The Modo image gallery has a fluid simulation, produced with Blender! No, Luxology is not supporting Blender, but an artist called Eric Tobiason produced a fluid simulation with Blender and Modo for materials and rendering.

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Ian Elsner is sharing some of his thoughts on modeling and animating while working on his movie, 'Eros', in a series of video monologues. Interestingly enough, he recorded three episodes while on holiday in Greece and China.

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Austrian Blender users are in luck! Next to the four upcoming Blender trainings in Vienna, there will be two free Blender trainings in Graz the next two weeks.

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Here's another excellent videotutorial by Blendernewbies' Kernon Dillon. This time, he dives into the topic of applying and positioning texture decals in Blender.

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A very good tutorial was published by a Chinese artist called congcong, at a computer graphics based on open source software community website. And yes, the tutorial is in Chinese! The tutorial shows how to create a combat scene, using two fight jets.

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In July, we reported about the two Blender trainings in Vienna that Karl Kühberger was planning. The first one will be held next week, so if you're interested be quick to register. Also, Karl has prepared two additional trainings and is working on a third one.

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Another very promising project using Blender! An animation studio called Studio 125 is using Blender along with some other tools; to produce an animated TV Series called "Me & Jessie D.".

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Do you remember Ka-ra?

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At an interview for Gamasutra, Dona Bailey which is the creator of the Centipede, mentions the she had recently discovered Blender. And she not only mentions that, but talks about the benefits of using Blender.

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If you enjoyed Roland "Harkyman" Hess' video interview, don't miss this write-up about SIGGRAPH that comes straight from the man himself! Harkyman talks about the city of San Diego, experiences from the Expo floor, and even more.

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Now it`s for real! Blender 2.45 release candidate 2 is available to download. This release has more bug fixes for the upcoming Blender 2.45, it`s time to test it before final release.

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The Crystalspace developers know how to party! They're gathering in Spain for the next couple of weeks for an intense 'hackfest'. Project Apricot members will be present and workshops on graphics design for games using Blender will be given every Thursday and Sunday this month.

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This year the Brazilian Blender users will be organizing a conference, called Blender PRO 2007. The main objective and theme for this conference will be the use of Blender as a professional tool.

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Motion capture is a special animation technique that allows human actors to define the movements of an animated character. Special cameras track the actor's movements and can then transfer them onto a CG character. The result is a simple yet realistic method of animating. Unfortunately, however, motion capture systems are very expensive, far too expensive for the hobbyist. That's where this great resource comes in!

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More news from SIGGRAPH, now it`s an interview with Roland Hess. The video was published by David Basulto, in his personal Blog.

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There's a new update on the Peach blog and it contains a couple of surprises.

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