

Depth of Field
How to get depth of field (bokeh).

Vertex Groups
How to create vertex groups.

Transparent Textures
Here’s how to make a transparent texture actually be transparent — handy for paper cutouts, puppets, and much more.

Indirect Lighting
Been wondering how to do indirect lighting in Blender? Here’s how. (P.S. It’s easy.)
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Bite-size Blender tutorials, basically. Sure, that means leaving out a lot of extra information, but hey, you’re smart — go forth and tinker.
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