Blender 6th Promotion Material
The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics 6th Edition introduces the Computer Graphics Modeling
and Animation program Blender version 2.82a.
The 6th Edition continues the philosophy, from earlier versions of the book, introducing the features
of the program through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Knowing where controls and tools are
located and what they do is the key to understanding how Blender operates.
The Blender program continues to evolve with new features being added and improvements being
made.
The Complete guide to Blender Graphics originated when Blender transformed from version 2.49
to 2.50. At that time a dramatic change to the GUI took place. Following this change there has
been a continual evolution of the program with yet another major change to the GUI when Blender
version 2.70 was released and then again at the release of 2.80.
Changes are not made on a whim but occure to facilitate additions and improvements.
At the release of The 6th Edition of the Complete Guide to Blender Graphics the latest version
of Blender is version 2.82a. This version has made the program completely stable with the
inclusion of a reborn Physics System using Mantaflow for liquid/gas simulation and improving cloth
physics.
The Mantaflow system allow the creation of fantastic fire and smoke simulations. At the same time
a new FLIP solver produces lifelike liquids.
Other improvements, features and additions to the program are;
The popular tiled-based UV mapping system is fully integrated in Blender's pipeline.
Blender now supports Pixar's open source Universal Scene description (USD) with Blender's
approach being much simpler.
Blender incorporated the EEVE Render Engine for on the fly visual viewing, the Cycles Render
Engine for photorealistic image and video production and the Workbench Render Engine for
reduced render times during scene construction.
Cycles itself has been greatly improved with the addition of new nodes.
Rendering times on Windows has been significantly reduced by employing BVH build time with
better memory allocators, making it similar to Linux and macOX.
The Grease Pencil 2D Animation Workspace is incorporated in the Blender pipeline with significant
development.
In the later versions of Blender the Game Engine for the creation of interactive computer games
has been disbanded with a recommendation to use external engines.
Much of the foregoing may be daunting for a new user but The Complete Guide to Blender
Graphics 6th Edition starts at the beginning of the learning process catering for the new users and
leads them gently into this facinating and rewarding world of creativity using Blender.
