The second challenge is recreating the opening sequence from the Star Wars movie.

1. STAR WARS
THE CREDITCRAWL
3D Animation with Blender

2. Task Resources
 The goal of this task is
to product a simple set
of credits based on the
Star Wars movies
 Opening Credit
Sequence from Star
Wars
 http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=UKRIUiyF0
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 Font
 http://cooltext.com/Do
wnload-Font-Star+Jedi

3. How To
 AddText Objects (<shift> + A)
 EditText Objects
 Change the Font Properties
 Change theWorld Properties
 Set up the Camera
 Animate theText
 Render

4. Editing Objects
 The drop-down box at
the bottom of the 3D
view window or <TAB>
 NOTE!
 Edit model allows the
modification of an
individual object.And
not switching between
objects. So check modes
if you are having
problems.

5. Editing a Text Object
 Once in Edit mode, you can
edit text similar to any
word processor
 <home> & <end> to jump
to the start or end of a line
 <enter> to start a new line
 Use the arrow keys to
move the cursor around
 <crtl> + <X> = Cut
 <crtl> + <C> = Copy
 <crtl> + <V> = Paste

6. Adding lots of text
 Under theText Menu,
there is the Paste File
option, which allows
you to paste in a text
file.
 The file type must be
*.TXT
 If it is a large file, it will
slow Blender down

7. Font Properties
 If you have aText
object select, then in
the PropertiesWindow
Panel, there will be a F.
 This allows access to
theText Properties
including;
 Shape
 Geometry
 Font
 Paragraph

8. Text: Shape & Geometry
 Shape
 Resolution controls how
smooth theText appears
 Low numbers make it look
jaggard
 The default of 12 should be
fine for most things.
 Geometry
 Extrude makes the text
look 3D.The higher
number the longer it is
 The Bevel Depth gives you
how big the bevelled edge
will be
 The Bevel Resolution gives
you how smooth it will be.

9. Text: Font
 By default Blender has one
font, but selecting the folder
you can use other fonts
 This will open another
window, where you can select
a font.
 Computer ->
C:WindowsFonts allows you
to access all the fonts in
Windows
 Size changes the size of the
font
 Shear changes the slope of
the font

10. Text: Paragraph
 This allows you to
change the alignment
and spacing of the text
 All the align option work
the same as a word
processor.
 Letter Spacing is the space
between letters
 Word Spacing is the
spacing between words
 Line Spacing is the spacing
between each line of text

11. World Properties
 This is where you can
modify many of the
global properties of the
3D World including;
 World (The Sky)
 Mist
 Stars

12. World: World
 World (The Sky) gives you
the colour of the
background, or sky.
 Selecting one of the boxes
will bring up a colour picker
 Slide the side bar down to
black

13. World: Mist & Stars
 Mist makes objects
disappear into the
background mist
 Start = How far from the
camera the mist starts
 Depth = Distance of
which the mist effect
fades in
 Stars add simple stars to
the background
 Size = How big
 Colors =
 0 = white stars
 1 = colourful stars
 Separation = how far
apart

14. Camera setup
 Use <G>, <S>, & <R> to
move the camera and
place it in the scene.

15. Animating the scene