Target audience¶
This course is aimed at scientists and researchers of all levels. We don't make many assumptions on use cases for Blender, but do assume the context to be an academic setting. So we won't go into creating visual effects for putting a massive CGI tornado in your backyard that scoops up your neighbours. But if you happen to write a tornado simulation for your research we will be more than happy to see how we can use Blender to make attractive visuals of the data.
This doesn't mean that we only assume to apply Blender to existing scientific data. Sometimes certain concepts are best explained by creating a 3D scene, say to produce a nice looking cover image for your PhD thesis, or to illustrate or visualize a certain concept.
Bring your own data!¶
From previous editions of the course we know many participants bring their own data and want to apply Blender to it. We encourage you to do that as well, as it will also help in providing some focus to your use of Blender.