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Animating with Blender

How to Create Short Animations

from Start to Finish

D. Roland Hess

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Hess, D. Roland.

Animating with Blender : how to create short animations from start to ﬁ nish/by

D. Roland Hess.

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Includesindex.

ISBN 978-0-240-81079-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Computer animation. 2. Three-

dimensional display systems. 3. Computer graphics. 4. Blender (Computer ﬁ le) I. Title.

TR897.7.H4852009

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