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Learning Blender, 3rd Edition

Name: Learning Blender, 3rd Edition
Author: Oliver Villar
ISBN: 9780136411741

by Oliver Villar

April 2021

Beginner

448 pages

13h 4m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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Cover Page
About This eBook
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Preface
Welcome to Learning Blender!Do You Come from Other 3D Software?How to Use This BookWhat’s New in This Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Author

I: The Basics of Blender
1. What You Need to Know About Blender
What Is Blender?Commercial Software Versus Open-Source SoftwareHistory of BlenderBlender Foundation and Blender DevelopmentWho Pays for Blender’s Development?The Blender CommunitySummaryExercises
2. Blender Basics: The User Interface
Downloading and Installing BlenderUsing Blender with Recommended HardwareUsing Blender’s User InterfaceUnderstanding Areas and EditorsUsing WorkspacesGetting to Know Blender’s Interface ElementsUnderstanding the 3D ViewportNavigating the 3D SceneSelecting ObjectsUnderstanding the 3D CursorUnderstanding Blender’s User PreferencesCreating Your Own Startup FileSummaryExercises
3. Your First Scene in Blender
Creating ObjectsMoving, Rotating, and ScalingArranging Objects in Your SceneNaming Objects and Using DatablocksUsing Interaction ModesApplying Flat or Smooth SurfacesWorking with ModifiersUsing Workbench, EEVEE, and CyclesTurning On the LightsMoving the Camera in Your SceneRenderingSummaryExercises
II: Beginning a Project
4. Project Overview
Three Stages of a ProjectDefining the StagesMaking a Character-Creation PlanSummaryExercises
5. Character Design
Character DescriptionDesigning the CharacterAdding ColorFinalizing the DesignMaking Character Reference ImagesUsing Other Design MethodsSummaryExercises
III: Modeling in Blender
6. Blender Modeling Tools
Working with Vertices, Edges, and FacesMaking SelectionsUsing Mesh Modeling ToolsUsing Modeling Add-OnsUsing Other Useful Blender Options and ToolsSummaryExercises
7. Character Modeling
What Is Mesh Topology?Choosing Modeling MethodsSetting up the Reference ImagesModeling the EyesModeling the FaceModeling the Torso and ArmsModeling the LegsModeling the BootsModeling the HandsModeling the CapModeling the HairModeling the Final DetailsSummaryExercises
IV: Unwrapping, Painting, and Shading
8. Unwrapping and UVs in Blender
Seeing How Unwrapping and UVs WorkUnwrapping in BlenderConsidering Before UnwrappingWorking with UVs in BlenderUnwrapping the Rest of the CharacterPacking UVsSummaryExercises
9. Painting Textures
Defining the Main WorkflowTexture Painting in BlenderCreating the Base TextureUnderstanding the Elements of a TextureTexturing in Other SoftwareSeeing the Painted Character in BlenderSummaryExercises
10. Materials and Shaders
Understanding MaterialsMasks and LayersChannelsShading Your CharacterRunning Render TestsSummaryExercises
V: Bringing Your Character to Life
11. Character Rigging
Understanding the Rigging ProcessWorking with ArmaturesRigging Your CharacterSkinningCreating Custom ShapesMaking Final RetouchesReusing Your Character in Different ScenesSummaryExercises
12. Animating Your Character
Using the Character’s RigPosing the CharacterWorking with Animation EditorsAnimating a Walk CycleSummaryExercises
VI: Getting the Final Result
13. Camera Tracking in Blender
Understanding Camera TrackingShooting Video for Easy TrackingUsing the Movie Clip EditorTracking the Camera MotionTesting Camera TrackingSummaryExercises
14. Lighting, Compositing, and Rendering
Lighting Your SceneRendering and Compositing Your Scene in CyclesRendering and Compositing Your Scene with EEVEEExporting the Final RenderSummaryExercises
VII: Keep Learning
15. Other Blender Features
Simulations2D AnimationVFX: Masking, Object Tracking, and Video StabilizationVideo EditingSculptingRetopologyMaps BakingAdd-OnsPython ScriptingSummary
Index
Code Snippets

Content preview from Learning Blender, 3rd Edition

Contents at a Glance

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Part I The Basics of Blender

1 What You Need to Know About Blender

2 Blender Basics: The User Interface

3 Your First Scene in Blender

Part II Beginning a Project

4 Project Overview

5 Character Design

Part III Modeling in Blender

6 Blender Modeling Tools

7 Character Modeling

Part IV Unwrapping, Painting, and Shading

8 Unwrapping and UVs in Blender

9 Painting Textures

10 Materials and Shaders

Part V Bringing Your Character to Life

11 Character Rigging

12 Animating Your Character

Part VI Getting the Final Result

13 Camera Tracking in Blender

14 Lighting, Compositing, and Rendering

Part VII Keep Learning

15 Other Blender Features

Index

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