Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation (Paperback)

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. Expand your digital workflow to include the practical resources with the robust companion web site that include demonstrations, project files, links to further resources, available at www.tradigitalblender.com.

• 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. 

擴展您的動畫工具箱，掌握基礎動畫技巧、軟體專業知識、專業最佳實踐以及經過驗證和時間考驗的工作流程。Roland Hess是領先的Blender藝術家和教師，他熟練地引導您使用Blender的角色動畫系統和控制，重點關注動畫的經典原則，如時間、預期、吸引力、舞台設計、誇張、壓縮和伸展等等。與其他軟體不同，Tradigital系列提供了一套具體的實用指導和基礎知識，所有優秀的動畫師都需要了解。通過強大的伴侶網站，擴展您的數位工作流程，該網站提供實用資源，包括示範、專案檔案、進一步資源的連結，網址為www.tradigitalblender.com。

• 可信賴：作者的先前作品被認為是Blender的權威文獻。


• 「Tradigital」承諾提供具體的工具指導，並將其與所有優秀動畫師需要了解的經典動畫原則相結合。


• 免費：Blender的免費、開源許可使其成為完全初學者嘗試3D的理想選擇，也適用於希望提升能力的動畫工作室。


• Blender的動畫系統非常「深入」- 它是一個小包裹，擁有令人眼花繚亂的功能。大量的選項和設定令人困惑且難以記住。Roland使用經過驗證的最佳實踐技巧，同時融入動畫原則。


• 伴侶網站提供：40個視頻展示技巧描述前後的原則，所有專案檔案，進一步Blender資源的連結，下載和論壇。