Pablo over at Max Underground (the Max version of BlenderNation) posted about some updated fluid simulations on Ron Fedkiw’s Stanford site.
Fluid Simulation Research Demos
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Monthly Archives: August 2006
BlenderNation News
We have few announcements to make: we have two new team members, did a software upgrade on the site and I’ll be away for a few weeks. Read on for the details!
“Texturing For Dummies” Article Released
Leigh van der Byl has posted a great overview/tutorial on texturing that is a must read for those looking to learn more about the art of texturing.
Wiki Restructuring Complete
The Blender Summer of Documentation is drawing to a close (a few loose ends need to be tied up), but already a project that was accepted outside of the main scope of the project due to it’s importance is already completed. Matt Ebb (broken) has completed his restructuring of the wiki, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Radial Menu Concept
With all of the hype about Blender Compositor Node system, Fluid simulation, Game Engine, etc. it is nice to see that we don’t forget the good old Blender UI! Matt over at his blog has recently published a really interesting menu selector concept which he refers to as Radial (Pie) Menus. This concept is nothing new but it is a very interesting and fast selection mode.
Open Call: 3d Film Night
Folly, who are preparing a Blender workshop for the f.city exhibition in Lancaster, UK, are now also working on a 3D festival and they are looking for 3D content.
Blental: Blender For MentalRay
While visiting graphicall an interesting build by RCRuiz might have caught your eye. It was simply titled “Blental v0.0.1 (Blender for MentalRay).” Those two sweet words “MentalRay” automatically had me downloading the build and checking it out. Do I hear final gathering?
Elephants Dream Is The First HD DVD Title In Europe
You may have heard about the new DVD formats that are coming your way. Whether it’s blu-ray or HD DVD, they are capable of storing much larger amounts of information on a disc tha the current DVDs. Because of their large storage capacity you can use them to store HD content. Not many movies have been released on this format, and not a single one of them was of European origin. Until now, that is. Michael Becker from Skywalk Mastering GmbH / Imagion AG has produced an “Elephants Dream” HD DVD.
Bullet Physics Contest Winners
It looks like I was quite late with posting that voting for the Bullet Physics Contest had started. Only one day later Erwin already mails me with the results ;-) I can’t say I’m surprised by the results, but congratulations to all the participants are in order – you created a great showcase for the Blender game engine and for the Bullet Physics Library!
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Tufts University Blender Course Tutorials
Learning Blender and all that it has to offer? Then you might be interested in the over 100 video tutorials and 25 pdf tutorials that Neal Hirsig has released to the public. That’s not a typo… there are really 104 video tutorials. From naming objects to layer animation, one minute tutorials to longer discussions, Neal certainly covers a range of basic Blender functionality.
