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The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics, 7th Edition

by John M. Blain

March 2022

Beginner

626 pages

21h 49m

English

A K Peters/CRC Press

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1.1 Interacting with the Interface1.2 First Interaction1.3 Second Interaction1.4 Getting Help1.5 Examine the Interface1.6 Rotating in the 3D Space1.7 Other Objects1.8 Using the Outliner Editor1.9 Working in the 3D Viewport Editor (Object Mode)1.10 3D Viewport Editor Modes1.11 Working in the 3D Viewport Editor (Edit Mode)1.12 Coloring Using the Properties Editor1.13 Fire - Quick Method Example1.14 Animation1.15 Summary

2.1 Editor Types2.2 Resizing Editors2.3 Splitting Editors2.4 Cancel an Editor2.5 3D Viewport Features2.6 Scene Manipulation2.7 Scene Manipulation Widget2.8 Multiple Scenes2.9 Headers Menus and Panels2.10 Headers and Panels2.11 The Blender Interface Header2.12 The Blender Screen Header2.13 The 3D Viewport Header2.14 The Widget Panel2.15 The Tool Panel and Panel2.16 Properties Editor Tabs2.17 The Preferences Editor2.18 3D Viewport Editor - Background Color2.19 Workspaces2.20 Creating New Workspaces2.21 Themes2.22 Saving a Theme
3.1 Files and Folders3.2 Saving a File3.3 Windows File Explorer3.4 Windows File Explorer Diagram3.5 Blender File Browse.3.6 Opening Files3.7 File Browser Header Features3.8 Make a New Folder3.9 Display Options3.10 Saving Your Work3.11 The Concept of Files3.12 The Append or Link Command3.13 Importing Objects3.14 Activating Import File Types3.15 Packing Data
4.1 Modeling Workflow Philosophy4.2 Starting a New File4.3 Modifying the Scene4.4 Object Mode and Edit Mode4.5 3D Viewport Cursor4.6 Selecting – Deselecting Objects4.7 Adding Objects4.8 Object Primitives4.9 Locating the 3D Viewport Editor Cursor4.10 Deleting Objects4.11 Duplicating Objects4.12 Object Mode Manipulation4.13 The Last Operator Panel4.14 Tool Panel – Widgets4.15 Manipulation Units4.16 Measuring Ruler / Protractor4.17 Precision Manipulation4.18 Coloring Objects4.19 Other Types of Objects4.20 Naming Objects4.21 The Header Button Menus4.22 Meta Shapes
5.1 The Mesh Object5.2 Edit Mode Selecting5.3 Selecting Vertices, Edges and Faces5.4 Manipulating Selected Vertices, Edges and Faces5.5 Creating Vertices by Subdivision5.6 Adding and Deleting Vertices, Edges, or Faces5.7 Center Points5.8 Joining and Separating5.9 Creating Vertex Groups5.10 Proportional Vertex Editing5.11 Inset Faces5.12 Parenting
6.1 The Edit Mode Tool Panel6.2 The Add Menu6.3 Last Operator Panels6.4 Extrusion6.5 The Extrude Region Tool6.6 Inset Faces6.7 The Inset Faces Tool6.8 The Bevel Tool6.9 Edge and Loop Selection6.10 Loop Cut Tool6.11 The Knife Tool6.12 The Poly Build Tool6.13 The Spin Tool6.14 Creating a Spin Profile6.15 Spin Duplication6.16 The Screw Tool6.17 The Smooth and Randomize Tools6.18 The Edge Slide And Vertex Slide Tool6.19 The Shrink Fatten Tool6.20 The Shear Tool6.21 The Rip Region Tool
7.1 Modifiers in General7.2 The Modifier Stack7.3 The Modify Group7.4 The Simulate Group7.5 Generate and Deform Modifiers
8.1 Modifiers – Generate8.2 The Bevel Modifier8.3 Array Modifier8.4 Boolean Modifier8.5 Build Modifier8.6 Decimate Modifier8.7 Edge Split Modifier8.8 Mask Modifier8.9 Mirror Modifier8.10 Multiresolution Modifier8.11 Remesh Modifier8.12 Screw Modifier8.13 Skin Modifier8.14 Solidify Modifier8.15 Subdivision Surface Modifier8.16 Triangulation and Weld Modifier8.17 Wireframe Modifier
