Plasmasolutions is creating a series of short videos showcasing upcoming new features in Blender. These may not have been released yet, so grab a build from GraphicAll if you want to try the latest version.
Thomas Beck writes:
Hello Blenderers,
my name is Thomas Beck and I'm the head of a small studio named Plasmasolutions. As a Blender dev we are hacking from time to time in and around Blender and we thought: "Maybe it's interesting to Blender users outside the development universe when we track down new features in the development versions of Blender. When they land in trunk we'll show them, explain why they are in and present them in little sneak peek videos?!"... And there we are now.
At the moment there are 4 episodes available - the #4 features the new toolbar TABs in Blender, the #2 our newest addition, the wireframe modifier...
We would be really happy if it is helpful for you, just comment on the videos and on G+, we're always listening...
Greetings to all Blender users out there,
your Plasmasolutions team and Thomas BeckP.S.: This series is released once a week normally
Video 2: The Wireframe Modifier
Video 3: Volumetrics with Cycles
Video 4: Toolbar Tabs / Value Input
18 Comments
The new left hand side vertical tabs, should be horizontal tabs.
the horizontal tabs use more space tan vertical ones.
They are far easier to read through, an well design could minimise the space take up.
The vertical design does exactly that.
vertical tabs labels are harder to read, horizontal ones are a lot easier to read.
But horizontal tabs take up more space than vertical ones.
But they are far more usable.
Horisontal tabs with icons (such as the other panels) of course.
Maybe the icons use less space, but are harder to understand, taking in account the kind of tabs that is gonna be used in that panel
Vertical tabs are gonna be easier to understand, trust me.
Who wants to tilt their head to read anything? Horisontal tabs in two rows are a lot better!
I really like the idea of horizontal tabs, but I think they should include icons and be a tad bigger. Sorta like the newer Calligra Words (screenshot: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U-Rr_zqSZN8/Ujh1WWJDIrI/AAAAAAAACfM/HzI_F2Q5_0g/s1600/Calligra_Words.png, note the right sidebar design).
I am looking forward to playing with the tabs.
blender 2.70 is starting to look epic, but unfortunately I have to wait til march, oh well
Great mist effect, seams better then after effects, now i cannt wait for the next release
so some public renderfarm wil have it too; movies in the mist super !!!!
The wireframe modifier is so new, it doesn’t even have an icon yet. :)
So when do we get the John Cleese IK rig?
You mean like this? :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRZ2Sh5-XuM
The new left side vertical an eye, should be horizontal an eye.
NyLotto