15.6 Blender File Browser

Blender's File Browser is the File Browser Editor. Click on the 3D Viewport Editor icon

(upper left) and select Editor type: File Browser in the menu. The 2D Viewport Editor is

replaced by the File Browser Editor (Figure 15.8). This is where you navigate to find things and

save things. You save your Blender files and rendered images and animation files and you

search for pre-saved files from which you obtain data to use in new work. You can also create a

new folder for your Blender Stuff.

To navigate the File Browser is very simple. As an example, go find the file named

My_Blender_Note.txt. The .txt bit (suffix) on the end of the name tells you that the file is a Text

file.

Figure 15.7

In the File Browser Editor click on (C:) or Windows (C:) in

the System Tab panel in the upper LH part of the Editor

panel. This is the C: drive on your PC. The PC used in this

demonstration is a HP computer running Windows 10. The

name on your computer is probably different but you will

have something that tells you it is your C: Drive.

When you click on the C: Drive the main RH panel (in the File Browser Editor) displays the list of

folders that you have in the C: Drive. The list is displayed in columns and by default is in

alphabetical order. To follow the file path that was shown in Windows File Explorer:

C:\ Users\ John\ Documents\ My_Blender_Note.txt

My name is John. This will be your User Name.

File Browser Editor

In each panel, click the heading

(highlights blue) then double click to

open the next panel.

Figure 15.8

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