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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:05:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Blender 2.4x</category><category>News</category><category>Video Tutorial</category><category>Level: Beginner</category><category>Blender 2.5</category><category>3D Modeling</category><category>Level: Intermediate</category><category>UI</category><category>Quick Tip</category><category>DVD</category><category>3D Animation</category><category>.blend file</category><category>Texturing</category><category>Torrent</category><category>General Tips</category><category>Tool</category><category>PDF</category><category>Curves</category><category>Default Settings</category><category>Resource</category><category>Special FX</category><category>Topology</category><category>Blender Camera</category><category>Development</category><category>Sintel Open Movie</category><category>3D Christmas Tree</category><category>File Management</category><category>Time-Saving Tips</category><category>Lighting</category><category>Particles</category><category>Python Scripting</category><category>Rendering</category><category>Addon</category><category>Books</category><category>Compositing Nodes</category><category>Official Documentation</category><category>Script</category><category>Window Areas</category><category>Blender Conference</category><category>Country Pathway</category><category>Drawing</category><category>HTML Tutorial</category><category>Halo</category><category>Hand Modeling</category><category>Preferences</category><category>Sculpting</category><category>Softbodies</category><category>UV Mapping</category><category>3D Cloth</category><category>3D Cursor</category><category>Blender Screens</category><category>Buttons Window</category><category>Feature Demo</category><category>Japanese</category><category>Keystroke Translator</category><category>Level: Advanced</category><category>Mirror modifier</category><category>Neon</category><category>Project Management</category><category>Rigged Character</category><category>Spin Tool</category><category>Terrain</category><category>tree</category><category>Challenges</category><category>Composition</category><category>Curve Modifier</category><category>IPO Editor</category><category>Lattice Modifier</category><category>Mist</category><category>Mouse Gestures</category><category>Mouse Recording</category><category>Pivot Control</category><category>Pretzel</category><category>Programming</category><category>Proportional Editing</category><category>Subsurf</category><category>Test</category><category>Text</category><category>Timelapse</category><category>Titling</category><category>Vertex Painting</category><category>Video Sequence Editor</category><category>Wireframe</category><title>Blender Newbies 3D Video Tutorials (Learn to Create 3D Graphics with Blender!)</title><description>BlenderNewbies is a resource for learning Blender 3D. There are Blender 3D video tutorials, PDFs, tests, tools, and .blend files. Our goal is to cover a wide range of subjects while maintaining a presentation style that allows even beginners to keep up when things get to be more advanced. Also, be sure to <a href="http://forums.blendernewbies.com/index.php">check out our active forum for Blender users</a>. Thanks for visiting!</description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>225</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-115386796030178993</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-13T16:13:22.765-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DVD</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>News: BlenderNewbies is not dead, and DVD orders are still being processed.</title><description>I just wanted to do a quick post to let everyone know that the site, despite appearances, is not abandoned. I'm still processing the huge amount of pre-orders received (thank you!) and haven't had time to create any new tutorials.<br /><br />I'm also reviewing a new Blender animation book, in-between order fulfillments, that I'll eventually post on the blog. My main focus is on getting the Training DVD orders fulfilled, though.<br /><br />It will be great to get back on schedule! BTW, when things get back to normal, I plan to do a bit of a "reboot" of the site to clean out the Blender 2.4x content.<br /><br />Thanks for understanding!<br /><br /><i>(I've disabled the comments for this post since I won't have time to respond and it will help to keep my email Inbox under control.)<br /></i> <br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/07/news-blendernewbies-is-not-dead-and-dvd.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-3372179094543627037</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-28T13:46:57.342-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Video Tutorial</category><title>News: BlenderNewbies Blender 2.5 Training DVDs (Final Update)</title><description>This is the final update for the training dvd. The next notice will be the official release, in about two weeks.<br /><br />It turns out that the final product is now <b style="color: #a64d79;">FOUR DVD-Rs</b>! Originally, this was supposed to be two dvds, but I found it difficult to stay within that limitation. I tried, but ultimately decided it would be simpler to not fight it.<br /><br /><b>The original price for the two dvds was $35, but I will have to increase the price to $50 for the four dvds. </b>However, this doesn't effect those that have pre-ordered the dvds. And, I think it's only fair to continue offering the training at the <i>original $35 price for a two-week grace period</i> for those that have been waiting for the official release to purchase.<br /><br />So, if you're interested in purchasing the training dvds, you can still get them for $35 plus postage and handling (a steal) until May 13th! <b>After May 13, 2011, the price will be $50 (plus postage and handling).