Blender for animation and film-based production. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michelangelo Manrique.
• Authors: Manrique, Michelangelo
• Contents: Why Blender History of Blender; BLENDER’S ROADMAP Blender User Interface; START UP BLENDER; CONTROLS AND BUTTONS; EDITOR SYSTEM; EDITOR TYPES; MODES AND CONTEXT; INTERNATIONALIZATION Blender in a Digital Studio Pipeline; USING BLENDER FOR PREPRODUCTION TASKS; USING BLENDER FOR POSTPRODUCTION TASKS; ORGANIZE THE PROJECT IN DISK; BLENDER AND THE OPEN MOVIES Modeling Your Main Character; MODELING IN BLENDER; MODIFIERS; MAKING PROPS; BUILDING THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SCENE; TOPOLOGY SOLUTIONS Applying Materials to Our Objects ; PREVIEW; DIFFUSE; SPECULAR; SHADING; TRANSPARENCY; MIRROR; SUBSURFACE SCATTERING; STRAND; OPTIONS; SHADOW Blender Internal Textures; PREVIEW; COLORS; MAPPING; INFLUENCE UV Unwrap and External Textures ; UNWRAPPING A MESH; UV LAYOUTS; EDITING UVS; OPTIMIZE THE UV MAP; COMBINE UV MAPS; REFINE LAYOUT; APPLYING IMAGES Introduction to Rigging: Armatures and Bones ; THE ARMATURE OBJECT; BONES The Animation Process ; TIMELINE AND ANIMATICS; MARKERS; KEYFRAMES; TYPES OF ANIMATION; USING CONSTRAINTS IN ANIMATION; SHAPE KEYS; WALKCYCLE Introduction to Lighting ; LAMPS; SHADOW; ENVIRONMENT LIGHT; AMBIENT OCCLUSION; RESOLVING ISSUES WITH LIGHTS Compositing Nodes ; SETTING UP NODES; USING NODES; NODE TYPES Using Particles and Dynamics ; DYNAMICS AND FORCE FIELDS; COLLISIONS; PARTICLES; SOFT BODY; CLOTH; FLUIDS; SMOKE Render ; BLENDER INTERNAL; CYCLES; EXTERNAL RENDER ENGINES; RENDER SETTINGS AND TIPS Final Movie Compositing ; USING BLENDER IN POSTPRODUCTION Python; PYTHON API; BLENDER/PYTHON API IN FILM PRODUCTION Film Promotion and Conclusion; CONCLUSION Appendix References Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 777.7; Computer animation; Three-dimensional display systems
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482204759
• Related ISBNs: 9781482204742
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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