Chris Larkee will be hosting a three-night Blender workshop at Discovery World in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 14, 21 and 28.

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Do you need help with modeling and animating a human character? Then take a look at this generic tutorial on 'Articulation'.

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Following up on his previous tutorial on camera changes during an animation, Kernon Dillon now explains how to add transitions using the Sequence Editor.

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The upcoming Yafaray 0.1.2 will support IES light files (explained here). Allan Brito explains how to use them.

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Geeks3d.com have published an in-detail tutorial on UV mapping in Blender. It also explains how to work with seams and how to export your UV layout to a paint program like the GIMP.

This article teaches you how to make your renders appear physically correct. Some tricks are very simple and give a real boost to the end result.

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Danish freelancer Johan Roug is offering Blender courses.

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Danny Gonzalez does a good job explaining how to do camera tracking with Voodoo in this two-part videotutorial.

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A new Blender 2.5 feature that might make your work a bit easier is vertex pinning. Blender3dArchitect's Allan Brito explains it.

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Yorik van Havre offers an insight into the creative process and workflow of an architectural pitch.

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A new Blender training in Barcelona, starting October 9th.

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In this videotutorial, Totally Blended looks at the clever use of IPO curves to control motion and to duplicate it to other objects. Recommended for new Blender users.

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If you're unemployed and are living in Austria, you can get a free Blender training! Classes start at October 5th.

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Here's an easy way to change cameras during your animation without using the sequence editor.

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Okay, let's do some more Yarafay news: a tutorial by Allan Brito on the use of Alpha maps.

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Mats Halldin describes a great technique to visualize cut-outs of objects using node materials.

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Jonathan Williamson creates great videotutorials – they're always easy to follow and listen to (I always find a good voice and good pace are always paramount for a good videotutorial). Today, he explains the retopology tool in detail.

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