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Published in Oct 2023

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ISBN-13 9781805129639

Length 394 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Tools

Blender

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Game Design

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Arijan Belec

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Materials in Cycles FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Creating Materials in Blender

3. Chapter 2: Introducing Material Nodes

4. Chapter 3: Mapping Images with Nodes

5. Part 2: Understanding Realistic Texturing

6. Chapter 4: Achieving Realism with Texture Maps

7. Chapter 5: Generating Texture Maps with Cycles

8. Chapter 6: Creating Bumpy Surfaces with Displacement Maps

9. Part 3: UV Mapping and Texture Painting

10. Chapter 7: UV-Unwrapping 3D Models for Texturing

11. Chapter 8: Baking Ambient Occlusion Maps

12. Chapter 9: Introducing Texture Painting

13. Chapter 10: Creating Photorealistic Textures on a 3D Model

14. Part 4: Lighting and Rendering

15. Chapter 11: Lighting a Scene in Cycles

16. Chapter 12: Creating Photorealistic Environments with HDRIs

17. Chapter 13: Preparing the Camera for Rendering

18. Chapter 14: Rendering with Cycles

19. Index

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To get the most out of this book, it is best to have some basic previous knowledge of the Blender interface, as well as basic modeling skills. It is assumed that the reader has a beginner-level grasp of fundamental skills, such as orientating in the 3D world, navigating through property menus, and using basic modeling tools, including grabbing, rotation, and scaling.

Software covered in the book	Operating system requirements
Blender 3D 3.4	Windows, macOS, or Linux
GIMP

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

If you do not have a grasp of the basic functions of Blender required to follow this book, you can easily learn about these by watching any free, online, beginner Blender tutorials.

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