Now fully updated for Blender 2.83 LTS (Long-Term Support) and beyond,  Learning Blender, Third Edition, walks students through every step of creating an outstanding 3D animated character with Blender, and then compositing it in a real video using a professional workflow. This edition covers the extensive interface changes of the software, as well as many improvements and some almost fully rewritten chapters to showcase more modern workflows.

Still the only Blender tutorial to take students from preproduction to final result, this guide is perfect for both novices and those moving from other software to Blender (open source and free software). Author Oliver Villar provides full-color, hands-on chapters that cover every aspect of character creation: design, modeling, unwrapping, texturing, shading, rigging, animation, and rendering. He also walks through integrating animated characters into a real-world video, using professional camera tracking, lighting, and compositing techniques.

The rich companion website ( blendtuts.com/learning-blender-files) will help students quickly master even the most complex techniques with bonus contents like video tutorials. By the time theyre done, theyll be ready to create outstanding characters for all media -- and will have up-to-date skills for any 3D project, whether it involves characters or not.