A new book about Blender has been released in Brazil. The book “Modelando personagens com Blender 3D”, which could be translated to: Character Modeling with Blender 3D.
New Brazilian Blender Book, about character Modeling
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Google Summer of Code, Deadline Extended to April 7, 2008
“This year, we experimented with the program timeline providing one
week for students to discuss project ideas with their mentors and then
a single week to submit applications. We have heard feedback from the
community that it would be beneficial to provide more time for
students to submit their applications, so we’ve done just that.
Persian Blender Community: Iran
Google summer of code deadline
The Google Summer of Code deadline expires tomorrow, March 31, at 5:00 PM PDT
April 14 the granted students will be announced by Google.
Submit sites for inclusion in the Blender.org artist, professional, educational, and community listings.
At blender.org we are updating the sections of the site that list professionals, artists, communities and educational sites related to Blender.
The guidelines for the sections are as follows
Dr. Who Model Repository
Oooh, I love Doctor Who! I recently came across a modest Dr. Who model repository called ‘BlenderWho’ (a Tardis, the Seal of Rassilon and a whole bunch of Daleks) so I just HAD to share it here ;-) Does anyone know when the next season will begin, by the way?
Pixar Animation Studios Co-Founder Chosen as a SIGGRAPH 2008 Featured Speaker
(Chicago, IL) – ACM SIGGRAPH announces Ed Catmull, a pioneer in the entertainment and film industry and co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, as one of the featured speakers at SIGGRAPH 2008, the 35th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.Catmull, President of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, has played a major role throughout the past 30 years in the invention of some of today’s most fundamental computer graphics practices used widely across the motion picture industry. He is one of the original architects of the RenderMan rendering software system, which has been used to create blockbuster animated hits such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo, as well as 44 of the last 47 Visual Effects nominations to the Academy Awards®.
V-Ray/Blender Integration
Andrey M. Izrantsev (aka bdancer) has started developing an integration between V-Ray and Blender. He is dividing the project into two phases; exporter and full integration. They are now at phase 1 and the exporter is ready for download.
[Editor note - the name of the developer was corrected 3-29-08]
RenderMan tests with MOSAIC exporter
A new version of the MOSAIC exporter script is coming, and to show what this new release will be able to do, a few test renders were published on the Blender Artists forums. And they are quite impressive!
Blender Basics Videotutorial by CartoonSmart
Well-known animation tutorial provider CartoonSmart.com have recently added Blender to their list of supported products. Their first Blender tutorial is a two-hour introduction to Blender’s interface, modeling and rendering. Priced at $15, this great quality video is really a bargain. As I was preparing to review the two-hour tutorial they made quite an unexpected move!
