• Title: Blender Reference Manual
• Author(s) Hirako San, et al.
• Publisher: Blender.org; eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
• eBook: HTML and ePub
• Language: English
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This is the only book that takes you extensively through the entire learning process of the 3D Modelling and Animation software: Blender. It will be showing you the tools and techniques professional animators use to create everything from simple animated animated particle effects to complex character animation for Web sites, video, film, and other multimedia formats.

Written by a the community of Blender contributors, this book features everything you need to know to grasp the powerful 3D modelling and rendering interface.

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