3Dconnexion, a Logitech company, has announced a public beta release of plug-ins that allow its line of 3D mice to support Blender.
3Dconnexion Announces Public Beta Release of Plug-Ins for Blender Support
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
3D models library in Blender native format
Finding models to use in our scenes created in Blender sometimes may be a bit difficult, since most 3D libraries use the 3ds file format. When we import these models in Blender, in most cases we have to work with triangular faces and some other artifacts. But now there is a very good model library called Scopia`s resources, which is a 3D models library with models available in the “.blend” file format, and with textures!
Magic Mandcandy – Can You Finish It?
Nathan of Project Peach is running a little experiment on the Peach Blog to investigate an idea for community involvement in the project. It’s based on this tutorial on Pose to Pose animation by Keith Lango which you really should read if you haven’t already.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BART!!!!
Forget about the past, you can’t change it.Forget about the future, you can’t predict it.
Forget about the present, I didn’t get you one
Tim
Ton Roosendaal’s intro to the SIGGRAPH 2007 Blender exhibit
Ton asked me to do a quick introduction video like he did of the one at the Blender Institute offices. A quick walk through the exhibit area from the entrance to the Blender exhibit. Also appearing is Roland Hess (Harkyman). I promised Ton that I’d publish this video first.
SIGGRAPH 2007 update
Well I’m back from SIGGRAPH 2007 and it was a very exciting and incredible trip. I felt like a sugar starved kid in a candy shop, so many things to see and do, which do I choose to do first. I especially want thank folks at SIGGRAPH for recognizing BlenderNation as a legitimate news source.
Recovering From Database Crash..
Fresh Blender News, Every Day… BUT NOT TODAY!
Yesterday morning, the database RAID server that hosts BlenderNation crashed and our ISP has been working frantically to get everything back online. At the moment, we’re still missing about two weeks worth of content but we should get that back later today. More information will follow..
Open Source CGI and Multimedia Tools, Sofia, Bulgaria
A training session on Open Source CGI and Multimedia Tools will take place in Sofia Bulgaria over one week from the 6th till the 12th of August..
Topics and Software:
- 3D CGI – Blender, GIMP, Voodoo tracker
- Post-production – Blender, Cinelerra
- Audio production – Ardour, Cinelerra
- Hardware setup, Tools for renderfarms control – Dr. Queue, Cinelerra
- Usage of collaborative software – Subversion, Track
There is a participation fee of €1000 that includes the training, accommodation and meals. Upon request there are also scholarships available. The training is targeted to artists working in the fields of 3D CGI, post-production, video editing, animation, advertising special effects and sound engineering. Application forms and more information on www.tosmi.org.
Siggraph 2007: Birds of a Feather
Today is the Blender Birds of a Feather meeting in San Diego. Read more.
