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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Wrapping Your Brain Around Blender
• Chapter 1: Discovering Blender
• Getting to Know Blender
• Getting to Know the Interface
• Chapter 2: Understanding How Blender Thinks
• Looking at Editor Types
• Understanding the Properties editor
• Navigating in Three Dimensions
• Extra Features in the 3D Viewport
• Customizing Blender to Fit You
• Chapter 3: Getting Your Hands Dirty Working in Blender
• Grabbing, Scaling, and Rotating
• Differentiating Between Coordinate Systems
• Transforming an Object by Using Object Gizmos
• Saving Time by Using Hotkeys
• Chapter 4: Working in Edit Mode and Object Mode
• Making Changes by Using Edit Mode
• Adding to a Scene
• Part 2: Creating Detailed 3D Scenes
• Chapter 5: Creating Anything You Can Imagine with Meshes
• Pushing Vertices
• Working with Loops and Rings
• Simplifying Your Life as a Modeler with Modifiers
• Chapter 6: Sculpting in Virtual Space
• Adding Background Images in the 3D Viewport
• Setting Up Your Sculpting Workspace
• Sculpting a Mesh Object
• Sculpting with the Multiresolution modifier
• Freeform Sculpting with Dynamic Topology (Dyntopo)
• Understanding the Basics of Retopology
• Chapter 7: Using Blender’s Non-Mesh Primitives
• Using Curves and Surfaces
• Using Metaball Objects
• Adding Text
• Chapter 8: Changing That Boring Gray Default Material
• Understanding Materials and Render Engines
• Quick ’n’ Dirty Coloring
• Setting Up Node Materials
• Playing with Materials in Blender
• Chapter 9: Giving Models Texture
• Adding Textures
• Using Procedural Textures
• Understanding Texture Mapping
• Unwrapping a Mesh
• Painting Textures Directly on a Mesh
• Saving Painted Textures and Exporting UV Layouts
• Chapter 10: Lighting and Environment
• Lighting a Scene
• Lighting for Speedy Renders
• Setting Up the World
• Working with Light Probes in Eevee
• Part 3: Get Animated!
• Chapter 11: Animating Objects
• Working with Animation Curves
• Using Constraints Effectively
• Chapter 12: Rigging: The Art of Building an Animatable Puppet
• Creating Shape Keys
• Adding Hooks
• Using Armatures: Skeletons in the Mesh
• Bringing It All Together to Rig a Character
• Chapter 13: Animating Object Deformations
• Working with the Dope Sheet
• Animating with Armatures
• Doing Nonlinear Animation
• Chapter 14: Letting Blender Do the Work for You
• Using Particles in Blender
• Giving Objects Some Jiggle and Bounce
• Dropping Objects in a Scene with Rigid Body Dynamics
• Simulating Cloth
• Splashing Fluids in Your Scene
• Smoking without Hurting Your Lungs: Smoke Simulation in Blender
• Chapter 15: Making 2D and 2.5D Animation with Grease Pencil
• Getting Started with the 2D Animation Workspace
• Working with Grease Pencil tools
• Understanding Grease Pencil Materials
• Mastering Grease Pencil Layers
• Automating Your Drawings with Grease Pencil Modifiers
• Animating with Grease Pencil
• Integrating Grease Pencil with a 3D Scene
• Part 4: Sharing Your Work with the World
• Chapter 16: Exporting and Rendering Scenes
• Exporting to External Formats
• Rendering a Scene
• Chapter 17: Editing Video and Animation
• Comparing Editing to Compositing
• Working with the Video Sequencer
• Rendering from the Video Sequencer
• Chapter 18: Compositing Images and Video
• Understanding Nodes
• Getting Started with the Compositor
• Rendering in Passes and Layers
• Working with Nodes
• Discovering the Nodes Available to You
• Rendering from the Compositor
• Chapter 19: Mixing Video and 3D with Motion Tracking
• Making Your Life Easier by Starting with Good Video
• Getting Familiar with the Motion Tracking Workspace
• Tracking Movement in Blender
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 5: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Working More Effectively in Blender
• Use Tooltips and Integrated Search
• Take Advantage of the Quick Favorites Menu
• Look at Models from Different Views
• Don’t Forget about Add-ons
• Lock a Camera to an Animated Character
• Name Everything
• Do Low-Resolution Test Renders
• Use Annotations to Plan
• Ask for Help
• Have Fun, but Take Breaks
• Chapter 21: Ten Excellent Community Resources
• Blender.org
• BlenderArtists.org
• BlenderNation
• BlenderBasics.com
• blender.stackexchange.com
• CGCookie.com
• Blend Swap (blendswap.com)
• Blender.community
• Social Media
• Blender.chat
• Index
• About the Author
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement