Overview

Blender has become one of the most popular 3D and animation tools on the market, with over 2 million users, and it is free! Animating with Blender is the definitive resource for creating short animation projects from scratch, the ideal platform for experimenting with animation. Blender expert and author Roland Hess walks you through the entire process of creating a short animation, from writing to storyboarding and blocking, through character creation, animation and rendering.

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Author:   Roland Hess (is the leading expert on Blender. He is one of a handful of people who has been involved with Blender since its inception, and is a key voice in the community.) ,  Roland Hess (is the leading expert on Blender. He is one of a handful of people who has been involved with Blender since its inception, and is a key voice in the community.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Focal Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780240810799

ISBN 10:   0240810791
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   26 September 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: An Overview of the Short Animation Process 1.1: Overview1.2: Importance of following the workflow1.3: Common pitfalls and how to avoid them2: Story 2.1: Story scope, your resources and reality2.2: What story to tell? Objective vs. Subjective story lines2.3: Incorporating Theme2.4: Putting together a short screenplay, and how it can helpOrganization4: Storyboarding and the Story Reel4.1: The benefits of storyboarding4.2: Suggested tools4.3: Recording a temporary soundtrack for timing4.4: Assembling a Story Reel in Blender's Sequence Editor5: Character Design and Creation5.1: Finalizing design in line with your theme5.2: Modeling based on storyboard requirements and theme5.3: Creating level of detail proxies, and mesh animation issues5.3: Believability and render times with materials6: Libraries 6.1: What are libraries and why should you bother?6.2: Creating groups and libraries6.3: Linking libraries from your production files6.4: Animating library assets7: Rough Sets, Blocking and an Animatic 7.1: Creating rough sets7.2: Setting cameras to match storyboards7.3: Adding static characters and doing general blocking7.5: Adjusting timing of the Story Reel with real blocked shots and the dialogue track8: Recording Good Sound 9: Rigging and Animation Testing 9.1: An iterative method for rigging, skinning and testing9.2: Maintaining the scope of the project (i.e. not doing a full rig for a character that needs 3 seconds of animation)9.3: Creating shape keys for facial animation and deformation tweaking10: Character Animation: Blocking and Finishing 10.1: Creation of per-shot working files, with links to character and set libraries10.2: The Pose-to-pose method is shown10.3: Using Blender's various animation tools to enhance timing and show weight, anticipation and follow through.10.4 Enhancing your ability to get real-time previews for better feedback11: Lip Sync11.1: Adding portions of the dialogue track to the per-shot files11.2: Audio issues and scrubbing11.3: A general workflow for lip syncing entirely within Blender12: Special Effects: Physics, Fluids and Particles 12.1: When to make it and when to fake it12.2: Common rigid body effects and how to record them12.3: Common soft body effects12.4: The fluid simulator12.5: Particles12.6: Integrating effects with keyframed animation13: Final Sets and Backgrounds13.1: Minimizing the use of live (fully 3D) sets13.2: Assembling the final sets to match the roughs13.3: Breaking the sets into different libraries based on storyboard requirements13.4: Taking and tweaking background shots for static backgrounds13.5: In each per-shot animation file, the final sets and backgrounds are linked in14: Rendering and Post-Processing 14.1: Using the renderer and in-line compositor to put everything together14.2: Help with optimizing render times14.3: Adding common post effects like color enhancement, motion blur, depth of field and bloom/glow.14.4: Setting up and using a render farm 15: Editing and Final Output 15.1: Compiling the rendered scene into the full short in the Sequence Editor15.2: Using the SE to experiment with timing and cuts15.3: Mixing the sound15.3: The different finished animation formats

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Roland Hess is the leading expert on Blender. He is one of a handful of people who has been involved with Blender since its inception, and is a key voice in the community. Hess brings a unique perspective to Blender instruction that bridges the difficult gap between technical knowledge and artistic expression. Hess wrote Focal Press titles: Animating with Blender (2009) and Tradigital Blender (2011)

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