Weight maps
Beginner
Weight maps allow you to influence the mesh based on a color map. Learn weight maps in 5 minutes.
Weight maps allow you to influence the mesh based on a color map. Learn weight maps in 5 minutes.
Drivers
Help rig characters or props
Beginner
Keyframes hold information about where your object is in space in the layout and time on the timeline.
The timeline shows you where your Keyframes are in your Animation
Beginner Texture painting a mushroom. Nice paced video. Start easy.
Easy to understand basics
The Blender Bros have cornered the market in how to do hard surface modeling. It's easy to see why with great tips from them like the video below. He has several rules that he uses that make sense when modeling.
He explains what each modifer does, I think in blender 2.8
Lots of tips about modifiers, and seeing the examples he has helps you understand what they do.
Blender is a powerful program and if you don't have a fast enough rig, you won't be able to do the things you really want to. Forget about simulations, or large scenes.
Get 32gigs of ram or more, (ddr5 ram just dropped in price), Get a VideoCard with 12gb of vram or more, get a large M.2 drive, and an 8 to 16core Processor.