Index

A

• actions
  • tweaking, in Graph Editor / Tweaking the actions in Graph Editor, Getting ready, How to do it…
• add-ons
  • about / Improving Blender with add-ons
  • using, in Blender / Improving Blender with add-ons
  • searching, on hard-disk / Improving Blender with add-ons
• additional UV layers
  • setting up / Setting up additional UV layers, How to do it…
• advanced materials, Cycles
  • creating / Creating advanced materials in Cycles
  • skin material, with Subsurface Scattering node / Skin material with Subsurface Scattering
  • skin material, with Subsurface Scattering node / Skin material with Subsurface Scattering
  • eye material / Eye material
  • fur, creating / The fur of the rat
• Alien Character / The Alien Character
• alien character
  • retopology, creating / Making the retopology of the alien character
• alien character retopology
  • creating / Making the retopology of the alien character
  • environment, preparing / Preparing the environment
• alpha / Anatomy of a brush
• Alt key / Using a pen tablet
• ambient occlusion
  • baking / The baking of an ambient occlusion
  • about / Understanding the ambient occlusion map, There's more...
  • colors, multiplying / Understanding the ambient occlusion map
  • bake, creating / Creation of the bake
  • displaying, in viewport / Displaying the ambient occlusion in the viewport
  • enabling / There's more...
• animation
  • principles / Principles of animation
  • preparation / Preparation of the animation
  • OpenGL playblast, rendering of / Rendering an OpenGL playblast of the animation, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• animation, preparing
  • short script, writing / Writing a short script
  • shot, field sizes / Writing a short script
  • shot, angle shot / Writing a short script
  • Storyboard, creating / Making a storyboard
  • final camera placements, searching / Finding the final camera placements and the timing through a layout
  • final camera timing, searching / Finding the final camera placements and the timing through a layout
  • references / Animation references
  • organization / Organization
• animation controls
  • building / Building the animation controls and the Inverse Kinematic, How to do it…
• animation principles
  • about / Principles of animation
  • Squash and Stretch / Squash and Stretch
  • anticipation / Anticipation
  • staging / Staging
  • Straight Ahead Action / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
  • Pose to Pose / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
  • Follow Through / Follow Through and Overlapping Action
  • Overlapping Action / Follow Through and Overlapping Action
  • Slow In / Slow In and Slow Out
  • Slow Out / Slow In and Slow Out
  • arcs / Arcs
  • Secondary Action / Secondary Action
  • timing / Timing
  • exaggeration / Exaggeration
  • solid drawing / Solid drawing
  • appeal / Appeal
• animation process
  • URL / See also
• animations, rendering
  • URL / See also
• animation tools, Blender
  • about / Animation tools in Blender
  • timeline editor / The timeline
  • keyframe / What is a keyframe?
  • Dope Sheet / The Dope Sheet
  • Graph editor / The Graph editor
  • Non-Linear Action editor / The Non-Linear Action editor
• anisotropy / How it works...
• Anticipation principle / Anticipation
• appeal principle / Appeal
• Append and Link
  • URL / How it works…
• arcs principle / Arcs
• Armature
  • about / Using the Skin modifier's Armature option, Introduction, Introduction, How to do it…
  • skinning, to Gidiosaurus mesh / Introduction
  • parenting, Automatic Weights tool used / Parenting the Armature and Mesh using the Automatic Weights tool, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• Armature, character
  • building, from scratch / Building the character's Armature from scratch, How to do it…
  • rig, building for secondary parts / Building the rig for the secondary parts
  • rig, completing / Completing the rig, How it works…
  • perfecting, as rig for Armor / Perfecting the Armature to also function as a rig for the Armor, How to do it…, How it works…
  • building, through Human Meta-Rig tool / Building the character's Armature through the Human Meta-Rig, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • generating, by Rigify add-on / Generating the character's Armature by using the Rigify add-on, How to do it…, How it works…
• Armature modifier
  • URL / Editing the mesh
• Armature option, Skin modifier
  • using / Using the Skin modifier's Armature option, Getting ready, How to do it…
• Armor
  • detailing, Curve used from Mesh tool / Detailing the Armor by using the Curve from Mesh tool, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• armor plates
  • modeling / Modeling the armor plates, How to do it…, How it works…
• armor shaders
  • building, in Cycles / Building the armor shaders in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • building, in Blender Internal / Building the armor shaders in Blender Internal, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• Armor textures
  • defining / The Armor textures, How to do it…, There's more…, See also
  • references / See also
• Array modifier / Adding instantiated objects
• Artistic Anatomy
  • about / An introduction to artistic anatomy
  • body, sculpting / Sculpting the body
• atmosphere layer / The atmosphere, How it works...
• atmospheric perspective
  • adding / Adding the atmospheric perspective, How it works...
• AutoKey option / What is a keyframe?
• Automatic Weights tool
  • used, for parenting Armature / Parenting the Armature and Mesh using the Automatic Weights tool, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • used, for parenting Mesh / Parenting the Armature and Mesh using the Automatic Weights tool, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • about / Getting ready

