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Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition

You're reading from   Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition A quick and easy-to-use guide to create 3D modeling and animation using Blender 2.7

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783984909
Length 526 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gordon Fisher Gordon Fisher
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Blender and Animation FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Comfortable Using the 3D View 3. Controlling the Lamp, the Camera, and Animating Objects 4. Modeling with Vertices, Edges, and Faces 5. Building a Simple Boat 6. Making and Moving the Oars 7. Planning Your Work, Working Your Plan 8. Making the Sloop 9. Finishing Your Sloop 10. Modeling Organic Forms, Sea, and Terrain 11. Improving Your Lighting and Camera Work 12. Rendering and Compositing A. Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – seeing the bottom view, and back view


Sometimes, you also need to look at an object or scene from the bottom, from behind, or from the left. The following keys will help you:

  1. Press the Ctrl key and the 7 key on the NumPad. This gives you the Bottom view.

  2. Press the Ctrl key and the 1 key on the NumPad. This gives you Back view.

  3. Press the Ctrl key and the 3 key on the NumPad. This give you the Left view.

  4. Now, press the 1, 3, and 7 keys on the NumPad, then press them while holding down the Ctrl key.

What just happened?

You know how to use the 1, 3, and 7 keys on the NumPad to change views. To see from the opposing angle of a view, you can press the Ctrl key and the number for the view on the NumPad. Pressing the Ctrl + 7 key shows the Bottom view. Pressing the Ctrl + 1 key shows the Back view and Ctrl + 3 shows the Left view.

Seeing what the camera sees

Unlike some other systems, Blender only renders what a camera sees. You can find out what the camera is seeing by pressing the...

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