The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling & Animation

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Download and Installation
Preamble
CH01 Understanding the Interface
	1.1 Interacting with the Interface
	1.2 First Interaction
	1.3 Second Interaction
	1.4 Getting Help
	1.5 Examine the Interface
	1.6 Rotating in the 3D Space
	1.7 Other Objects
	1.8 Using the Outliner Editor
	1.9 Working in the 3D View Editor (Object Mode)
	1.10 3D Viewport Editor Modes
	1.11 Working in the 3D Viewport Editor (Edit Mode)
	1.12 Coloring Using the Properties Editor
	1.13 Simple Animation
	1.14 Explode – Quick Method Example
	1.15 Summary
CH02 Editors – Workspaces – Themes
	2.1 Editor Types
	2.2 Resizing Editors
	2.3 Splitting Editors
	2.4 Cancel an Editor
	2.5 3D View Editor Features
	2.6 Scene Manipulation
	2.7 Scene Manipulation Widget
	2.8 Multiple Scenes
	2.9 Headers Menus and Panels
	2.10 Headers and Panels
	2.11 The Blender Interface Header
	2.12 The Blender Screen Header
	2.13 The 3D View Editor Header
	2.14 The Widget Panel
	2.15 Tool Panel and Object Properties Panel
	2.16 Properties Editor Tabs
	2.17 The Preferences Editor
	2.18 3D View Editor - Background Color
	2.19 Workspaces
	2.20 Creating New Workspaces
	2.21 Themes
	2.22 Saving a Theme
CH03 Navigate and Save
	3.1 Files and Folders
	3.2 Saving a File
	3.3 Window File Explorer
	3.4 Windows File Explorer Diagram
	3.5 Blender File Browser
	3.6 Opening Files
	3.7 File Browser Header Features
	3.8 Make a New Folder
	3.9 Display Options
	3.10 Saving Your Work
	3.11 The Concept of Files
	3.12 Append or Link Command
	3.13 Importing Objects
	3.14 Activating Import File Types
	3.15 Packing Data
CH04 Objects in the 3D View Editor
	4.1 Modeling Workflow Philosophy
	4.2 Starting a New File
	4.3 Modifying the Scene
	4.4 Object Mode and Edit Mode
	4.5 3D View Editor Cursor
	4.6 Selecting/Deselecting Objects
	4.7 Adding Objects
	4.8 Object Primitives
	4.9 Locating the 3D Viewport Editor Cursor
	4.10 Deleting Objects
	4.11 Duplicating Objects
	4.12 Object Mode Manipulation
	4.13 The Last Operator Panel
	4.14 Tool Panel – Widgets
	4.15 Manipulation Units
	4.16 Measuring – Ruler/Protractor
	4.17 Precision Manipulation
	4.18 Coloring Objects
	4.19 Other Types of Objects
	4.20 Naming Objects
	4.21 The Header Buttons Menu
	4.22 Meta Shapes
CH05 Editing Objects
	5.1 The Mesh Object
	5.2 Edit Mode Selection
	5.3 Selecting Verts Edge Face
	5.4 Manipulating
	5.5 Creating Vertices
	5.6 Adding and Deleting
	5.7 Center Points
	5.8 Joining and Separating
	5.9 Creating Vertex Groups
	5.10 Proportional Vertex Edit
	5.11 Inset Faces
	5.12 Parenting
CH06 Editing Tools
	6.1 The Tool Panel – Edit Mode
	6.2 The Add Menu
	6.3 The Last Operator Panel
	6.4 Extrusion
	6.5 The Extrude Region Tool
	6.6 Inset Faces
	6.7 The Inset Faces Tool
	6.8 The Bevel Tool
	6.9 Edge and Loop Selection
	6.10 The Loop Cut Tool
	6.11 The Knife Tool
	6.12 The Poly Build Tool
	6.13 The Spin Tool
	6.14 Creating a Spin Profile
	6.15 Spin Duplication
	6.16 The Screw Tool
	6.17 The Smooth Tool
	6.18 The Edge Slide Tool
	6.19 The Shrink Fatten Tool
	6.20 The Shear Tool
	6.21 The Rip Region Tool
CH07 Modifiers
	7.1 Modifiers in General
	7.2 The Modifier Stack
	7.3 The Modifier Group
	7.4 The Simulate Group
	7.5 Generate and Deform Modifiers
CH08 Editing with Generate Modifiers
