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'''Title: '''Installation of Blender 4.1

'''Author:''' Pooja Jha & Arthi Varadarajan

'''Keywords: '''Blender 4.1, Installation of Blender, Windows OS, Ubuntu OS, Mac OS, video tutorial.


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||'''Visual Cue'''
||'''Narration'''
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||'''Slide Number 1'''


'''Title Slide '''
||Welcome to this '''Spoken tutorial''' on '''Installation of Blender 4.1'''.
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||'''Slide Number 2'''

'''Learning Objectives'''

||In this tutorial, we will learn to,
* Download and install '''Blender''' 4.1 on:

** '''Windows OS'''
** '''Ubuntu Linux OS''' and
** '''Mac OS'''
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||'''Slide Number 3'''

'''System and Software Requirement'''

||To record this tutorial, I am using

* '''Windows OS version 11'''
* '''Ubuntu Linux OS version 22.04 ''' 
* '''Mac OS version 14.5 ''' and

A working internet connection to download '''Blender'''.
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||'''Slide Number 4'''


'''Pre-requisites'''
||To follow this tutorial, 

* The learner must be familiar with basic computer and internet skills.

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|| Open '''web browser''' and type,

[https://www.blender.org/download www.blender.org]

Click on '''Download'''
|| Let us first install '''Blender''' on '''Windows OS'''.

Open any web browser and type '''www dot blender dot org'''.

Then locate the '''Download''' link and click on it. 
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|| Hover cursor over '''Download Blender 4.1.1'''

Hover over Windows

|| A new page opens.

Here we see the '''Download ''' link for the latest version.

Notice the '''OS''' name below the download link. 

Here it is '''Windows'''.
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||Click on '''Download Blender 4.1.1'''
||At the time of recording this tutorial the latest version is '''Blender 4.1.1'''.

Click on '''Download Blender 4.1.1''' button.
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||Show the '''downloading file''' message
||The blender '''msi file''' starts downloading. 
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||Go to the '''Downloads''' folder

Right click on '''blender-4.1.1-windows-x64 .msi file'''

Click on '''Install'''

Cursor on the wizard window.
||Once the file gets downloaded, go to the '''Downloads''' folder. 

Locate the '''blender msi ''' file and right click on it.

Then click on '''Open ''' from the context menu.

A '''Blender''' setup window opens up.
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||Click on '''Next'''

Click on the '''I accept the terms in the License Agreement '''checkbox'''.'''

Click on '''Next'''

Again click on '''next'''
||Click on the''' Next button'''.

Then click on the checkbox to accept the terms and license agreement.

Again, click '''Next''' on the subsequent windows.
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||Click on '''Install'''

Hover over the Green horizontal bar
||Click on '''Install''' to start the installation process.

The installation process starts.

This will take some time.

The green horizontal bar shows the progress of the installation.
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||Click on '''Finish'''

Hover over '''Blender''' icon on the desktop
||Click '''Finish''' to complete the Installation procedure. 

We see the '''Blender''' icon on the '''Desktop'''.

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||Double click on the '''Blender''' icon
||Let us open '''Blender''' by double clicking on the '''Blender''' icon on the '''Desktop'''.

We see the '''Blender''' interface.

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|| Only narration
|| This way we have successfully installed the '''Blender''' software on '''Windows OS'''.

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|| Only narration
|| Next, Let us see how to install '''Blender''' on '''Ubuntu OS'''. 
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||Open web browser and type

[https://www.blender.org/download www.blender.org] 
||Open any web browser and type '''www dot blender dot org'''.
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||Click on '''Download'''
||Then locate the '''Download''' link and click on it.
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||Hover cursor over '''Download Bender 4.1.1'''

Hover over''' Linux'''
||A new page opens.

Here we see the '''Download''' link for the latest version.

Notice the name of the OS as ''' Linux''' below the '''Download''' link. 
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||Hover cursor over '''version 4.1.1'''

Click on the '''Download Blender 4.1.1 blue button.'''
||At the time of recording this tutorial, the latest version is '''Blender 4.1.1'''.

Click on the '''Download Blender 4.1.1''' blue button.


The version of Blender may be different at the time of your downloading.
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|| Show the downloading file message
||The '''blender''' file starts downloading. 
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||Go to the '''Downloads''' folder

Right Click on '''blender-4.1.1-linux-x64.tar.xz'''
||Once the file is downloaded, go to the '''Downloads''' folder. 

Locate the '''blender tar''' file and right click on it.
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||Click on '''Extract here'''

Show the extracting process.

||Select the '''Extract here''' option from the context menu.


The file starts extracting.
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||Double click on '''blender-4.1.1-linux-x64''' file
|| Once the file gets extracted, open the extracted folder.
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||Right Click on the '''Blender''' file


Click on '''Run'''
||Locate the file named '''Blender''' and right click on it. 

Select '''Run''' from the context menu.
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||'''Blender''' Interface is displayed
||We see the '''Blender''' interface.
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|| Only narration
||This way we have successfully installed the '''Blender''' software on '''Ubuntu OS'''.

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|| Only narration
|| Next, Let’s see how to install '''Blender''' on '''Mac OS. '''
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||Open web browser and type

[https://www.blender.org/download www.blender.org] 
||Open any web browser and type '''www dot blender dot org.'''
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||Click on '''Download'''
||Then locate the '''Download''' link and click on it.
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||Hover cursor over '''Download Bender 4.1.1'''

Hover over Mac
||A new page opens.

Here we see the Download link for the latest version.


We can see the name of the OS as Mac below the Download link. 
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||Click on '''Download Blender 4.1.1'''
||At the time of recording this tutorial, the latest version is 4.1.1.


Click on the '''Download Blender 4.1.1 ''' button.

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|| Show the downloading file message
||The '''blender''' file starts downloading. 
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||Go to the '''Downloads''' folder
||Once the file gets downloaded, go to the '''Downloads''' folder. 

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||Double click on '''blender-4.1.1-macos-x64.dmg''' file. 
||Double click on the '''blender dmg''' file. 

A box with '''Blender logo''' and '''Applications''' folder opens. 

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||Drag the Blender logo into the Applications folder. 
||Drag the '''Blender logo ''' into the '''Applications''' folder. 

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||Show copying message
||'''Blender''' software is now getting copied in the '''Applications''' folder.

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||Go to '''Launchpad'''

Type '''Blender'''

||Go to '''Launchpad.

''' Type '''Blender.''' 

Click on the '''Blender logo'''.

A pop up box appears. 

Click on '''Open'''.

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|| Cursor on the Blender interface.
||Now we can see the '''Blender''' interface. 

This way we have successfully installed the '''Blender''' software on '''Mac OS'''.

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|| Only narration
||With this we have come to the end of this tutorial.

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||'''Slide Number 5 '''

'''Summary '''

||Let us summarise.

In this tutorial, we have:
* Downloaded and installed '''Blender 4.1''' on

** '''Windows OS '''
** '''Ubuntu Linux OS''' and
** '''Mac OS'''

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||'''Slide Number 6'''

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||'''Slide Number 7 '''


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||'''Slide Number 8'''


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|| '''Slide Number 9'''

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* Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them.
* This will help reduce the clutter.
* With less clutter, we can use these discussions as instructional material.

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||'''Slide Number 10'''


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||'''Slide Number 11'''


'''Acknowledgement'''
||'''The Spoken Tutorial''' project was established by the '''Ministry of Education''', '''Government of India'''.


This is Arthi along with Pooja from '''IIT Bombay''' signing off.

Thanks for joining.
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