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Blender 2.44 Splash Screen Revealed

  Published by Bart on May 13th, 2007 in Development

splash.jpgAlthough you never know with Open Source software ("it'll be ready when it's ready"), it looks like the release of 2.44 is near. For now, all we can report on is that the new 2.44 splash screen has been committed to CVS (or rather to SVN, as the developers are in the middle of a switch to the new version management system). The new splash is designed by @ndy, who seems to have a thing for gecko's ;-)



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  1. 1 Studio Stockwell Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:01 am

    Thanks Andy!!! Excellent job. :)

  2. 2 Cuby Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:02 am

    I absolutely love this image! As I was glancing through the list of Entries, I was hoping this one would win!

    I can't wait to seeing this gecko every time I open Blender!

    Congratulations @ndy!
    Cuby

  3. 3 Felix_Kütt Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:05 am

    yaaay gecko! hmm.. what was that game on the PS called again.. ah yes Gex.. :3

  4. 4 Micool Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:25 am

    very very nice ;) !

  5. 5 Cubedude04 Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:35 am

    Looks good. Thats the good thing about new releases. Always get to see a different start up ;D

  6. 6 Giovanni Gallo Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:41 am

    lovable little reptile!

  7. 7 AniCator Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 11:41 am

    It seems like the development of Blender keeps going faster and faster.

  8. 8 Kram1032 Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 11:59 am

    great news and great pics (both the spash screen and the guy)

  9. 9 TXRXFX Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 12:14 pm

    Nice entry and looks great. not my personal 1st choice but well worthy nonetheless.

  10. 10 rednelb Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    most excelent!

  11. 11 Sanne Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

    Congrats, @ndy, that's a cute little fellow. :)

  12. 12 Rui Paulo Sanguinheira Diogo Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

    Pretty cool! B)

  13. 13 noidtluom Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    can't wait for it's release. i love the simplicity. just out of curiosity (i probably won't get an answer) was the background (blurred) an image or modeled?

  14. 14 Gat Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 2:47 pm

    I herd that release be right after the switch.

  15. 15 Alden Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    Beautiful job, @ndy! Congrats!

  16. 16 KevinW Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 6:49 pm

    @ndy does seem to have a thing for gecko's :) Before you know it, he will be doing the Geico gecko animations (and in Blender too).

    Great job!

  17. 17 Francis Douse Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    @ndy, I love the splash screen, I'm quite new to Blender (having SWITCHED FROM Lightwave!) and I'm loving it, I too am looking forward to seeing that cute Gecko every day ;-) Well done mate.

  18. 18 Psion Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 9:07 pm

    Great splash screen, @ndy!

  19. 19 Jon Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:02 pm

    Great work Andy. I think it was the best choice.

    It's truly an iconic image and character. So much so that maybe it's time to replace Suzanne the Monkey with Andy the Gecko.

    I think the Blender Organisation should seriously consider adopting this gecko as an ambassador for Blender if Andy Goralczyk would agree to it. The character would be a great asset to help promote Blender.

    Possibly go so far as replacing Blender's default monkey head mesh with a gecko head mesh if Andy Goralczyk would donate it.

    Apparently gecko's come in a wide variety of colours. Some can be very bright colours so it would be OK if Blender's gecko was orange to match the Blender logo.

    Some geckos can even change their colour to BLEND in with their surroundings! That would be cool for the first ever animated splash screen to have a color changing gecko.

    The gecko wouldn't have to be called Andy. Maybe have a competition or vote to decide his name. Or maybe Ton should choose the gecko's name.

    Does anyone else think it's a good idea?

    Afterall, monkeys are soooo 2006.

  20. 20 madman Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    The Gecko Guy look's better for the splash screen of blender 2.44 ^_^

  21. 21 Bmud Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 10:34 pm

    This is really beautiful. I am glad it won. I don't think any version of Blender previously had a splash screen that looked so nice that I would be more compelled to run it. Congratulations, Andy

  22. 22 ysvry Edit Link May 13th, 2007 at 11:55 pm

    congrats andy, quite a bendy little fellow.

  23. 23 bludragon Edit Link May 14th, 2007 at 12:16 am

    Yes, the new splash screen looks good. So does Blender 2.44! Yes, I haven't seen it anywhere else, but Blender2.44 is out in the wild now! I did get mine before posting this, so that the server wouldn't be jammed. Now that you know, go and get it!
    -bd

  24. 24 ZanQdo Edit Link May 14th, 2007 at 12:22 am

    2.44 Released :D

    http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-244/

  25. 25 FruitBatInShades Edit Link May 14th, 2007 at 11:24 am

    Has anyone got that gecko as a desktop? I went to andy's site but can't find it there!

  26. 26 mike pan Edit Link May 15th, 2007 at 3:22 am

    Awesome work, @ndy! Wonder who has the honor to be on the splash of 2.50

  27. 27 epat Edit Link May 15th, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    Just out of curiosity - does that gecko have the new SSS applied to help it look smaller?
    -epat. :)

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