Downloading Blender

So here I am once again looking at learning Blender. A quick scan of the web shows me how much there is out there to help me. After a quick search I find myself on blender.org looking at the main screen and reading about how great Blender is and it's free, etc, etc. Then I go to the download page and it tells me that I want the Windows Installer because I'm using Windows 7 (I know, it's old and not safe to use anymore, but this is all I have). The version I am downloading is Blender 2.81 but you can get older versions instead.

 

I click on the download button and I'm taken to another page, the download starts (with another click to confirm) and I notice the video at the bottom left that tells me about learning the basics of Blender. That's exactly what I need! The video is embedded, but I click on the YouTube button and I am transported to the Blender YouTube channel. The first video tells me that Blender is not only a 3D package, but also can be used for 2D graphics and animation, video editing and compositing (like After Effects). And now I'm hooked. This is going to be a fun journey. I'll take you through what I learn over the next million blog posts and hopefully you will learn along with me.

One thing it says on the download page is that Blender does not need to be installed. It is completely portable. Which is great and hopefully easier to setup too.