B

• B-bones
  • about / How it works…
• Background Images tool
  • about / Introduction
  • templates, setting with / Setting templates with the Background Images tool, How to do it…
  • using / Setting templates with the Background Images tool, How to do it…
• Bakelite material
  • creating / Creating a Bakelite material, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • working / How it works...
  • node group, creating / There's more...
• base mesh
  • creating, with Skin modifier / Creating a base mesh with the Skin modifier
  • Matcap, using / Visual preparation
  • visual preparation / Visual preparation
  • about / Introduction
  • building / Introduction
  • preparing, for sculpting / Preparing the base mesh for sculpting, How to do it…, How it works…
• base mesh, character
  • building, with Skin modifier / Building the character's base mesh with the Skin modifier, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • sculpting / Sculpting the character's base mesh, How to do it…, There's more…
• basic settings, Cycles render engine
  • about / Understanding the basic settings of Cycles
  • sampling / The sampling
  • light path settings / Light path settings
  • performance settings / Performances
• beetle-like chitin material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a beetle-like chitin material with procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
• bevel modifier / Simulate a stack of wooden planks with physics
• Bevel tool
  • about / An introduction to the Subdivision Surface modifier
• Big Buck Bunny
  • URL / How it works…
• Blender
  • working with / What can you do with Blender?
  • navigation, using / Getting used to the navigation in Blender
  • improving, with add-ons / Improving Blender with add-ons
  • URL / Performances, Cycles versus Blender Internal, See also
  • bone anatomy / An introduction to the rigging process
  • animation tools / Animation tools in Blender
• Blender Artists forum
  • URL / See also
• Blender bug tracker
  • URL / There's more…
• Blender documentation
  • URL / Creating a leather material with procedurals
• Blender Internal
  • used, for rendering robot toy / Using Blender Internal to render our Robot Toy
  • used, for rendering / Doing a quick render with Blender Internal
  • lights, setting / Setting lights
  • camera, placing / Placing the camera
  • environment, setting / Setting the environment (sky and mist)
  • versus Cycles render engine / Cycles versus Blender Internal
  • tileable scales image, creating / Making a tileable scales image in Blender Internal, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • color maps, painting in / Painting the color maps in Blender Internal, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • reptile skin shaders, building in / Building the reptile skin shaders in Blender Internal, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • eyes' shaders, building in / Building the eyes' shaders in Blender Internal, How to do it…, How it works…
  • armor shaders, building in / Building the armor shaders in Blender Internal, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • three-point lighting rig, setting in / Setting a three-point lighting rig in Blender Internal, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • materials, working / Introduction
• Blender Internal shaders
  • creating / Introduction
• Blender Official Add-ons Catalog
  • URL / Improving Blender with add-ons
• Blender Render engine
  • about / Introduction
  • URL / Getting ready
• Blender units / Working with a scale
• blocking method
  • about / Blocking the bases of the house
  • refining / Refining the blocking
  • instantiated objects, refining / Adding instantiated objects
• blocking objects
  • reworking / Reworking the blocking objects
• body parts
  • joining / How to do it…
• body sculpting, Artistic Anatomy
  • head / The head
  • torso / The torso
  • arms / The arms
  • legs / The legs
  • belt / The belt
• bones, Armature
  • URL / Editing the mesh
• Boolean modifier
  • using / There's more…
• bottom shaders
  • creating / Creating the water surface and the bottom shaders
• Breakdowns / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• Bridge tool
  • about / How to do it…
• bronze material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
• brush
  • anatomy / Anatomy of a brush
• brushes, Texture Paint tool
  • discovering / Discovering the brushes
  • TexDraw brush / The TexDraw brush
  • Smear brush / The Smear brush
  • Soften brush / The Soften brush
  • Clone brush / The Clone brush
  • Fill brush / The Fill brush
  • Mask brush / The Mask brush
• BSDF
  • about / Introduction

C

• character
  • animating / Introduction
  • linking / Linking the character and making a proxy, Getting ready, How to do it…
• Child Of constraint / Rigging the gun
• Clay brush / The torso
• Clay Strips brush / The head
• Clone brush / The Clone brush
  • using / There's more…
• cloth materials
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating cloth materials with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• clouds / The clouds
• cloud volumetric material
  • creating / Creating a cloud volumetric material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• color balance node
  • URL / Depth Pass
• color maps
  • painting, in Blender Internal / Painting the color maps in Blender Internal, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • painting, in Cycles / Painting the color maps in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it…
• colors
  • adding / Adding colors
  • Texture Paint tool, basics / Basics of the Texture Paint tool
  • scene, painting / Painting the scene
  • laying down / Laying down the colors
  • tiled textures / Tiled textures
  • roof-tiled texture, painting / Painting the roof-tile texture
  • hand painted tiled textures types, tips / Quick tips for other kinds of hand-painted tiled textures
  • tiled textures, baking / Baking our tiled textures
  • transparent textures, creating / Creating transparent textures
• color wheel window / The grass texture
• complex man-made materials
  • cloth materials, creating / Creating cloth materials with procedurals
  • leather material, creating / Creating a leather material with procedurals
  • synthetic sponge material, creating / Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals
  • spaceship hull shader, creating / Creating a spaceship hull shader
• complex natural materials
  • Cycles / Introduction
  • ocean material, creating / Creating an ocean material using procedural textures
  • underwater environment materials, creating / Creating underwater environment materials
  • snowy mountain landscape, creating / Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals
  • realistic Earth, creating / Creating a realistic Earth as seen from space
• composite nodes
  • URL / How it works…
• control bones
  • creating / How to do it…
• Copy Attributes Menu add-ons
  • about / Getting ready
• Copy Rotation constraint / The arm and the hand
  • about / How it works…
• cranium/neck section, mesh / How to do it…
• Crease brush / The head
• Cube primitive
  • about / Getting ready
• curves
  • used, for modeling tree / Modeling a tree with curves
  • about / Modeling a tree with curves
  • URL / There's more…
• custom shapes
  • about / Custom shapes
• cycles
  • Normal Maps, applying in Cycles / Making and applying normal maps in Cycles
• Cycles
  • advanced materials, creating / Creating advanced materials in Cycles
  • passes / The Raw rendering phase
  • URL / The Raw rendering phase
  • color maps, painting in / Painting the color maps in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • reptile skin shaders, building / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • eyes shaders, building / Building the eyes' shaders in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • armor shaders, building / Building the armor shaders in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • materials, working / Introduction
  • material nodes / Material nodes in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more..., Introduction
  • procedural textures / Procedural textures in Cycles, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more..., See also
  • World material, setting / Setting the World material
  • man-made materials / Introduction
  • Subsurface Scattering / Introduction
  • Subsurface Scattering, simulating by Translucent shader / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Translucent shader
  • Subsurface Scattering, simulating by Vertex Color tool / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Vertex Color tool, How to do it...
  • Subsurface Scattering, simulating by Ray Length output / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Ray Length output in the Light Path node
  • layered human skin material, creating in / Creating a layered human skin material in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • volume materials, using / Using Cycles volume materials
  • shadeless material, creating / Creating a shadeless material in Cycles
• Cycles interface
  • creating, for material creation screen / Preparing an ideal Cycles interface for material creation, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Cycles material
  • about / Material nodes in Cycles
  • building / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Cycles materials and textures
  • URL / See also
• Cycles nodes
  • URL / See also
• Cycles render engine
  • basic settings / Understanding the basic settings of Cycles
  • realistic grass, creating / Creating realistic grass
  • textures, backing / Baking textures in Cycles
  • versus Blender Internal / Cycles versus Blender Internal
• Cycles Render Engine
  • URL / Introduction
• Cycles Render engine
  • defining / Image based lighting in Cycles
  • rendering settings, tweaking / Obtaining a noise-free and faster rendering in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it…

