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Blender Quick Start Guide

By : Allan Brito
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Blender Quick Start Guide

By: Allan Brito

Overview of this book

Blender is open source 3D creation software. With a long history and an enthusiastic community of users, it is the ideal choice for almost any kind of work with 3D modeling or animation. However, for new users, its power and ?exibillity can sometimes be daunting, and that’s when you need this book! The book starts by showing you round the all-new Blender 2.8 user interface. You'll look at the most commonly-used options and tools, such as navigating in 3D and selecting objects. You will then use and manipulate one of the most important windows of the interface, the 3D View. You'll learn how to use essential tools for working with 3D modeling. To give your models the feel of real-world objects, you'll learn how to create materials and set up surfaces. You'll see how to use Physically-Based Rendering (PBR), which allows you to craft realistic surfaces such as wood, stone, and metal. You will also work with Eevee, a new real-time render engine in Blender. You will see how to add motion to objects, making use of Blender's impressive 3D animation features. Finally, you'll learn how to create scenes and organize them for rendering, and later add titles and effects using built-in Blender tools. By the end of the book, you will be able to use Blender 2.8 new UI, Create 3D Models with textures, Animations, and Render them in real-time using Eevee.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Animate Everything in Blender 2.8!

Blender is a great tool for creating realistic images of interiors and products, but you will also find a lot of options to make videos and animations. From a simple motion graphics intro for a video to character animation, you can quickly make your ideas come alive with Blender.

In this chapter, we will explore the possibilities of video animation with Blender by creating a quick intro for a video. You will learn how to do the following:

  • Set up an orthographic camera for video
  • Add keyframes for interpolation-based animation
  • Create 3D text for video
  • Insert keyframes for any properties in Blender

By the end of this chapter, you will have an intro video, that you can use for any production, and that will display the title of your project.