My Blender has been so slow. I did some digging and found out that the latest versions of Blender (4.0+) are just too heavy for my PC. My laptop has an Intel UHD 600 graphics chip and only 4GB of RAM, which are both soldered to the motherboard. This means I can’t upgrade the hardware to meet the higher requirements of the newer versions.
Because of this, I’ve been advised to use Blender 2.83 LTS. It’s a much lighter, more stable version that actually matches my PC specs so I can work without constant lagging or crashing.
Since i'm learning from here, do you think it’s okay if I continue the course using version 2.83? Will the main things you're teaching still work the same way, or will I miss out on too much.
The core concepts and techniques will be the same 98% of the time.
Hi Ismail @shola_expert ,
You can do almost everything that you can do in Blender 5.1 in 2.83.
I would suggest that you start with older Courses, to get to know how to do things. Later, you will be able to follow along with most newer Courses, because you know how to do things 'the old way'. Apart from Geometry Nodes Courses.
So, don't start with the 4.5 version of the Blender Basics, but with:
https://cgcookie.com/courses/learn-blender-2-8-and-beyond-the-basics-tutorialÂ
Followed by:
https://cgcookie.com/courses/fundamentals-of-3d-mesh-modeling-in-blenderÂ
That'll get you started.
And if you're interested, I (we?) can make you a Playlist of Courses to get you going for a while; that won't give you headaches because of differences in Blender Versions.
Eevee, Grease Pencil, and Geometry Nodes, you'll definitely want to check out the older courses for. (I don't even think 2.8 had Geometry nodes yet.. I think that was a bit later, but it does have grease pencil.)Â
There will also be some tools that are a bit different in their look or how they function, but for the most part, there's a lot as far as modeling, shading, sculpting, rigging, and animating that haven't changed very much in the last 7 years. If you have any questions, though, feel free to ask, but make sure you mention which version of Blender you're using. Several of us might either sort of remember how it worked or have an older version we can reference to help out. Most of the courses usually mention either in the teaser or in the introductory lesson which version of Blender was used to record the video, so you can find the ones that will be most relevant to what you're trying to do.
Martin linked a couple of them, but most of the courses that start "Fundamentals of..." were done with some version of 2.8. I think one was done with 2.9, but as it's a fundamentals course, it shouldn't be too different.
Okay, let me check out the link for 2.8 that you sent. I’ll start from the beginning for this one because I have already finished the Blender 4.5 tutorial only one video is left