[Dummies 01] • Blender For Dummies · 3rd Edtion, 3 by Fowler, Adam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Table of Contents Introduction

About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

Part I: Getting Started with Blender

Chapter 1: Discovering Blender

Getting to Know Blender Getting to Know the Interface

Chapter 2: Understanding How Blender Thinks

Looking at Editor Types Understanding the Properties editor Customizing Blender to Fit You Navigating in Three Dimensions Extra Features in the 3D View

Chapter 3: Getting Your Hands Dirty Working in Blender

Grabbing, Scaling, and Rotating Differentiating Between Coordinate Systems Transforming an Object by Using the 3D Manipulator Saving Time by Using Hotkeys

Chapter 4: Working in Edit Mode and Object Mode

Making Changes by Using Edit Mode Adding to a Scene

Part II: Creating Detailed 3D Scenes

Chapter 5: Creating Anything You Can Imagine with Meshes

Pushing Vertices Working with Loops and Rings Simplifying Your Life as a Modeler with Modifiers Sculpting in Virtual Space

Chapter 6: Using Blender’s Non-mesh Primitives

Using Curves and Surfaces Using Metaball Objects Adding Text

Chapter 7: Changing That Boring Gray Default Material

Understanding Materials and Render Engines Quick n' Dirty Coloring Setting Up Node Materials in Cycles Playing with Materials in Blender Internal

Chapter 8: Giving Models Texture

Adding Textures Using Procedural Textures Understanding Texture Mapping Unwrapping a Mesh Painting Textures Directly on a Mesh Baking Texture Maps from Your Mesh Using UV Textures

Chapter 9: Lighting and Environment

Lighting a Scene Lighting for Speedy Renders Setting Up the World

Part III: Get Animated

Chapter 10: Animating Objects

Working with Animation Curves Using Constraints Effectively

Chapter 11: Discovering the Tools Used in Rigging

Creating Shape Keys Adding Hooks Using Armatures: Skeletons in the Mesh

Chapter 12: Animating Object Deformations

Working with the Dope Sheet Animating with Armatures Doing Nonlinear Animation

Chapter 13: Letting Blender Do the Work for You

Using Particles in Blender Giving Objects Some Jiggle and Bounce Dropping Objects in a Scene with Rigid Body Dynamics Simulating Cloth Splashing Fluids in Your Scene Smoking without Hurting Your Lungs: Smoke Simulation in Blender

Part IV: Sharing Your Work with the World

Chapter 14: Exporting and Rendering Scenes

Exporting to External Formats Rendering a Scene

Chapter 15: Compositing and Editing

Comparing Editing to Compositing Working with the Video Sequence Editor Working with the Node-Based Compositor

Part V: The Part of Tens

Chapter 16: Ten Problems (and Solutions) for Newbies

Blender’s Interface Is Weird or Glitchy A Notorious Black Stripe Appears on Models Objects Go Missing Edge Loop Select Doesn’t Work A Background Image Disappears Zooming Has Its Limits Lost Simulation Data Objects Don't Appear When Rendering No GPU Rendering for Cycles Funky Deformations in Animation Rigs

Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Working More Effectively in Blender

Use Tooltips and Integrated Search Look at Models from Different Views Lock a Camera to an Animated Character Don’t Forget about Add-ons Name Everything Use Scene Layers Effectively Do Low-Resolution Test Renders Mind Your Mouse Use Grease Pencil to Plan Have Fun, but Take Breaks

Chapter 18: Ten Excellent Community Resources

Blender.org BlenderArtists.org BlenderNation BlenderBasics.com blender.stackexchange.com BlenderCookie.com Blendswap Blenderart Magazine builder.blender.org Blender IRC Channels on freenode.net

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