We've posted about BMAE before, Ron Walker's script that allows you to set the size and location of objects in Standard and/or Metric values. But with Ron's latest code changes, updates and added eye candy, it's worth mentioning again.

Continue Reading 'Script: Blender Mesh Attribute Editor v1.1' »

Jimmac has designed two alternative Blender Icon Themes based on Freedesktop.org's Tango Style Guidelines. The result is a refreshed, more modern look that many people seem to like, but it also raises a number of new questions.

*EDIT: You can find a Windows build with the new buttons here.

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Animator and Blender user Oscar Alvarado has new project called "Chibi World" that is based on the adventures of a bunch of adorable little characters.  You can take a look at the teaser video (direct link) to see some of his animated work, or you can visit the Chibi World site for some other goodies like avatars and wallpapers.

The primary developer of Blenders Sequence editor Peter Schlaile has requested feedback and suggestions for improvement of Blenders Sequencer (referred to as a NLE - non linear editor in most other software).

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The CVS builds are probably more popular than ever given that there are dedicated build threads (1), build sites (1,2), and the ability to compile Blender yourself.  Given this, it's always nice to see people diving head first into the newest tools and showing the rest of us what we can look forward to in the next release.

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Colin Litster has published the materials that he used during his Nodes workshop on the Blender Conference

Continue Reading 'Tutorial: Blender Material and Composite Nodes' »

Oscar Alvarado has prepares no less than seven themed material libraries for use with Blender, each consisting of ten materials. He even expects to add another five next month.

Continue Reading ''Blender Mats' Material Libraries' »

Sandra Gilbert writes: We have come full circle and are proud to present our 1st Anniversary issue of Blenderart Magazine. We have worked hard this year to bring you the best of our community’s talent and knowledge.

Continue Reading 'Blender Art Magazine #7' »

Jason Bonham [p00f] has created a Blender game that everyone on the BlenderArtists forums is raving about. It's a combination of breakout and space invaders and contrary to most Blender game projects, this one is finished, highly playable and quite addictive.

Continue Reading 'Game: Br!x 2.0' »

Last February, we wrote about Andrew Kator's Blender 3D Model Repository, a great and well maintained resource for Blender users. In July he closed down, but an alternative is now available.

Continue Reading 'The 3DMR is Dead. Long Live the New BMR!' »

Theo Burt used Blender, Yafray, Python and Puredata to create a mesmerizing 'virtual life' simulation. I have always been interested in these simulations but I've never seen them visualized like this..

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Ever see those little coordinate buttons in your Texture Input panel beneath the mapping methods such as Orco, UV, Sticky, etc. and wonder to yourself - what are the XYZ coordinates for my geometry? This small article describes exactly what is going on with those buttons and how you can use them.

Continue Reading 'Making Sense of Texture Mapping' »

It's Thanksgiving today in the US and what better way to spend it than using Blender to make a paper turkey!

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Blender's Layers are an absolute necessity but, they can be an absolute pain. They're represented by blank little buttons that stare back at you, daring you to try and remember what you've place where, and why you've put it there in the first place. Well, here's a nice script that will eliminate those anonymous Layers and bring meaning to the madness, and more…
Continue Reading 'Layer Manager Script allows you to name your Layers, and more!' »

After going through the dramatic change from Elysiun to BlenderArtists, Blenderartists.org now has a new theme.

Continue Reading 'BlenderArtists Gets A New Look' »

Ton Roosendaal will be giving a presentation called 'Open Source Blender' during the 'Focus on Themes and Future Vision' session at the Dutch Game Days 2006 in Utrecht on november 23rd 2006.

Continue Reading 'Ton Speaks at the Dutch Game Days 2006' »

Do not use any builds from November 19th, 20th, or early part of the 21st - it can destroy irrecoverably any armature file used.

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