Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide

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This book teaches you how to model a nautical scene, complete with boats and water, and then add materials, lighting, and animation. It demystifies the Blender interface and explains what each tool does so that you will be left with a thorough understanding of 3D. This book starts with an introduction to Blender and some background on the principles of animation, how they are applied to computer animation, and how these principles make animation better. Furthermore, the book helps you advance through various aspects of animation design such as modeling, lighting, camera work, and animation through the Blender interface with the help of several simple projects. Each project will help you practice what you have learned and do more advanced work in all areas. Spis treści: 0. Preface1. Introducing Blender and Animation2. Getting Comfortable using the 3D View3. Controlling the Lamp, the Camera, and Animating Objects4. Modeling with Vertices, Edges, and Faces5. Building a Simple Boat6. Making and Moving the Oars7. Planning your Work, Working your Plan8. Making the Sloop9. Naming and finishing your Sloop10. Modeling Organic Forms, Sea, and Terrain11. Improving your Lighting and Camera Work12. Rendering and Compositing13. Appendix: Appendix O autorze: Gordon Fisher got his start in computer graphics, working with industry pioneers at Information International, Inc. Since then, he has made 3D animation for clients including the U.S. Army, Ford Motor Co., the Dallas Cowboys, the Southeastern Conference, Costco, and Southwest Airlines. He has been using Blender professionally since (...) więcej 2002, and has given classes on using Blender and using Python with Blender at Python conferences in Texas and Arkansas. His short film, Land and Sky, made with Blender, was shown at the Ozark Foothills Film Fest. His work has been displayed at the National Air and Space Museum. He is the Creative Director for Point Happy Interactive and spends his spare time as a bicycling advocate and space activist. He has written articles about 3D modeling and animation for the American Modeler magazine and Digital Video Producer e-zine. mniej