Blender Production

Creating Short Animations from Start to Finish

Book Details:

Publisher:	Focal Press
Series:	Focal Press
Author:	D. Roland Hess
Edition:	1
ISBN-10:	0240821459
ISBN-13:	9780240821450

Pages:	320
Published:	Jul 18 2012
Posted:	Nov 19 2014
Language:	English
Book format:	PDF
Book size:	38.22 MB

Book Description:

Short animation projects are ambitious and time-consuming, but with a good plan and toolset, they can be hugely rewarding. Blender expert Roland Hess will get you up to speed on animated short fundamentals, including writing, storyboarding, blocking, and character creation. This follow-up of Blender Foundations will introduce the more advanced functionalities of Blender, such as the Library and Linking system, physics simulators, the integrated compositor, and the Sequence Editor. If that wasnt enough, this tutorial-based book will also have you create a short animation from scratch, making you a master of the Blender toolkit in no time. * Learn how to fully manage your art assets using the Library and Linking system *Gain practical advice on story construction tailored specifically for short animations *Companion website includes the full Blender software kit, sample project files amounting to 100+ MB of valuable content, including models, textures, materials, scenes and animations ***PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE COMPANION SITE URL. PLEASE VISIT http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780240821450/TO ACCESS ALL OF THE COMPANION MATERIALS!***

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