A few BlenderNation readers pointed us to the latest issue of the German digital content creation magazine Digital Production which features a 4 page review of Blender2.42a.

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We’ve previously posted about “The Sprint” which is a project to get Blender to work in a VR/CAVE environment.  Now the Blender Sprint project has set dates and is calling for participation.

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Interested in making realistic Earth models with stunning topography and recent climate changes? NASA, the ever popular space program has once again amazed us with high resolution photographs of our great planet Earth.

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Python is perhaps the least understood (and arguably the most powerful) aspect of Blender.  To resolve this, Tim Wakeham (timmeh) has started a wiki site dedicated to Python in Blender, aptly named blenderpython.org.

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[By Jason "Groo" van Gumster (Fweeb)]

Last month (July 9-15) in Raleigh, North Carolina, Red Hat held a summer tech camp for 52 rising 8th and 9th-grade students. At this camp, students could choose to learn how to use open source software in one of four tracks: web design, video, audio, and 3D modeling/animation. Blender was the application of choice for the 3D track. While students in the other three tracks were instructed by Red Hat employees, the 14 students in the 3D course were taught by three blenderheads who volunteered from the community: Jonathan Williamson (mr_bomb), Jeffery McGregor (Enzoblue), and Jason “Groo” van Gumster (Fweeb).

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The much anticipated update to BlenderPeople has been released. Now at version 0.8, Blender again has crowd simulation.

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It’s always nice to get your hands on a Blender model that was made by a professional and in my opinion, this model of a dragon head made by BgDM falls into that category. There’s not much more for me to say about it, so download the .blend and have fun!

CGIndia has published a texture pack containing 15 medium resolution concrete textures. Not all of them are seamless but these should come in handy whenever you want to do some architectural modeling nonetheless.

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Looks like a well known Blender user has made the big time with a spot on the Colbert Report.  The Colbert Report is a U.S. TV show hosted by Stephen Colbert and is a parody of pundit news shows (and is a show I watch all the time).

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