One of the programmes at CERN is looking for a multimedia intern for fall 2009. To apply, you have to create a video/multimedia project about CERN. Personally, I dislike their conditions (all submitted work will become their property, for example), but this might just be your chance for an interesting internship.

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Kernon Dillon from BlenderNewbie has published a three-part videotutorial on the creation of a magic wand particles effect.

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A new Blender training is planned from July 20-24th in Moncada, Valencia, Spain.

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BlenderTips.com contains a large number of video and text tutorials. If you're new to Blender this may be an excellent way to get up to speed quickly.

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Pildanovak has developed a very useful composite node which can make bas-reliefs out of regular 3d models. Originally bas-reliefs can be seen throughout the art history but are very difficult to make by hand (be it in real-life or 3d).

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Learn how to make great looking trees in this 30 minute videotutorial by Andrew Price.

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cmiVFX have announced their second Blender training video. This one is created by Sebastian König (see also Sebastian's other videos on BlenderNation) and focuses on organic modeling techniques such as sculpting, weight mapping, retopology and shrink wrapping.

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Here's a good videotutorial by the Process Diary that'll explain many rigging concepts. If you're an absolute rigging beginner, I recommend you read up on a few tutorials first - some good links are included in the article.

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The people behind the popular tutorials site CG Cookie have just launched a new online CG training website. They'll be supporting Blender right from the start.

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Pepe-School-Land students are doing some awesome modeling and animation in Blender as evidenced by these videos. The demo reel has a mixture of work done in Blender and other programs and is well worth watching. A Blender icon will appear in the lower left hand corner of the demo  to designate work completed in Blender.

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Here's a good demonstration by Allan Brito of 'light groups', a feature of LuxRender that makes it very easy to tweak the settings of the lights in your scene. (Remember to turn on 'HD' once you're over at Vimeo).

Ever wondered how to set up the new video textures feature in the Blender Game Engine?  Dennis has written a easy to follow tutorial on exactly how to do it.

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Blenducation is preparing an 'artist driven' Blender training by Andy Goralczyk (art director of Elephants Dream, Big Buck Bunny, creator of Creature Factory and Blender Guru extraordinaire) on Blenducation for Saturday June 20th. Tomorrow (June 13th) is a preparatory live chat with Andy where he asks for your input.

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CGtuts+, the new CG tutorials site opened today by the Envato Network, if offering their first Blender tutorial on Low-Poly modeling and the creation of normal maps. If you're interested in writing for them: they pay $150 for tutorials. Maybe that's a nice way to make some more money with Blender for you?

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3DTotal.com features a series of 4 videotutorials that are a great introduction to Blender. Highly recommended for new users!

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The Spanish company Suresnet in Murcia is offering a 150-hour(!) Blender training. The training is commercial and not cheap (but then again you'll get 150 hours of training), but they'll offer a shorter version in the future as well.

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A 22-minute videotutorial explaining all the tips and tricks for creating nice looking grass. As a bonus, it'll also explain how to animate it and you can download the .blend.

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• The Secret to Creating Realistic Grass

Mal Duffin from CanDo 3D will be giving a one week course in both the basics of Blender, and using the Blender Game Engine.

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