🚨 New Blender BASICS just dropped — and it’s our 7th version, now updated for Blender 4.5 LTS. ⠀.This is the go-to course for total beginners. Free to watch, always. 🧵👇

CRAFTSMAN is included in every CG Cookie membership 🍪.

Blender isn’t CAD — but it can still be your precision workshop. 🛠️. Our new course, CRAFTSMAN, shows how to design + model real-world woodworking projects in Blender, then build them in the shop.

Headed on a trip or stuck with slow internet? ✈️📶. If you’re a CG Cookie subscriber, you can download any training video to watch offline:. 1️⃣ On the video player, click the 3rd icon from the right.2️⃣ Save the lesson to your device. Learn Blender anywhere, anytime. 🪄.

Watching a CG Cookie tutorial and can’t remember where the instructor said that thing? 🎯. You can search inside any training video:. 1️⃣ Click CC.2️⃣ Click 'Search Video'.3️⃣ Type a word or phrase. Jump straight to the exact moment — no more scrubbing forever. 🪄

If you want more modeling tips, check out our course Fundamentals of Modeling 👇. Included in every CG Cookie membership 🍪.

Why it’s awesome:. ✅ Perfect for local topology edits.✅ Great for adjusting clothing meshes.✅ Handy for hard-surface tweaks.✅ Speeds up 3D printing prep.

In Edit Mode:. 1️⃣ Select a vertex or edge.2️⃣ Press Alt + V. This runs Rip Fill — it:. Rips the mesh (like V). Auto-fills the hole with new faces 🤯.

💡 Blender Tip: Rip + Fill Like a Pro. Want to cut open your mesh and instantly fill the gap with clean geometry?. Here’s the shortcut: Alt + V. 🪄. If you only ever used V for Rip, give Alt + V a try — it’s like Rip on steroids. 🦾

Our guide "Intro to Simulation Nodes" is a high level view of the ins and outs of simulation nodes - along with some short cuts and long math. It's free to download here:

Livestream with @VFXApprentice and our @carter2422 is happening today! 🎙️.

Beautiful renders inspired by our course SESSIONS: Minimalism 👏.

RT @VFXApprentice: Jonathan Williamson is the co-founder of Autotroph (@cgcookie, @superhivemarket). His history starts off in 2003: teachi….

🏆 New Staff Pick from our project gallery:. "Empty" made in Blender by our member Slava Trifonov.

If you're new to Blender, take our free course Blender Basics (now updated for Blender 4.5 LTS). Dive in right here:

🔥 Pro tip: Choose what works for you. You don’t need to memorize every shortcut—just pick the input method that feels best and build from there. Mastering navigation early makes everything else in Blender way easier.

📦 Bonus: Frame your scene fast. Lost in space? Zoom right to your object:. 🔍 Ctrl + Numpad . = Frame selected. 🏠 Home key = Frame all. Great for quickly resetting your view while modeling.

🎛️ Customize your navigation workflow. Prefer panning over orbiting?. You can remap Blender’s controls to suit how you think. Go to:. Edit > Preferences > Keymap. Change orbit to pan or vice versa. You can build a navigation system that feels totally natural.

🧭 Instantly snap to any view. Blender makes it easy to get your bearings. Try these numpad shortcuts:. 7 = Top view.1 = Front view.3 = Side view.0 = Camera view. Hold Ctrl for the opposite views (e.g. Ctrl+7 = Bottom).No numpad? Use the tilde (~) key for a view pie menu.

👆 Blender works with whatever you’ve got. Mouse, trackpad, stylus—Blender adapts. Use:. 🔘 Gizmos.🖱️ 3-button mouse.🖊️ Pen input.👆 Touchpad gestures. You can even emulate a 3-button mouse or numpad if your device lacks them.

🧵 Mastering 3D Navigation in Blender 🌀. If you're new to Blender, learning how to move around in 3D space is step one. Here are the coolest things most beginners don’t know about navigating the 3D Viewport 👇