Comments on: "Blender For Dummies" Available for Pre-order

By: DJ_Boxer

DJ_Boxer — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:13:10 +0000

@Karthik: I have both of these books and there will be some changes in 2.50 but there will soon be 2.49. There will be somethings you will have to re-learn but that will depend on the final changes. Check out blenderartists.org for development updates.

Happy Blendering:
DJ

By: Karthik

Karthik — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:51:01 +0000

I bought Essential blender and just placed an order for 'Blender for Dummies' as well. As you all know, these books and all the great video tutorials were written for the 2.4x series.. and Blender 2.5 initiative is already in progress. I have just started learning Blender and as wondering if I would need to "re-learn" Blender 2.5 once it is out considering the fact that 2.5 is a major "re-write" of Blender.. I hope the fundamentals won't change, but would like to know your opinion.. Not sure if this topic was already discussed, but any suggestions/thoughts are highly appreciated.

By: Nemesis

Nemesis — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:19:12 +0000

Just got this book.

This book is a must have, particualry for anyone new to belnder no matter there experience.

It is also very good for someone porting over from another 3d program.

In my opinion this book compliments "introducing character animation with blender" and "bounce tumble and splash" quite well.

Looking forward to "mastering blender" and blender 2.5.

By: Diane van Gumster

Diane van Gumster — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:49:40 +0000

Jason, Great work, great dedication and alot coffee. I personally know the time and attention that went into the writing of this book. I am proud!

By: Kyle Looper

Kyle Looper — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:24:38 +0000

I would like to add my congratulations to Fweeb on a terrific book. My name is Kyle Looper, and I was lucky enough as an Editor to have Jason agree to write this exciting addition to the Blender library. What I was particularly happy with is that Jason makes Blender accessible to people without prior training and explains how to "think in Blender," which I hope will bring a whole new group of users to the Blender community and to the other great books written on the topic area for more advanced users, especially Tony Mullen's terrific books.

I've read all the comments on this thread, and I appreciate the community's support in getting the word out. I've posted a correction to the Amazon material covering the product on the DVD. As we all know, the Blender product updates constantly, so we had to make a decision about which version to write on at some point.

I would not be averse to the idea of posting the table of contents and a sample chapter on this site; I just need to work with my marketing department and the site on making it happen.

As to the p2p discussion, I can only repeat what my drill sergeant told me in basic training: "Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one's watching." I try to live that way, and I hope you do too.

By: rpg-coder

rpg-coder — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:39:34 +0000

This is great. I have been trying to wrap my mind around Blender for some time now and while there is a ton of content on the web, there is little consistency. Preordered. Thanks for the work.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:13:30 +0000

Blender needs a 'Blender for Dummies Book',iitś a good thing;

By: DramaKing

DramaKing — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:14:23 +0000

This is great! I know just who I'll recommend it to.

By: Brother Shrike

Brother Shrike — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:22:15 +0000

Judging by C++ for dummies, HTML for dummies, and various other *for dummies books, the black and white images are of extremely good quality, as are the color inserts.

By: John R. Nyquist

John R. Nyquist — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:24:29 +0000

Congrats Jason, I know the enormous effort that goes into a project like this and look forward to seeing your work! The Dummies series is a great series and as Tony pointed out, it will do well for increasing the popularity of Blender.

As to versions, I wonder how many folks know you can run multiple versions of Blender on your system? That's nice so they can use the exact version your book was written with. I did that to look at the original game engine book.