Blender 2D Animation
Home > Computing and Information Technology > Information technology: general topics > Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil
Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil

Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil

|
     0     
5
4
3
2
1




Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
About the Book

This book describes how to access the Grease Pencil component in Blender and create 2D Animation within the Blender 3D environment. It is assumed that the reader has no previous knowledge of the Blender program and treats 2D Animation using the Grease Pencil as a standalone application. Grease Pencil is a component of the 3D modeling and animation program, Blender. Blender is a free open-source 3D Computer Graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, virtual reality and computer games. Key Features: The first comprehensive beginner's guide to the Grease Pencil component of Blender Facets of operation are explained in short concise chapters with cross references Written instruction is accompanied by diagram illustrations in reference to the program's Graphical User Interface The book is also available in a discounted set along with The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling & Animation.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Preamble Download & Install Blender Starting the Blender Program The Graphical User Interface 1.1 The Graphical User Interface (GUI) 1.2 Editors The 3D Gui Diagram 1.3 The 3D Animation Workspace 1.4 Drawing with the Grease Pencil 1.5 The Grease Pencil 1.6 Hiding Annotations 1.7 The Transition to 2D Drawing The 2D GUI Diagram 1.8 Changing to the 2D Animation Workspace 1.9 The 2D Animation Workspace 1.10 The 2D Viewport Editor 1.11 Editor Controls – Buttons, Icons and Sliders Drawing Strokes 2.1 Drawing a Stroke 2.2 Drawing a Stroke (Continued) 2.3 Erasing Strokes 2.4 Stroke Lines and Fill 2.5 Stroke Colors - Material Color Mode 2.6 Stroke Colors - Vertex Color Mode 2.7 Mixing Colors 2.8 Texture Strokes 2.9 Stroke Color Workspace 2.10 Tinting Strokes 2.11 New Stroke Types Strokes Tools 3.1 The Tool Panel 3.2 The Fill Tool 3.3 The Cutter Tool 3.4 The Eyedropper Tool 3.5 The Line Tool 3.6 The Polyline Tool 3.7 The Arc Tool 3.8 The Curve Tool 3.9 The Box Tool 3.10 The Circle Tool Strokes Brushes 4.1 Brush Type 4.2 Brush Types 4.3 Adding New Brush Types 4.4 Customising a Brush Type 4.5 Downloading and Appending Brushes Using a Drawing Tablet 5.1 Emulating a Three Button Mouse 5.2 Blender Preferences Editor 5.3 2D Viewport Editor Controls 5.4 Tablet Properties 5.4 Wacom Intous 3D Table Properties The Canvas Explained 6.1 The Canvas 6.2 The Canvas – Another way 6.3 Renaming and Adding Layers 6.4 Adding Preconstructed Strokes 6.5 Appending Strokes 6.6 Using Appended Stroke Types 6.7 Browse Material to be Linked 6.8 Adding 3D Objects 6.9 Adding a Canvas 6.10 The Canvas Grid Stroke Placement 7.1 Placing Strokes 7.2 2D Viewport Header Stroke Placement Controls 7.3 Object Origin 7.4 Origin: Stroke Placement 7.5 3D Cursor: Stroke Placement 7.6 Surface: Stroke Placement 7.7 Stroke: Stroke Placement 7.8 Aligning and Locking Strokes 7.9 Drawing Guides Background Image Tracing 8.1 Tracing 8.2 Drag and Drop Method 8.3 Add Image Method 8.4 The File browser Editor 8.5 Tracing Smoothing and Editing Strokes 9.1 Editing Strokes 9.2 2D Viewport Editor Modes 9.3 Editing in Object Mode 9.4 Editing in Edit Mode 9.5 Proportional Editing 9.6 Edit Mode Manipulation Tools 9.7 Edit Mode Editing Tools 9.8 Editing in Sculpt Mode 9.9 Editing with Modifiers Stroke Effects 10.1 Viewport Shading Options 10.2 Stroke Effects 10.3 Viewport Display 10.4 Flip Effect 10.5 Blur Effect 10.6 Pixelate 10.7 Shadow 10.8Wave Distortion 10.9 Multiple Effects Animating Strokes 11.1 Dope Sheet and Timeline Editors 11.2 Timeline Animation Play Buttons 11.3 Animation Action 11.4 Animation Time 11.5 Number of Frames 11.6 Set up the Scene 11.7 Interpolation 11.8 Onion Skinning 11.9 Timeline Manipulation 11.10 Perpetual Motion 11.11 Remember the Outliner Editor 11.12 The Walk Cycle and Animation 11.13 Keyframes and Posing Animating a Character 12.1 The Storyboard 12.2 Organising the Outliner Editor 12.3 Animating a Character 12.4 Movement in the Scene 12.5 Walk Cycle Reference Image 12.6 Create a Dedicated Sketch Material 12.7 Sketching a Pose 12.8 Playing the Animation 12.9 Scaling and Positioning Keyframes in the Timeline 12.10 The Time Offset Modifier. 12.11 Animating the Scene Background 12.12 Background Image 12.13 In Perspective Armatures in Animation 13.1 The Armature 13.2 Multiple Bones 13.3 Armature Display 13.4 Armature Posing 13.5 Parenting with Automatic Weights 13.6 Understanding Parenting 13.7 Cancel Parenting 13.8 Parenting with Envelope Weights 13.9 Vertex Groups 13.10 Animation Keyframes Wrap up and Render 14.1 Eevee Render in the Properties Editor 14.2 Render Preview 14.3 Rendering an Image 14.4 Rendering a Video Clip 14.5 Video Codecs Navigate and Save 15.1 Files and Folders 15.2 Creating a Folder 15.3 Saving a File 15.4 Windows File Explorer 15.5 Windows File Explorer Diagram 15.6 Blender File Browser 15.7 Opening Files 15.8 File Browser Header Features 15.9 Make a New Folder 15.10 Display Options 15.11 Saving Your Work 15.12 The Concept of Files 15.13 The Append or Link Command 15.14 Importing Objects Creating New Scenes 16.1 The Storyboard 16.2 Extend the Sequence 16.3 Adding a Scene 16.4 Create Video Clips Movie Making 17.1 Video Editing Workspace 17.2 Placing Files in the VSE 17.3 Audio Files – Sound 17.4 Precision File Placement 17.5 Viewing the Video File 17.6 Video File Properties / Modifiers 17.7 Erasing (Deleting) a File from the VSE 17.8 The Add Button 17.9 Cutting Video Strips 17.10 Rendering the Movie 17.11 Summary Grease Pencil Modeling 18.1 Modeling using the Grease Pencil 18.2 Modeling a Stroke 18.3 Shaping Strokes 18.4 Combining and Converting Strokes 18.5 Modeling From Strokes 18.6 Modeling Workspace. 18.7 Modeling a Dragon Using Add-Ons 19.1 Add-ons From the Internet 19.2 Download the Add-on 19.3 Installing the Python File 19.4 Add-on – Another Way Internet Resources Index


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781000462425
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis eBooks
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil
  • ISBN-10: 1000462420
  • Publisher Date: 19 Aug 2021
  • Language: English


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil
Taylor & Francis eBooks -
Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals

    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!