</b><br /><br /><a href="http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2010/02/announcing-blendernewbies-blender-25.html" target="_blank" title="Get more info about the BlenderNewbies 2.5 Training DVDs">You can get more info about the training, here.</a> This page is the original announcement and the graphics could use some updating, but I plan to get to that over the next two weeks. <br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/04/news-blendernewbies-blender-25-training.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-1212669838575426911</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-22T16:25:48.353-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Development</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>News: Blender 2.57a (stable) is available for Download</title><description><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/Images/Logos/Other/blender_logo_cropped.jpg" /><br /><br />This release is a bugfix for the v2.57 release. Lots of issues addressed!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/" target="_blank">You can find the downloads, here...</a><br /><br /><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/changelog_257a" target="_blank">Here's the changelog for this release...</a><br /><br /> <br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/04/news-blender-257a-stable-is-available.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-6356222217146170726</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-13T13:34:17.292-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Development</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>News: Blender 2.57 (stable) is available for Download</title><description><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/Images/Logos/Other/blender_logo_cropped.jpg" /><br /><br />Blender 2.57 (Stable) is available for downloading from the Blender Foundation!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/" target="_blank" title="Download Blender 2.57">You can find download links, here...</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/04/news-blender-257-stable-is-available.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-4542484696137116230</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-06T09:53:06.810-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Development</category><title>News: Blender 2.57 RC2 (Release Candidate) available for Download</title><description><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/Images/Logos/Other/blender_logo_cropped.jpg" /><br /><br />Release Candidate 2 is available for downloading from the Blender Foundation!<br /><br /><a href="http://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.57/" target="_blank" title="Download Blender 2.57 RC2">You can find download links, here...</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/04/news-blender-257-rc2-release-candidate.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-620262846445158985</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-06T08:47:09.072-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PDF</category><title>News: BlenderArt Mag Issue #32 is Available</title><description><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0w9hroUn2qw/TZxfhRyXd3I/AAAAAAAAANY/m8PU5KLOeoc/s400/blenderart_mag_32.jpg" /><br /><br />From BlenderArt Magazine:<br /><br />In this issue we are going to explore some nice “Springy” topics like plants and trees. Nice warm growing things that make us think warm thoughts and forget all about being cold and snowed in.<br /><br /><b>Table of Contents:</b><br /><br /><ul><li>Making 2D environments for the iPhone game Spires</li><li>A videogame in few logic bricks</li><li>Modeling an iPhone 4 with Modifiers</li><li>Creating Plants Using Arrays</li><li>CanTree – Online Tree Generator</li><li>Blender 2.5 Materials and Textures Cookbook</li></ul>And Lot More…<br /><ul></ul><a href="http://blenderart.org/issues/" target="_blank">So grab your copy today...</a><br /><br />Also be sure to check out our gallery of wonderful images submitted by very talented members of our community.<br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/04/news-blenderart-mag-issue-32-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0w9hroUn2qw/TZxfhRyXd3I/AAAAAAAAANY/m8PU5KLOeoc/s72-c/blenderart_mag_32.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-2580703586670643400</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-31T20:06:31.717-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Feature Demo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Particles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Special FX</category><title>News: Blender 2.57 Quick Effect Operators Demo</title><description><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21780715?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="600" height="336" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />DEVELOPER NOTES (Janne Karhu)<br /><br />Quick effects operators:<br /><br />* A couple of operators to quickly create effects that would otherwise take some time to set up.<br />* Nice to use for demoing functionality or as a starting point for more complex effects.<br />* "Make Fur" - Gives every selected mesh object particle fur with a desired density and length.<br />* "Make Smoke" - Makes each selected object a smoke emitter and creates a new domain object around the emitters with the correct material to render the smoke. ** Has style options for "stream": constant smoke flow, "puff": only create smoke once from the volume of the emitter object, "fire": enable high resolution smoke and set a secondary fire color texture for the domain object.<br />* "Make Fluid" - Makes every selected object a fluid object (normal/inflow) and has the option to start fluid baking immediately.