Endre Barath (Endi), has created a website dedicated to an amazing kaleidoscope modeling technique which is not only easy but quick. And by quick, I mean getting results in seconds.

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Blender comes bundled with a collection of useful Python scripts such as import and export scripts and object modifiers. If you have created a script that you would like to see included in the main Blender distribution, then read on.

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Recently, there have been some interesting posts on Elysiun that deal with people moving from Blender to other 3D programs. Disturbing as I was reading about this, I went looking for companies that use Blender on a professional level to show that Blender can do a professional grade job.

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If you want to learn how to model a car from reference pictures, then check out this tutorial by Gaurav Nawani.

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We posted about Nicholas Chapman’s Indigo (a free unbiased raytracer) here on BlenderNation back when it was just a newborn version 0.3. They grow up so fast! The latest version 0.4 was released on April 9th and is for Windows only (whose processor must support SSE). There is a Blender export script available for Indigo 0.4 thanks to Nick Chapman and Ewout Fernhout.

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Hand Turkey Studios, an animation studio from Richmond, Virginia, have prepared the tag-on of their Firefox Flicks entry in Blender. The result is a professional animation that could reach a huge audience.

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Johan Burell (Burre), one of the founders and lead programmer for the development team at Pixelknights announced on Elysiun that their game Origo: Prologue had the units and buildings (and some of the trailer) created entirely in Blender. Origo: Prologue is a realtime strategy game for the Zodiac PDA. I recently spoke with Burre about the game and how Blender was involved.

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A mockup of the Elephants Dream DVD is presented on the Orange Blog. Like the movie, the DVD has a dark and slightly creepy design and it looks magnificent.

Driven shape keys and control set-ups are well known in animation and a vital tool for any animator dealing with something as simple as eye movements to more complex facial expressions. This type of system has been available in Blender for a while and has been used to great effect by advanced users of Blender (see the Ludwig rig).

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Those of us who spend most of their community life wondering on Elysiun’s forums in search of the latest news/infos/projects/tutorials have aknowledged for sure the change, now if you try to reach www.elysiun.com you’ll be instantaneously redirected to the brand new Blenderartist.org forums; but don’t worry, all the preciuos old contents will still be there for the joy of the nostalgic ones and the future generations of BlenderHeads.

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