The Ultimate Guide to Loop Cuts in Blender! (Beginner Tutorial)

In this video, we talk all about loop cuts in Blender - how you can use them to add additional geometry to your models for easy editing and more! Want to Support The CG Essentials? http://www.patreon.com/thecgessentials Add-On Links (Affiliate Links) Scatter - http://www.thecgessentials.com/scatter Flip Fluids - http://www.thecgessentials.com/flipfluids Car and Transportation Rigged Vehicle Library - https://thecgessentials.com/Transportation City Pack Cars Rigged Car Library - https://thecgessentials.com/CityPackCars Curve Array Pro - https://thecgessentials.com/CurveArrayPro Botaniqu Tree and Grass Library - https://thecgessentials.com/Botaniq Open Street Map - https://thecgessentials.com/OSM Curve Basher - https://thecgessentials.com/CurveBasher Node Preview - https://thecgessentials.com/NodePreview Tree Vegetation Library Add On - https://thecgessentials.com/vegetation Decal Machine - https://thecgessentials.com/DecalMachine Human Generator - https://thecgessentials.com/HumanGenerator Fluent Stressless Modeling Tool - https://thecgessentials.com/Fluent Fluent Materializer Material Creation Tool - https://thecgessentials.com/FluentMaterializer Materialiq - Materials Library - https://thecgessentials.com/Materialiq Traffiq Vehicle Library - https://thecgessentials.com/Traffiq Disclaimers: all opinions are my own, sponsors are acknowledged. Product Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introduction 0:11 - What makes up an object in Blender 1:05 - What is a loop cut? 2:35 - Why quad geometry is important with loop cuts 4:50 - Adding multiple loop cuts at once 5:31 - Loop cut tool settings 6:37 - Using the Slide feature to move loop cuts 7:35 - How to create loop cuts a set distance from the end of an object 8:35 - How the direction of the ends affects the loop cut orientation 10:00 - Using the E shortcut to change loop alignment 10:27 - Practical Application - Adding windows