Preface

Welcome to the wonderful world of Blender! This book will guide you through the majority of the 3D tools and techniques by creating four concrete projects. Blender is a very powerful and Open Source software, that is, it is totally free. You can even sell your productions with this! This is a very good alternative to other famous 3D solutions.

One of Blender's strengths is that it can cover any multimedia productions such as animation movies, games, or commercials. Moreover, Blender is very stable, frequently updated, available anywhere around the world with an internet connection, and it is lightweight. The Blender Foundation, which is in charge of the official development of the software, often produces short films that are entirely made with Blender. The last one was the amazing film, Cosmos Laundromat, which proved us again that Blender is capable of meeting the needs of an ambitious professional production. During the production of these short films, the software evolved with new tools and optimizations.

Despite the fact that Blender is an amazing program with tremendous possibilities, it is nothing more than a tool that will help you to realize an idea or a project. It is important to work on the artistic aspect of your creations. That's why this book will not just cover the technical dimensions of the software.

With a little bit of practice, Blender will be very efficient in terms of productivity and artistic freedom, so don't worry, you have made a good choice! This book will give you everything you need to start creating your own 3D projects.

We hope that you will enjoy reading this book as much as we have enjoyed writing it.

Good reading and trust yourself!