Using (dynamic) text in the Blender game engine requires a few steps: defining a texture with bitmaps of the font which you want to use, mapping this to a plane, and setting the correct texture type. It’s not very complicated, but it’s one of those things someone needs to explain to you, I guess. This short tutorial by Andrew West takes you through it step by step.
Do you remember the Sam Brubaker’s movie ‘Infinitum’ from last years Art Festival? Well, not only did he win first prize during the Blender Conference, but he also won an audience award for best animation during November’s Asheville Film Festival. The Asheville Citizen-Times featured an article on Sam’s accomplishments.
Click on the image on the right and tell me what your first impression is. Is it real, made with high-end 3D software or with Blender? Of course the fact that it’s published on this site may give it away but still – give it a try ;-)
Rigging your character is one of the most complex tasks to accomplish in Blender. And there is nothing like a good tutorial to help you along.
Every now and then you stumble upon something that really is special and helps you to do something that, otherwise, would simply be an amazing pain in the you-know-where. This is one of those times.
Today is the deadline for the Google Summer of Code 2007. Read more.
Well, my original intention to do a daily post about international Blender movie projects didn’t quite work out due to some time limitations, but here’s part two: Les Vepres de Sang by the French group Omnimedia-Jdr.
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The community magazine BlenderArt Magazine has published their ninth issue. In this issue they have tutorials and articles on “space”. With over 60 pages it is quite the read!
There’s going to be a new twist at this year’s SIGGRAPH conference in San Diego. In addition to all of the other excellent events going on, there’s going to be a intense 32-hour animation competition called FJORG! (pronounced “forge”… and, yes, the exclamation mark is part of the name).
Right after the Plumiferos team came back from the Mar del Plata Film Festival where they showed their latest work, they posted their new trailer on their website. It was SO popular that within a few hours the server was overloaded. They now have a number of mirrors available so you can download it straight away.
