The texture node system is a project to integrate a node-based texture generator into Blender.

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The HandsOn project of the Department of Media Technology at the Helsinki University of Technology is researching optical tracking and 3D user interfaces for modeling and animation. They make heavy use of Blender to test new concepts in user interaction in virtual 3D environments, and have published videos of their work so far.

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An updated version of William Reynish' UI analysis (25 pages, PDF) is now available.

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Gunter Hannig aka zapman has written an excellent in-depth review of Carsten Wartmann's 'Blender DVD Seminar'.

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Pawel Cislo has written a tutorial on the modeling process of his model 'Jaguar MK2'. Otávio "tatasoka" has translated it to Portuguese and hosts it together with the original English version.

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The first Colombian Blender event (as far as we're aware) is coming up on November 13th! The 12-hour 'Dia Blender' has free entry to the workshops, shows and conferences.

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Here's a cool demonstration of Daniel 'Pepeland' Martinez Lara's Blender setup and of the new grease pencil feature. A preview of the video that he's editing is available as well – done in Max and Maya, not Blender. Funny stuff though :)

The three winners of the British 'Dare to be Digital' contest have been nominated for the prestigious BAFTA award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts). One of them is the Blender production 'Boro-Toro'. If you liked the game, you can help them increase their chances of winning and getting Blender into the spotlight at the BAFTA. Read on to see how.

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Mal from CanDo Interactive is hosting a Blender game engine contest. The deadline is March 16th, and there's a nice lineup of prizes.

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Here's something we don't see every day, a professional aircraft prototype designed using Blender. Daniel Klaue has been working with a start-up aircraft company from Mountain View, California, to design a new type of aircraft that takes off vertically.

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Big Buck Bunny is the winner of two awards:

- The MovieSquad Audience Award (kids of 8-12 voted in the HAFF school program)
- The HAFF Audience Award (festival visitors voted, with over 40 nominations)

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Two Blender presentations are planned for SIGGRAPH Asia 2008, which is from December 10-13: 'Migrating and Integrating Blender into your Pipeline' by Victor Yap, and 'Blender Education and Certification' by Tony Mullen. Details on Blender.org.

Animation Mentor has released a sneak peek of its Tips & Tricks eBook in Spanish. The eBook, written by Shawn Kelly, cofounder of Animation Mentor and senior animator at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), includes a foreword by Animation Mentor Cofounder and Pixar animator Carlos Baena who is a native of Spain. The eBook complements the Animation Tips & Tricks blog, which is hosted by Kelly and also features other professional animators. The full version of the book will be available in December.

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News Release: ACM SIGGRAPH 2009 invites you to Network Your Senses as a contributor or volunteer at the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 3 – 7 August 2009 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in festive New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The Guerilla CG Project has published an initial set of extremely useful and well-produced videotutorials, demonstrating general CG techniques. The videos are produced by acclaimed animators: Andrew Silke (Happy Feet, Scooby Doo, Cane Toad), Glen Moyes (famous Blenderhead! – coming soon), Greg Petchkovsky (Farscape, Crocodile Hunter, House of Flying Daggers) and Jake Hempson (character artist at THQ – also coming soon).

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The original Video Texture Player has been around for a while as a plugin for Blender, Ashid has been developing it since mid 2006. But now, with a little attention from Ben, the player is being permanently built into the Blender game engine.

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A scientific poster from a team at the French Condensed Matter Theoretical Physic Lab has won an award by the American National Science Foundation (NSF). Congratulations, guys!

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Matt Ebb wrote:

We've just revealed a new local at the Kajimba pub: Bill. Along with showing who he is and what he looks like, we're also giving away his character model and rig setup, under a creative commons license. Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with. Check it out here.