<br />* This should provide a nice base for extending these / adding more operators for different effects.<br /><br />More info at the <a href="http://code.blender.org/index.php/2011/03/quick-effect-operators/" target="_blank">Blender Developer Blog...</a><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-blender-257-quick-effect-operators.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-3041121782443227337</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-31T08:55:07.420-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Development</category><title>News: Blender 2.57 RC1 (Release Candidate) available for Download</title><description><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/Images/Logos/Other/blender_logo_cropped.jpg" /><br /><br />The Blender Foundation has just made available the first non-Beta release of Blender 2.5!<br /><br /><a href="http://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.57/" target="_blank" title="Download Blender 2.57 RC1">You can find download links, here...</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-blender-257-rc1-release-candidate.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-6561475020916433159</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-30T15:46:20.790-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">3D Modeling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Addon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Python Scripting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">UI</category><title>New Tools: Theme Manager, and LoopTools</title><description>The power of python programming in Blender and the development skills of <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/bartiuscrouch/" target="_blank" title="Bart Crouch's website">Bart Crouch</a> combine to bring us two much-needed tools for Blender. Actually, it's far more than two, if you include the many tools in the LoopTools addon.<br /><br /><b>Theme Manager</b><br /><blockquote>Sharing custom themes for Blender 2.5 used to be difficult, as you had to share entire .blend files, replace your default .blend and then manually reorganize your start-up screen with the new colours. That's why I'm introducing: Theme manager</blockquote><iframe frameborder="0" height="338" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21635762?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="601"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?213260-Theme-manager" target="_blank">More info on the Theme Manager...</a><br /><br /><b>LoopTools</b><br /><blockquote>The LoopTools add-on is a script containing a collection of tools to aid mesh modelling in Blender.</blockquote><iframe frameborder="0" height="338" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21459725?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="601"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/bartiuscrouch/looptools" target="_blank">More info on LoopTools...</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-tools-theme-manager-and-looptools.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-8010628428809458397</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-12T10:12:21.640-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Development</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Particles</category><title>News: Fluid Particles have been Refactored</title><description>From the developer (<i>jahka</i>)<br /><blockquote>...the refactoring is finally done! Check the video to get a quick start on the new functionality...</blockquote><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="600" height="368" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WII7IOfEqu4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://jahkaparticles.blogspot.com/2011/03/refactored-fluid-particles.html" target="_blank" title="Blender 2.5 Fluid Particles refactored">More info...</a><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-fluid-particles-have-been.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/WII7IOfEqu4/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-8061482324362035317</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-05T16:51:30.536-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Composition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Drawing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lighting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Resource</category><title>Resource: Incredible Design and Composition Lessons from Feng Zhu</title><description>The Feng Zhu Design School provides valuable video lessons on composition, color design, lighting, digital painting techniques, and more. These lessons are packed with extremely insightful information that's very relevant to what we do in Blender.<br /><br />The lessons are free and given by Feng Zhu, himself! Feng Zhu is one of the most in-demand concept artists in the game and feature film industry.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="600" height="368" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yt3YZ0qST9I?hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Here's the first "episode". I recommend going through them in order because some of the content is progressive.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="600" height="368" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1McYZX6KScg?hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/472s68t" target="_blank" title="Feng Zhu Design School YouTube channel">Here's a link to their YouTube channel to see all of the videos...</a><br /><br />The information in these videos, if studied and applied, will greatly improve the final results you get in your 3d graphics work. A lot of important issues are addressed in these videos that are rarely adequately covered in a "3d" tutorial.