Pro OGRE 3D Programming is your detailed guide to utilizing the OGRE 3D engine, one of the best-in-breed 3D rendering libraries available. You’ll learn what OGRE is, and more importantly, what it is not. OGRE gives you an object-oriented interface to render 3D scenes independent of the implementation, such as Direct3D or OpenGL. OGRE is available on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It can be utilized to create a variety of 3D-based applications and is commonly used in game creation. This book covers OGRE from obtaining the source to polishing the final product. If you are an aspiring game programmer with beginner/intermediate-level knowledge of game design practices and intermediate-level knowledge of the C++ language, this is the book for you. Familiarity with open source project management tools such as CVS and Subversion will also help you to digest the material. Included with the book is a ready-to-use Utility Toolkit class library useful for jumpstarting OGRE-based (more…)

Features software workshops for 3ds Max, Maya, CINEMA 4D, Lightwave, and Softimage XSI.Hot, hotter, hottest. See how today’s leading modeling artists create 3D characters that sizzle and get the techniques you’ll need to create your own virtual vixens.Steven Stahlberg, Liam Kemp, Marco Patrito, and Sze Jones from Blur Studio are just a few of the 3D artists who share their secrets for making the fantasy females you wish were real. You’ll get their personal stories, insights into the profession, and new ways to conceive and construct your own 3D characters.Then, seven hands-on workshops demonstrate the complete work cycle of modeling 3D characters to bring your own fantasies to life-from making the first sketch and preparing the template to modeling and texturing characters and lighting and rendering. You can use the techniques with any of the major software tools including 3ds Max, Lightwave, Softimage XSI, Maya, or Cinema 4D. Since the workshops don’t use any previously (more…)

This book is intended as a travel guide, an atlas to the Blender World. Everything you need to bring your creative ideas to fruition is inside. Developed originally as an in-house tool for a leading European animation studio, Blender is capable of creating broadcast-quality videos and has been used in hundreds of professional productions for major corporations. Find out how you can use the Blender software to create professional 3D graphics packages at a fraction of the cost and size of comparable products. Explore Blender’s versatile animation system, contemporary modeling principles, advanced rendering tools, deformation tools, inverse kinematics, and post-production editor. Soon you’ll be creating commercials and other broadcast-quality content, as well as multimedia and 3D game content. CD includes full version of Blender V2.03. ItemID: 0761535136

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Focus On 3D Models covers today’s most popular 3D model formats! Every programmer can take advantage of this 3D model and animation reference because it contains models that range from simple to complex based upon the skills and knowledge of the programmer and their intended use. Beginners can experiment with the easy-to-use basic 3D model formats. Intermediate and advanced programmers can expand their 3D modeling skills by mastering other popular formats presented in this book. The CD contains all source code from the book (including the necessary media and executables), Gmax, Paint Shop Pro 7 demo, Milkshape 3D, sample 3D models, and various freeware and shareware modeling programs.

About the Author
After programming for several years, Evan Pipho discovered gamedev.net in mid-2000 and immediately became a devoted gamer. At age 17, Evan has already tackled DirectDraw, Direct3D, and OpenGL in addition to co-creating Ngine.

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Let this in-depth professional book be your guide to Blender, the powerful alternative to expensive CG packages like Maya and 3ds Max. 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 gain all the skills necessary to build and animate a well-modeled, fully-rigged character, which is included as a .blend file on the DVD.

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Review
“Anyone interested in 3D graphics needs to closely examine this book, the 3D tutorials alone are well worth the cost.” — Robert Richmond, TechIMO.com, 6/28/03

The Official Blender GameKit is a complete guide and reference to creating interactive 3-D animation and games with Blender. It begins with an extensive introduction to 3-D graphics, explaining basic concepts and the Blender interface. Step-by-step tutorials teach the art of creating and animating models, then show how to turn them into simple games. Experienced 3-D artists will appreciate the complex game demos, character animation tutorials, introduction to Python, and advanced reference section. The included CDROM offers 10 playable and editable games that readers can use to build their own games and distribute them for free.

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“an invaluable aid to understanding the program and its possibilities” — blogcritics.org, August 2004

Blender is the first and only fully-integrated 3D graphics creation suite allowing modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, and realtime interactive 3D with cross-platform compatibility–all for free. Originally developed by Not a Number (NaN) as a commercial product, Blender has since been released as free software, with the sources available under GNU GPL. The Official Blender 2.3 Guide is an introduction to the sometimes complicated Blender interface and a complete guide to everything that Blender can do. Written by the designers who created and currently maintain Blender, the book covers methods of designing models, materials, and light; rendering 3D scenes; creating 3D animations; as well as advanced topics such as using Blender as a video editor. Includes a 4-color insert and a CD-ROM containing Blender for all platforms.

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In Detail 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. What you will learn from this book? Build detailed and realistic models of buildings, furniture, and landscapesCreate interior vie (more…)