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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.

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Table of Contents (10 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Get in touch
Free Chapter
1
Using Blender 2.8 UI, Shading and Navigator Widget
Using Blender 2.8 UI, Shading and Navigator Widget
Technical requirements
The Blender user interface
Summary
2
3D Modeling and Real-Time Rendering in Eevee
3D Modeling and Real-Time Rendering in Eevee
Technical requirements
Creating a chair model with polygons
Summary
3
The New 3D Cursor and Modeling Options
The New 3D Cursor and Modeling Options
Technical requirements
Using the 3D Cursor
Summary
4
Using Real-Time Materials in Eevee
Using Real-Time Materials in Eevee
Technical requirements
Using materials in Blender
Summary
5
Real-Time Textures for Eevee
Real-Time Textures for Eevee
Technical requirements
Working with textures in Eevee
Summary
6
Lights and Real-Time Rendering with Blender Eevee
Lights and Real-Time Rendering with Blender Eevee
Technical requirements
Rendering with Blender Eevee
Summary
7
Animate Everything in Blender 2.8!
Animate Everything in Blender 2.8!
Technical requirements
How animation works in Blender 2.8
Summary
8
Editing Animations in Blender 2.8
Editing Animations in Blender 2.8
Technical requirements
How to edit animations in Blender 2.8
Summary
9
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To get the most out of this book

Before getting started, the following are stipulated as requirements:

  • Download Blender from the Blender Foundation website: https://www.blender.org
  • Get yourself a computer with a mouse
  • That's it! You don't need any prior experience with Blender! We will start from scratch

Download the example code files

You can download the example code files for this book from your account at www.packtpub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files emailed directly to you.

You can download the code files by following these steps:

  1. Log in or register at www.packtpub.com.
  2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
  3. Click on Code Downloads & Errata.
  4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

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The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Blender-Quick-Start-Guide. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

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Code in action

Visit the following link to check out videos of the code being run:

bit.ly/2R4ghUh.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "On your keyboard, type 0.2 as a value and press Enter."

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Once you change to Edit Mode, you will see a few different options in the 3D view."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.
Tips and tricks appear like this.
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