MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS 

SWE-1013 

DIGITAL ASSIGNMENT

NAME: S.ESWAR HARI KUMAR

REG.NO: 15MIS0390
SLOT: F2+TF2

Topic: Chess Board Animation in Blender 3D Tool.

SUBMITTED TO: Dr. Rahamathunnisa

Team Members:
★ 15MIS0084
★ 15MIS00295
★ 15MIS0390
★ 15MIS0395

Video Link: ​https://vimeo.com/294765363

 BLENDER 3D Tool:
What is Blender?

Blender is a free and open source 3D computer graphics suite built with the combined efforts of
artists, scientists, students, visual effects experts, animators, game artists, artists, and other
professionals around the world. Feature-rich and intuitive, the software is used for creating
animated films, visual effects, arts, 3D printed models, 3D applications, and video games.

Blender has a built-in path-tracer engine that allows users to achieve ultra-realistic rendering. It
is equipped with comprehensive modeling tools; enabling them to create, edit, and transform
their models quickly. Also, with its camera and object tracking features, they will be able to
import raw footage, track the footage, and view camera movements in 3D scenes.

Additionally, Blender offers rigging and animation tools which are ideal for creating short films,
advertisements, and TV series. Users can also combine 2D with 3D in the viewport. Last but not
the least, the 3D creation suite provides a Python API that is helpful in customizing the layout,
colors, fonts, and size of its interface.

Hardware Requirements:

Hardware Minimum Recommended

Processor 32-bit dual core 2 GHz CPU with SSE2 64-bit quad core CPU
support

Memory 2 GB RAM 8 GB RAM

Graphics OpenGL 2.1 compatible card with 512 OpenGL 3.2 compatible card with 2 GB
card MB video RAM video RAM (CUDA or OpenCL for GPU
rendering)

Display 1280×768 pixels, 24-bit color 1920×1080 pixels, 24-bit color

Input Mouse or trackpad

File Format:
Blender features an internal file system that can pack multiple scenes into a single file (called a
"​.blend​​" file).
● All of Blender's ".blend" files are forward, backward, and cross-platform compatible with
other versions of Blender, with the following exceptions:
● Loading animations stored in post-2.5 files in Blender pre-2.5. This is due to
the reworked animation subsystem introduced in Blender 2.5 being inherently
incompatible with older versions.
● Loading meshes stored in post 2.63. This is due to the introduction of BMesh,
a more versatile mesh format.
A wide variety of import/export scripts that extend Blender capabilities (accessing the object data via
an internal API) make it possible to inter-operate with other 3D tools.

Features of Blender:
● Rendering
● High-End Production Path Tracer
● GPU Rendering
● Game Creation
● Animation Toolset
● Fast Rigging
● Visual Effects
● Camera and Object Motion Tracking
● Masking
● Compositing
● Phyton Scripts
● Video Editing
● Simulation
● Modeling
● Customizable UI
● Integrate with Pipeline Tools
Blender Benefits:
Path-Tracer Engine For Realistic Rendering

Among the interesting features in Blender is its ray-trace based production render engine
called Cycles. Basically, a render engine is a set of codes that controls the usage of
materials and lighting, and the appearance of the rendered image in 3D scenes. Cycles is a
path-tracer render engine that provides users with the ability to add more realistic lighting to
their scenes by tracing the path of light as pixels in an image and simulating the effects of
its interaction with objects.

Speed Up Rendering Processes

Cycles provides the capability to perform rendering using a graphics card rather than the
CPU, a feature known as GPU rendering. As a result, it speeds up the rendering process
allowing modern GPUs to perform plenty of number crunching. Number crunching is the
process of performing 3D calculations which are required especially for developing video
games and 3D-heavy applications.

Create 3D Games

Speaking of video game development, Blender offers a game engine which allows users to
create 3D games. This includes the ability to code their own game logic and port models to
third-party game engines. They can create interactive visualizations and prototypes for their
games.

Film Animation

Blender also has animation tools and features that are very useful for creating short and
feature-length films. It has a character pose animator editor, as well as features for
independent movements and inverse kinematics. Users will be able to do automatic
skinning as they create posable characters, and work on bone layers and colored groups
through the aid of its fast rigging tools.

Visual Effects Features

Meanwhile, the VFX features of the software include a built-in compositor that enables
users to access a library of nodes as they create camera effects, vignettes, and color
grading. They will also be able to render to multilayer OpenEXR files. OpenEXR is a high
dynamic-range (HDR) image file format used in movies such as Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone, Men In Black II, and Signs.
Chess Board With Blender Tool:
This is the common UI which is seen when you start a Blender Project.

We select the given cube, scale accordingly. Copy and paste the cube beside it in this way.

We Select the two cubes now and repeat the same process.
Top View:
Final Chess Board: