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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hess, D. Roland.
Animating with Blender : how to create short animations from start to finish/by
D. Roland Hess.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-240-81079-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Computer animation. 2. Three-
dimensional display systems. 3. Computer graphics. 4. Blender (Computer file) I. Title.
TR897.7.H485 2009
006.6′96—dc22
2008026274
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