My previous Giant Spider post turned out not to be done in Blender after all, so I set out to find one that was. I found a videotutorial by 15 year old Daniel Reynolds, who explains how to align a spider animation with live action footage and then uses After Effects to composite it.

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Do you know how to use all the new tools of the upcoming Blender 2.46? No? Would you like to learn how to use some of them with a set of video tutorials? Now you can!

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Blender Artist Colin Levy participates in the PSAId contest with an short video. He has also published a video explaining how he made it - focusing on the camera mapping.

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The MontageStudio has published another great tutorial about character modeling. This time it`s a timelapse of a Steam-Punk head.

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Here's a use for Blender that you haven't seen before: the Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver, BC, Canada, has been quietly working with Blender and the Blender Game Engine to produce scientific data visualizations on the effect of fishing policy on fish populations. In addition, they're looking for summer interns who can work with Blender.

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I met Roy Simmons about two years ago when I was in London for work. He then showed me a training DVD that he had created. The content of this DVD is now available online for free.

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Blender offers so much in one package that it's always tempting to see what else it can do. "handlebar", from the CGTalk forums, has found two very clever ways to quickly create excellent iris textures using Blender and was kind enough to create short video tutorials demonstrating the techniques.

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Well-known animation tutorial provider CartoonSmart.com have recently added Blender to their list of supported products. Their first Blender tutorial is a two-hour introduction to Blender's interface, modeling and rendering. Priced at $15, this great quality video is really a bargain. As I was preparing to review the two-hour tutorial they made quite an unexpected move!

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David Ward (we featured his animations here last week) has published a 19-minute video-tutorial on adding and eyebrows to your characters in Blender.

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Wanna learn two very cool things with two short video tutorials?

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As you may know, Bassam Kurdali's excellent ManCandy FAQ DVD is published (like everything else the Blender Institute produces) under a Creative Commons license. Among other things, this means you're free to distribute or download it. Some people did this and the reactions were, well, not good. I talked to Bassam to find out how he felt about us offering download links.

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CG Channel have published part of their training DVD 'CG Pack Part 1': Female Walk Cycle.

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Would you like to find a lot of video tutorials about all kinds of cg tools? Well, that's the purpose of the Wikivid, which gather links to free tutorials available at the web. Their list is huge, and Blender is there!

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How about a collection of video timelapses demonstrating sculpting in Blender? Sure! Good for inspiration and fun to watch. Let us know if you've come across any and link them in the comments. We'll add them to the post. Enjoy!

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With the new particle system coming out likely in the coming Peach release, we all probably want to learn more about how it works. So I've put together a collection of links to learn the new system. If you come across any resources yourself, let us know and we'll add them to the list.

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Remember that training DVD we talked about? Well not only is it now shipping. But Montage Studio also has made it, and the previous modeling a female head DVD available in downloadable versions.

*warning mild nudity*

For more information read the blog post on Montage Studio.

Recently we posted about Jonathan's new DVD for sale. But we also want to point you out to some great timelapses available for viewing on his website. Find them here.

I personally really enjoyed watching the stylized head.

Another great video by Chris from welcometochrisworld.com! I just wish it didn't always end up with this stupid grin on my face after watching his work ;-)

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