9.1 Modifiers for - Deform9.2 Armature Modifier9.3 Cast Modifier9.4 Corrective Smooth Modifier9.5 Curve Modifier9.6 Displace Modifier9.7 Hook Modifier9.8 Laplacian Deform Modifie,9.9 Lattice Modifier9.10 Mesh Deform Modifier9.11 Shrinkwrap Modifier9.13 Simple Deform Modifier9.14 Smooth Modifier9.15 Smooth Corrective Modifier9.16 Smooth Laplacian Modifier9.17 Warp Modifier9.18 Wave Modifier
10.1 Curves Circles and Paths10.2 Bezier Curve10.3 Bezier Circle10.4 Nurbs Path10.5 Nurbs Circle10.6 Modeling from a Curve10.7 Closed Loops10.8 Using Nurbs Curves10.9 Nurbs Circle10.10 Nurbs Curve10.11 Lofting
11.1 Creating a Landscape11.2 Dupliverts11.3 Modeling an Aircraft11.4 Sculpting – Sculpt Mode11.5 Sculpting Demonstration11.6 Creating a Humanoid Figure
12.1 Collections in the Outliner Editor12.2 View Options in the Outliner Editor
13.1 Creating 3D Text in Blender13.2 The Object Data Properties13.3 Fonts13.4 Creating Text on a Curve13.5 Converting Text to a Mesh Object13.6 Converting Text to a Curve13.7 Entering External Font
14.1 Viewport Shading Options14.2 Wireframe Viewport Shading14.3 Solid Viewport Shading14.4 Color Display Options14.5 Background Displays14.6 More Solid Viewport Shading14.7 Rendered Viewport Shading14.8 Material Preview Shading14.9 World Settings14.10 Simplified Viewport Shading
15.1 Scene Lighting15.2 Light Type15.3 Cameras15.4 Camera Settings15.5 Camera Switching15.6 Camera Tracking15.7 Basic Lighting Arrangement15.8 Background Scene Lighting15.9 Images as a Background15.10 Volumetric Lighting
16.1 Materiai Definition16.2 Materials in Practise16.3 Default Cube Material Properties16.4 Adding Material Properties16.5 Alternative Material Assignment16.6 Multiple Material Datablocks16.7 The Material Slot16.8 The Color Picker16.9 Material Display16.10 Ligntiing Affects16.11 Materials using Nodes16.12 What Are Nodes16.13 Accessing and Viewing Node Effects16.14 Noodle Curving16.15 The Shader Editor16.16 The Shader Node Menu16.17 Adding Nodes16.18 The Shading Workspace16.19 Scene Arrangements16.20 Mixing Material Example16.21 The Principled BSDF Node16.22 The Color Ramp Node16.23 Saving Screen Space16.24 Vertex Paint
17.1 Procedural Texture17.2 Image as a Texture17.3 Texture Mapping17.4 Unwrapping Options17.5 PBR Textures17.6 Texture Properties:17.7 Texture Painting17.8 Texture Displacement
18.1 The Texture Node Editor18.2 The Geometry Node Editor18.3 Transparency18.4 Volumetric Lightinc18.5 Compositing Nodes
19.1 Rendering19.2 Outpub Properties19.3 The Dimensions Tab19.4 The Output Tab19.5 Rendering a JPEG Image19.6 Rendering a Movie File19.7 Video Playback19.8 Video Codecs19.9 Making a Movie
20.1 Animation in the 3D Viewport20.2 Movement in the 3D View Editor20.3 Planning the Animation20.4 Keyframes Time and Interpolatior20.5 Animation Speed and Length20.6 Repositioning the Timeline Cursor20.7 Inserting Keyframes20.8 Scrubbing the Animatioi20.9 Playing the Animation20.10 Adding Keyframes20.11 Automatic Keyframing20.12 Controlling the Animation20.13 The Dope Sheet Editor20.14 The Graph Editor20.15 Editor and Commands20.16 Selecting the Curve GE20.17 Rotation – Euler. Rotation20.18 Graph Editor Cursor20.19 Editing the Curve GE20.20 Editing the Curve Dope Sheet20.21 Scaling in the Dope Sheet20.22 Other Types of Curves20.23 The Curve Properties Panel20.24 Animating Rotation20.25 Rotation Using F-Curves20.26 Animating Other Features20.27 Keying Sets20.28 Animation Follow Path20.29 Evaluation Time20.30 Keyframing20.31 Displacement Sound Animations20.32 Sound Effect and Cast Modifier20.33 The Animation Workspace
