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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 – exploring Graph Editor


Graph Editor displays the data associated with every single keyframe. It lets you adjust the keyframes and the transitions between them easily, as explained in the following steps:

  1. Move the cursor over the Timeline window and down to the Current Editor Type button.

  2. Press the LMB, scroll up the menu to Graph Editor, and press the LMB again.

  3. Move the cursor to the edge between Graph Editor and 3D View until you see the double-headed arrow. Press the LMB and drag the border between the windows up until you can see the curving line as shown in the following screenshot. Release the button when you have moved the edge enough.

  4. Use Shift + MMB to move the graphs so that they are centered in the window. Now, use the Ctrl + MMB buttons to scale the display of the graph so it fits comfortably in the window as shown in the following screenshot.

  5. Click on the Graph Editor window with the LMB. Then, while holding down the LMB, move the mouse right and left. The current...