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Blender 3D Basics

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Blender 3D Basics

Overview of this book

Blender is by far the most popular open source graphics program available. It is a full featured 3D modeling, animation and games development tool used by millions all over the world ñ and it's free! This book is for those looking for an entry into the world of 3D modeling and animation regardless of prior experience. Blender 3D Basics is the entry level book for those without prior experience using 3D tools. It caters for those who may have downloaded Blender in the past but were frustrated by its lack of intuitiveness. Using simple steps it builds, chapter by chapter, into a full foundation in 3D modeling and animation. Using Blender 3D Basics the reader will model a maritime scene complete with boats and water, then add materials, lighting and animation. The book demystifies the Blender interface and explains what each tool does so that you will be left with a thorough understanding of 3D.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
3
Controlling the Lamp, the Camera, and Animating Objects
Index

Time for action — setting up Blender so you can see what the camera sees


Quite often, you may need to have more than one view of the scene visible at one time. Blender is great that way because you can break up the 3D View window as you like. In this case, we want to see what the camera is seeing as well as having our standard view of the scene:

  1. Select New in the File menu.

  2. Create a new 3D View window as you learned in Chapter 2,Getting Comfortable using the 3D View.

  3. With the cursor over the right-hand 3D View, press 0 on the Numpad to get the camera view.

  4. Press T to close the Tool Shelf in the right 3D View window. It should look similar to the following illustration.

  5. Now save the file to a file named Two 3D Views.blend.

What just happened?

This last exercise was to create a basic Blender file that you can use multiple times. It has the standard 3D View window as well as a 3D View window locked to what the camera sees. This will give you the flexibility of moving around in the scene as you please...