volume I - User Guide</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >