Index

A

• add-ons
  • about / Improving Blender with add-ons
  • using, in Blender / Improving Blender with add-ons
  • searching, on hard-disk / Improving Blender with add-ons
• advanced materials, Cycles
  • creating / Creating advanced materials in Cycles
  • skin material, with Subsurface Scattering node / Skin material with Subsurface Scattering
  • skin material, with Subsurface Scattering node / Skin material with Subsurface Scattering
  • eye material / Eye material
  • fur, creating / The fur of the rat
• alien character
  • retopology, creating / Making the retopology of the alien character
• Alien Character / The Alien Character
• alien character retopology
  • creating / Making the retopology of the alien character
  • environment, preparing / Preparing the environment
• alpha / Anatomy of a brush
• Alt key / Using a pen tablet
• ambient occlusion
  • baking / The baking of an ambient occlusion
  • about / Understanding the ambient occlusion map
  • colors, multiplying / Understanding the ambient occlusion map
  • bake, creating / Creation of the bake
  • displaying, in viewport / Displaying the ambient occlusion in the viewport
• animation
  • principles / Principles of animation
  • preparation / Preparation of the animation
• animation, preparing
  • short script, writing / Writing a short script
  • shot, field sizes / Writing a short script
  • shot, angle shot / Writing a short script
  • Storyboard, creating / Making a storyboard
  • final camera placements, searching / Finding the final camera placements and the timing through a layout
  • final camera timing, searching / Finding the final camera placements and the timing through a layout
  • references / Animation references
  • organization / Organization
• animation principles
  • about / Principles of animation
  • Squash and Stretch / Squash and Stretch
  • anticipation / Anticipation
  • staging / Staging
  • Straight Ahead Action / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
  • Pose to Pose / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
  • Follow Through / Follow Through and Overlapping Action
  • Overlapping Action / Follow Through and Overlapping Action
  • Slow In / Slow In and Slow Out
  • Slow Out / Slow In and Slow Out
  • arcs / Arcs
  • Secondary Action / Secondary Action
  • timing / Timing
  • exaggeration / Exaggeration
  • solid drawing / Solid drawing
  • appeal / Appeal
• animation tools, Blender
  • about / Animation tools in Blender
  • timeline editor / The timeline
  • keyframe / What is a keyframe?
  • Dope Sheet / The Dope Sheet
  • Graph editor / The Graph editor
  • Non-Linear Action editor / The Non-Linear Action editor
• Anticipation principle / Anticipation
• appeal principle / Appeal
• arcs principle / Arcs
• Array modifier / Adding instantiated objects
• Artistic Anatomy
  • about / An introduction to artistic anatomy
  • body, sculpting / Sculpting the body
• AutoKey option / What is a keyframe?

B

• base mesh
  • creating, with Skin modifier / Creating a base mesh with the Skin modifier
  • Matcap, using / Visual preparation
  • visual preparation / Visual preparation
• basic settings, Cycles render engine
  • about / Understanding the basic settings of Cycles
  • sampling / The sampling
  • light path settings / Light path settings
  • performance settings / Performances
• bevel modifier / Simulate a stack of wooden planks with physics
• Bevel tool
  • about / An introduction to the Subdivision Surface modifier
• Blender
  • working with / What can you do with Blender?
  • navigation, using / Getting used to the navigation in Blender
  • improving, with add-ons / Improving Blender with add-ons
  • URL / Performances, Cycles versus Blender Internal
  • bone anatomy / An introduction to the rigging process
  • animation tools / Animation tools in Blender
• Blender Internal
  • used, for rendering robot toy / Using Blender Internal to render our Robot Toy
  • used, for rendering / Doing a quick render with Blender Internal
  • lights, setting / Setting lights
  • camera, placing / Placing the camera
  • environment, setting / Setting the environment (sky and mist)
  • versus Cycles render engine / Cycles versus Blender Internal
• Blender Official Add-ons Catalog
  • URL / Improving Blender with add-ons
• Blender units / Working with a scale
• blocking method
  • about / Blocking the bases of the house
  • refining / Refining the blocking
  • instantiated objects, refining / Adding instantiated objects
• blocking objects
  • reworking / Reworking the blocking objects
• body sculpting, Artistic Anatomy
  • head / The head
  • torso / The torso
  • arms / The arms
  • legs / The legs
  • belt / The belt
• Breakdowns / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• brush
  • anatomy / Anatomy of a brush
• brushes, Texture Paint tool
  • discovering / Discovering the brushes
  • TexDraw brush / The TexDraw brush
  • Smear brush / The Smear brush
  • Soften brush / The Soften brush
  • Clone brush / The Clone brush
  • Fill brush / The Fill brush
  • Mask brush / The Mask brush

