Blender Tutorial for Beginners – Coffee Cup

This is a Blender beginner tutorial that shows how to make a Coffee Cup. The tutorial is a 2 part video series that shows how to model a coffee cup and setup the ceramic material. The camera and lighting setup is also shown.

Video Info

  • Video published on YouTube Oct 12, 2012
  • Blender version used is 2.64

Using a Newer Version of Blender?

There have been changes to Blender since these video tutorials were made. Fortunately, as of Blender version 2.78a, the changes that affect the videos are minor. The relevant changes are listed below.

  • The Add menu is now at the bottom – Or you can press Shift A.
  • At 3:38 in Part 1 – When finishing the subdivide loops command, press the left mouse button twice instead of once.
  • At 11:22 in Part 2 – For the Clamp setting, set the Clamp Indirect value.

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