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Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite that is a real alternative to commercially available 3D design software. A cross-platform software package with millions of downloads annually, Blender is now one of the world's most popular 3D design tools.
Although Blender is free, it's intended for design professionals and others motivated to become 3D artists. The Essential Blender will provide you with the knowledge you need to help integrate Blender into your work and begin to master its powerful creation tools.
If you've never tried 3D design before, an introductory chapter will familiarize you with relevant terminology and concepts. If you're already experienced with commercial 3D software, "The Essential Blender" will get you up to speed with Blender quickly. After a tour of Blender's 3D modeling, animation, and rendering capabilities, you'll learn how best to use Blender for these tasks: Object manipulation and animation Mesh and sculpt modeling and shape animation Materials and texturing (including UV unwrapping) Lighting and rendering Particle animation Character rigging and animation Node-based composition
The book is modular in its approach, with each topic addressed independently and accompanied by hands-on tutorial sections.
The combined expertise of key members of the Blender community, coupled with the experience of editor Roland Hess, bring you "The Essential Blender"-the definitive guide to Blender. You'll find a wealth of 3D design information inside that will help you to unlock your artistic potential and get the most out of Blender.
Includes a Complete Version of Blender 2.44 on the CD-ROM. Covers Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (x86 andPowerPC), Solaris, FreeBSD, and IRIX.
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Patrick Lee
reviewed The Essential Blender: Guide to 3D Creation with the Open Source Suite Blender on February 10, 2009
The Essential Blender: Guide to 3D Creation with the Open Source Suite Blender
My biggest complaint with this book is that most of the screen shots involving the Blender interface were grey on grey--making it very difficult to see what was happening. If it weren't for captions and descriptions in the adjacent tex, I might have thought this was an artistic sprinkling of grey boxes throughout the book.
Otherwise, I found the book very useful. I flipped through the pages when I first got the book from the library. Then I jumped in to Blender and just started trying things. After gaining some familiarity with the program, I went back to the book and read it through (maybe the first half) until I had to return it to the library.
Between the first and second times I checked the book out I had done quite a bit more with Blender, and different parts of the book became more relevant and interesting to me. I am planning on checking it out again to continue reading, and reviewing the sections I've already gone over.
Assuming updates to Blender don't make this book completely outdated, I would consider this book worth purchasing.
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