Blender/C2/Types-of-Windows-User-Preference/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:02	Welcome to the series of Blender tutorials.
00:05	This tutorial is about the User Preferences window in Blender 2.59.
00:12	This script has been contributed by Bhanu Prakash and edited by Monisha Banerjee.
00:22	After watching this tutorial, we shall learn what is User Preferences window;
00:30	what are the different options available in the User Preferences window;
00:36	and how to customize the Blender interface using the User Preferences window.
00:43	I assume that you know the basic elements of the Blender interface.
00:48	If not, then please refer to our earlier tutorial-
00:52	Basic Description of the Blender Interface.
00:58	Go to File at the top left corner of the Blender interface.
01:05	Left click to open File.
01:08	Here, is a list of options which have been explained already in the tutorial File Browser and Info Panel.
01:19	Select User Preferences.
01:22	For keyboard shortcut, press Ctrl, Alt & U.
01:32	This is User Preferences window.
01:38	Go to Interface at the top left corner of the User Preferences window.
01:45	This contains several options for customizing the Blender interface.
01:50	The basic required options are already activated by default.
01:56	Display Mini Axis controls the size of the mini axis present at the bottom left corner of the 3D view.
02:05	The default size is 25.
02:09	I am using Size 60 for better viewing purposes in the Blender Tutorials series.
02:16	Let me demonstrate.
02:18	Close the User preferences window.
02:24	At the bottom left corner of the 3D view, we can see the mini axis.
02:32	The mini axis represents the global transform axis of the 3D space in Blender.
02:40	It is useful when animating in Blender.
02:44	We will discuss about global and local transform axis in detail in subsequent tutorials.
02:52	Press Ctrl, Alt & U to open the User Preferences window.
03:00	Activate Rotate around selection .
03:06	This enables you to orbit around the center of the selected object.
03:12	Let us see what this means.
03:15	Close the User preferences window.
03:19	Right-click the lamp in the 3D view.
03:27	Press and hold mouse wheel or middle mouse button and move your mouse.
03:35	We are orbiting around the selected object.
03:42	Similarly, right-click the Camera.
03:47	Press and hold mouse wheel or middle mouse button and move your mouse.
03:55	Now, we are rotating around the camera.
04:03	Press Ctrl, Alt & U to open the 'User Preferences window'.
04:10	Left-click Editing.
04:14	This contains parameters that reflect the behavior of Blender in Object editing mode or the Edit Mode.
04:24	Again, the basic options already activated by default.
04:32	Global undo increases/decreases the number of undo steps that might be required while editing.
04:44	Left click Input.
04:46	Here, we can customize all the keyboard shortcuts used in Blender.
04:53	Emulate 3-Button Mouse will make your 2-button mouse behave like a 3-button mouse in Blender.
05:04	Select with can change the selection option of your mouse from right to left.
05:12	This is useful for left-handed users.
05:19	Emulate numpad will make the number keys on your keyboard behave like the numpad keys in Blender.
05:29	This is useful for laptop users who don't have a separate numpad on the keyboard.
05:41	Left click Add-Ons.
05:43	This contains the list of plug-ins in Blender.
05:49	Left-click Enabled .
05:52	Some plug-ins are activated by default.
05:55	Other plug-ins can be installed from the respective website.
06:00	For example, let us install a plug-in for crating clouds.
06:07	Left click Object.
06:11	Left click on the triangle next to Object : Cloud generator.
06:19	Left click Link to Wiki.
06:23	This link opens a web-page on our internet browser.
06:29	I am using Firefox 3.09 internet browser.
06:35	Here, we can download and install the Cloud Generator plug-in for Blender.
06:42	Just follow the instructions on this page.
06:47	The steps shown here are similar in all internet browsers.
06:56	Left click Theme.
06:59	Here, you can change the color of each panel of the Blender interface.
07:09	For example, left-click Timeline.
07:14	Here, you can see the color of the Current Frame indicator, Grid and all other attributes as well.
07:24	Left click the green bar next to current frame.
07:30	This is the colour mode window in Blender.
07:38	The white dot here, over the green area, controls the colour of the Current Frame indicator.
07:45	I am going to change it to red.
07:49	Left click the white dot, hold and drag your mouse to the red area.
07:58	Release left-click.
08:01	Notice, how the values of 'RGB' have changed as well.
08:07	In this way, we can change the colour of the other listed options too.
08:15	Left click File.
08:20	Here, we can set the location of Fonts, Textures, Plugins, Render Output, Scripts, Sounds etc. on our system.
08:38	Let us set the location for Fonts.
08:42	Left click the file icon at the right end of the first rectangle bar.
08:53	A file browser opens.
08:56	By default, we are inside the local C drive directory.
09:02	Left click the Windows directory.
09:07	Navigate to Fonts.
09:11	Left click Accept at the top right corner of the screen.
09:19	A path has appeared on the first rectangle bar.
09:25	Blender now knows where to look for the fonts on our system.
09:32	Similarly, left click the File icon at the right end of the second rectangle bar.
09:40	Again, the file browser opens.
09:43	Now, we can set the location for the textures on our system like we did for the fonts.
09:52	What if I want to exit this file browser without selecting a location for the textures?
10:00	Left click Back to previous, next to help, at the top of the screen to return to the 'User Preferences window'.
10:11	There is no path visible on the second rectangle bar because I did not select one.
10:20	Left click System.
10:23	Here, we can customize the Blender settings according to the properties of the computer we are using.
10:29	DPI changes the font size and resolution for display in Blender;
10:36	the default DPI in Blender is 72.
10:42	I am using DPI:90 for better viewing purposes in the Blender tutorials series.
10:52	Save As Default, at the bottom left corner, is used to save our customized changes in the Blender interface.
11:01	For keyboard shortcut, press Ctrl & U.
11:07	So, this was the basic information about the 'User Preferences window'.
11:13	Apart from these, there are other options present in 'user preferences window' which will be discussed in the later tutorials.
11:25	Now, try to open the 'user preferences window' in Blender using the keyboard shortcut.
11:33	Then, using Rotate around selection, make the cube the centre of rotation in the '3D view'.
11:42	Install cloud generator plug-in for Blender,
11:47	change the colour of the current crame indicator in the timeline and set the location for render output on your computer.
11:57	All the best!
12:02	And that completes this tutorial on User Preferences.
12:10	This Tutorial is created by Project Oscar and supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT.
12:19	More information on the same is available at the following links-
12:23	oscar.iitb.ac.in and spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro.
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12:56	Thanks for joining us
12:59	and this is Monisha from IIT Bombay, signing off.

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