D

• 3D Cursor
  • about / How to do it…
• 3D manipulator widget
  • enabling / How to do it…, Getting ready
• 3D scene
  • anatomy / The anatomy of a 3D scene
• 3D scene layout
  • setting up / Setting the library and the 3D scene layout, How to do it…, How it works…
• 3D workflow
  • overview / An overview of the 3D workflow
  • 3D scene, anatomy / The anatomy of a 3D scene
• Damped Track constraint / The head and the eyes
• data system
  • URL / How it works…
• Depth pass / Depth Pass
• displacement
  • using / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• display, Render
  • references / Obtaining a noise-free and faster rendering in Cycles
• DJV Imaging
  • URL / There's more…
• Dope Sheet / The Dope Sheet
• drivers
  • assigning, to shape keys / Assigning drivers to the shape keys, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
  • about / How it works…
  • URL / Setting movement limit constraints
• Dumped Track constraint
  • about / How it works…
• Duplicate Linked tool / Modeling the buttons, Adding instantiated objects
• Duplicate Object / Modeling the buttons
• Dynamic topology feature
  • using / Using the Multiresolution modifier and the Dynamic topology feature, How to do it…, How it works…
• Dynamic topology setting
  • about / How it works…
• Dyntopo
  • versus Multires modifier / Dyntopo versus the Multires modifier
  • first touch / First touch with Dyntopo

E

• edge-loops flow
  • planning, Grease Pencil tool used / Using the Grease Pencil tool to plan the edge-loops flow, Getting ready, How to do it…
• edge loop
  • about / Modeling the head
• edge loops / Creating a base mesh with the Skin modifier
• editor
  • about / What are editors?
  • anatomy / The anatomy of an editor
  • Header / The anatomy of an editor
  • Split Area / Split, Join, and Detach
  • detaching / Split, Join, and Detach
  • Join Area button / Split, Join, and Detach
  • layout presets / Some useful layout presets
• Empties
  • preparing / Getting ready
• environment
  • modeling / Modeling the environment (8 pages)
  • cliff, modeling / Modeling the cliff
  • tree with curves, modeling / Modeling a tree with curves
  • scene, enhancing with barrier / Enhancing the scene with a barrier, rocks, and a cart
  • scene, enhancing with rocks / Enhancing the scene with a barrier, rocks, and a cart
  • scene, enhancing with carts / Enhancing the scene with a barrier, rocks, and a cart
• environment preparation, alien character retopology
  • steps / Preparing the environment
  • head / The head
  • polygon pairs / The head
  • F2 add-on / The head
  • smooth option / The head
  • neck / The neck and the torso
  • torso / The neck and the torso
  • arms / The arms and the hands
  • hands / The arms and the hands
  • legs / The legs
• exaggeration principle / Exaggeration
• expanded polystyrene material
  • creating / Creating an expanded polystyrene material, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
• expressions shape keys
  • defining / How to do it…
• Extremes / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• extrusion tool
  • about / Modeling the head
• eye, creature
  • modeling / Modeling the eye, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • building / How to do it…, How it works…
• eyeball rotation
  • transferring, to eyelids / Transferring the eyeball rotation to the eyelids, Getting ready
• eyes' shaders
  • building, in Blender Internal / Building the eyes' shaders in Blender Internal, How to do it…, How it works…
• eyes shaders
  • building, in Cycles / Building the eyes' shaders in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• Eyes sphere
  • eyeballs / Building the eyes' shaders in Cycles
  • irises / Building the eyes' shaders in Cycles
  • pupils / Building the eyes' shaders in Cycles

F

• fac input / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
• fake immersion effect material
  • creating / Creating a fake immersion effect material, How to do it..., How it works...
• fake Subsurface Scattering node group
  • creating / Creating a fake Subsurface Scattering node group, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• fake volume light material
  • creating / Creating a fake volume light material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• fangs
  • about / Modeling the armor plates
• Fill brush / The Fill brush
• fire and smoke shader
  • creating / Creating a fire and smoke shader, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• FK (Forward Kinematic) / The leg and the foot
• FK/IK sliders
  • about / How to do it…
• Flatten/Contrast brush / The legs
• foam shader
  • creating / Creating the foam shader
• Follow Through principle / Follow Through and Overlapping Action
• fork, robot toy
  • modeling / Modeling the fork
  • protections, modeling / Modeling protections for the fork
• frames
  • nodes, grouping / Grouping nodes under frames for easier reading
  • using, with simple shader / How to do it...
• Fresnel / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
• Fresnel node
  • about / How it works…
• fur
  • creating / Creating fur and hair, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...

G

• generic plastic material
  • creating / Creating a generic plastic material, How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
• Gidiosaurus
  • about / How to do it…, Introduction, Building the character's Armature from scratch, How it works…, Perfecting the Armature to also function as a rig for the Armor
• Gidiosaurus character
  • defining / Introduction
• Gidiosaurus object / Getting ready
• Gimp
  • about / Making a tileable scales image in Blender Internal, The Quick Edit tool, How to do it…
• Gizmo tool / The Edit Mode versus the Object Mode
• glassy polystyrene material
  • creating / Creating a clear (glassy) polystyrene material, How to do it...
• Global Illumination effect
  • about / Getting ready
• GPU-based rendering
  • steps / Introduction
• GPU graphic cards, for Cycles
  • URL / See also
• GPU rendering
  • URL / See also
• Grab (G) tool / Modeling the cliff
• Grab brush / The head
• Grab tool / Adding the head primitive
• Graph Editor
  • actions, tweaking in / Tweaking the actions in Graph Editor, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • URL / Using the Non Linear Action Editor to mix different actions
• Graph editor / The Graph editor
• Gray Alien skin material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a gray alien skin material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Grease Pencil tool
  • about / How it works…, How to do it…
  • used, for planning edge-loops flow / Using the Grease Pencil tool to plan the edge-loops flow, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • URL / There's more…
• ground material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a simple ground material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• groups
  • using / Grouping objects
• Gstretch tool
  • about / How to do it…
• guides
  • creating / How to do it…

