The first part of a series covering how I went from knowing next to nothing about Blender or Python to having written around a dozen addons that can do things like: add custom objects, email your render when it's finished, add a custom node editor type and more. @Curtis Holt This part covers basic concepts, suitable for someone with no prior knowledge of Python or scripting. I also talk about the resources that helped me most when I was getting started: @Blender Studio has a series called Scripting for Artists: https://studio.blender.org/training/scripting-for-artists/ B3D Interplanetary is a blog that has Blender Python resources stretching back years: https://b3d.interplanety.org/en/ @Royal Skies has a video on making your first addon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-BOWF82Er4 @CGMatter has a quick video that covers the basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45WZWqmpRQE @Darkfall has lots of videos on Blender Python that I've found very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyt0O7saU4Q @Curtis Holt has a video to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqX5wh4YeRw and is also behind the EasyBPY project: https://curtisholt.online/easybpy
The first part of a series covering how I went from knowing next to nothing about Blender or Python to having written around a dozen addons that can do things like: add custom objects, email your render when it's finished, add a custom node editor type and more. @Curtis Holt This part covers basic concepts, suitable for someone with no prior knowledge of Python or scripting. I also talk about the resources that helped me most when I was getting started: @Blender Studio has a series called Scripting for Artists: https://studio.blender.org/training/scripting-for-artists/ B3D Interplanetary is a blog that has Blender Python resources stretching back years: https://b3d.interplanety.org/en/ @Royal Skies has a video on making your first addon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-BOWF82Er4 @CGMatter has a quick video that covers the basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45WZWqmpRQE @Darkfall has lots of videos on Blender Python that I've found very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyt0O7saU4Q @Curtis Holt has a video to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqX5wh4YeRw and is also behind the EasyBPY project: https://curtisholt.online/easybpy