Learning Blender

Master the Newest Blender Techniques for Creating Amazing 3D Characters: From Design and Modeling to Video Compositing is a comprehensive guide that covers the entire process of creating an outstanding 3D animated character with Blender and integrating it into a real-world video. Author Oliver Villar provides full-color, hands-on chapters that cover design, modeling, unwrapping, texturing, shading, rigging, animation, and rendering, and the rich companion website offers bonus contents like video tutorials.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 05 May 2021
Publisher: Pearson Education (US)

Master the Newest Blender Techniques for Creating Amazing 3D Characters: From Design and Modeling to Video Compositing

Now fully updated for Blender 2.83 LTS (Long-Term Support) and beyond, Learning Blender, Third Edition, walks you through every step of creating an outstanding 3D animated character with Blender, and then compositing it in a real video using a professional workflow. This edition covers the extensive interface changes of the software, as well as many improvements and some almost fully rewritten chapters to showcase more modern workflows.

Still the only Blender tutorial to take you from preproduction to final result, this guide is perfect for both novices and those moving from other software to Blender (open-source and free software). Author Oliver Villar provides full-color, hands-on chapters that cover every aspect of character creation: design, modeling, unwrapping, texturing, shading, rigging, animation, and rendering. He also walks you through integrating your animated character into a real-world video, using professional camera tracking, lighting, and compositing techniques.

The rich companion website (blendtuts.com/learning-blender-files) will help you quickly master even the most complex techniques with bonus contents like video tutorials. By the time you're done, you'll be ready to create outstanding characters for all media -- and you'll have up-to-date skills for any 3D project, whether it involves characters or not.

Learn Blender's updated user interface and navigation.

Create your first scene with Blender and the Blender Render and Cycles render engines.

Organize an efficient, step-by-step pipeline to streamline workflow in any project.

Master modeling, unwrapping, and texturing.

Bring your character to life with materials and shaders.

Weight: 826g
Dimension: 179 x 228 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780136411758
Edition number: 3 ed