Developer’s meeting notes: new particle fluids core added, updates and continued progress on Blender 2.5, a list of simple to-do items for new developers, and the GSOC deadline is in four days!
Blender developer meeting minutes, April 4, 2010
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Blender developer meeting minutes, March 28, 2010
Developer’s meeting notes: Google Summer of Code deadlines and mentor sign-up, planning for the next steps in the 2.5 series, bug reporting guidelines, and more updates for the Durian project.
Blender developer meeting minutes, March 7, 2010
Developer’s meeting notes: Need to get good targets for 2.5 beta, additional artists for Durian, micropolygons in the render branch and re-project in trunk, planning for GSOC 2010, and a planned upgrade for the bug tracker so bugs can be searchable.
“Blender For Dummies” Available for Pre-order
It’s been quite some time since the last article that I wrote here. I have a good reason, though! Recently, I completed writing Blender For Dummies
NAB Show 2008
From April 11th to the 17th of this year, a veritable boatload of people from all facets of the television, film, and radio production world descended upon Las Vegas to attend the National Association of Broadcasters Show. I was there for 3 days of the conference and got to experience and learn all kinds of interesting things. And yes, there were even some things there related to Blender! Fair warning: I forgot my good camera, so please forgive the blurry, low resolution camera phone images.
EFF Goes to Aid 3D Modelers
In recent months, 3D model repositories such as TurboSquid have been served with DMCA takedown requests for 3D models of a variety of commercial and military vehicles based on trademark infringement for the vehicle names. This came to a head near the end of March when Lockheed Martin issued a takedown order for models of a B-24 bomber modeled by John MacNeill. TurboSquid complied, but now the Electronic Freedom Foundation has stepped up in MacNeill’s defense, issuing an open letter to Lockheed’s licensing agency in an effort to get his models back up.
Blender Foundation Certified Trainer Program Launched
The Blender Foundation Certified Trainer (BFCT) Program has been officially launched. The 12-member review board for the program has put a lot of effort into getting it off the ground and we’re ready to see how well it will work. If you teach or train people in Blender, get your application materials together, because we’re accepting applications now!
December Blender.org Gallery Update
The gallery on blender has been updated for the submissions that came in through December! There’s some strong work in there for this month with a good mix of subject matter. Go take a look!
Another Free Rig
Earlier this year, in the midst of the free rigs that were being released to the Blender community, we got this clever little gem submitted to us by Ruben Lopez. It’s a very simple lower-body rig, but the controls for it are quite nice and it’s an excellent resource, especially for Spanish-speaking Blender users.
CG Channel/cmiVFX Tutorial .blend File Released!
This is a follow-up to the article we posted a few days ago about a free Blender compositing tutorial available through an agreement between CG Channel and cmiVFX. The .blend file for that tutorial has been released! The demand for that tutorial has been the highest of any other tutorial on cmiVFX’s on-demand player.
