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The Official Blender 2.0 Guide w/CD (Miscellaneous) (Paperback)
by admin on ต.ค..27, 2009, under Book Review
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
Learning Autodesk Maya 2009 Foundation: Official Autodesk Training Guide [With DVD] [LEARNING AUTODESK MAYA 2-W/DVD] (Paperback)
by admin on ต.ค..27, 2009, under Book Review, CD-DVD, Review
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The Official Blender GameKit: Interactive 3D for Artists (Paperback)
by admin on ต.ค..15, 2009, under Book Review
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“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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Learning Autodesk Maya 2009 Foundation: Official Autodesk Training Guide (Book & DVD-ROM) (Paperback)
by admin on ต.ค..13, 2009, under CD-DVD
Learning Autodesk Maya: Foundation is a full-color book that offers students a hands-on approach for learning how to use Maya, the industry-leading 3D animation and effects software. You will work with real movie footage, interactive tutorials and step-by-step lessons to understand the basics of modeling, texturing, animating, and visual effects. The companion DVD, which includes instructor-led tutorial videos and other resources for extended learning, will further reinforce the topics covered in the book so that you can become better acquainted with the Maya User Interface.
The Official Blender 2.3 Guide: Free 3D Creation Suite for Modeling, Animation, and Rendering (Paperback)
by admin on ต.ค..12, 2009, under Book Review
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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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Learning Autodesk Maya 2008, (Official Autodesk Training Guide, includes DVD): Foundation (Paperback)
by admin on เม.ย..07, 2009, under Book Review
Product DescriptionLearning Autodesk Maya 2008 I Foundation is your key to unlocking the power of Autodesk Maya software, directly from the creators of one of the world’s most powerful 3D animation and effects software products. Get hands-on experience with the innovative tools and powerful techniques available in Autodesk Maya 2008. You’ll gain a sense of the entire production process as you work on creating and animating characters from Sony Pictures Animation’s feature film, Surf’s Up. You’ll even learn about compositing your characters into alternate environments in a bonus chapter on Autodesk Combustion software. Explore the Maya user interface, create organic structures with NURBS, apply forward and inverse kinematics, deform surfaces, learn to use Trax non-linear animation, discover rendering techniques, and so much more with this easy to follow guide to Maya. Includes bonus DVD with scene files, instructor-led podcasts, and other reference guides to give you a solid (more…)