C

• Child Of constraint / Rigging the gun
• Clay brush / The torso
• Clay Strips brush / The head
• Clone brush / The Clone brush
• color balance node
  • URL / Depth Pass
• colors
  • adding / Adding colors
  • Texture Paint tool, basics / Basics of the Texture Paint tool
  • scene, painting / Painting the scene
  • laying down / Laying down the colors
  • tiled textures / Tiled textures
  • roof-tiled texture, painting / Painting the roof-tile texture
  • hand painted tiled textures types, tips / Quick tips for other kinds of hand-painted tiled textures
  • tiled textures, baking / Baking our tiled textures
  • transparent textures, creating / Creating transparent textures
• color wheel window / The grass texture
• Copy Rotation constraint / The arm and the hand
• Crease brush / The head
• curves
  • used, for modeling tree / Modeling a tree with curves
  • about / Modeling a tree with curves
• custom shapes
  • about / Custom shapes
• cycles
  • Normal Maps, applying in Cycles / Making and applying normal maps in Cycles
• Cycles
  • advanced materials, creating / Creating advanced materials in Cycles
  • passes / The Raw rendering phase
  • URL / The Raw rendering phase
• Cycles render engine
  • basic settings / Understanding the basic settings of Cycles
  • realistic grass, creating / Creating realistic grass
  • textures, backing / Baking textures in Cycles
  • versus Blender Internal / Cycles versus Blender Internal

D

• 3D scene
  • anatomy / The anatomy of a 3D scene
• 3D workflow
  • overview / An overview of the 3D workflow
  • 3D scene, anatomy / The anatomy of a 3D scene
• Damped Track constraint / The head and the eyes
• Depth pass / Depth Pass
• Dope Sheet / The Dope Sheet
• Duplicate Linked tool / Modeling the buttons, Adding instantiated objects
• Duplicate Object / Modeling the buttons
• Dyntopo
  • versus Multires modifier / Dyntopo versus the Multires modifier
  • first touch / First touch with Dyntopo

E

• edge loop
  • about / Modeling the head
• edge loops / Creating a base mesh with the Skin modifier
• editor
  • about / What are editors?
  • anatomy / The anatomy of an editor
  • Header / The anatomy of an editor
  • Split Area / Split, Join, and Detach
  • detaching / Split, Join, and Detach
  • Join Area button / Split, Join, and Detach
  • layout presets / Some useful layout presets
• environment
  • modeling / Modeling the environment (8 pages)
  • cliff, modeling / Modeling the cliff
  • tree with curves, modeling / Modeling a tree with curves
  • scene, enhancing with barrier / Enhancing the scene with a barrier, rocks, and a cart
  • scene, enhancing with rocks / Enhancing the scene with a barrier, rocks, and a cart
  • scene, enhancing with carts / Enhancing the scene with a barrier, rocks, and a cart
• environment preparation, alien character retopology
  • steps / Preparing the environment
  • head / The head
  • polygon pairs / The head
  • F2 add-on / The head
  • smooth option / The head
  • neck / The neck and the torso
  • torso / The neck and the torso
  • arms / The arms and the hands
  • hands / The arms and the hands
  • legs / The legs
• exaggeration principle / Exaggeration
• Extremes / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• extrusion tool
  • about / Modeling the head

F

• fac input / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
• Fill brush / The Fill brush
• FK (Forward Kinematic) / The leg and the foot
• Flatten/Contrast brush / The legs
• Follow Through principle / Follow Through and Overlapping Action
• fork, robot toy
  • modeling / Modeling the fork
  • protections, modeling / Modeling protections for the fork
• Fresnel / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree

