<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Baptiste G <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bapsite@gmail.com">bapsite@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello everybody :-)<br><br>I am also interested in participating on setting up certification and uniform educational tools.<br>I believe that Blender is an amazing software-app, with great features out of the box.<br>However, there is a need to make a uniform educational package, so people in Brazil learn the same things as people in Russia :-).<br>
<br>I believe that in the first stage we need to break down the software in to bundles, keeping in mind that these bundles all togheter make an end result.<br><br>Just thinking out loud:<br><br>example:<br><div style="margin-left:40px">
1. layout screen<br>2. navigation in 3d<br>3. modelling:<br><div style="margin-left:40px">adding meshes<br>basics<br><div style="margin-left:40px">grab, scale, extrude, spin, screw<br></div>modifiers<br><div style="margin-left:40px">
mirror, decimate, shrinkwrap ...<br></div>box modelling<br><div style="margin-left:40px">edge loop<br>loop cut<br>etc<br></div>poly modelling<br><div style="margin-left:40px">and so on<br></div></div><div style="margin-left:40px">
Curve<br><div style="margin-left:40px">bezier<br>NURBS!!<br>Surfaces!!<br></div></div>4. lighting<br><div style="margin-left:40px">different types of light ( spot, halo, sun )<br>shadows<br>light setups<br></div></div><div style="margin-left:40px">
and so on, and so on<br></div><br>There should also be 3 levels, from beginner, to intermediate, to expert<br><br>a beginner knows nothing, but when he gets trough al the beginner chapters he is intermediate. When he starts with the intermediate chapters, there is a referencing back to the intermediate ( stuff they already know ) and builds on that. After intermediate comes expert, and again building on the already based knowledge.<br>
<br>In that way teachers could organise an beginner class, an intermediate, and an expert, always building on top of each other.<br>Also student can learn the thing they want, <br><br>For example: I want to be a 3-modeller<br>
<br><div style="margin-left:40px">I can follow<br><div style="margin-left:40px">navigation and layout<br>modelling => beginner, intermediate, expert<br>lighting => beginner<br>etc=> <br><br>Or I want to be a lighting expert<br>
navigation and layout<br>modelling => beginner<br>Lighting => beginner, intermediate, expert<br>compositing => beginner<br><br>Or I want to be a animator<br>navigation and layout<br>Armatures => beginner, intermediate, expert<br>
NLA => beginner, intermediate, expert<br><br><br></div></div>Suggestions, improvement, comments are al welcome, but we need to chunk down and organize the different parts, flowing into each other ...<br><br>I would really want to help laying out the guidelines, and getting this very wel organized<br>
<br>So keep me posted on how I can help.<br><div style="margin-left:40px"><div style="margin-left:40px"><div style="margin-left:40px"><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="margin-left:40px"><div style="margin-left:40px"><div style="margin-left:40px"> </div></div></div></blockquote></div>I think what you have said is logical but I am not sure it is the best way to go.<div><br></div>
<div>Another way to go is to bring the student from beginner to expert in one very narrow subject with flashy outcomes. The advantage of this way is that the student ends up at the end of the class with one very nice and professional thing (pic or animation or whatever). As an example a student can be given a finished rigged man and then taught all about doing walking, running, and acting in one 3 month long 5 credit uni class. The disadvantage is that they are very narrow in what they know. It is also easier to market something where the students end results are "cool" and usable in a job. Something that builds his portfolio. There are other tutorials that I think are not the way to go, for example the cube man and animation. You can learn a lot from it but are you wanting to show the results to your boss? I think not. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I think a good video of this is <a href="http://thenatureacademy.blenderguru.com/fe/18406-realistic-grass-tutorial">http://thenatureacademy.blenderguru.com/fe/18406-realistic-grass-tutorial</a></div><div>
This grass is rendered with just the normal blender render. At the end of this the student can make really good grass. He as learned a lot and his results look professional and the teaching is upbeat. On the other hand there is still a LOT that he has not learned with just this one video. I think that even a beginner could get through this video with just a few days of help. At the end they will be proud of their results. After a few months of work like this they could make great pictures.</div>
<div>Some result from his class</div><div><a href="http://www.blenderguru.com/winners-hall-of-fame">http://www.blenderguru.com/winners-hall-of-fame</a><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>In case you are wondering, I do not work for or even have any contact with Andrew Price. I admire what he is doing and what he has accomplished with blender, as a teacher and as a businessman man. I think we can learn a lot from what he has done to bring Blender teaching and results to the level that pros need.</div>
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