Acknowledgments

While the author of a book usually takes most of the credit, a lot of people are needed to make the book a reality. Thanks to Laura Lewin, Olivia Basegio, and Elizabeth Ryan, who have patiently been with me during the whole process and have helped me with everything I needed. Thanks to Michael Thurston and Deborah Thompson, who did a great job of cleaning up my nonnative English and making sure that everything I wrote was consistent and made sense. Thanks to Daniel Kreuter, Mike Pan, and Tim Harrington, who did an amazing job reviewing the manuscript and providing very valuable feedback that definitely made the final result a lot better. Thanks to everyone else at Addison-Wesley who worked to make it possible for you to have this book in your hands.

Of course, this wouldn’t be possible without the work of the Blender Foundation, Ton Roosendaal, all the Blender developers, and the amazing Blender community. Thanks, everyone.

Special thanks to the Luke’s Escape team, which I’m honored to be a part of, as the image featured in this book’s cover is the result of their work for the short film that they allowed me to use here. Thank you!