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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

Time for action – adding a template


Now, get started by putting up the templates so that they can be seen within 3D View, executing the following steps:

  1. Open a new file in Blender.

  2. Press 3 on the NumPad to get the Right view in 3D View and press the 5 on the NumPad for the Ortho view.

  3. Press N to display the Properties panel in 3D View.

  4. Scroll down to the Background Images subpanel of 3D View's Properties panel, as seen in the next screenshot.

  5. Click on the triangle that is to the left of the subpanel to open it.

  6. Check the checkbox by the text Background Images, so that the background image can be displayed.

  7. Click on the Add Image button.

  8. Click on the Open button and load the image 4909_07_01.png from this chapter's Images directory in the download pack.

  9. Click on the dark All Views button next to Axis:, and select Right from the pop-up menu, as shown in the following screenshot:

  10. Press 7 on the NumPad to see the Top view in 3D View.

  11. Click on the Add Image button in the Background Images subpanel of 3D...