In this 2.49 tutorial Jaymz uses a lattice to animate a human heart.

Blender expert and author Roland Hess walks you through the entire process of creating a short animation, from writing to storyboarding and blocking, through character creation, animation and rendering. Continue reading ‘Animating with Blender: How to Create Short Animations from Start to Finish’ »

Este libro electrónico “Fundamentos de Síntesis de Imagen 3D. Un Enfoque práctico a Blender” con ISBN 978-84-613-2782-9 contiene la mayor parte del contenido del curso básico de Blender (equivalente a un libro impreso de más de 300 páginas) creado para el Centro de Excelencia de Software Libre de Castilla-La Mancha por dos profesores de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha: Carlos González Morcillo y David Vallejo Fernández. Puedes acceder libremente al contenido del libro en esta página. También puedes comprar una copia en CD y así contribuir a la elaboración de nuevos cursos y materiales didácticos relacionados con el software libre.

Blender, the free alternative for professional-quality 3D animation is a complex program to learn, but once users become familiar with its power, they begin to seek more from it.  This book is the first of its kind to explore the more advanced features of Blender so that you can get the most out of the software. You’ll take your Blender skills to a whole new level with the featured in-depth coverage of intricate uses for Blender’s modeling, texturing, animation, and visual effects tools in a professional environment.

An introduction to object extrusion, replication and animation using paths. A golden oldie!

This book will show you how to create realistic architectural models in Blender. Blender is an open-source 3D animation program released as free software. It can be used for modeling, texturing, skinning, animating, and so on. It runs on all the important operating systems (including Windows, Mac, and Linux).

You can create natural scenery, landscapes, plants, various weather conditions, environmental factors, building materials such as wood, metal, brick, and more. You will also learn how to add people to different scenes as well as other objects to an already existing photograph or a video making it easier to increase its realism.

You will see how to use the final models to create simpler scenes for use in 3D games, where real-time rendering is necessary. You will also see how to use them to create the sets for animated movies.

A beginner book that covers the basics of Blender in a classroom format. 22 chapters with exercises designed to be completed in 1-2 one-hour class periods. Chapters are kept short (1-4 pages for most) and designed to only cover more commonly used features to get you “up-and-running” and comfortable with Blender. 146 pages. Free for use. The book can be downloaded as a complete pdf file or downloaded as individual chapters from the Central Dauphin High School Website.

This basic tutorial teaches you how to model a chess piece and then animate it using basic keyframing techniques.