H

• hair
  • creating / Creating fur and hair, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• haunted house
  • blocking / Blocking the house
  • world scale, working on / Working with a scale
  • bases, blocking / Blocking the bases of the house
  • element geometry, working on / Breaking and ageing the elements
  • stack simulation of wooden planks, adding / Simulate a stack of wooden planks with physics
  • stack simulation of wooden planks, creating / Creation of the simulation of a stack of planks
• Haunted House / The Haunted House
• HDR (High Dynamic Range) image
  • about / Setting image based lighting (IBL)
• hdr image
  • about / How to do it…
• head deformation, Gidiosaurus mesh
  • fixing / How to do it…
• High-dynamic-range (HDR) / How to do it...
• high resolution mesh
  • more details, sculpting on / Sculpting more details on the high resolution mesh, Getting ready, How to do it…
• Hooks
  • using / Using the Laplacian Deform modifier and Hooks, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • URL / How it works…
• Human Meta-Rig
  • about / Introduction
• Human Meta-Rig tool
  • used, for building Armature / Building the character's Armature through the Human Meta-Rig, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • about / Building the character's Armature through the Human Meta-Rig
  • using / Getting ready

I

• IBL
  • painting / Painting and using an Image Base Lighting
  • using / Painting and using an Image Base Lighting
• ice material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating an ice material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
• IK constraint / The leg and the foot
• IK solver
  • about / How to do it…
• image based lighting (IBL)
  • setting / Setting image based lighting (IBL), Image based lighting in Cycles, Image based lighting in Blender Internal, How it works…
  • in Cycles / Image based lighting in Cycles
  • in Blender Internal / Image based lighting in Blender Internal, How it works…
• Image Empties method
  • about / Introduction, Setting templates with the Image Empties method
  • templates, setting with / Setting templates with the Image Empties method, How to do it…, How it works…
• image maps
  • used, for creating rock material / Creating a rock material using image maps, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• images
  • requisites / Introduction
• Images as Planes add-on
  • about / Introduction, Setting templates with the Images as Planes add-on
  • templates, setting with / Setting templates with the Images as Planes add-on, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• image texture
  • Vertex Colors layer, baking to / Adding a dirty Vertex Colors layer and baking it to an image texture, How to do it…, How it works…
• Index Of Refraction (IOR) / How to do it...
• Inflate/Deflate brush / The head
• inset
  • about / Modeling the antenna
• Inverse Kinematic
  • building / Building the animation controls and the Inverse Kinematic, How to do it…
• Inverse Kinematic (IK) / The leg and the foot
• Inverse Kinematics
  • about / How to do it…
• Inverse Kinematics constraint
  • about / How it works…, How to do it…
• IORs
  • references / How it works...
• IOR values
  • URL / See also

J

• join tool (J) / Modeling the thunderbolts

K

• keyframe / What is a keyframe?
• Key Poses / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• knife tool (K) / Modeling the thunderbolts, Modeling the arm
• Knife Topology Tool
  • about / How to do it…, How it works…
• Knife Topology Tool (K) / Modeling the chest
• Krita
  • URL / Making a tileable scales image in Blender Internal

L

• Laplacian Deform modifier
  • using / Using the Laplacian Deform modifier and Hooks, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • URL / How it works…
• Laplacian modifier
  • setting up / How to do it…
• lattice
  • about / Modeling a tree with curves
• Lattice object / How to do it…
• layered human skin material
  • creating, in Cycles / Creating a layered human skin material in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Layered Painting, in Blender 2.72
  • references / How it works…
• leather material
  • creating, with procedurals / How to do it...
• Left Mouse Button (LMB) / Split, Join, and Detach
• library
  • setting up / Setting the library and the 3D scene layout, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• light path settings, Cycles render engine
  • Max and Min Bounces / Light path settings
  • Filter Glossy / Light path settings
  • reflective and refractive caustics / Light path settings
• lights
  • about / Lighting
  • testing material, creating / Creating a testing material
  • types / Understanding the different types of light
  • using, in scenes / Lighting our scene
  • IBL, painting / Painting and using an Image Base Lighting
  • IBL, using / Painting and using an Image Base Lighting
  • settings / How to do it…
• light types
  • about / Understanding the different types of light
  • point / Understanding the different types of light
  • sun / Understanding the different types of light
  • spot / Understanding the different types of light
  • hemi / Understanding the different types of light
  • area / Understanding the different types of light
• Link and Append file structures / Organization
• Linux Ubuntu
  • about / How to do it…, Getting ready
• Live Unwrap tool / Editing the UV islands
• Locked Track constraint
  • about / How it works…
• Loft tool
  • about / How to do it…
• LoopCut tool
  • about / An introduction to the Subdivision Surface modifier
• LoopTools add-on
  • about / Getting ready
  • using / Modeling the armor plates, How to do it…
  • URL / How it works…
  • used, for re-topologizing mesh / Using the LoopTools add-on to re-topologize the mesh, How to do it…
  • enabling / Getting ready
• low poly mesh / The legs
• low resolution mesh
  • preparing, for unwrapping / Preparing the low resolution mesh for unwrapping, Getting ready, How to do it…

