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Blender on the BBC

Blender was featured in last week's episode of Click - 'the BBC's flagship technology programme'. Kate Russel talks about Big Buck Bunny, Elephants Dream and how to get started with Blender.

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Big Buck Bunny, Apricot in 3D World Magazine

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Issue 106 of 3D World is themed around free and open-source software. Editor Jim Thacker sent us a few opening spreads and as a bonus, he threw in the full article they published on Big Buck Bunny in issue 103. I love these guys ;-)

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An article about Big Buck Bunny was published on Linux.com, and it`s a great summary of the project. A few extra details are revealed in the article, like the overall cost of the project.

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A few days ago, Campbell Barton was interviewed by the guys of The Linux Link Tech Show, about the Big Buck Bunny project.

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tdw102dvd_cover.jpgI'd kind of decided to stop singing songs of praise for Elephants Dream, but this is a story I think I should share with you: Elephants Dream made it into '3D World's greatest independent animated 3D shorts: 1997 to 2007'.

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hyenafinalps6.jpgBlender artist Husam has won the third place in 3DTotal's Stylized Animal challenge "Hyena" with his hilarious picture of an hyena on a pogo-stick.

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Introduction to Papervision

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PapervisionA cool article about the Papervision component, which allows Flash CS3 to work with 3D objects, was released by Computer Arts magazine. It works like a real-time 3D engine component. And they mention Blender at the article, as one of the tools that can produce 3D content to use in Flash.

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The Making of “Night of the Cat”

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Night of the CatAn artist called Cristian Mihaescu has created a really great image named Night of The Cat. This image was created with Blender, Gimp and Inkscape. And now we can check out some of the techniques used to create "Night of the Cat", since Mr.Mihaescu was invited by the guys at 3dtotal to write an article about it, for their 3dcreative magazine.

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Quicklinks - Blender in the Media

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media.jpgHere's our regular overview of Blender in the printed media. This time we have en editorial comment in a British magazine, a very cool looking tutorial in a Chinese mag and appearances in German, Italian and American magazines.

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'Infinitum' Wins Two Awards

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rocketman_infinitum.jpgDo you remember the Sam Brubaker's movie 'Infinitum' from last years Art Festival? Well, not only did he win first prize during the Blender Conference, but he also won an audience award for best animation during November’s Asheville Film Festival. The Asheville Citizen-Times featured an article on Sam's accomplishments.

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Quicklinks - Blender in the Media

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Here's our regular collection of Blender appearences in the media. This time, magazines from Australia, France and Spain. Remember: if you spot Blender in the press somewhere, be sure to let us know!

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Blender in Dev.Mag

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issue9-2.jpgBlenderNation is constantly looking for press sitings of Blender and Blender artwork. Recently a South African digital magazine has been publishing articles about Blender and has several tutorials complete with downloadable reference files.

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BlenderArt #8: Car Modeling

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ba8_th.jpgSandra Gilbert writes: Welcome to Issue #8, Our Mega Issue on ‘Car Modeling’. We have packed 71 pages full of car modeling tutorials, covering tips and techniques from the body to the rims. We take a behind the scenes look at “Cutting the Waves’ and Claas Kuhnen gives us an in-depth description on creating brushed metal shaders. And just for fun, there is even a Low Poly car to model and drive around.

So grab your copy today.

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ab96dd9f72.jpgLast month we mentioned that issue 68 of LinuxUser & Developer magazine featured an interview with Blender's lead developer Ton Roosendaal. Editor Daniel James then promised us we could publish the interview text later on and he kept his word: here's the full interview! Thanks, Daniel!

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Quicklinks - Blender in the Media

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Here’s another handful of items about recent appearance of Blender in the international media: a Blender article in Playboy magazine, a famous Blender user on Digg.com, some videoblogging and the appearance of a short bit of Blender on American national television.

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ludm.jpgThis month's edition of the British Linux User & Developer Magazine features a six-page interview with Ton Roosendaal.

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Blender Art Magazine #7

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bam7.jpgSandra Gilbert writes: We have come full circle and are proud to present our 1st Anniversary issue of Blenderart Magazine. We have worked hard this year to bring you the best of our community’s talent and knowledge.

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Quicklinks - Blender in the Media

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Here's another handful of items about recent appearance of Blender in the international media: a new Blender tutorial in 3D World magazine, an interview with Enrico Valenza in the Italy, mentions in two German magazines and finally the appearance of Elephants Dream on DivX.com

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