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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 – using color to separate what you see


You've seen each lamp by itself. Now, use color to see how they work together. The color will help you see how the lights work together. The following steps will guide you to use color to separate what you see:

  1. Select Layer 1, and then press the Shift key while selecting Layers 2, 3, and 4.

  2. Select the Spot_Key lamp, which is to the left of the camera in the Top view, with the RMB. In the Properties window header, select the Object Data button. It's the button with a drafting lamp on it.

  3. In the Lamp subpanel, select the white Light Color button below the row of buttons that define the kind of lamp you are using. In the pop-up color wheel, set G to 0.000 and B to 0.000 so that the lamp is red.

  4. Select the Spot_Fill lamp, which is to the right of the camera in the Top view, with the RMB, or select it from the Outliner window in the upper-right corner.

  5. In the Lamp subpanel, select the white Light Color button. In the pop-up color wheel, set R...