French non-profit organisation Labomedia has hosted a number of Blender classes in the past. Their next one is planned from 26 to 30 October 2009.
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Blender Newbies have published a three part video tutorial on creating a low-poly cartoon hand.

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• Video Tutorial: Basic Hand Structure for 3D Modeling
• Video Tutorial: Basic Blocking for a 3D Cartoon Hand
• Video Tutorial: Finishing the Low-Poly 3D Cartoon Hand

Tony Mullen announced his upcoming book on iPhone game development with Blender and the SIO2 game engine.

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cmiVFX Have released another 'Mammoth' videotutorial by Sebastian König. Like his previous tutorials (Organic Modeling Techniques, Blender Unwrapping and Baking, and Blender Texturing) this one looks very impressive. It sells for $19.95.

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Kursad wrote: "I have made couple tutorials covering basic points about modelling a finger and hands in general. These are the first part of the actual hand modelling tutorial which I will prepare next week . There might be some slight audio issues that I am hoping to fix next week as well :)  "

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David Ward has just finished a great DVD. We wrote earlier about his detailed youtube series- its now complete, online and also available on DVD. Plus, just to add to it, hes even helping out the Blender Foundation!

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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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• IPO Curves