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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Possible outliner goodies to come.
I’m sure you all remember the radial menu concept Matt showed us in August. Matt continues his ingenuity in design by tackling some great ideas for Blender’s outliner. Things like visibility control and drag and drop grouping.
Vector Blur Tutorial/Tutorial Protocol Consensus
For those of you who are like me, that is, “technically challenged” to understand a new function in Blender, I really, really appreciate those of you who take the time to decipher a function and write a tutorial in a simple, clear and precise manner. Sometimes when I read what the Coders describe of how to use new function, it’s usually in a more technical explanation. I get frustrated because it just doesn’t sink in.
Blender.org October Gallery Published
The October 2006 edition of the Blender.org gallery is online now. A big thanks again to Groo for sifting through all the submissions and handpicking the best ones for us!
Coca-Cola project
Video Tutorial/Script: Rendering Wireframe Overlays
This is a classic technique to give your renders a wireframe overlay on top of your existing materials. It’s been in Blender for some time, though it seems to slip through the cracks every so often. But never fear, BlenderNewbies has a video tutorial on how to do it!
Update [bart]: new script version
Intro to Modeling and Blender Game Engine Physics Course, São Paulo, Brasil
Another great event is happening in São Paulo, Brasil. This time, at the SESC Vila Mariana cultural center (near the Ana Rosa subway station), there will be an introduction to modeling and Blender’s game engine physics. The event will span several days: November 11, 12, 25, 26 and December 9 and 10 at 14:00 – 18:00 each date (24 hours of class @ 4 hours each day).
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There is space available for only 15 people and will cost the small fee of 20 Reais (~7 Euro) per person for access to the entire course. Check out SESC´s main portal, then select the Vila Mariana cultural center. You can also call (55 11) 5080-3000 or e-mail the center for more information.
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Quicklinks – Blender in the Media
Here’s another handful of items about recent appearance of Blender in the international media: a new Blender tutorial in 3D World magazine, an interview with Enrico Valenza in the Italy, mentions in two German magazines and finally the appearance of Elephants Dream on DivX.com
CGChallenge XX
CGtalk, one of the most frequented pro-cg websites, is having yet another challenge. The challenge is titled Eon- Worlds Within Worlds a novel by author Greg Bear. We are going to take a look at the challenge and then point out a few of the blenderheads participating in the challenge.
NLA editor? How does it all work?
This is a reminder to all to check out the online manual. This is old news to some. But might be new to others. If you ever have been confused with how to work with the NLA editor in Blender you’ll want to check out this page in the wiki.