M

• man-made materials, Cycles
  • generic plastic material, creating / Creating a generic plastic material
  • Bakelite material, creating / Creating a Bakelite material
  • expanded polystyrene material, creating / Creating an expanded polystyrene material
  • glassy polystyrene material, creating / Creating a clear (glassy) polystyrene material
  • rubber material, creating / Creating a rubber material
  • antique bronze material, creating / Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals
  • multipurpose metal node group, creating / Creating a multipurpose metal node group
  • rusty metal material, creating / Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals
  • wood material, creating / Creating a wood material with procedurals
• mapping method
  • specifying / There's more...
• mask / The head
• Mask brush / The legs, The Mask brush
• Matcap
  • using / Visual preparation
• Matcaps
  • about / How it works…
• material creation screen
  • Cycles interface, creating for / Preparing an ideal Cycles interface for material creation, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• material groups
  • mixing / Mixing the material groups
• materials
  • creating, with nodes / Creating materials with nodes
  • of house, creating / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
  • of rock, creating / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
  • of tree, creating / Creating the materials of the house, the rocks, and the tree
  • mask, adding for windows / Adding a mask for the windows
  • procedural textures, using / Using procedural textures
  • Normal Maps, creating in Cycles / Making and applying normal maps in Cycles
  • naming / Naming materials and textures, How to do it..., There's more...
  • linking / Linking materials and node groups, How to do it...
• materials, Blender Render Engine
  • URL / Building the eyes' shaders in Blender Internal
• Mesh
  • parenting, Automatic Weights tool used / Parenting the Armature and Mesh using the Automatic Weights tool, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• mesh
  • editing / Editing the mesh, How to do it…
  • re-topologizing, Snap tool used / Using the Snap tool to re-topologize the mesh, How to do it…, How it works…
  • re-topologizing, Shrinkwrap modifier used / Using the Shrinkwrap modifier to re-topologize the mesh, How to do it…
  • re-topologizing, LoopTools add-on used / Using the LoopTools add-on to re-topologize the mesh, How to do it…
  • unwrapping / UV unwrapping the mesh, How to do it…
  • modifying / Modifying the mesh and the UV islands, Getting ready, How to do it…
• mesh-light material
  • creating / Creating a mesh-light material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Mesh Deform modifier
  • used, to skin character / Using the Mesh Deform modifier to skin the character, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• Mesh to Curve technique
  • used, for adding details / Using the Mesh to Curve technique to add details, How to do it…, How it works…
• metric system / Working with a scale
• Middle Mouse Button (MMB) / An introduction to the navigation of the 3D Viewport
• mirror modifier / Modeling the thunderbolts
• mist pass
  • compositing / Compositing a mist pass
• model
  • preparing, for using UDIM UV tiles / Preparing the model to use the UDIM UV tiles, How to do it…, How it works…
• modeling tools, robot toy
  • using / Using the basic modeling tools
  • extrusion / Modeling the head
• modifier
  • about / An introduction to the Subdivision Surface modifier
• morphing
  • about / Introduction
• movement limit constraints
  • setting / Setting movement limit constraints, How to do it…
  • URL / How to do it…
• multipurpose metal node group
  • creating / Creating a multipurpose metal node group, How to do it..., How it works...
• Multires modifier
  • about / Dyntopo versus the Multires modifier
  • first touch / First touch with the Multires modifier
• Multiresolution modifier
  • using / Using the Multiresolution modifier and the Dynamic topology feature, How to do it…, How it works…
  • about / How it works…
• Multiresolution modifier method
  • defining / How to do it…
• MyPaint
  • URL / Making a tileable scales image in Blender Internal

N

• N-Gon / Modeling the antenna
• natural materials
  • about / Introduction
• navigation, Blender
  • using / Getting used to the navigation in Blender
  • of 3D Viewport / An introduction to the navigation of the 3D Viewport
  • editors / What are editors?
  • preferences, setting up / Setting up your preferences
• navigation preferences
  • setting / Setting up your preferences
  • Preferences window / An introduction to the Preferences window
  • default navigation style, customizing / Customizing the default navigation style
  • add-ons, using in Blender / Improving Blender with add-ons
• negative frames keys
  • about / How to do it…
• negative low value
  • about / There's more…
• NLA Editor
  • about / How to do it…
  • used, to mix different actions / Using the Non Linear Action Editor to mix different actions, How to do it…
  • URL / How to do it…
• nodal compositing / Introduction to nodal compositing
• Node Group / How to do it...
• node group, of skin shader
  • creating, for reusing / Making a node group of the skin shader to reuse it, How to do it…, How it works…
• node groups
  • creating / Creating node groups, How to do it..., How it works...
  • linking / Linking materials and node groups, How to do it...
• Node Wrangler add-on
  • about / There's more...
• noise reduction
  • URL / See also
• Non-Linear Action editor / The Non-Linear Action editor
• Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR)
  • about / Introduction
• normal / The anatomy of a 3D scene
• normal map
  • baking / The baking of a normal map
  • about / What is a normal map?
  • creating, with bake tools / Making of the bake
  • displaying, in viewport / Displaying the normal map in the viewport
• Normal Map node
  • URL / See also
• normals, of sculpted mesh
  • baking, on low resolution / Baking the normals of the sculpted mesh on the low resolution one, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…

O

• ocean material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating an ocean material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • water surface, creating / Creating the water surface and the bottom shaders
  • bottom shaders, creating / Creating the water surface and the bottom shaders
  • foam shader, creating / Creating the foam shader
  • stencil material, creating / Creating the stencil material for the foam location
  • summarizing / Putting everything together
  • working / How it works..., See also
• Ocean modifier
  • URL / See also
• OpenEXR
  • about / The Raw rendering phase
  • URL / The Raw rendering phase
• OpenGL playblast
  • rendering, of animation / Rendering an OpenGL playblast of the animation, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• OpenGL rendering
  • starting / How to do it…
• organic-looking shader
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating an organic-looking shader with procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
• origin/pivot / Modeling the fork
• outliner / Modeling the thunderbolts
• Overlapping Action principle / Follow Through and Overlapping Action

