Check out Shawn Kelly's lastest animation tips on Animation Mentor's new Tips & Tricks blog. In his first entry, Shawn talks about workflow and process. The blog complements a Tips & Tricks column written by Shawn Kelly, Animation Mentor cofounder and senior animator at ILM, that's published in the monthly Animation Mentor newsletter.

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Apart from the fact that Blender is extremely good software, I also view it as a very strong enabling technology: Blender is able to provide people – who would normally not be able to afford 3D training – the opportunity to start a career in 3D.

Most of Africa falls in the above category. Therefore, when I was recently invited as a Blender Foundation Certified Trainer to present a 7-day introductory Blender workshop in Nigeria, I decided to go despite rumours about the country – and was pleasantly surprised by what I experienced there at ground level…

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James Chronister wrote:

I will be running 3 classes again next month.

There will be some introductory Blender 3D design classes offered through the Central Dauphin School district located in suburban Harrisburg, PA again this summer. The CD Summer “Academy” is designed for teachers within the district to fulfill in-service requirements, but administration has graciously allowed me to open these classes to individuals outside the district.

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For those who have been hoping for a conference here in the USA, I am excited to announce that the Kingsport Art Guild will be hosting a 2nd day Blender Conference here in scenic Kingsport, Tennessee on August 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 3rd, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, 2008. This conference will include mini work shops and tutorials on various intermediate and advanced techniques used in Blender. Much of the focus will be on some of the newer features of version 2.46.

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From Ben Hodges: "I'm just writing to help spread the word about this year's Trainings on Open Source Multimedia Instruments or TOSMI. TOSMI is a part of MEDIA, the European Union's support programme for the European audiovisual industry and is designed to introduce media professionals to the benefits and possibilities of an open source pipeline in audio-video production.

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After presenting two courses in Cape Town, Allan Liddle (AnyMation on the BlenderArtists forum) will be presenting an "Introduction to Blender" course in Johannesburg, South Africa. This course will cover all the basics of Blender and will enable a person to do modeling, materials and texturing, lighting, rendering, animation and basic compositing. The idea would be to get a person skilled up in Blender to the point where he/she can generate their own animation material, which they can then composite with video footage.

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The Alpha Channel School is preparing a Blender seminar in São Paulo Wednesday, March 19th.

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Hazrul Tajuddin reports on three Blender presentations that were given in Malaysia at Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and Universiti Malaysia Kelantan.

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Towards the middle of last year I was contracted by Natcoll (An educational publisher) to write a book that introduces school students to Blender. After much hard work the book is now printed and is being sold to schools around the world.

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If you don't have plans for tonight yet and you're lucky enough to live in Barcelona then maybe you can check out this masterclass. Sorry for the late post!

Enjoy this long (101 minutes) and lively discussion between some the industry's leading artists and directors.

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No less than six new workshops have been announced:

• Melbourne, Australia, Feb 8th.
• Montreal, Canada, Feb 9, March 22, April 26
• Barcelona, Spain, starting February 12
• Sao Paulo, Brazil - Feb 13th.
• Valencia, Spain, Feb 18 - Mar 10
• Barcelona, Spain, March 8 - June 7

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The University of Barcelona is hosting a five-day basic Blender workshop. Students of the university can earn two study points by following this class, which should make some of you out there envious ;-)

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I can tell you this is an excellent DVD. I have seen much of it already and it goes into great detail. Jonathan does a good job of going through the process and giving plenty of step by step info on his workflow so you can easily follow along.

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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!

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The highly expected Mancandy DVD is ready for shipping at the Blender e-shop!

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Are you just beginning the craft of animation? Struggling with learning Blender hotkeys?

Don't be afraid. Everyone has to start somewhere. =)

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Three more Blender workshops have been announced:

• Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. Weekly, starting on January 9th.
• Porto, Portugal - Feb 2/3, March 15/16
• Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Weekly, starting on March 8th.

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