Blender/C2/Installation-Process-for-Windows/English-timed
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Time | Narration |
00:04 | Welcome to the series of Blender Tutorials . |
00:08 | This tutorial is about getting blender 2.59 and how to install and run Blender 2.59 on the Windows Operating System . |
00:21 | For this tutorial, I am using Windows XP operating system . |
00:28 | This script has been contributed by Chirag Raman and edited by Monisha Banerjee. |
00:37 | Open your internet browser. I am using Firefox 3.09 . In the address bar, type: www.blender.org and hit the Enter key. |
00:54 | This should take you to the official Blender Website. |
01:01 | Blender is free and open source . |
01:05 | The installer or source code is available for download from the Blender website. |
01:10 | Here is a Download Blender link right below the header of the page. |
01:15 | We shall click on this link to take us to the download page. |
01:22 | As you can see, this is the latest stable version of Blender. |
01:28 | You have two options here - a 32 bit or 64 bit installer. |
01:39 | You can download any one depending on which is applicable to your machine. |
01:44 | To understand about 32-BIT and 64-BIT systems, see our Tutorial on Blender Hardware Requirements. |
01:56 | The website also provides a zipped archive of the Blender program files. |
02:01 | This archive contains all files required to run Blender. |
02:06 | You would need to unzip and extract the files to a folder of your choice and run the Blender executable. |
02:15 | Let me demonstrate. |
02:17 | The main difference between installer and archive is that - |
02:22 | the installer places the Blender application files in C DRIVE Program Files and sets up an icon in the start menu, |
02:31 | an icon on the desktop and opens ".blend" files with blender by default |
02:40 | while the zip archive has all the application files and the executable Blender file in one single folder |
02:48 | which can be copied to any drive on the computer. |
02:53 | Now, if I want to use the archive, for my machine, I need 32-Bit archive. |
03:02 | Left click on the download link for the 32-Bit archive and download starts. |
03:09 | As I said before, my internet browser is Firefox 3.09. |
03:16 | The download steps shown here are similar in all other internet browsers. |
03:23 | You can see here the download progress. |
03:26 | This horizontal download bar with the green vertical strips shows how much download is done. |
03:44 | The download speed depends on your internet connection. |
03:48 | Please wait until it is completed. |
04:02 | To extract the archive, first right click on the download. |
04:08 | Left click Open containing folder. Left double click on the zip. |
04:16 | It will open in an archiver like Winzip which is installed by default on any windows machine. |
04:24 | Left click on Extract. Choose your destination folder from the list. |
04:32 | I am extracting to My Documents. Left click Extract. |
04:40 | This progress bar with the green strips shows how much extraction is done. |
04:56 | Now, you can see the extracted folder on your screen. |
05:00 | Left double click to open the folder. Left double click the Blender executable. |
05:08 | Windows throws up a security warning - "The publisher could not be verified". |
05:14 | This is nothing to worry about. Just click on the button Run. You are good to go. |
05:27 | Now, if you want to use the installer, let's go back to the Blender Website . |
05:35 | Click on Download at the top of the page. This takes us back to the download page. |
05:44 | For my machine, I need 32-Bit installer. |
05:48 | So, I left-click on the download link for 32-Bit Installer and download starts. |
06:03 | For ease of demonstration, I have already downloaded the installer from the Blender website onto my machine. |
06:11 | I shall now walk you through the installation steps. Left double click the installer. |
06:22 | Windows throws up the security warning - "The publisher could not be verified". |
06:29 | This is nothing to worry about. Just click on the button Run . |
06:35 | So, this is what the Blender Setup Wizard looks like. |
06:39 | Click on Next, here, to take you to the next step in the installation process . |
06:48 | As with most softwares, the installer shows a License Agreement. |
06:53 | Press Page Down to see the rest of the agreement. |
07:07 | I advise you to read this thoroughly. |
07:11 | Do note that Blender is free and open source. |
07:14 | You must accept this License Agreement to install Blender. |
07:21 | Now, click on the I agree button to continue . |
07:27 | This next step allows you to choose components to install. |
07:32 | I advise you to install all the components selected by default and hit the Next button to continue the installation . |
07:41 | So, here you have the option to choose install location for Blender. |
07:48 | By default, the Program Files folder is selected |
07:51 | which is a good location to install Blender. So, go ahead and hit the Install button. |
08:04 | This progress bar with the green strips shows how much of the installation is completed. |
08:10 | Usually it takes less than a minute to complete. |
08:33 | This completes the Blender Setup. |
08:36 | Blender has been installed on your machine. |
08:39 | Keep the Run Blender check-box selected. |
08:42 | Hit the Finish button. |
08:45 | Blender should automatically start running |
08:52 | provided the Blender binary is in the original extracted directory. |
08:57 | Blender will run straight out of the box without additional dependencies. |
09:03 | No system library or system preferences are altered. |
09:10 | So, in this tutorial, we have learnt how to install Blender on a Windows operating system. |
09:19 | Now, try to download Blender from the Blender website and install and run Blender on your machine. |
09:28 | This tutorial is created by Project Oscar and supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT . |
09:37 | More information on the same is available at the following links. oscar.iitb.ac.in |
09:45 | and spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro. |
09:55 | The Spoken Tutorial Project conducts workshops using spoken tutorials; |
10:01 | also gives certificates to those who pass an online test. |
10:06 | For more details, please contact: contact@spoken-tutorial.org. |
10:13 | Thanks for joining us |
10:16 | and this is Monisha from IIT Bombay, signing off. |