G

• Gizmo tool / The Edit Mode versus the Object Mode
• Grab (G) tool / Modeling the cliff
• Grab brush / The head
• Grab tool / Adding the head primitive
• Graph editor / The Graph editor
• groups
  • using / Grouping objects

H

• Haunted House / The Haunted House
• haunted house
  • blocking / Blocking the house
  • world scale, working on / Working with a scale
  • bases, blocking / Blocking the bases of the house
  • element geometry, working on / Breaking and ageing the elements
  • stack simulation of wooden planks, adding / Simulate a stack of wooden planks with physics
  • stack simulation of wooden planks, creating / Creation of the simulation of a stack of planks

I

• IBL
  • painting / Painting and using an Image Base Lighting
  • using / Painting and using an Image Base Lighting
• IK constraint / The leg and the foot
• Inflate/Deflate brush / The head
• inset
  • about / Modeling the antenna
• Inverse Kinematic (IK) / The leg and the foot

J

• join tool (J) / Modeling the thunderbolts

K

• keyframe / What is a keyframe?
• Key Poses / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• knife tool (K) / Modeling the thunderbolts, Modeling the arm
• Knife Topology Tool (K) / Modeling the chest

L

• lattice
  • about / Modeling a tree with curves
• Left Mouse Button (LMB) / Split, Join, and Detach
• light path settings, Cycles render engine
  • Max and Min Bounces / Light path settings
  • Filter Glossy / Light path settings
  • reflective and refractive caustics / Light path settings
• lights
  • about / Lighting
  • testing material, creating / Creating a testing material
  • types / Understanding the different types of light
  • using, in scenes / Lighting our scene
  • IBL, painting / Painting and using an Image Base Lighting
  • IBL, using / Painting and using an Image Base Lighting
• light types
  • about / Understanding the different types of light
  • point / Understanding the different types of light
  • sun / Understanding the different types of light
  • spot / Understanding the different types of light
  • hemi / Understanding the different types of light
  • area / Understanding the different types of light
• Link and Append file structures / Organization
• LoopCut tool
  • about / An introduction to the Subdivision Surface modifier
• low poly mesh / The legs

M

• mask / The head
• Mask brush / The legs, The Mask brush
• Matcap
  • using / Visual preparation
• materials
  • creating, with nodes / Creating materials with nodes
  • of house, creating / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
  • of rock, creating / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
  • of tree, creating / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
  • mask, adding for windows / Adding a mask for the windows
  • procedural textures, using / Using procedural textures
  • Normal Maps, creating in Cycles / Making and applying normal maps in Cycles
• metric system / Working with a scale
• Middle Mouse Button (MMB) / An introduction to the navigation of the 3D Viewport
• mirror modifier / Modeling the thunderbolts
• mist pass
  • compositing / Compositing a mist pass
• modeling tools, robot toy
  • using / Using the basic modeling tools
  • extrusion / Modeling the head
• modifier
  • about / An introduction to the Subdivision Surface modifier
• Multires modifier
  • about / Dyntopo versus the Multires modifier
  • first touch / First touch with the Multires modifier

N

• N-Gon / Modeling the antenna
• navigation, Blender
  • using / Getting used to the navigation in Blender
  • of 3D Viewport / An introduction to the navigation of the 3D Viewport
  • editors / What are editors?
  • preferences, setting up / Setting up your preferences
• navigation preferences
  • setting / Setting up your preferences
  • Preferences window / An introduction to the Preferences window
  • default navigation style, customizing / Customizing the default navigation style
  • add-ons, using in Blender / Improving Blender with add-ons
• nodal compositing / Introduction to nodal compositing
• Non-Linear Action editor / The Non-Linear Action editor
• normal / The anatomy of a 3D scene
• normal map
  • baking / The baking of a normal map
  • about / What is a normal map?
  • creating, with bake tools / Making of the bake
  • displaying, in viewport / Displaying the normal map in the viewport

O

• OpenEXR
  • about / The Raw rendering phase
  • URL / The Raw rendering phase
• origin/pivot / Modeling the fork
• outliner / Modeling the thunderbolts
• Overlapping Action principle / Follow Through and Overlapping Action

