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Into Animation: Blender 3D Essentials for Animators

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Into Animation: Blender 3D Essentials for Animators

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About Into Animation: Blender 3D Essentials for Animators

Introduction

Getting Started

Class Updates

Interface

Transform Tools

Modelling the Slide

Modelling the Swing

Adjusting the Model

Class Update: Principled Shader

Adding Materials

Class Update: Modifier Menu

Applying Scale

Joining Objects

Adding a Bevel

Modelling the Bird

Adjusting the Bird

Rigging the Swing

Parenting

Deforming the Bird

Setup the Camera

Class Update: Keyframe Menu

Animating the Swing

Animating the Bird

Add the Environment

Lighting the Scene

Render a Still with EEVEE

Class Update: Rendering in Cycles

Render a Still with Cycles

Render Animation with EEVEE

Render Animation with Cycles

Final Thoughts

What You Will Learn?

  • Learning 3D Character Animation can be hard..
  • There are animation principles to be learnt alongside understanding acting and performance. This is further complicated by the fact that, before you can even start your first basic exercise, you must learn to use a complex software application..
  • This class is designed to teach you the software essentials that you need to get started without being overwhelming..
  • Blender is a powerful application, providing everything that is required to create high quality character animation. But, with that power comes complexity. Thankfully, as an animator, you will only ever need to know a small subset of the features available in the application..
  • This class will teach you the absolute essentials that you need to get started and provide a solid foundation of knowledge which we will build upon in the future..
  • By the end of this class, you will have created your first simple animated scene in Blender, and you will be ready to start learning character animation with confidence..
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  • Once you have finished this class, you will be ready to move on and learn character animation with my Into Animation: Character Animation Fundamentals class. Also, don't forget to check out the other animation classes here on Skillshare..
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  • Music: Bensound.com.