Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Author; CHAPTER 1 -- Why Blender?; CHAPTER 2 -- History of Blender; CHAPTER 3 -- Blender User Interface; CHAPTER 4 -- Blender in a Digital Studio Pipeline; CHAPTER 5 -- Modeling Your Main Character; CHAPTER 6 -- Applying Materials to Our Objects; CHAPTER 7 -- Blender Internal Textures; CHAPTER 8 -- UV Unwrap and External Textures; CHAPTER 9 -- Introduction to Rigging: Armatures and Bones; CHAPTER 10 -- The Animation Process; CHAPTER 11 -- Introduction to Lighting; CHAPTER 12 -- Compositing Nodes; CHAPTER 13 -- Using Particles and Dynamics; CHAPTER 14 -- Render
CHAPTER 15 -- Final Movie CompositingCHAPTER 16 -- Python; CHAPTER 17 -- Film Promotion and Conclusion; Appendix; References; Color Insert; Back Cover
Summary
Why Blender History of Blender BLENDER'S ROADMAPBlender User Interface START UP BLENDER CONTROLS AND BUTTONS EDITOR SYSTEM EDITOR TYPES MODES AND CONTEXT INTERNATIONALIZATION Blender in a Digital Studio Pipeline USING BLENDER FOR PREPRODUCTION TASKS USING BLENDER FOR POSTPRODUCTION TASKS ORGANIZE THE PROJECT IN DISK BLENDER AND THE OPEN MOVIES Modeling Your Main Character MODELING IN BLENDER MODIFIERS MAKING PROPS BUILDING THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SCENE TOPOLOGY SOLUTIONS Applying Materials to Our Objects PREVIEWDIFFUSESPECULAR SHADING TRANSPARENCY MIRROR SUBSURFACE SCATTERING STRAND OPTIONS SHA
