Blender Foundations: The Essential Guide to Learning Blender 2.6
Blender Foundations is the definitive resource for getting started with 3D art in Blender, one of the most popular 3D/Animation tools on the market . With the expert insight and experience of Roland Hess, noted Blender expert and author, animators and artists will learn the basics starting with the revised 2.6 interface, modeling tools, sculpting, lighting and materials through rendering, compositing and video editing. Some of the new features covered include the completely re-thought interface, the character animation and keying system, and the smoke simulator.
Character Development in Blender 2.5
Written for everyone from beginning Blender artists to experienced animators and game developers, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN BLENDER 2.5 shows readers how to model believable characters using Blender, a free, open source 3d animation package. Covering the technical, artistic, and theoretical aspects of character development, the book provides an in-depth look at Blender's modeling tools and includes information on modeling, sculpting, materials, lighting, rendering, and more. Written in a tutorial style with step-by-step instructions the book also includes an accompanying CD-Rom that features the Blender 2.5 software and sample art.
Introducing Character Animation with Blender
Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 2nd Edition is written in a friendly but professional tone, with clear descriptions and numerous illustrative screenshots. Throughout the book, tutorials focus on how to accomplish actual animation goals, while illustrating the necessary technical methods along the way. These are reinforced by clear descriptions of how each specific aspect of Blender works and fits together with the rest of the package. By following all the tutorials, the reader will gain all the skills necessary to build and animate a well-modeled, fully-rigged character of their own. The character built over the course of the tutorials is included as a .blend file on the companion website, for the reader to experiment with and learn from.
Blender For Dummies
If you want to design 3D animation, here's your chance to jump in with both feet, free software, and a friendly guide at your side! Blender For Dummies, 2nd Edition is the perfect introduction to the popular, open-source, Blender 3D animation software, specifically the revolutionary new Blender 2.5. Find out what all the buzz is about with this easy-access guide. Even if you?re just beginning, you'll learn all the Blender 2.5 ropes, get the latest tips, and soon start creating 3D animation that dazzles.
Blender 2.5 Materials and Textures Cookbook
Each chapter in the book follows a themed approach to creating materials using the new Blender 2.5 features. As you read through each chapter you will learn approaches to create materials and textures. These materials and textures will help you to create a flawless simulation of real-world objects. You need not read the chapters in any particular order to learn to use the Blender 3D suite for materials simulation appropriately. Every recipe in this book will enable you to create a usable material or texture effect as well as teaching you techniques that save your time. If you are a Graphics Designer looking to master the features for materials and textures to create realistic looking models in Blender, then this book is for you. It can be read by both beginners and experienced Blender users; however, prior understanding of object creation and manipulation in Blender would be an advantage. This is a must-read for Blender users who want to learn the concepts and at the same time experiment with the different Blender Material and texture functions.
Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making
Start from scratch-the way it happens in the studio-and create fully rendered objects with Blender open-source 3D animation software and this real-world, roll-up-your-sleeves guide. No time is wasted-this book plunges straight into step-by-step instruction designed to help you build skills and create solid assets for film, video, and games.
The Official Blender 2.0 Guide
This book is intended as a travel guide, an atlas
to the Blender World. Everything you need to bring your creative
ideas to fruition is inside. Developed originally as an in-house
tool for a leading European animation studio, Blender is capable
of creating broadcast-quality videos and has been used in hundreds
of professional productions for major corporations. Find out how
you can use the Blender software to create professional 3D graphics
packages at a fraction of the cost and size of comparable products.
Explore Blender's versatile animation system, contemporary modeling
principles, advanced rendering tools, deformation tools, inverse
kinematics, and post-production editor. Soon you'll be creating
commercials and other broadcast-quality content, as well as multimedia
and 3D game content. CD includes full version of Blender V2.03.
The Blender Book
An English translation of a manual
to the free software package for three-dimensional graphics and
animation, which now has 120,000 registered users with 350,000 additional
downloads. German computer graphic designer Wartmann begins with
baby steps. As with many items in the free software community, Blender
is very efficient, fast, and elegant, but is a bit tricky to learn.
Version 1.8 is on the disk in versions for Linux, Windows, SGI Irix,
Sun Solaris, and BeOs.
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