Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters

Blender is a free, open source 3d modelling software, and more. This title was chosen as a good introduction to both Blender and 3d modelling. If you are a complete beginner then Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters, is reccomended.

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Learning Blender walks you through every step of creating an outstanding animated character with the free, open source, 3D software Blender, and then compositing it in a real video using a professional workflow. This is the only Blender tutorial to take you from preproduction to final result, and it’s perfect for both 3D novices and those who’ve used other 3D Software.

Focusing on Blender 2.71 and above, 3D-professional Oliver Villar explains all the basics, including Blender’s interface, controls, and how to manipulate objects. Once you’ve mastered the fundamentals, you’ll follow a realistic 3D workflow through a complete project.

You’ll find chapters on every aspect of the character creation: design, modeling, unwrapping, texturing, shading, rigging, and animation. Once your character is ready and animated, you’ll learn how to integrate it into a real video using camera tracking techniques, lighting, and compositing. Each skillset is taught hands on, and available online video tutorials (more than 5 hours) will guide you through Blender’s trickier tasks.

• Reader level: Beginner
• Prerequisite knowledge required: No previous experience of any sort is required
• Programming language: N/A
• Game engine: Blender (Yes, Blender is a game engine too)
• Library/API: N/A
• Development environment used: Blender (Free/Open source)
• Build games for: N/A