"Kroni has been working on some lighting tutorials and has published two. The lighting setup is done with blender's internal render engine."

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Derrick Sesson (cganim8or) has spent a lot of time making a bunch of 50+ tutorials on youtube lately.

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An *extensive* video tutorial teaching you how to create your own Manga Character.

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In his latest video, Paul Caggegi covers a number of tips including camera rigging and asset management.

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Allan Brito has published a mini-tutorial on how to use FreeStyle rendering in the current 2.50 builds.

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Blender Newbies have published a three part video tutorial on creating a low-poly cartoon hand.

Links

• 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

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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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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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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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.

Link

• IPO Curves

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

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