Comments on: CG Channel & cmiVFX Introduce Exclusive tutorial

By: Höhrer

Höhrer — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:34:07 +0000

I only recently had time to watch this – way to go, very good tutorial and nicely made 8-)
Although I already knew most of the techniques used in this, but seeing them combined in one tutorial really helps understanding the workflow.

Now we only need a nice integrated camera-tracker in Blender (yes i know there is something under development, dunno about the current status though – the blender-wiki where I've seen it seems to be down right now though)

Many thanks for this tutorial and for the blend file :)
Werner

By: Fweeb

Fweeb — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:23:31 +0000

Hey +peter,

That theme is one of my own design. Not feeling particularly original, I ended up calling it "Darker". When I find some time, I'll export the theme and make it available for other folks to use.

By: +peter

+peter — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:36:33 +0000

kind of a dumb question, but I have to ask what his theme is .. because I like it!

By: Fweeb

Fweeb — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:45:38 +0000

Good news everyone! I've released the .blend file for this animation under a Creative Commons license. It's a large file (36MB) and there are some notes associated with it. Read the full announcement. Thanks so much guys! Hope you enjoy the file!

By: David Stringham

David Stringham — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:12:05 +0000

A compositing tutorial for Blender> Where do I sign up!?

It's great to see all the Blender nuts responding. I don't think that the good stuff is over yet, either. We could be in for a very exciting time here.

By: Carsten

Carsten — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:58:31 +0000

Argh, two more registrations with unsure privacy policies…

Carsten

By: halcor

halcor — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:51:39 +0000

Forgot to say that there maybe is a simpler way to download it (untested) – Make sure your browser's cache is more that 50 mb, so the video could be downloaded there (Firefox default is not enough, that's why I used the above method). Then start watching the video and wait while the whole thing is streamed (how to know for sure: you can watch the end) and then find the .flv file in the cache.

By: halcor

halcor — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:39:12 +0000

How to download the video (and similar videos) using Firefox with Firebug installed (a.k.a. "If you can see it then you can save it :)"):
1. Start watching the video
2. Press F12 to activate Firebug
3. Select "Net" tab in Firebug and then "All" tab to display all net requests
4. Find in the the line that says tut_blender_something… and ends in .flv and is >50mb big
5. Copy the url
6. Paste in a new address bar (or a new entry in a download manager), but don't press enter yet
7. Return to the "Net" entry and expand it
8. Among the "Headers" you'll see a "Cookie" line. Select it and copy it
9. Return to the address bar, where you pasted the url, add "?" and paste cookie after it. So it should look like url?cookie
10. Hit Enter to download the video :)

By: jahmaica

jahmaica — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:30:05 +0000

I wouldnt mind getting from you, a tutorial DVD about composing in Blender

By: vidrazor

vidrazor — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:06:32 +0000

Fweeb, dude, that was an awesome tutorial. It's great that you got it up there on the CG Channel too. Hope you can get it up somewhere where people can D/L the video and files if that want.