Used for architectural modeling, product modeling, and illustration, Blender is the free, open source, powerful multipurpose 3D modeling and animation tool that is gaining a following among animators This book teaches readers the complete process of modeling and animating, including other functions related to character work such as softbodies and particle hair Written in a friendly but professional tone, with clear descriptions and a color insert that provides real-world examples from talented Blender users around the world Offers tutorials that focus on how to accomplish actual animation…mehr
Used for architectural modeling, product modeling, and illustration, Blender is the free, open source, powerful multipurpose 3D modeling and animation tool that is gaining a following among animators This book teaches readers the complete process of modeling and animating, including other functions related to character work such as softbodies and particle hair Written in a friendly but professional tone, with clear descriptions and a color insert that provides real-world examples from talented Blender users around the world Offers tutorials that focus on how to accomplish actual animation goals while illustrating the necessary technical methods along the way The companion DVD includes the complete Blender installation executable for Windows, Mac, and Linux; the world's first open source movie, Elephants Dream; a great collection of utility software; and all the project files used to accompany the book's tutorials
Tony Mullen is a 3D artist and programmer residing in Tokyo, where he lectures in computer science at Tsuda College. He has written numerous magazine articles on Blender and graphics programming on the Mac for the Japanese magazine MacPeople. He is also the author or coauthor of several Blender-related books, including Introducing Character Animation with Blender; Bounce, Tumble, and Splash!: Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D; and Mastering Blender, all from Sybex.
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Forewords.
Introduction.
PART I: CREATING A CHARACTER WITH BLENDER.
Chapter 1: Blender Basics: Interface and Objects.
Work Areas and Window Types.
Navigating the 3D Space.
Objects and Datablocks.
User Preferences.
Chapter 2: Working with Meshes.
Polygons and Subsurfacing.
Extrusion Modeling and Box Modeling.
Chapter 3: Completing the Model with Materials, Textures, and Particles.
Material Datablock.
Material Properties.
Textures and UV Mapping.
Using Static Particles.
Chapter 4: Armatures and Rigging.
Blender Armature System.
Building a Simple Armature.
Rigging Captain Blender.
Chapter 5: Shape Keys and Facial Rigging.
Shape Key Basics.
Building a Shape Key Set for Captain Blender.
Facial Bones and Controls.
Improved Mesh Deformations Using Driven Shape Keys.
PART II: BRINGING IT TO LIFE: ANIMATION.
Chapter 6: Basics of Animation.
Keyframes and Ipos.
Using the Ipo Editor: Bouncing a Ball.
Interpolation and Extend Types.
Chapter 7: Armature Animation.
Posing and Keyframing with the Action Editor.
Walk and Run Cycles.
Pose-to-Pose Animation.
Chapter 8: Facial Animation and Lip Sync.
Facial Posing.
Lip Sync.
Playback.
Chapter 9: Nonlinear Animation.
Using the NLA Editor.
NLA in Action.
Mixing Actions: Walking and Talking.Chapter 10: Further Issues in Character Animation.
Interacting with Props.
Deformation with Lattices.
Softbodies and Metaballs.
Chapter 11: Lighting, Rendering, and Editing Your Animation.
Lighting Basics.
Rendering Your Animation.
Editing in the Sequence Editor.
Chapter 12: Using Python Scripts.
Installing and Executing Python Scripts.
Standard Scripts.
Extended Functionality with Scripts.
PART III: BLENDER IN PRODUCTION.
Chapter 13: Full-Scale Productions: Elephants Dream and Plumiferos.
GPL, Creative Commons, and the Blender Artistic License.
Elephants Dream, the World's First "Open Movie."
A Preview of Plumiferos.
Chapter 14: A Look Into Elephants Dream.
Proog and Emo Rigs.
Texturing Proog.
Ways of Walking: Following a Path vs. a Manually Keyed Walk.
Tips on Studying the Elephants Dream Files.
Chapter 15: Feifi the Canary: Plumiferos Takes Wing.
