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Blender has become one of the most popular 3D and animation tools on the market, with over 2 million users, and it is free! "Animating with Blender" is the definitive resource for creating short animation projects from scratch, the ideal platform for experimenting with animation. Blender expert and author Roland Hess walks you through the entire process of creating a short animation, from writing to storyboarding and blocking, through character creation, animation and rendering. Learn the ropes from Roland Hess, one of Blender's developers and a community guru for this free animation program, which was used in the previz for "Spiderman 2". Create a single short animation project from start to finish, take an in-depth look into how all of the Blender tools work together. Study, pick apart and reuse all of the files from the animation referenced throughout the book, with the Blender software and sample animation files included on the companion DVD.
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Roland Hess is the leading expert on Blender. He is one of a handful of people who has been involved with Blender since its inception, and is a key voice in the community. Hess brings a unique perspective to Blender instruction that bridges the difficult gap between technical knowledge and artistic expression. Hess wrote Focal Press titles: Animating with Blender (2009) and Tradigital Blender (2011)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book to help you through the process of short film production, but unfortunately seems to be lacking the help a newbie might need when it comes to using Blender for animation. Its techniques that are discussed are cool, but outdated when it comes to rigging, (head to blender e-shop to grab a copy of ManCandy FAQ and download the Big Buck Bunny DVD and look at the glorious methods discussed). There's quite a few inconsistencies when it comes to teaching... IK setup is one example.. perhaps it's the differences between 2.48 and 2.46. Consider the short the books based on. Why isn't the final film, scene files etc etc included?? It is an open source project?? Also a huge lack of guidance when it comes to interior lighting setup. Better stop now.. the list can get bigger.
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Format:Paperback
A great book well written and fun. However do not get this book expecting to go from no or little knowledge of blender or 3d animation software to producing Nemo - 'You just can't do it'
Start first with the essential blender and online tutorials to build up your background knowledge. Once you have done that then get this book for your blender collection.
Start first with the essential blender and online tutorials to build up your background knowledge. Once you have done that then get this book for your blender collection.
Format:Paperback
A great book for anyone who wants to grow from just doodling around to more professional animations and actually finishing them. Besides great production value (full color, fine paper, well authored DVD) this book is fun to read as well. Although certainly not suitable for people without any Blender experience it is clear and concise and has good descriptions of asset management and video sequence editing that are not documented elsewhere. This should be the book you read just after you had your brilliant idea for an animation but before you even touch your PC.
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