Blender-4.1/C2/Installation-of-Blender-4.1/English

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.

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide Number 1 Title Slide	Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on Installation of Blender 4.1.
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
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.
Slide Number 4 Pre-requisites	To follow this tutorial, The learner must be familiar with basic computer and internet skills.
Open web browser and type, 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.
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.
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.
Show the downloading file message	The blender msi file starts downloading.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Only narration	This way we have successfully installed the Blender software on Windows OS.
Only narration	Next, Let us see how to install Blender on Ubuntu OS.
Open web browser and type www.blender.org	Open any web browser and type www dot blender dot org.
Click on Download	Then locate the Download link and click on it.
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.
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.
Show the downloading file message	The blender file starts downloading.
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.
Click on Extract here Show the extracting process.	Select the Extract here option from the context menu. The file starts extracting.
Double click on blender-4.1.1-linux-x64 file	Once the file gets extracted, open the extracted folder.
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.
Blender Interface is displayed	We see the Blender interface.
Only narration	This way we have successfully installed the Blender software on Ubuntu OS.
Only narration	Next, Let’s see how to install Blender on Mac OS.
Open web browser and type www.blender.org	Open any web browser and type www dot blender dot org.
Click on Download	Then locate the Download link and click on it.
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.
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.
Show the downloading file message	The blender file starts downloading.
Go to the Downloads folder	Once the file gets downloaded, go to the Downloads folder.
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.
Drag the Blender logo into the Applications folder.	Drag the Blender logo into the Applications folder.
Show copying message	Blender software is now getting copied in the Applications folder.
Go to Launchpad Type Blender	Go to Launchpad. Type Blender. Click on the Blender logo. A pop up box appears. Click on Open.
Cursor on the Blender interface.	Now we can see the Blender interface. This way we have successfully installed the Blender software on Mac OS.
Only narration	With this we have come to the end of this tutorial.
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 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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