21.1 Introduction to Constraints21.2 Track to Constraint21.3 Constraint Stack21.5 The Transformation Constraint21.6 Tracking Constraints21.7 Relationship Constraints21.8 The Action Constraint21.9 The Shrinkwrap Constraint21.10 Follow Path – Extrude/Bevel
22.1 Single Bone Armature22.2 Adding Armatures22.3 Adding Bones22.4 The Armature Rig22.5 Multiple Armatures22.6 Child Parent Relationship22.7 Armature Display Types22.8 Building an Armature Rig22.9 The Extrude Tool22.10 Deforming a Mesh22.11 Parenting with The Armature Modifier22.12 Assigning Vertices – Vertex Groups22.13 Assigning Vertices-Set Parent22.14 Assigning Vertices-Weigh Paint22.15 Inverse Kinematics Constraint22.16 Spline IK Constraint22.17 Forwara22.18 Character Rigging22.19 Bone Naming22.20 Assigning the Mesh22.21 Vertex Groups22.22 Posing the Character Model22.23 Pre-Assembled Armatures
23.1 Shape Key Editor23.2 Set Limits of Movement23.3 Inserting Keyframes23.4 Inserting Multiple Keyframes23.5 The Animation23.6 Additional Keys23.7 Action Editor23.8 Shape Keys and Action Editor in Practise
24.1 The Default Particle System24.2 The Emissions Tab24.3 The Emission Source Tab24.4 The Cache Tab24.5 The Velocity Tab24.6 Particle Display24.7 Particle Emission Options24.8 Order of Emission24.9 Normals24.10 Particle Modifiers24.11 Particles Array24.12 The Viewnort Display Tab24.13 Particle Interaction24.14 Wind Force Effect24.15 Boids Particles24.16 Hair Particles24.17 Particles Edit Mode24.18 Particles for Arrays24.19 More Arrays24.20 The Assignment Panel24.21 Paticie Exercises24.22 Multiple Particle Systems24.23 Keyed Particles
25.1 Applying and Cancelling Physics25.2 Real World Physics25.3 Force Fiele25.4 Collision Physics25.5 Cloth Physics25.6 Soft Body Physics25.7 Fluid Simulation25.8 Quick Methods25.9 Fluid Simulation Continued25.10 Fluid Simulation Experiment25.11 Smoke and Fire Simulation25.12 Smoke and Fire from Scratch
26.1 Dynamic Paint – Painting
27.1 Blender Bendy Bone Add-On27.2 Obtaining the Add-on File27.3 Installing the Add-On27.4 Using the Add-On
28.1 Introduction
29.1 Making a Movie29.2 Storyboare29.3 The Video Files29.4 The Sound File29.5 Video Editing Workspace29.6 The File Browser Editor29.7 Preparation29.8 Video Sequence Editor29.9 Rendering the Movie29.10 Additional Features
30.1 Blender Drivers Introduction30.2 The Drivers Editor30.3 Understanding Drivers30.4 Randomize Object Properties30.5 Using Random.Py.blend30.6 Material Property Drivers30.7 Duplicating the Object
31.1 Cycles Render31.2 How to Start Cycles31.3 Create an Object Light Source31.4 Cycles in Practise31.5 Workbench Render

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27 Installing Add-Ons

Introduction

Add-ons are additional Blender functions which you activate when required. Blender comes with a variety of Add-ons hidden away in the Preferences Editor and there are literally hundreds available for download from the Internet. Add-ons are pieces of computer code written in the Python programming language (Python Scripts).

The Blender website contains a link to the scripts repository where a great number are found.

When you download an Add-on (Python Script), you have to install it into Blender, then before you can use it, you have to activate the script. To demonstrate this process an example ...