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I've attempted to learn it before but struggled. That was a long time ago. Is now the time to try again with these latest quality of life features mentioned?
If so, who has some good learning resources?
You're wasting your time if you don't already have a project in mind.
Depends when you last tried, what version. If it was anything before 2.8, it's in many ways a different program.
I learned so much by just finding tutorial videos that walked me through general or specific tasks I was trying to accomplish.