Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation by Roland Hess

Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation by Roland Hess

Focal Press; 1 edition (June 29, 2011) | ISBN: 0240817575 | English | 312 pages | PDF | 38 MB

Expand your animation toolkit with foundational animation techniques, software expertise, professional best-practices, proven and time-tested work flows. Roland Hess, a leading Blender artist and instructor, expertly navigates you through Blender's character animation systems and controls, with a focus on each of the classical principles of animation like timing, anticipation, appeal, staging, exaggeration, squash and stretch and much more. Unique from other software titles, the Tradigital series offers a specific tool-set of practical instruction and foundational knowledge that all great animators will need to know.
*TRUSTED: The author's previous works are considered the definitive documentation for Blender. *The "Tradigital" promise of offering specific tool-set instruction and connecting it with the classical principles of animation that all great animators need to know. *FREE: Blender's free, open source license makes it ideal for complete beginners who want to try 3D with little investment, as well as for animation studios that want to increase their capabilities. *Blender's animation system is "deep" - small package with a bewildering number of features. The vast number of options and settings are bewildering and difficult to remember. Roland uses best-practices proven, tested techniques while incorporating principles of animation. *Companion web site offers: 40 videos that show principles- before and after using the technique described, all project files, links to further Blender resources, downloads, forums.

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