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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 – flipping the window header


As you have seen, the header is that bar at the top or bottom of each of the window. It has the Current Editor Type button on the left side and some other buttons, as you can see in the following screenshot:

You have seen the header positioned at the bottom and the top of a window. While some types of windows have top or bottom by default, you can set the header for any window the way you prefer. The steps are as follows:

  1. Click the RMB on an empty area of the header of the main window. A menu will pop up that says Header. There is a secondary menu that says Flip to Top.

  2. Select Flip to Top with the LMB.

  3. Go to the header at the top. Select it with the RMB.

  4. Select Flip to Bottom.

What just happened?

The header can be at the top or the bottom of the window. If it is at the bottom, you can flip it to the top. If it is at the top, you can flip it to the bottom. Set it the way you prefer.