Essential Blender Guide to 3D Creation with the Open Source Suite Blender

Name: Essential Blender Guide to 3D Creation with the Open Source Suite Blender
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ISBN: 9781593271664

ISBN-10: 1593271662

ISBN-13: 9781593271664

Edition: N/A

Authors: Roland Hess, Ton Roosendaal

List price: $44.95

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Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite that is a real alternative to commercially available 3D design software. A cross-platform software package with millions of downloads annually, Blender is now one of the world's most popular 3D design tools. Although Blender is free, it's intended for design professionals and others motivated to become 3D artists. The Essential Blender will provide you with the knowledge you need to help integrate Blender into your work and begin to master its powerful creation tools. If you've never tried 3D design before, an introductory chapter will familiarize you with relevant terminology and concepts. If you're already experienced with commercial 3D…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Publisher: No Starch Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/7/2007
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 371
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

Ton Roosendaal is Blender's creator and the chairman and founder of the Blender Foundation, the non-profit organization that maintains Blender under the GNU/GPL license. He co-authored The Official Blender 2.3 Guide, The Official Blender GameKit (both No Starch Press), and The Official Blender 2.0 Guide (Premier Press).



Introduction




How To Get Blender and Install It



An Introduction to 3D Art



The Blender Interface



Object Manipulation and Basic Animation



Mesh Modeling



Multiresolution Sculpting



Character Animation



Rigging and Skinning



Shape Keys



Materials and Textures in Blender



UV Unwrapping and Painting



Lighting



Particles



Composite and Rendering



Preferences and Options: Customizing



Blender Bonuses


Reference