SSbump is an open source normal map generator.

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Lukas has made a nice little music video with just Blender and Photoshop!

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Andrey Izrantsev's V-Ray/Blender integration script has come a long way. Sebastian König (well known for his Blender video tutorials) reports.

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MakeHuman is rapidly improving. Here's a quick overview of their latest updates.

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Terry Wallwork reviews Johnny Blender, a 'Twenty-Eight part series on the complete creation of a character in Blender, from a single polygon to a fully-rigged and textured character. You can either watch these tutorials for free on YouTube, or order a DVD – for each sold DVD, a donation will be made to the Blender Foundation.

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Super-awesome facial rigging tutorial by David Ward, available now at BlenderCookie.com!  This tutorial teaches you how to rig an alien face: head, mouth, and eye – even how to do "sticky eyeballs." :)

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The new Yafaray 0.1.2 version is coming up and the current development version already reveals a few of the new features.

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Our friends at Animation Mentor are hosting two events in November with acclaimed Disney animator Eric Goldberg.

Eric Goldberg and Animation Mentor CEO and cofounder Bobby Beck will discussing Goldberg’s book Character Animation Crash Course! at a free webinar on Nov. 17, 2009. With Hollywood credits ranging from Looney Tunes, Fantasia/2000, Aladdin, Pocahontas and Walt Disney Animation Studio's upcoming 2D feature The Princess and the Frog, Goldberg will offer insight into how to bring animated characters to life.

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The Durian team have released the first images of Sintel, the main character of the new Blender Open Movie Project.

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This article on digitalcontentproducer.com gives an interesting insight into the special effects in '2012'. A *huge* surprise: they built part of their simulation software around Bullet – the open source physics simulation engine that's also part of Blender.

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Open Game Art offers a wide range of free 2D and 3D content that you can use in your game projects.

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Raimon is hosting an introductory Blender workshop in Barcelona over the next two weeks.

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Big Pixel Studio has just finished a new game, called Big Pixel Racing! Made with Papervision and Blender, it is currently available to license.

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Kurshad shares three great looking models.

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Jeremy Davidson shares with us his amazing animation/rigging reel!

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There will be a Blender 2.5 and BGE seminar held at the Alpha Channel CG school on November 14, 2009, in São Paulo, Brazil. Check it out now!

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BlenderGuru's Andrew Price explains how to create an effective depth of field effect with the Blender node editor.

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