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Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition

By : Gordon Fisher
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Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition

By: Gordon Fisher

Overview of this book

This book teaches you how to model a nautical scene, complete with boats and water, and then add materials, lighting, and animation. It demystifies the Blender interface and explains what each tool does so that you will be left with a thorough understanding of 3D. This book starts with an introduction to Blender and some background on the principles of animation, how they are applied to computer animation, and how these principles make animation better. Furthermore, the book helps you advance through various aspects of animation design such as modeling, lighting, camera work, and animation through the Blender interface with the help of several simple projects. Each project will help you practice what you have learned and do more advanced work in all areas.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
3
Controlling the Lamp, the Camera, and Animating Objects
Index

The key-function table


Here are some of the keyboard shortcuts that you will find helpful in this chapter:

Key

Function

Ctrl + MMB

Using the mouse in the Dope Sheet, this zooms in or out on a range of keyframes.

MMB

Using the mouse in the Dope Sheet, this allows you to pan the range of keyframes that are displayed.

B

In the Dope Sheet, this lets you do a border select of keyframes.

RMB

In the Dope Sheet, this lets you select a single keyframe.

Shift + D

In the Dope Sheet, this lets you copy keyframes.

G

In the Dope Sheet, this lets you move selected keyframes.

X

In the Dope Sheet, this lets you delete selected keyframes.

I

In the Dope Sheet, this allows you to create a keyframe on the current frame.

LMB

In the Dope Sheet, this allows you to change the current frame.

Ctrl + MMB

Using the mouse in the Node Editor, this zooms in or out on the Node Editor window.

MMB

Using the mouse in the Node Editor, this allows you to pan the Node Editor window.

LMB

When...