P

• pen tablet
  • using / Using a pen tablet
• performance settings, Cycles render engine
  • Viewport BVH Type / Performances
  • Tiles / Performances
• picture
  • enhancing, with composing / Enhance a picture with compositing
  • nodal compositing / Introduction to nodal compositing
  • Depth pass / Depth Pass
  • effects, adding / Adding effects
  • rendering phase, compositing / Compositing rendering phase
• Pinch/Magnify brush / The head
• PlayBlast / Render a quick preview of a shot
• Plugins / Improving Blender with add-ons
• poly modeling / Choosing sculpting over poly modeling
• Pose to Pose principle / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• Preferences window / An introduction to the Preferences window
• projects
  • about / A brief introduction to the projects
  • Robot toy / The Robot Toy
  • Alien Character / The Alien Character
  • Haunted House / The Haunted House
  • Rat Cowboy / The Rat Cowboy
• Proportional Editing / Modeling the chest
• proxy / Organization

R

• Rat Cowboy / The Rat Cowboy
  • rigging / Rigging the Rat Cowboy
  • about / Rigging the Rat Cowboy
  • deforming bones, placing / Placing the deforming bones
  • Display options / Placing the deforming bones
  • leg, rigging / The leg and the foot
  • foot, rigging / The leg and the foot
  • arm, rigging / The arm and the hand
  • hand, rigging / The arm and the hand
  • arm / The arm and the hand
  • hand / The arm and the hand
  • hips, rigging / The hips
  • tail, rigging / The tail
  • head, rigging / The head and the eyes
  • eyes, rigging / The head and the eyes
  • rig, mirroring / Mirroring the rig
  • gun, rigging / Rigging the gun
  • holster, rigging / Rigging the holster
  • root bone, adding / Adding a root bone
• raw rendering phase
  • about / The Raw rendering phase
• realistic grass
  • creating / Creating realistic grass
  • grass, generating with particles / Generating the grass with particles
  • grass shader, creating / Creating the grass shader
• retopologized mesh / The baking of textures
• retopology
  • creating / Why make a retopology?
  • polygons arranging, possibilities / Possibilities of arranging polygons
  • creating, best practices / Errors to avoid during the creation of retopology
  • polygon density / Density of polygons
  • of alien character, creating / Making the retopology of the alien character
• Return key / Modeling the antenna
• rigging process
  • about / An introduction to the rigging process
• robot toy
  • modeling / Let's start the modeling of our robot toy
  • about / Let's start the modeling of our robot toy
  • image reference, adding for preparing workflow / Preparing the workflow by adding an image reference
  • naming shortcuts / Adding the head primitive
  • image rHead primitive, adding / Adding the head primitive
  • Edit Mode, versus Object Mode / The Edit Mode versus the Object Mode
  • head, modeling / Modeling the head
  • antenna, modeling / Modeling the antenna
  • thunderbolts, modeling / Modeling the thunderbolts
  • eyes, modeling / Modeling the eyes
  • chest, modeling / Modeling the chest
  • neck, modeling / Modeling the neck
  • torso, modeling / Modeling the torso
  • buttons, modeling / Modeling the buttons
  • fork, modeling / Modeling the fork, Modeling protections for the fork
  • main wheel, modeling / Modeling the main wheel
  • arm, modeling / Modeling the arm
  • rendering, with Blender Internal / Using Blender Internal to render our Robot Toy
• Robot toy / The Robot Toy
• root bone
  • about / Adding a root bone

