From Tony:
I just finished putting together a little teaser video featuring some of the examples and tutorials that will be featured in my upcoming book, Bounce, Tumble, and Splash! Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D . I thought some of your readers might be interested in checking that out. It should give people some idea of what they can expect from the book.
You can also download a better quality video
As for the book itself, it's coming along great. I'm almost finished with the manuscript, although I'm expecting to do a fair amount of revising between now and the release of 2.50 to make sure that the book is as current as possible when it's released.
Also, the BlenderNation readers who weren't keen on the previous cover design may be pleased to know that their comments have been taken to heart. A new cover has been designed, and in fact it features artwork by one of the posters on that previous BN thread . So thanks to the BlenderNation readers for their feedback (and to 4museman for the new artwork)!
Editor's Note: For those of you who may have missed my interview with Tony (also includes Joe Eager and - Roland Hess) at SIGGRAPH 2007 you can watch it at REVVER.com
22 Comments
Wow! Brilliant! Cant wait to see the book!
I totally agree. Very nice work. That book will be interesting
Cool stuff.
Cant wait to buy the book.
looking sweet! :)
Great! I've already "Introducing Character Animation with Blender", and i must say it: It's a really good book! Here in Argentina it's difficult to get those... but i'm sure i'll get that one too! ;)
Looking good Tony.
Excellent!!! I can't wait to see the book finished!
Hi Tony,
I like the Jelly and flock of birds. Can't wait to add your book to my library of Bledner books.
Heh, that life saver on the water reminds me of my animation I did a couple years ago:
http://www.eyephoriadesign.com/fullsizemedia/eyephoria-waves.MP4
That will go well with my New Years resolution: This year I will learn character animation and physics.
When is the book's release date? Amazon says June, but Barnes & Noble says February. Looking forward to this book. Thanks Tony for another great addition to my Blender reference library.
Holy .. holy .. what the .. holy ...
Ok, I've been watching Blender for a while ... and I haven't really been completely impressed with it, particularly the GUI ... but watching this video and seeing what can be done in the physics I'm .. amazed. Surprised. And may rethink Blender and forget about upgrading my sorely out dated 3D Studio Max 7.
This sounds great! I recently bought Tony's last book and loved it, so I'll be eagerly anticipating this one.
Wow! Great! I like physics of Blender very much. And not just that! Blender saved me from another 3D pakage that degenerated somehow in development. I really enjoy animating characters in Blender now, because I came through Tony's previous book couple times. I can't wait to read this new one too! And I'm really happy that I could do my bit! Which means - I'll get my copy for free! Isn't that true? :-)
I met him! *should have gotten an autograph* ;)
Great work I really suck at physics stuff so this will definately be one for my book shelf (but mostly on my computer desk I think =D)
Congrats on the wonderful work!
Lee
Hi Everybody,
Thanks for checking it out! To answer a few questions, I think that probably Amazon's guess is more accurate that Barnes and Noble, or at least safer. Basically, the release of the book depends on the release of 2.50. It won't come out at the same time, but a bit after. I need to be able to work with the manuscript until 2.50 comes out, to keep the book up to date. Then it goes through the last rounds of editing, layout, printing, getting distributed, etc. This will all be done as soon as possible, but I'm afraid it won't be February. I guess it's one more of many reasons to look forward to the 2.50 release!
4museman, that's right, you're definitely in line for a copy of the book!
Lee, I'm sure we'll have more opportunities to give each other autographs in the future!
T
Oh boy! That video was amazing. I'm really glad I pre-ordered
this book. xD
very impressive book, I'm looking forward for it to come. I already have introducing character anmation, and the beginners guide to blender. It is getting better and better all the time. I used to use 3ds max, but I have switched totally to Blender
Wow! Very impressive stuff! I was actually just thinking about making a jelly tutorial a couple of weeks ago... dang too slow eh? I'll be interested in seeing if I am using your methods without knowing it. I do it with a lattice, I deform the lattice with the softbody tools and apply it to a high poly object of the same shape.
I look forward to hopefully getting a copy of this book, looks like it has some very interesting stuff in it. :D
Tony,
Your book "Introducing Character Animation in Blender," was so wonderful, I am really looking forward to this new book. Thanks for all your work, to make these tools available to all of us.
Yeah looks awsome!