P

• Paint Tool
  • using / Preparing the model to use the UDIM UV tiles
  • used, for fixing seams / Painting to fix the seams and to modify the baked scales image maps, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • used, for modifying baked scales image maps / Painting to fix the seams and to modify the baked scales image maps, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • about / How to do it…
• pelvis island
  • editing / How to do it…
• pen tablet
  • using / Using a pen tablet
• performance considerations
  • URL / See also
• performance settings, Cycles render engine
  • Viewport BVH Type / Performances
  • Tiles / Performances
• PET
  • enabling / How to do it…
• PET (Proportional Editing Tool) / Getting ready
• Photoshop
  • about / Making a tileable scales image in Blender Internal, The Quick Edit tool, How to do it…
• picture
  • enhancing, with composing / Enhance a picture with compositing
  • nodal compositing / Introduction to nodal compositing
  • Depth pass / Depth Pass
  • effects, adding / Adding effects
  • rendering phase, compositing / Compositing rendering phase
• Pinch/Magnify brush / The head
• pin tool / Editing the UV islands
• Pitchipoy human rig
  • URL / How it works…
• planet surface / The planet surface
• playblast
  • about / Rendering an OpenGL playblast of the animation
• PlayBlast / Render a quick preview of a shot
• Plugins / Improving Blender with add-ons
• polygonal modeling
  • scene, preparing for / Preparing the scene for polygonal modeling, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• poly modeling / Choosing sculpting over poly modeling
• Pose Mode
  • about / Getting ready
• Pose to Pose principle / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• Preferences window / An introduction to the Preferences window
• procedurals
  • used, for creating bronze material / Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating rusty metal material / Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating wood material / Creating a wood material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating snowy mountain landscape / Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • used, for creating cloth materials / Creating cloth materials with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., See also
  • used, for creating leather material / How to do it...
  • used, for creating synthetic sponge material / Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • organic-looking shader, creating with / Creating an organic-looking shader with procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Gray Alien skin material, creating with / Creating a gray alien skin material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• procedural textures
  • in Cycles / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • used, for creating rock material / Creating a rock material using procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating sand material / Creating a sand material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • used, for creating ground material / Creating a simple ground material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating snow material / Creating a snow material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating ice material / Creating an ice material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating ocean material / Creating an ocean material using procedural textures, Getting ready
  • wasp-like chitin material, creating with / Creating a wasp-like chitin material with procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
  • beetle-like chitin material, creating with / Creating a beetle-like chitin material with procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
• projects
  • about / A brief introduction to the projects
  • Robot toy / The Robot Toy
  • Alien Character / The Alien Character
  • Haunted House / The Haunted House
  • Rat Cowboy / The Rat Cowboy
• Properties sidepanel / Getting ready
• Proportional Editing / Modeling the chest
• proxy / Organization
  • making / Linking the character and making a proxy, Getting ready, How to do it…
• proxy object
  • about / Linking the character and making a proxy
  • URL / Creating a simple walk cycle for the character by assigning keys to the bones

Q

• Quick Edit tool
  • about / The Quick Edit tool
  • defining / The Quick Edit tool, How to do it…, How it works…

R

• Rat Cowboy / The Rat Cowboy
  • rigging / Rigging the Rat Cowboy
  • about / Rigging the Rat Cowboy
  • deforming bones, placing / Placing the deforming bones
  • Display options / Placing the deforming bones
  • leg, rigging / The leg and the foot
  • foot, rigging / The leg and the foot
  • arm, rigging / The arm and the hand
  • hand, rigging / The arm and the hand
  • arm / The arm and the hand
  • hand / The arm and the hand
  • hips, rigging / The hips
  • tail, rigging / The tail
  • head, rigging / The head and the eyes
  • eyes, rigging / The head and the eyes
  • rig, mirroring / Mirroring the rig
  • gun, rigging / Rigging the gun
  • holster, rigging / Rigging the holster
  • root bone, adding / Adding a root bone
• raw rendering phase
  • about / The Raw rendering phase
• Ray Length output, Light Path node
  • Subsurface Scattering, simulating / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Ray Length output in the Light Path node, How to do it..., How it works...
• re-topologized mesh
  • concluding / Concluding the re-topologized mesh, How to do it…, There's more…
• re-topology
  • starting / How to do it…
• realistic grass
  • creating / Creating realistic grass
  • grass, generating with particles / Generating the grass with particles
  • grass shader, creating / Creating the grass shader
• realistic planet
  • URL / How it works...
• Reducing Noise
  • URL / Introduction
• render layers
  • compositing / Compositing the render layers, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • URL / How it works…
• render passes
  • URL / How it works…
• render settings
  • URL / See also
• reptile skin shaders
  • building, in Cycles / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • building, in Blender Internal / Building the reptile skin shaders in Blender Internal, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• retopologized mesh / The baking of textures
• retopology
  • creating / Why make a retopology?
  • polygons arranging, possibilities / Possibilities of arranging polygons
  • creating, best practices / Errors to avoid during the creation of retopology
  • polygon density / Density of polygons
  • of alien character, creating / Making the retopology of the alien character
• retopology process / Introduction
• Return key / Modeling the antenna
• rig
  • creating / How to do it…
  • about / How it works…, Getting ready
• rigging process
  • about / An introduction to the rigging process
  • defining / Introduction
  • URL / Generating the character's Armature by using the Rigify add-on, How it works…
• rigging stage
  • about / Introduction
• Rigify add-on
  • about / Introduction
• Robot toy / The Robot Toy
• robot toy
  • modeling / Let's start the modeling of our robot toy
  • about / Let's start the modeling of our robot toy
  • image reference, adding for preparing workflow / Preparing the workflow by adding an image reference
  • naming shortcuts / Adding the head primitive
  • image rHead primitive, adding / Adding the head primitive
  • Edit Mode, versus Object Mode / The Edit Mode versus the Object Mode
  • head, modeling / Modeling the head
  • antenna, modeling / Modeling the antenna
  • thunderbolts, modeling / Modeling the thunderbolts
  • eyes, modeling / Modeling the eyes
  • chest, modeling / Modeling the chest
  • neck, modeling / Modeling the neck
  • torso, modeling / Modeling the torso
  • buttons, modeling / Modeling the buttons
  • fork, modeling / Modeling the fork, Modeling protections for the fork
  • main wheel, modeling / Modeling the main wheel
  • arm, modeling / Modeling the arm
  • rendering, with Blender Internal / Using Blender Internal to render our Robot Toy
• rock material
  • creating, with image maps / Creating a rock material using image maps, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a rock material using procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
• root bone
  • about / Adding a root bone
• rubber material
  • creating / Creating a rubber material, How to do it..., How it works...
• rusty metal material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...

