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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

Using lighting


In Chapter 3, Controlling the Lamp, the Camera, and Animating Objects, and the bonus chapter Chapter 5A, Lighting a Small Boat, we looked at the lights, and you got a chance to play around with them. Now, we will take a more in-depth look at using light.

Lighting with three lights

The three-point lighting method provides a simple and easy-to-use method to light a scene. It's the basis for many professional lighting setups, and when you understand it, you will have a solid foundation for creating more complex lighting setups.

The three lights represent the three stages of setting up the lighting, listed as follows:

  • Setting up the general brightness.

  • Controlling the shadows so everything is well lit. This does not mean bright, but rather that critical details are not lost in shadows.

  • Adding in highlights to pop the subject of the shot out from the background.

Each of the three lights has a specific name and function. These three lights are as follows:

  • Key Light: This is placed between...