Learn Blender shortcuts with lots of tiny videos
I've used blender for more than a decade and now ask myself what the best way to teach it would look like. Video generally seems the best format to explain how to solve a specific problem, but its not exactly great for larger collections of small bits of information – like blender shortcuts. This is why I made this video/text hybrid website from scratch. If you're a blender user or have experience in teaching others, I'd be very happy to hear your thoughts on it. I'm also posting this here because I assume many of your are professional web developers. I'm a learning hobbyist and…
Learn Blender shortcuts with lots of tiny videos launched on August 16, 2024 with 171 votes, #303 of 5,471 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
This resource helps Blender users learn keyboard shortcuts through a hybrid website combining short videos with text explanations. Created by someone with over a decade of Blender experience, it addresses the limitation of traditional video tutorials for teaching quick reference information like shortcuts. The site presents each shortcut with both visual and textual content to accommodate different learning preferences. It is designed for Blender users of all levels seeking to improve their workflow efficiency.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
A selection of useful default shortcuts in Blender
This website provides a selection of useful default shortcuts in Blender . Drag Middle Mouse to Rotate the view. It rotates around an invisible Point of Interest . Num 2 , Num 4 , Num 6 , Num 8 to Rotate the view in 15° steps. Ctrl + Numpad 0 to align the view with the selected camera and make it the scene camera. Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 0 to align the scene camera with the current view. Numpad . to set the Point of Interest to the current selection. Numpad ∕ to toggle Local View which also hides all but the selected object. If the cursor is hovering a timeline, Ctrl + Tab to toggle graph view. Alt + Q to switch to the hovered object without changing modes. Works with all modes,…from hollisbrown.github.io
In the maker’s words, at launch
I've used blender for more than a decade and now ask myself what the best way to teach it would look like. Video generally seems the best format to explain how to solve a specific problem, but its not exactly great for larger collections of small bits of information – like blender shortcuts. This is why I made this…
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