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Taking Blender to the Next Level

You're reading from   Taking Blender to the Next Level Implement advanced workflows such as geometry nodes, simulations, and motion tracking for Blender production pipelines

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803233567
Length 520 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Modeling, Materials, and Animation Workflows
2. Chapter 1: Using Geometry Nodes to Create Dynamic Scenes FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Creating a Motion Graphics Scene Using Geometry Nodes 4. Chapter 3: Organic Modeling P1: Creating a Mushroom 5. Chapter 4: Organic Modeling P2: Creating the Landscape around the Mushroom 6. Chapter 5: PBR Materials: Texturing our Mushroom Scene 7. Chapter 6: 3D Scanning and Photogrammetry: Creating Your Own 3D Scans 8. Chapter 7: Modeling an Alien Cartoon Character 9. Chapter 8: Rigging and Animating Your 3D Cartoon Character 10. Part 2: Let's Do Some Physics
11. Chapter 9: Rigid Body Simulation: Destroying a Statue Using Physics 12. Chapter 10: Dynamic Cloth Simulations 13. Chapter 11: Creating Dynamic Hair Using Particles 14. Part 3: Match Moving and Compositing
15. Chapter 12: Matching Blender's Camera Movement to Live Action Footage 16. Chapter 13: Compositing the Alien Cartoon Character onto the Live Action Footage 17. Chapter 14: The Final Render 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Cleaning up a model using Blender

In this section, we will focus on the clean-up process. We will import the 3D model created by Meshroom into Blender. Then, we will orient the model so it's aligned to our floor grid. Lastly, we will delete any unwanted geometry and fix any visible holes in the model.

Importing the model created by Meshroom

Let's begin by importing the model created by Meshroom:

  1. Launch a new Blender project.
  2. Delete all the current objects by pressing A and then pressing X and clicking Delete to confirm.
  3. Now, let's import the model created by Meshroom. In Blender, click File | Import and select Wavefront (.obj) from the list.
  4. Browse to the folder where you saved the Meshroom project. You will see a folder called MeshroomCache. Inside this folder, you will see multiple subfolders. Browse to the Texturing folder. Inside this folder, you will see a randomly generated folder that looks something like this: df0c69b046db42c2d5bae036267b79fbffce2af0...
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