Blender All-in-One For Dummies

Your deep dive into 3D animation with Blender® Blender®, the free software for creating anything in 3D from scratch, is a dream come true for digital artists. This book is a treasure trove of information for anyone who wants to create their own animations. Explore every step in the 3D creation process with jargon-free instructions and walkthroughs. Even if you've never created in 3D before, you can start building models, working with light and texture, rendering images, editing video, and finalizing your finished product. Make your 3D dreams a reality with this guide. 6 Books Inside... - Exploring Blender basics - Building 3D models - Surfacing and rendering models - Animating objects and scenes - Working with video - Scripting in Blender

Jason van Gumster is an expert Blender consultant to top studios and toolmakers. Jason and his family live the life of digital nomads while he builds custom tools and leads workshops on Blender all over the world. He's author of all editions of Blender For Dummies, as well as GIMP Bible.

Introduction 1 Book 1: Wrapping Your Brain Around Blender 7 Chapter 1: Discovering Blender 9 Chapter 2: Understanding How Blender Thinks 29 Chapter 3: Getting Your Hands Dirty Working in Blender 71 Chapter 4: Working in Edit Mode and Object Mode 87 Book 2: Creating Detailed 3D Scenes 123 Chapter 1: Creating Anything You Can Imagine with Meshes 125 Chapter 2: Simplifying Your Life as a Modeler with Modifiers 153 Chapter 3: Sculpting in Virtual Space 177 Chapter 4: Using Blender's Non-Mesh Primitives 217 Chapter 5: Getting Procedural with Geometry Nodes 257 Book 3: Working with Colors and Materials 295 Chapter 1: Changing That Boring Gray Default Material 297 Chapter 2: Giving Models Texture 337 Chapter 3: Lighting and Environment 369 Chapter 4: Exporting and Rendering Scenes 409 Book 4: Get Animated! 429 Chapter 1: Animating Objects 431 Chapter 2: Adding Controls to Your Scene 455 Chapter 3: Rigging: The Art of Building an Animatable Puppet 481 Chapter 4: Animating Object Deformations 531 Chapter 5: Letting Blender Do the Work for You 553 Chapter 6: Making 2D and 2.5D Animation with Grease Pencil 587 Book 5: Sharing Your Work with the World 629 Chapter 1: Editing Video and Animation 631 Chapter 2: Compositing Images and Video 651 Chapter 3: Mixing Video and 3D with Motion Tracking 681 Book 6: Getting Technical 705 Chapter 1: Working with Linked Data 707 Chapter 2: Automating Blender with Python Scripting 719 Index 735