S

• sampling, Cycles render engine
  • Render samples setting / The sampling
  • Preview samples setting / The sampling
• scene
  • organization / Organizing the scene
• scene animation
  • about / Animating the scene
  • walk cycle / The walk cycle
  • actions, mixing / Mixing actions
  • close shot animation / Animation of a close shot
  • gunshot / Animation of the gunshot
  • gunshot animation / Animation of the gunshot
  • trap animation / Animation of the trap
• scene organization
  • objects, grouping / Grouping objects
  • layers, working with / Working with layers
• Scripts / Improving Blender with add-ons
• sculpting
  • selecting, over poly modeling / Choosing sculpting over poly modeling
  • pen tablet, using / Using a pen tablet
  • sculpt mode / The sculpt mode
• sculpting process
  • about / Understanding the sculpting process, An introduction to sculpting
• sculpt mode
  • about / The sculpt mode
  • viewport, optimizing / Optimizing the viewport
  • Undo function / The head
• Secondary Action principle / Secondary Action
• shape keys
  • about / The shape keys
  • controlling / What is a shape key?
  • basic shapes, creating / Creating basic shapes
  • driving / Driving a shape key
• shot
  • quick previews, rendering / Render a quick preview of a shot
• Skin modifier
  • used, for creating base mesh / Creating a base mesh with the Skin modifier
• skinning
  • about / Skinning
  • Weight Paint tools / The Weight Paint tools
  • weight, manually assigning to vertices / Manually assigning weight to vertices
  • foot deformation, correcting / Correcting the foot deformation
  • belt deformation, correcting / Correcting the belt deformation
• Slow In effect / Slow In and Slow Out
• Slow Out effect / Slow In and Slow Out
• Smear brush / The Smear brush
• Smooth brush / The head
• Snake Hook brush / The head
• Soften brush / The Soften brush
• solid drawing principle / Solid drawing
• Squash and Stretch principle / Squash and Stretch
• stack simulation of wooden planks
  • adding / Simulate a stack of wooden planks with physics
  • creating / Creation of the simulation of a stack of planks
• staging principle / Staging
• Straight Ahead Action principle / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• Stroke option
  • about / The Stroke option
  • space method / The Stroke option
  • curve method / The Stroke option
  • line method / The Stroke option
  • anchored method / The Stroke option
  • airbrush method / The Stroke option
  • Drag Dots method / The Stroke option
  • dots method / The Stroke option
• Subdivision Surface modifier
  • about / An introduction to the Subdivision Surface modifier
  • head shape, improving / Improving the head shape
  • work, saving / Improving the head shape

T

• TexDraw brush / The TexDraw brush
• texture node
  • viewing, through Viewer / Introduction to nodal compositing
• Texture Paint tool
  • about / Basics of the Texture Paint tool
  • brushes, discovering / Discovering the brushes
  • Stroke option / The Stroke option
  • zones of painting, delimiting / Delimiting the zones of painting according to the geometry
  • direct painting / Painting directly on the texture
• textures
  • backing, in Cycles render engine / Baking textures in Cycles
  • tree, backing / Baking the tree
• textures, UV’s
  • baking / The baking of textures
  • normal map, baking / The baking of a normal map
  • normal map / What is a normal map?
  • size, selecting / Making of the bake
• tiled textures
  • about / Tiled textures
  • workspace setting / The settings of our workspace
  • considerations / Advice for a good tiled texture
  • baking / Baking our tiled textures
  • baking, need for / Why bake?
  • baking, steps / How to do it?
• timeline editor / The timeline
• timing principle / Timing
• tracking shot / Writing a short script
• transparent textures
  • creating / Creating transparent textures
• transparent textures, creating
  • grass texture / The grass texture
  • color wheel window / The grass texture
  • grunge texture / The grunge texture

U

• UVs
  • unwrapping / Unwrapping UVs
  • tiling / Tiling UVs
  • tiling, goal / What is tiling for?
  • layers / The UV layers
  • layers options / The UV layers
• UV unwrapping process / Understanding UVs
  • about / Unwrapping UVs
  • Project From View, using / Using Project From View
  • remaining house components / Unwrapping the rest of the house
  • tree, using with Smart UV project / The tree with the Smart UV Project
  • environment objects, unwrapping / Unwrapping the rest of the environment
• UV’s
  • unwrapping / Unwrapping UVs
  • about / Understanding UVs
  • seam placement / The placement of the seams
  • island placement / The placement and adjustment of the islands
  • island adjustment / The placement and adjustment of the islands
  • textures, baking / The baking of textures

V

• Vertex Connect Path tool / Modeling the arm
• VSE
  • used, for editing sequence / Editing the sequence with the VSE
  • about / Introduction to the Video Sequence Editor
  • final sequence, editing / Edit and render the final sequence
  • final sequence, rendering / Edit and render the final sequence

W

• Weight Painting stage / An introduction to the rigging process
• Weight Paint tools
  • about / The Weight Paint tools
  • URL / The Weight Paint tools
  • skinning, editing / Correcting the foot deformation