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This book is aimed at the professionals that already have good 3D CGI experience with commercial packages and have now decided to try the open source Blender and want to experiment with something more complex than the average tutorials on the web. However, it's also aimed at the intermediate Blender users who simply want to go some steps further. It's taken for granted that you already know how to move inside the Blender interface, that you already have 3D modeling knowledge, and also that of basic 3D modeling and rendering concepts, for example, edge-loops, n-gons, or samples. In any case, it's also possible for a keen beginner to follow this book, by combining it with the manual on the BlenderWiki or preceding it with a basic Blender UI tutorial on the web. The keyboard/mouse shortcuts for the operations in the recipes are, at least in all the more relevant cases, indicated in brackets.

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Jeff Drew Nov 06, 2015

A must-have reference book for newer Blender users. Enrico Valenza's (or also known as simply "EnV") 600+ page book is a comprehensive tour de force of Blender. The "Blender 3D Cookbook" could easily be your first book on Blender and the only one you need until you've mastered techniques through the journey laid out by EnV in the fourteen chapters.So you wanna create CG character? This is a great place to start...Chapter 1 through Chapter 4 focus on Modeling using Base Mesh & Sculpting Techniques, then Poly-modeling the characters accessories. By Chapter 4 a new blender users's will be fairly proficient modelers. The book is filled with helpful insights and techniques. Keep the book close at hand to regularly reference Chapter 5 & 6, UV Unwrapping and Rigging... Two dense subjects. Chapter 5 and 6 account for 1/3 of the book.Complete the book and you will have attained the insights and techniques to create your own characters, or take your practice further using your favorite cartoon characters, or modeling sheets available online. Easily modify Enrico's techniques and adapt to your own workflow as you'll likely become a addicted to modeling, texturing, and compositing characters and worlds in the Open Source Blender software.

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david Apr 21, 2017

Uno dei migliori libri che ho acquistato per blender, una volta ottenuto le basi di blender questo libro è un must per comprendere ed imparare le tecniche per ottenere un buon modello 3d funzionale ed animato... Uno dei pochi libri che valgono la loro spesa, consigliatissimo

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Amazon Customer Nov 04, 2015

Blender 3d Cookbook covers the creation of a 3d character. Enrico takes you through the entire process from modeling to a simple animation. He covers modeling, sculpting, retopology, rigging, skinning, shape keys and drivers and textures as well as lighting, rendering and a bit of compositing.This is a comprehensive book that shows you all the steps needed to create your own character. Enrico covers the various ways each task can be done and the tools needed to complete the task. He also covers both Cycles and Blender Internal for the texturing sections.Enrico does go through a considerable amount of material fairly quickly which could lead to frustration for beginners.That being said, although a good working knowledge of Blender would be helpful, a beginner could complete the steps with a little help from outside sources to explain where things are and how a few things work.

Berny Pahl Dec 04, 2022

Monochrome pictures are not the best but the online resource is in color.

Blender 3D Cookbook: Build your very own stunning characters in Blender from scratch

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