	8.1 Modifiers – Generate
	8.2 Array Modifier
	8.3 Boolean Modifier
	8.4 Build Modifier
	8.5 Decimate Modifier
	8.6 Edge Split Modifier
	8.7 Mask Modifier
	8.8 Mirror Modifier
	8.9 Multiresolution Modifier
	8.10 Remesh Modifier
	8.11 Screw Modifier
	8.12 Skin Modifier
	8.13 Solidify Modifier
	8.14 Subdivision Surface Modifier
	8.15 Triangulation Modifier
	8.16 Wireframe Modifier
CH09 Editing with Deform Modifiers
	9.1 Modifiers – Deform
	9.2 Armature Modifier
	9.3 Cast Modifier
	9.4 Corrective Smooth Modifier
	9.5 Curve Modifier
	9.6 Displace Modifier
	9.7 Hook Modifier
	9.8 Laplacian Deform Modifier
	9.9 Lattice Modifier
	9.10 Mesh Deform Modifier
	9.11 Shrinkwrap Modifier
	9.12 Simple Deform Modifier
	9.13 Smooth Modifier
	9.14 Smooth Corrective Modifier
	9.15 Smooth Laplacian Modifier
	9.16 Surface Deform Modifier
	9.17 Warp Modifier
	9.18 Wave Modifier
CH10 Editing Using Curves
	10.1 Curves Circles and Paths
	10.2 Bezier Curves
	10.3 Bezier Circle
	10.4 Nurbs Path
	10.5 Nurbs Circle
	10.6 Modeling from a Curve
	10.7 Closed Loops
	10.8 Using Nurbs Curves
	10.9 Nurbs Circle
	10.10 Nurbs Curve
	10.11 Lofting
CH11 Editing Techniques – Examples
	11.1 Creating a Landscape
	11.2 Dupliverts
	11.3 Modeling an Aircraft
	11.4 Sculpting – Sculpt Mode
	11.5 Sculpting Demonstration
	11.6 Creating a Humanoid Figure
CH12 The Outliner and Collections
	12.1 Collections in the Outliner Editor
	12.2 View Options in the Outliner Editor
CH13 3D Text
	13.1 Creating 3D Text in Blender
	13.2 The Object data Button “a”
	13.3 Fonts
	13.4 Creating Text on a Curve
	13.5 Converting Text to a Mesh Object
	13.6 Converting Text to a Curve
	13.7 Entering External Font
CH14 Viewport Shading
	14.1 Viewport Shading Options
	14.2 Wireframe Viewport Shading
	14.3 Solid Viewport Shading
	14.4 Color Display Options
	14.5 Background Display
	14.6 More Solid Viewport Shading
	14.7 Rendered Viewport Shading
	14.8 Material Preview Viewport Shading
	14.9 World Settings
CH15 Scene Lighting and Cameras
	15.1 Scene Lighting
	15.2 Light Types
	15.3 Cameras
	15.4 Camera Settings
	15.5 Camera Switching
	15.6 Camera Tracking
	15.7 Basic Scene Lighting
	15.8 Background Scene Lighting
	15.9 Images as Background
	15.10 Volumetric Lighting
CH16 Materials – Textures – Nodes
	16.1 Definition
	16.2 Materials in the Properties Editor
	16.3 Multiple Material Slots
	16.4 Materials Using Nodes
	16.5 Accessing and Viewing Node Effects
	16.6 Noodle Curving
	16.7 The Shader Editor
	16.8 The Shader Workspace
	16.9 Scene Arrangements
	16.10 Mixing Material Example
	16.11 Simple Node Arrangement
	16.12 Texture Nodes
	16.13 Unwrapping a Surface
	16.14 Unwrapping with Seams
	16.15 Applying a Texture
	16.16 Mapping to a Surface
	16.17 Texture Painting
	16.18 Vertex Painting
	16.19 The Principled BSDF Node
	16.20 Quick Example using BSDF
	16.21 Transparency Using Nodes
	16.22 Other Node Uses
	16.23 Grouping Nodes
	16.24 Compositing Nodes
	16.25 Color Ramp Shader
	16.26 Texture Displacement
CH17 Rendering
	17.1 Rendering
	17.2 Properties Editor Render Buttons
	17.3 Properties Editor Output Buttons
	17.4 The Dimensions Tab
	17.5 The Output Tab
	17.6 Rendering a JPEG Image
	17.7 Rendering a Movie File
	17.8 Video Playback
	17.9 Video Codecs
	17.10 Making a Movie
CH18 Animation
	18.1 The Animation Screen
	18.2 Movement in the 3D View Editor
	18.3 Planning the Animation
	18.4 Keyframes Time and Interpolation
	18.5 Animation Speed and Length
	18.6 Inserting Keyframes
	18.7 Playing the Animation
	18.8 Automatic Keyframing
	18.9 Controlling the Animation
	18.10 The Graph Editor
	18.11 Editing the Graph
	18.12 Other Types of Curves
	18.13 The Curve Properties Panel
	18.14 Animating Rotation
	18.15 Rotation Using F-Curves
	18.16 Animating Other Features
	18.17 Keying Sets
	18.18 Animation Follow Path
	18.19 Displacement Sound Animation
	18.20 Sound Effect and Cast Modifier
019 Constraints
	19.1 Introduction to Constraints
	19.2 Track to Constraint
	19.3 Constraint Stack
	19.4 Transform Constraint List
	19.5 The Transform Constraint
	19.6 Tracking Constraint
	19.7 Relationship Constraint
	19.8 The Action Constraint
	19.9 The Shrinkwrap Constraint
	19.10 Extrusion Follow Path
CH20 Armatures & Character Rigging
	20.1 Single Bone Armature
	20.2 Adding Armatures
	20.3 Child Parent Relationship
	20.4 Armature Display Types
	20.5 Multi-bone Armatures
	20.6 Multi-bone by Subdivision
	20.7 Multi-bone by Extrusion
	20.8 X Mirror Extrusion
	20.9 Extruding Shoulder and Arms
	20.10 Naming Bones
	20.11 Deforming a Mesh
	20.12 The Armature Modifier
	20.13 Assigning Vertices-Vertex Groups
	20.14 Assigning Vertices-Set Parent to Menu
	20.15 Assigning Vertices-Weight Paint
	20.16 Inverse Kinematics Constraint
	20.17 Spline IK Constraint
	20.18 Forward
	20.19 Character Rigging
	20.20 Creating the Armature
	20.21 Adding More Bones
	20.22 Creating Arm Bones
	20.23 Creating Leg Bones
	20.24 Bone Naming
	20.25 Assigning The Mesh
	20.26 Vertex Groups
	20.27 Posing the Character Model
	20.28 Pre-Assembled Armatures
CH21 Shape Keys & Action Editors
	21.1 Shape Key Editor
	21.2 Add a Key Slider
	21.3 Set Limits of Movement
	21.4 Inserting Keyframes
	21.5 Inserting Multiple Keyframes
	21.6 The Animation
	21.7 Additional Keyframes
	21.8 Action Editor
	21.9 Shapes Keys and Action Editor in Practice
CH22 Particle Systems
	22.1 The Default Particle System
	22.2 The Emissions Tab
	22.3 The Source Tab
	22.4 The Cache Tab
	22.5 The Velocity Tab
	22.6 Particle Display
	22.7 Particle Emission Options
	22.8 Order of Emission
	22.9 Normals
	22.10 Particle Modifiers
	22.11 Particles Array
	22.12 The Viewport Display Tab
	22.13 Particle Interaction
	22.14 Wind Force Effect
	22.15 Boids Particles
	22.16 Hair Particles
	22.17 Particles for Arrays
	22.18 More Arrays
	22.19 The Assignment Panel
	22.20 Particle Exercises
	22.21 Multiple Particle Systems
	22.22 Keyed Particles
CH23 Physics and Simulation
	23.1 Real World Physics
	23.2 Modifiers and Physics
	23.3 Force Field
	23.4 Collision Physics
	23.5 Cloth Physics
	23.6 Soft Body Physics
	23.7 Fluid Simulation
	23.8 Quick Methods
	23.9 Fluid Simulation Continued
	23.10 Fluid Simulation Experiments
	23.11 Smoke and Fire Simulation
	23.12 Force Fields
CH24 Dynamic Paint
	24.1 Dynamic Paint - Painting
025 Making a Movie
	25.1 Making a Movie
	25.2 Storyboard
	25.3 The Video File
	25.4 The Sound File
	25.5 Video Editing Workspace
	25.6 The File Browser Editor
	25.7 Preparation
	25.8 Video Sequence Editor
	25.9 Rendering the Movie
	25.10 Additional Features
	25.11 Summary
CH26 Cycles & Workbench Render
	26.1 Cycles Render
	26.2 How to Start Cycles
	26.3 Create an Object Light Source
	26.4 Cycles in Practice
	26.5 Workbench Render
Internet Resources
Index