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| Category: | General - Books | By: | Packt Publishing |
| More info: | www.packtpub.com ... | Author(s): | Allan Brito |
| Pages: | 300 | Year of publication: | 2009 |
Blender 3D provides the features you need to create super-realistic 3D models of machines for use in artwork, movies, and computer games.Blender 3D 2.49 Incredible Machines gives you step-by-step instructions for building weapons, vehicles, robots, and more. The book will show you how to use Blender 3D for mechanical modeling and product visualization. Through the pages of the book, you will find a step-by-step guide to create three different projects: a fantasy weapon, a » Read more... |  |
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Blender 3D provides the features you need to create super-realistic 3D models of machines for use in artwork, movies, and computer games.Blender 3D 2.49 Incredible Machines gives you step-by-step instructions for building weapons, vehicles, robots, and more. The book will show you how to use Blender 3D for mechanical modeling and product visualization. Through the pages of the book, you will find a step-by-step guide to create three different projects: a fantasy weapon, a spacecraft, and a giant robot. Even though these machines are not realistic, you will be able to build your own sensible & incredible machines with the techniques that you will learn in this book along with the exercises & examples.What you will learn from this book:- Learn the tools & options to use YafaRay to render your images;- Arrange a three-point light system, which produces light for renderings where a single object is the main focus of the image;- Create a steam punk spacecraft with minute detailing and more UV Mapping techniques to add extra realism to the model;- Use Edge Modeling to create, place, and shape different sections and then connect them together to create a base model;- Produce cables and wires by using a combination of curves & surfaces;- Make use of textures to generate shadows and the impression of depth in models;- Make an object look old by adding dust to its texture;- Use, set up, and create combustion flares with particles in Blender 3D;- Set up composite nodes, and create glare & glow effects with them;- Create a photorealistic space environment for the spacecraft with stars & planets using vertices and Halo materials, and add textures to them; & more.