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Welcome to the series of Blender Tutorials. | |
In this tutorial we will learn | |
How to install and run Blender 2.59 on the Windows Operating System.</p> | |
I am using Windows XP operating system. | |
I am using Firefox 3.09 in my case. | |
Open your internet browser which is Firefox 3.09. In the address bar, type www.blender.org and hit the Enter key. | |
This should take you to the official Blender Website. | |
Blender is free and open source. | |
The installer or source code is available for download from the Blender website. | |
Here is a 'Download Blender’ link right below the header of the page. | |
We shall click on this link to take us to the download page. | |
As you can see, this is the latest stable version of Blender. | |
You have two options here - a 32 bit or 64 bit installer. | |
You can download any one depending on which is applicable to your machine. | |
To understand about 32-BIT and 64-BIT systems, see our Tutorial on Blender Hardware Requirements. | |
make sure that directions on how to check if system is 32 or 64 is updated in the linked tutorial. | |
I have commented on Blender Hardware requirements tutorial. | |
The website also provides a zipped archive of the Blender program files. | |
This archive contains all files required to run Blender. | |
You would need to unzip and extract the files to a folder of your choice and run the Blender executable. | |
Let me demonstrate | |
The main difference between installer and archive is that - | |
The installer places the Blender application files in C DRIVE "Program Files" and sets up an icon in the start menu, | |
an icon on the desktop, and opens .blend files with blender by default; while - | |
the zip archive has all the application files and the executable Blender file in one single folder, | |
which can be copied to any drive on the computer. | |
Now if I want to use the archive, for my machine, I need 32-Bit archive. | |
Left click on the download link for the 32-Bit archive and download starts. | |
As I said before, my internet browser is Firefox 3.09. | |
The download steps shown here are similar in all other internet browsers. | |
You can see here the download progress. | |
This horizontal download bar with the green vertical strips shows how much download is done. | |
The download speed depends on your internet connection. | |
Please wait until it is completed. | |
To extract the archive, first right click on the download. | |
Left click Open containing folder. Left double click on the zip. | |
It will open in an archiver like Winzip, which is installed by default on any windows machine. | |
Left click on “EXTRACT” Choose your destination folder from the list. | |
I am extracting to My Documents. Left Click “Extract” | |
This progress bar with the green strips shows how much extraction is done. | |
Now you can see the extracted folder on your screen. | |
Left double click to open the folder. Left double click the Blender executable. | |
Windows throws up a security warning - the publisher could not be verified. | |
This is nothing to worry about. Just click on the button ‘Run’. You are good to go. | |
Now if you want to use the installer, lets go back to the Blender Website. | |
Click on Download at the top of the page. This takes us back to the download page. | |
For my machine, I need 32-Bit installer. | |
So I left click on the download link for 32-Bit Installer and download starts. | |
For ease of demonstration I have already downloaded the installer from the Blender website onto my machine. | |
I shall now walk you through the installation steps. Left Double click the installer. | |
Windows shows a security warning - the publisher could not be verified. | |
This is nothing to worry about. Just click on the button ‘Run’. | |
So this is what the Blender Setup Wizard looks like. | |
Click on Next here to take you to the next step in the installation process. | |
As with most softwares, the installer shows a License Agreement. | |
Press page down to see the rest of the agreement. | |
I advise you to read this thoroughly. | |
Do note that Blender is free and open source. | |
You must accept this License Agreement to install Blender. | |
Now click on the ‘I agree’ button to continue. | |
This next step allows you to choose components to install. | |
I advise you to install all the components selected by default and hit the next button to continue the installation. | |
So here you have the option to Choose Install location for Blender. | |
By default the ‘Program Files’ folder is selected | |
which is a good location to install Blender so go ahead and hit the ‘Install’ button. | |
This progress bar with the green strips shows how much of the installation is completed. | |
Usually it takes less than a minute to complete. | |
This completes the Blender Setup. | |
Blender has been installed on your computer. | |
Keep the ‘Run Blender’ checkbox selected. | |
Hit the Finish button. | |
Blender should automatically start running. | |
Provided the Blender binary is in the original extracted directory, | |
Blender will run straight out of the box without additional dependencies. | |
No system libraries or system preferences are altered. | |
So in this tutorial, we have learnt how to install Blender on a Windows operating system. | |
Please add the summary in this slide</p> | |
Now try to download Blender from the Blender website and install and run Blender on your machine. | |
This Tutorial is created by Project Oscar and supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT. | |
More information on the same is available at the following links oscar.iitb.ac.in, | |
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Thanks for joining us | |
and this is Monisha from IIT Bombay signing off. |