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Introducing Character Animation with Blender [Paperback]

Tony Mullen
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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition (21 April 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 047042737X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470427378
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 19 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 148,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.

Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 2nd Edition is inspiring as well as educational. A color insert includes sample characters and frames from animations by many of the Blender community′s most talented artists, which help to illustrate the impressive potential of the software.

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FROM CONCEPTS TO FULLY RIGGED CHARACTERS

Companion WebSite

Find source files for the tutorials in the book, useful Blender links, and much more on the companion website.

www.sybex.com/go/introducingblender

Tap the power of Blender, blend in your creativity, and build memorable animated characters with this practical guide from Blender guru Tony Mullen. Covering the new Blender 2.5, this book offers clear, step–by–step tutorials, a complete discussion of all tools, and illustrations that will both enlighten and inspire you.

Follow all the projects and you′ll soon have the skills you need to build and animate a well–modeled, fully–rigged character of your own. A full–color insert presents dazzling examples from some of the most talented artists in the Blender community.

  • Get up to speed on Blender 2.5′s extensively redesigned user interface

  • Master organic mesh modeling tools and build a complex character mesh

  • Fashion skin, hair, and clothing with material shaders, textures, and slots

  • Use Blender′s new Rigify add–on to create complete, professional–quality character rigs with ease

  • Learn to sync lip movements with a sound file

  • Understand function curves, keyframes, and the basics of animating

  • Learn to link assets and use Armature proxies to organize your productions

  • Analyze the Blender short film, Sintel, and read what its creators have to say

Animate a rigged character to get him running

Use particles and subsurface scattering to create hair and skin

Explore open content from the Blender Foundation Open Movie Projects


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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By rarebit
Format:Paperback
Having been asked a question today, I realise how far i've come since reading the first edition of this book and where its led me. Having also learnt new tricks from the Sintel training video, which I see are written about here too, i've just put in an order for this second edition. A real from novice to pro type book.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Pretty Good. Worth the money 23 May 2011
By Sylvanus - Published on Amazon.com
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I think by itself it is a little light on information with regards to modeling. But if you want to learn to animate your model then this is the right book. But I do recommend getting more information about modeling and animation from other sources and couple this book with those other sources.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
No DVD 16 May 2011
By blenderuser - Published on Amazon.com
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I gave it 5 stars because it's by Tony Mullen so you will not be let down. The only reason I am commenting here is to let people know that there is NO dvd that comes with the book. Hopefully someone will change that in the product information on this page. You can get the files by going to the Sybex website which is also mentioned above.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great Book For a Refresher 24 May 2011
By The E - Published on Amazon.com
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I thought this book was a great way to help me refresh my blender skills and really helped with the new 2.5 Interface, My only problem is that they do the same "Blender Man" build. You would think with a new UI that they would show off a bit but I guess why try to fix something that already works?
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