<br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/03/resource-incredible-design-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/yt3YZ0qST9I/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-3849245140810543293</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-21T20:24:41.279-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">3D Animation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Addon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Resource</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rigged Character</category><title>Rigged Character: Ivo Grigull's Norman Rig with video manual</title><description>I think I've finally found a rigged character for Blender 2.5 that looks great and is really well-rigged! And, it's free (Creative Commons)!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19531600" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/19531600">Character animation in Blender 2.5 with the Norman Rig - Video Manual</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1050873">Ivo Grigull</a>.</p><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19568071" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/19568071">Addendum: Adding custom variants of the Norman Rig</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1050873">Ivo Grigull</a>.</p><br /><br /><a href="http://ivogrigull.com/blog/?page_id=127" target="_blank">You can download the rigged character from Ivo's blog...</a><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/02/rigged-character-ivo-grigulls-norman.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-3986103836764179555</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-17T10:25:19.722-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Resource</category><title>News: Download 130 Free 3D Trees and Plants from Xfrog</title><description><img height="286" width="508" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2LmklumL0_Q/TV08toF2XeI/AAAAAAAAAM4/DIKH-P1deLQ/s400/freeplantstrees.png" /><br /><br />Xfrog is providing free sample downloads of 3d trees and plants from its XfrogPlants collection!<br /><br />You can import them into Blender using the OBJ format.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.xfrog.com/2011/01/130-free-xfrogplants-now-available/" target="_blank">Check it out...</a><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-download-130-free-3d-trees-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2LmklumL0_Q/TV08toF2XeI/AAAAAAAAAM4/DIKH-P1deLQ/s72-c/freeplantstrees.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-1505226114239682701</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-10T14:00:01.071-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sintel Open Movie</category><title>News: The HD Version of Sintel is Available for Download</title><description><img height="520" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju6F53QB9z4/TVQ1HaGwxqI/AAAAAAAAAMw/HGsO6qzMV4Y/s400/hd_scales2.png" width="600" /><br />Ton Roosendaal has made available an HD .AVI file (H264 and stereo wav sound). Also available are HD PNG files and a lossless 5.1 master of the sound. Very cool!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sintel.org/production/sintel-the-hd-version-scaled-from-4k/" target="_blank">Check it out at the Sintel blog...</a><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-hd-version-of-sintel-is-available.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju6F53QB9z4/TVQ1HaGwxqI/AAAAAAAAAMw/HGsO6qzMV4Y/s72-c/hd_scales2.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-506176837662219179</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-24T16:13:49.956-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Quick Tip</category><title>Blender 2.5 QuickTips #1</title><description><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Zooming the Backdrop image in the Nodes Editor</b></span><br /><br />Original size<br /><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/25/qtips01/images/zoomback1.png" /><br /><br />Zoom Out the Backdrop with the <b>V-key</b><br /><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/25/qtips01/images/zoomback2.png" /><br /><br />Zoom In the Backdrop with <b>Alt-V</b><br /><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/25/qtips01/images/zoomback3.png" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Drag-Drop features</b></span><br /><br />Drag-Drop materials using the Browse Material icon<br /><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/25/qtips01/images/ddmat0.png" /><br /><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/25/qtips01/images/ddmat1.png" /><br /><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/25/qtips01/images/ddmat2.png" /><br /><br /><i>Other areas that support drag-drop:</i><br /><ul><li>An image from your desktop or folder onto the 3D View to add it as a background image</li><li>An image from your desktop or folder onto the UV/Image Editor</li><li>A .blend file to load it into Blender</li><li> probably some others, so experiment!</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Repeat functions</b></span><br /><br /><ul><li>You can repeat the last action by pressing Shift-R.</li><li>You can display a menu for previous actions performed (History) by pressing F3. Selecting an item in the popup menu will repeat the action. You can then use Shift-R to continue repeating the item selected from the menu.</li><li><b>Note: Currenetly, pressing Ctrl-Z to undo causes the History stack to be cleared! This is a documented bug. </b></li></ul>Repeat buttons can be found in the Toolbar panel of the 3D View.