Blender has become one of the most popular 3D and animation tools on the market, with over 2 million users, and it is free! Animating with Blender is the definitive resource for creating short animation projects from scratch, the ideal platform for experimenting with animation. Blender expert and author Roland Hess walks you through the entire process of creating a short animation, from writing to storyboarding and blocking, through character creation, animation and rendering. * Learn the ropes from Roland Hess, one of Blender"s developers and a community guru for this FREE animation program, which was used in the previz for Spiderman 2 * Create a single short animation project from start to finish, take an in-depth look into how all of the Blender tools work together * Study, pick apart and reuse all of the files from the animation referenced throughout the book, with the Blender software and sample animation files included on the companion DVD