Blender Quick Start Guide (epub)

Description

Book Description

Blender is an open source 3D creation software. With a long history and an enthusiastic community of users, it is the ideal choice for almost any kind of work with 3D modeling or animation task. However, if you’re new to this software, its power and ?exibility can sometimes be daunting, and that’s when you need this book!

The book begins by introducing you to the all-new Blender 2.8 user interface. You’ll discover the commonly used options and tools, such as navigating in 3D and selecting objects. The chapters will help you focus on using and manipulating one of the most important windows of the interface, the 3D View. You’ll then learn to use essential tools for working with 3D modeling. To give your models the feel of real-world objects, you’ll understand how to create materials and set up surfaces. The book will even demonstrate how to use physically based rendering (PBR) to craft realistic surfaces such as wood, stone, and metal. Next, you’ll work with Eevee, a new real-time render engine in Blender. You’ll get up to speed with everything from adding motion to objects to making use of Blender’s impressive 3D animation features. Finally, you’ll gain insights into creating scenes and organizing them for rendering, along with adding titles and effects with the built-in Blender tools.

By the end of this book, you’ll be able to create 3Dmodels with textures and animations and render them in real-time using Eevee.