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[edit] Table of Contents
Chapter 0: How to get Blender and Install it
Chapter 1: An Introduction to 3D Art
Chapter 2: The Blender Interface
Chapter 3: Object Manipulation and Basic Animation: Hands on
Chapter 3: Object Manipulation Basics
Chapter 3: Object Animation Basics
Chapter 4: Mesh Modeling: Hands on
Chapter 4: Modeling tools
Chapter 5: Multiresolution Sculpting: Hands on
Chapter 5: Multiresolution Sculpting: discussion
Chapter 6: Character Animation: Hands on
Chapter 6: Character Animation: Discussion
Chapter 7: Rigging and Skinning: Hands On
Chapter 7: Rigging and Skinning: Discussion
Chapter 8: Shape Keys: Hands on
Chapter 8: Shape Keys: Tools
Chapter 9: Materials and Textures in Blender: Hands on
Chapter 9: Blender Materials: Discussion
Chapter 10: UV Unwrapping and Painting: Hands on
Chapter 10: UV Unwrapping and Painting: Tools
Chapter 11: Lighting: Hands on
Chapter 11: Lighting: Discussion
Chapter 12: Particles: Hands on
Chapter 12: Particle Toolset Discussion
Chapter 13: Composite and Rendering: Hands on
Chapter 13: Compositing and Rendering: Discussion
Chapter 13: Render Settings: Discussion
Chapter 14: Preferences and Options: Customizing
Chapter 15: Blender Bonuses
Application Glossary
Errata corrige
[edit] License
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