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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

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