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  Blender |BLENDER_VERSION| Reference Manual
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Welcome to the manual for `Blender <https://www.blender.org>`__,
the free and open source 3D creation suite.
Getting Started
===============
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      :caption: Getting Started
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      getting_started/about/index.rst
      getting_started/installing/index.rst
      getting_started/configuration/index.rst
      getting_started/help.rst
Sections
========
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            An introduction to Blender's window system, widgets and tools.
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            Overview of the interface and functionality of all editors.
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            Objects and their organization into scenes, view layers and collections.
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            Meshes, curves, metaballs, text, modeling tools, and modifiers.
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            Sculpting, texture painting and vertex painting.
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            2D drawing and animation with Grease Pencil.
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            Keyframes, drivers, constraints, armatures and shape keys.
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            Physics simulations, particle systems and dynamic paint.
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            Rendering and shading with EEVEE, Cycles and Freestyle.
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            Post-processing with the compositing nodes.
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            Video motion tracking & masking.
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            Video editing with the sequencer.
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            Data-block management and the structure of blend-files.
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            Additional functionality available as add-ons.
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            Python scripting, how to write add-ons and a reference for command-line arguments.
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            Solving crashes, graphics issues and Python errors, recovering data and reporting bugs.
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         :doc:`Glossary </glossary/index>`
            A list of terms and definitions used in Blender and this manual.
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         :ref:`Manual Index <genindex>`
            A list of terms linked to the Glossary.
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      interface/index.rst
      editors/index.rst
      scene_layout/index.rst
      modeling/index.rst
      sculpt_paint/index.rst
      grease_pencil/index.rst
      animation/index.rst
      physics/index.rst
      render/index.rst
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      files/index.rst
      addons/index.rst
      advanced/index.rst
      troubleshooting/index.rst
      glossary/index.rst
      Manual Index <genindex.rst>
Get Involved
============
This manual is maintained largely by volunteers.
Please consider to join the effort and :ref:`Contribute to this Manual <about-user-contribute>`.
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