S

• sampling, Cycles render engine
  • Render samples setting / The sampling
  • Preview samples setting / The sampling
• sand material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a sand material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• scale operator
  • using / How to do it…
• scaling
  • about / How to do it…
• scene
  • organization / Organizing the scene
• scene animation
  • about / Animating the scene
  • walk cycle / The walk cycle
  • actions, mixing / Mixing actions
  • close shot animation / Animation of a close shot
  • gunshot / Animation of the gunshot
  • gunshot animation / Animation of the gunshot
  • trap animation / Animation of the trap
• scene organization
  • objects, grouping / Grouping objects
  • layers, working with / Working with layers
• scenes
  • URL / How it works…
• scientific search engine
  • URL / See also
• Scripts / Improving Blender with add-ons
• sculpting
  • selecting, over poly modeling / Choosing sculpting over poly modeling
  • pen tablet, using / Using a pen tablet
  • sculpt mode / The sculpt mode
  • base mesh, preparing for / Preparing the base mesh for sculpting, How to do it…, How it works…
• sculpting process
  • about / Understanding the sculpting process, An introduction to sculpting
• sculpt mode
  • about / The sculpt mode
  • viewport, optimizing / Optimizing the viewport
  • Undo function / The head
• Secondary Action principle / Secondary Action
• shadeless material, Cycles
  • creating / Creating a shadeless material in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • obtaining / There's more...
• shader
  • creating, for metal plates / How to do it…
• shader node, Subsurface Scattering
  • using / Using the Subsurface Scattering shader node, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• shaders / Material nodes in Cycles
• shape key
  • types / How it works…
• shape keys
  • about / The shape keys
  • controlling / What is a shape key?
  • basic shapes, creating / Creating basic shapes
  • driving / Driving a shape key
  • creating / Creating shape keys, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • drivers, assigning to / Assigning drivers to the shape keys, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• shot
  • quick previews, rendering / Render a quick preview of a shot
• Shrinkwrap modifier
  • used, for re-topologizing mesh / Using the Shrinkwrap modifier to re-topologize the mesh, How to do it…
  • tweaking / There's more…
• Shrinkwrap modifier technique
  • setting up / Getting ready
  • using / How it works…
• sIBL addon
  • about / See also
  • URL / See also
  • references / See also
• sIBL Archive
  • URL / How to do it…, How to do it..., Getting ready
• sIBL archive
  • URL / See also
• simple walk cycle, character
  • creating, by assigning keys to bones / Creating a simple walk cycle for the character by assigning keys to the bones, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…, See also
• skin, Gidiosaurus
  • defining / Introduction
• Skin modifier
  • used, for creating base mesh / Creating a base mesh with the Skin modifier
  • about / Introduction, Introduction
  • base mesh, building with / Building the character's base mesh with the Skin modifier, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • using / Building the character's base mesh with the Skin modifier, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• skinning
  • about / Skinning
  • Weight Paint tools / The Weight Paint tools
  • weight, manually assigning to vertices / Manually assigning weight to vertices
  • foot deformation, correcting / Correcting the foot deformation
  • belt deformation, correcting / Correcting the belt deformation
  • performing / Introduction
• skinning to shapes
  • URL / There's more…
• skin node group
  • creating / How to do it…, How it works…
• Slow In effect / Slow In and Slow Out
• Slow Out effect / Slow In and Slow Out
• Smart UV Project tool
  • using / Using the Smart UV Project tool, Getting ready, How to do it…
• Smear brush / The Smear brush
• Smooth brush / The head
• Snake Hook brush / The head
• Snap tool
  • used, for re-topologizing mesh / Using the Snap tool to re-topologize the mesh, How to do it…, How it works…
• snow material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a snow material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • first stage / How it works...
  • second stage / How it works...
• snowy mountain landscape
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • rock, appending / Appending and grouping the rock and the snow shader
  • snow shader, grouping / Appending and grouping the rock and the snow shader
  • snow shader, appending / Appending and grouping the rock and the snow shader
  • rock, grouping / Appending and grouping the rock and the snow shader
  • material groups, mixing / Mixing the material groups
  • stencil shader, creating / Creating the stencil shader
  • atmospheric perspective, adding / Adding the atmospheric perspective
  • working / How it works...
• Soften brush / The Soften brush
• solid drawing principle / Solid drawing
• spaceship hull shader
  • creating / Creating a spaceship hull shader, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• space view, from realistic Earth
  • creating / Creating a realistic Earth as seen from space, Getting ready
  • reference links / Getting ready
  • planet surface / The planet surface
  • clouds / The clouds
  • atmosphere layer / The atmosphere
  • Surface material / How it works...
• Squash and Stretch principle / Squash and Stretch
• stack simulation of wooden planks
  • adding / Simulate a stack of wooden planks with physics
  • creating / Creation of the simulation of a stack of planks
• staging principle / Staging
• Stanford bunny
  • URL / Getting ready
• stencil material
  • creating, for foam location / Creating the stencil material for the foam location
• stencil shader
  • creating / Creating the stencil shader
• Straight Ahead Action principle / Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
• Stroke option
  • about / The Stroke option
  • space method / The Stroke option
  • curve method / The Stroke option
  • line method / The Stroke option
  • anchored method / The Stroke option
  • airbrush method / The Stroke option
  • Drag Dots method / The Stroke option
  • dots method / The Stroke option
• Subdivision Surface modifier
  • about / An introduction to the Subdivision Surface modifier, How to do it…
  • head shape, improving / Improving the head shape
  • work, saving / Improving the head shape
  / How to do it…
• Subsurface Scattering
  • about / Introduction
  • shader node, using / Using the Subsurface Scattering shader node
  • URL / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Translucent shader
  • simulating, by Translucent shader / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Translucent shader, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • simulating by Vertex Color tool / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Vertex Color tool, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • simulating, with Ray Length output of Light Path node / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Ray Length output in the Light Path node, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• supported graphic cards, Cycles
  • URL / Introduction
• synthetic sponge material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

