Let this in-depth professional book be your guide to Blender, the powerful open-source 3D modeling and animation software that will bring your ideas to life. Using clear step-by-step instruction and pages of real-world examples, expert animator Tony Mullen walks you through the complexities of modeling and animating, with a special focus on characters. From Blender basics to creating facial expressions and emotion to rendering, you’ll jump right into the process and learn valuable techniques that will transform your movies. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Blender 3D For Beginners: The Complete Guide aims to help get you started with using the free open-source 3D software Blender. You will learn the basics of nearly everything Blender has to offer. The book is aimed at the complete beginner of Blender and even beginners in the world of 3D graphics and animation. With 16 chapters and 115 pages in total, this book aims to explain the key components of Blender clearly and concisely and get you up to speed with Blender very quickly! The book is explained in a simple and easy-to-understand manner with minimal jargon. Furthermore, the book provides simple follow-along exercises that helps you get the practical experience you need which in turn helps you learn better. By the end of this book, you will begin to feel comfortable working with 3D projects within Blender alone and also get one step closer to your dream goal of one day making your own animated film! (or any other project that requires Blender) More specifically, in this book, you will learn about: - The Blender user interface - Navigating your way around Blender - 3D Modeling basics - Cycles shaders - Texturing and UV mapping - Lighting (as well as some basic lighting setups you can use right away) - Sculpting - Animation - Particles - Physics - Rendering - Using Blender as a Video Editor - Compositing Subscribe to the email list at ThilakanathanStudios.com to receive regular Blender for Beginner tutorials for free.

A new world of creative possibilities is opened by Blender, the most popular and powerful open source 3D and animation tool. Blender is not just free software; it is also an important professional tool used in animated shorts, television commercials, and shows, as well as in production for films like Spiderman 2. Lance Flavell's Beginning Blender will give you the skills to start shaping new worlds and virtual characters, and perhaps lead you down a new professional path. Beginning Blender covers the Blender 2.5 release in-depth. The book starts with the creation of simple figures using basic modeling and sculpting. It then teaches you how to bridge from modeling to animation, and from scene setup to texture creation and rendering, lighting, rigging, and ultimately, full animation. You will create and mix your own movie scenes, and you will even learn the basics of games logic and how to deal with games physics. Whether you are new to modeling, animation, and game design, or whether you are simply new to Blender, this book will show you everything you need to know to get your 3D projects underway.

The complete novice's guide to 3D modeling and animation.

This book covers topical subjects within the field of death investigation, where changes in practice have recently occurred. The topics embrace the multi-disciplinary approach required for death investigation, and address advances in the field of forensic photography, pathology, and 3D printing as applied to forensics. This volume includes chapters on high altitude deaths, the role of 3D-printing applied to forensic investigations, photogrammetry, commotion cordis (an uncommon cause of fatal cardiac arrest) and the cricoid cartilage. Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Reviews, Updates and Advances is an educational and practical resource aimed at trainees and consultants, generalists and specialists, and multi-disciplinary teams.

If you are an engineer, a researcher, or a hobbyist, and you are interested in robotics and want to build your own robot, this book is for you. Readers are assumed to be new to robotics but should have experience with Python.

The world is changing. Where before you needed to purchase and install big and expensive programs on your computer in order to create stunning images, you can now do it all online for free using Aviary. Aviary is an online collection of applications that enable you to upload and modify your own photographs and images, and create new imagery from scratch. It includes a powerful photo-manipulation tool called Phoenix, a vector-drawing application called Raven, an effects suite for creating eye-watering image effects called Peacock, and much more. Introducing Aviary takes you through all of these tools, showing you how to use each tool individually and also how to combine the tools across the suite to create some truly stunning artwork. Get familiar with the Aviary suite of applications. Follow friendly, detailed instructions for creating and manipulating artwork in each application. Manage your creations online to get the most out of Aviary’s features.