Chain-like motion tutorial

soft.jpgAn interesting tutorial utilizing softbody dynamics to help automatically simulate the motion of a chain moving has been posted over on Blenderartists. It even includes a .blend file for experimenting.

Its a good read and a fun .blend file to play with. I wonder if this could be simplified more by using the new mesh deform modifier. Post your tests, ideas and experiments!

Last chance to get credits on the Apricot DVD Project

apricot1.jpgApricot is edging towards the start of the project sometime next week. They are pushing towards a goal of 1000 DVD’s sold. They are at 500+ now. And come next week your name will not be credited on the DVD. Don’t miss the chance to be eternally famous! Or even better, don’t miss the chance to support Blender development. Want faster realtime previews? Improved export? An external plugin interface? Help support the project because those are some of the things being looked at for improvement by the Apricot team.

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Tangent space baking via Nodes

nodes.gifEven though recently Tangent space normal map baking was added as a feature to the next version of Blender. This functionality is only available in special builds. I know many use only the official 2.45 build for production purposes. With that in mind you’d be without Tangent space normal map baking. Its possible you missed a solution provided at Blenderartists.

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