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Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition

By : Gordon Fisher
Book Image

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

Time for action – getting ready to render


We will leave Video Sequence Editor and return to the Default Blender window arrangement to set Blender to render your animation:

  1. In the top row of the Blender window, select the button to the left of Video Editing. Select Default from the drop-down menu.

  2. Click on the Render button in the Properties window header. It is the button with the still camera on it.

  3. In the Output subpanel, click on the folder symbol on the right side of the text input box. Find the Chapter 12 directory on your computer. Give your output file a name. Click on the Accept button.

  4. Click on the button that says PNG, and select MPEG from the Movie menu.

  5. In the Encoding subpanel, press the button next to Format. Set the format to MPEG-1. Select the button next to Audio Codec. Set Audio Codec to MP3.

  6. If you are using a Mac, you should start with the Quicktime settings in the next table.

  7. Save the file with a unique name. Press Ctrl + F12 to render the sequence.

  8. Press Ctrl + F11 to play...