Now let’s start actually working with objects in Blender! Orthographic view shows all objects as their actual size. Perspective view shows objects as they would look in real life, with farther away objects being smaller and closer objects being larger. Switch between these by clicking on the grid symbol in the top right of the project or by pressing the 5 key on your number pad. The last view option is perspective versus orthographic. You can also click on and drag the hand symbol in the top-right of the object. If you don’t have a middle mouse button, then you can hold Shift and Alt while clicking and dragging with left mouse button. To pan around your scene, press the shift key and hold the middle mouse button and drag. Or, click and drag the magnifying glass symbol on the top-right of the project. Otherwise, you can use the plus and minus keys on your number pad to zoom. You can also use the scrollwheel to zoom in and out. You can click and drag in this to orbit around your scene. A third option still, is the 3D thumbnail in the top right corner of the project. Now you can hold the Alt key while clicking and dragging with left mouse button. If you don’t have a three-button mouse, go to Edit > Preferences, and select Emulate Three-Button Mouse. Hold down the middle mouse button or scrollwheel on your mouse and move your mouse, to rotate around the cube. Let’s first talk about controls, which you will use to view your project from different angles. You can see these objects in the scene collection.

A 3D grid plane with a cube, a camera, and a light source. Here you’ll see the basics of any Blender project. For this basics tutorial, you can just click on the screen outside of this menu, or just click General under New File. When you first open Blender, it will open a splash screen with some options.

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