Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:40:26 -0700
Subject: Press Release: First English Book on Blender, Nov. 2000

FIRST ENGLISH BOOK ON BLENDER--THE POPULAR (AND FREE) GRAPHICS TOOL
New book shows readers how to use this free high-end graphics program 

*********************
For Immediate Release
*********************

Contact: Amanda Staab, Publicist, 415-863-9900, mailto:amanda@nostarch.com

San Francisco, CA-Blender is a fast, powerful, and free 3D graphics and animatio
n tool that is 
popular with graphic and Web designers, video producers, and students. But as a 
high-end 
graphics tool, Blender can be challenging to master. THE BLENDER BOOK 
(http://www.nostarch.com/?blender, 1-886411-44-1, $34.95, 350 pp. w/CD-ROM, No S
tarch 
Press, Nov. 2000) offers clear, step-by-step tutorials that teach users all aspe
cts of this often 
tricky and non-intuitive program. 

"An excellent introduction for new users to get into Blender."-Ton Roosendaal, D
eveloper of 
Blender

Readers learn how to:

* Model with polygons, curves and surfaces; create 3D text and logos; and add ma
terials and 
textures to Web and video creations
* Animate using key frames, paths, particles, lattices, IKA's, and vertex keys
* Integrate 3D objects into videos
* Create more realistic scenes using radiosity renderings and motion blur
* Control objects and create interfaces using Python scripts 
* Add cuts, dissolves, and other effects with Blender's Sequence Editor

The CD-ROM includes Blender 1.8 for all platforms (Linux, Windows, SGI Irix, Sun
 Solaris and 
BeOS), live-action image sequences, a complete texture library, and all the tuto
rials, scenes, 
and animations from the book. 

Available in fine bookstores everywhere or directly from No Starch Press 
(http://www.nostarch.com, 1-800-420-7240), THE BLENDER BOOK is the first English
-language 
book that teaches readers how to use this popular 3D graphics and animation tool
. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carsten Wartmann, a computer graphic designer, has worked with 3D graphics, vide
o editing 
and Web development since the early 80s. He currently writes technical documenta
tion on 
Blender for Blender's publisher, Not A Number (http://www.blender.nl). He lives 
in Berlin, 
Germany.

ABOUT LINUX JOURNAL PRESS
Linux Journal Press publishes books on cutting-edge Linux topics that help to ad
vance the 
acceptance and usability of Linux. An imprint of No Starch Press (www.nostarch.c
om), Linux 
Journal Press titles are developed in partnership with Linux Journal (www.ssc.co
m and 
www.linuxjournal.com).
For a review copy, contact Amanda Staab at 415-863-9900 or mailto:amanda@nostarc
h.com.

Additional contact info:

No Starch Press
555 De Haro Street, Ste. 250
San Francisco, CA 94107
http://www.nostarch.com
fax: 415-863-9950