Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
The Timeline panel
The Timeline panel is only relevant to doing animation and can be effectively
ignored or collapsed for the purposes of this topic.
Because this topic is only using a limited subset of Blender's
functionality some things such as the Timeline panel could be
customized away. However, since it is not the focus of this topic
to tell the reader how to customize their version of Blender, and
because Blender has a much broader application, the screenshots
that follow will have the Timeline panel visible. The reader is
encouraged to explore Blender's other functionalities such as
rendering and animation at their leisure and desire.
Proper stance
While all of Blender's functions are available from buttons and menus on the screen,
typical Blender users rely heavily on hotkeys and shortcuts. Already the
T
and
N
keys have been discussed to bring up or collapse the
Tools
and
Properties
tabs in the
3D view. For this reason it is recommended that to use Blender have one hand on the
mouse and the other hand on the keyboard at all times. This tends to be a common
stance for many people but is mentioned for the few for whom learning this will be
of great help.
