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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.
- Walks you through what you need to know to start creating eye–catching 3D animations with Blender 2.5, the latest update to the top open–source 3D animation program
- Shows you how to get the very most out of Blender 2.5′s new multi–window unblocking interface, new event system, and other exciting new features
- Covers how to create 3D objects with meshes, curves, surfaces, and 3D text; add color, texture, shades, reflections and transparency; set your objects in motion with animations and rigging; render your objects and animations; and create scenes with lighting and cameras
If you want to start creating your own 3D animations with Blender, Blender For Dummies, 2nd Edition is where you need to start!
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So you really want to explore 3D animation, but you can′t afford one of the high–end 3D graphics programs? Blender was made for you, and it′s free! And this book is even friendlier than the open source Blender community. It shows you just what you need to know to turn your ideas into cool movies or games, even if you′ve never used 3D software before.
Think like Blender — get familiar with Blender′s novel way of doing things, especially the unique interface
The basics — start creating 3D objects with meshes, curves, and surfaces, and use the Extrude tool
Lights, colors, and scenes — learn to build detailed 3D models, create characters and props, and light your scenes
Get moving — understand animation curves, rig characters for motion, use particles, and make objects bounce and jiggle
From Blender to something bigger — see how to render your files and move them into a movie file format such as QuickTime
Open the book and find:
Updates and new Blender features
How to save time with hotkeys
Ways to use Modifiers
Tips on adding color and adjusting shader values
All the options for adding texture
How to build a character from skeleton to skin
Basic animation principles
Ten solutions to common problems that new users face
Learn to:
Create realistic animations with this free, open source software
Build 3D objects with meshes, curves, and surfaces
Take advantage of the new interface and other features of Blender 2.56
Install Blender 2.56a from the bonus DVD
Bonus DVD Includes
- Blender v 2.56a with installation instructions
- A sample Blender movie to illustrate what you can achieve
- Other helpful materials to get you going with Blender
Please see the About the DVD Appendix for complete system requirements.
Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/blenderfd2e for examples, a link to download Blender, and more!
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Blender for Dummies is a lot clearer than most and, though not full of tutorials, filled in the gaps that the other books seem to have. It's very useful for beginners and for those more experienced in giving the fundamentals. I use it quite a bit for getting into the theory behind the processes Blender uses. In more recent months I have found my skill level increasing and I have become more confident in developing my own tutorials.
Blender for Dummies has helped me to explore the compositing features in Blender and to discover lathing, lofting and metaball modeling. I would recommend this book as a good reference to filling in the gaps found in many of the other books on Blender 3D.
I'm sure this will be a great reference book once i get up to speed with Blender but 'For Dummies' series of books implies that it should be an easy to follow walk-thruogh, and this book is definetely not that.
This was the first book I bought to get myself into using Blender and it got me nowhere! Read more
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