T

• templates
  • setting, with Images as Planes add-on / Setting templates with the Images as Planes add-on, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • setting, with Image Empties method / Setting templates with the Image Empties method, How to do it…, How it works…
  • setting, with Background Images tool / Setting templates with the Background Images tool, How to do it…
• TexDraw brush / The TexDraw brush
• texture node
  • viewing, through Viewer / Introduction to nodal compositing
• Texture Paint, Blender
  • references / There's more…
• Texture Paint tool
  • about / Basics of the Texture Paint tool
  • brushes, discovering / Discovering the brushes
  • Stroke option / The Stroke option
  • zones of painting, delimiting / Delimiting the zones of painting according to the geometry
  • direct painting / Painting directly on the texture
• textures
  • backing, in Cycles render engine / Baking textures in Cycles
  • tree, backing / Baking the tree
  • creating, for Gidiosaurus character / Introduction
  • naming / Naming materials and textures, How to do it..., There's more...
• textures, Blender Render Engine
  • URL / Building the eyes' shaders in Blender Internal
• textures, UV’s
  • baking / The baking of textures
  • normal map, baking / The baking of a normal map
  • normal map / What is a normal map?
  • size, selecting / Making of the bake
• three-point lighting rig
  • setting, in Blender Internal / Setting a three-point lighting rig in Blender Internal, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • URL / How it works…
• tileable scales image
  • creating, in Blender Internal / Making a tileable scales image in Blender Internal, Getting ready, How to do it…
• tileable scales texture
  • baking, into UV tiles / Baking the tileable scales texture into the UV tiles, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• tiled textures
  • about / Tiled textures
  • workspace setting / The settings of our workspace
  • considerations / Advice for a good tiled texture
  • baking / Baking our tiled textures
  • baking, need for / Why bake?
  • baking, steps / How to do it?
• timeline editor / The timeline
• timing principle / Timing
• tools, re-topology
  • Gstretch / How to do it…
  • Loft / How to do it…
  • Bridge / How to do it…
• Tool Shelf
  • about / How to do it…
  / How to do it…
• tracking shot / Writing a short script
• Transformation manipulators
  • about / How to do it…, How to do it…
• Transform locks
  • defining / How to do it…
• Translucent shader
  • used, for simulating Subsurface Scattering / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Translucent shader, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• transparent textures
  • creating / Creating transparent textures
• transparent textures, creating
  • grass texture / The grass texture
  • color wheel window / The grass texture
  • grunge texture / The grunge texture
• trees shaders, barks
  • creating / Creating tree shaders – the bark, How to do it..., There's more...
• trees shaders, leaves
  • creating / Creating tree shaders – the leaves, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...

U

• U-Dimension / There's more…
  • about / Preparing the model to use the UDIM UV tiles
• Ubuntu
  • about / There's more…
• UDIM UV Mapping / There's more…
  • about / Preparing the model to use the UDIM UV tiles
• UDIM UV Mapping standard / There's more…
• UDIM UV tiles
  • used, for preparing model / Preparing the model to use the UDIM UV tiles, How to do it…, How it works…
• underwater environment materials
  • creating / Creating underwater environment materials, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• UV islands
  • editing / Editing the UV islands, How to do it…
  • modifying / Modifying the mesh and the UV islands, Getting ready, How to do it…
• UV Map layout
  • exporting / Exporting the UV Map layout, How to do it…
• UV Mapping / Introduction
• UVs
  • unwrapping / Unwrapping UVs
  • tiling / Tiling UVs
  • tiling, goal / What is tiling for?
  • layers / The UV layers
  • layers options / The UV layers
• UV Sphere placeholders
  • about / Modeling the eye
• UV Spheres
  • about / Building the eyes' shaders in Cycles
• UV tiles
  • tileable scales texture, baking into / Baking the tileable scales texture into the UV tiles, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• UV unwrapping process / Understanding UVs
  • about / Unwrapping UVs
  • Project From View, using / Using Project From View
  • remaining house components / Unwrapping the rest of the house
  • tree, using with Smart UV project / The tree with the Smart UV Project
  • environment objects, unwrapping / Unwrapping the rest of the environment
• UV’s
  • unwrapping / Unwrapping UVs
  • about / Understanding UVs
  • seam placement / The placement of the seams
  • island placement / The placement and adjustment of the islands
  • island adjustment / The placement and adjustment of the islands
  • textures, baking / The baking of textures

V

• Vertex Colors layer
  • adding / Adding a dirty Vertex Colors layer and baking it to an image texture, How to do it…
  • baking, to image texture / Adding a dirty Vertex Colors layer and baking it to an image texture, How to do it…
  • references / How it works…
• Vertex Color tool
  • used, for simulating Subsurface Scattering / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Vertex Color tool, Getting ready, How to do it...
• Vertex Connect Path tool / Modeling the arm
• vertex group
  • creating / How to do it…
• Vertex Groups
  • URL / How it works…
• volume materials
  • using / Using volume materials, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • URL / There's more...
• volume materials, Cycles
  • using / Using Cycles volume materials, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• VSE
  • used, for editing sequence / Editing the sequence with the VSE
  • about / Introduction to the Video Sequence Editor
  • final sequence, editing / Edit and render the final sequence
  • final sequence, rendering / Edit and render the final sequence

W

• walk cycle tutorial
  • URL / See also
• wasp-like chitin material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a wasp-like chitin material with procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
• water surface
  • creating / Creating the water surface and the bottom shaders
• Weight Groups
  • assigning, by hand / Assigning Weight Groups by hand, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • editing, Weight Paint tool used / Editing Weight Groups using the Weight Paint tool, How to do it…
• Weight Painting stage / An introduction to the rigging process
• Weight Paint mode / How to do it…
• Weight Paint tool
  • used, for editing Weight Groups / Editing Weight Groups using the Weight Paint tool, How to do it…
  • URL / How to do it…
• Weight Paint tools
  • about / The Weight Paint tools
  • URL / The Weight Paint tools
  • skinning, editing / Correcting the foot deformation
• wood material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a wood material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it...
• World, in Blender
  • references / See also
• World material
  • setting / Setting the World material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...