<br /><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/25/qtips01/images/repeat.png" /><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/01/blender-25-quicktips-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-3097169072660966395</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-21T10:09:32.708-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Development</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>News: Developer's Overview of Blender's Importers and Exporters</title><description><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TTmgGYmmgEI/AAAAAAAAAMU/adISb21TtZc/s400/impexp.png" /><br /><br />By Nathan Letwory (aka <i>jesterking</i>):<br /><blockquote>Blender is being used a lot as part of a pipeline, thus having a great need for import and export of various formats. In this article I list what formats used to be supported in Blender 2.4x series and how well these did their jobs, and then compare them to the current status.<br /></blockquote><br /><a href="http://code.blender.org/index.php/2011/01/importers-and-exporters/" target="_blank">Read the article on the <i>Blender Developer Blog</i>...</a><br /><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-developers-overview-of-blenders.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TTmgGYmmgEI/AAAAAAAAAMU/adISb21TtZc/s72-c/impexp.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-4278339200284528914</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-16T18:14:03.369-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PDF</category><title>News: Errata for BlenderArt Mag (Issue #31)</title><description>Some layout errors have been found in the "World of Rotations" article that may cause some confusion.<br /><br /><a href="http://blenderart.org/2011/01/16/errors-found-in-issue-31-of-blenderart-magazine/" target="_blank"><i>From BlenderArt.org</i></a><br /><br /><blockquote>Seems some rather nasty booboos slid past layout proofing. Pep Ribal’s article on Rotations has some confusing layout errors that make the whole article rather confusing, to say the least. We will get that fixed and re-uploaded as quickly as possible. In the meantime, here is a list of the errors and their locations so that you can continue on until we get the new version fixed up and released.<br /><br />p.12 – first paragraph is repeated<br />p.14 – paragraphs 2,3,4,5 and 6 are repeated<br />p.14 – last paragraph mentions ‘2x’ twice, when it should be ‘2′ and the symbol for ‘pi’ (very confusing).<br />p.15 – in the formula, squares are not formatted as such.<br />p.16 – same thing.<br />p.16 – the table is unreadable<br />p.17 – again ‘2x’ mentioned<br />p.17 – just before the ‘Gimbals and locks’ section, a total of 6 paragraphs are dropped out, and they are appended at the end of the ‘Summary’ section, which makes the reading really confusing.<br />All text – The character ‘pi’ is replaced by question marks in the whole text<br /><br />Sorry for the confusion this causes, we will get it fixed as soon as possible.</blockquote><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-errata-for-blenderart-mag-issue-31.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-6723165330857120233</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-16T12:56:18.380-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PDF</category><title>News: BlenderArt Mag Issue #31 is Available</title><description><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TTMv2ObXWFI/AAAAAAAAAME/h7XTzhdCP-I/s320/ba31.png" /><br /><br />From BlenderArt Magazine:<br /><br />Blender provides an excellent tool set for producing simulations, visualizations and walk-throughs, as well as educational videos based on the various research projects. In this issue we take a look at some of the exciting ways that Blender is being used for research and education.<br /><br /><b>Table of Contents:</b><br /><br /><ul><li>Physics of Circular Motion</li><li>A World of Rotations</li><li>BioBlender: Blender for Biologists</li><li>Educational Science and Engineering videos</li><li>Computer Sim. and Modeling of Liquid Droplets</li><li>The Transporters</li><li>Microorganismal Worlds</li><li>and more!</li></ul><a href="http://blenderart.org/issues/" target="_blank">So grab your copy today...</a><br /><br />Also be sure to check out our gallery of wonderful images submitted by very talented members of our community.<br /><br /><i><b>Reminder: Submissions for issue #32 are due by February 5th, 2011.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-blenderart-mag-issue-31-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TTMv2ObXWFI/AAAAAAAAAME/h7XTzhdCP-I/s72-c/ba31.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-1186507726526542490</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-14T22:16:25.115-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Development</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>News: Development of the Blender 2.5 Installer</title><description>As with most everything in Blender, improvements and tweaks are being considered for its installation program (Windows OS).<br /><br /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TTEQ7odP6oI/AAAAAAAAAL8/VA4U-qMOW_8/s320/20110114_220901.png" /><br /><br /><a href="http://code.blender.org/index.php/2011/01/on-the-blender-installer-for-windows/" target="_blank" title="On the Blender Installer for Windows">Developers are asking for feedback, ideas, and possible solutions...</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-development-of-blender-25.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TTEQ7odP6oI/AAAAAAAAAL8/VA4U-qMOW_8/s72-c/20110114_220901.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-6721077672677009904</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-06T08:35:34.325-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">3D Animation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Resource</category><title>Resource: Animation Insiders Ebook</title><description><a href="http://www.squeezestudio.com/Book/download/ANIMATION_INSIDERS_EBOOK.zip" target="_blank" title="Get the Animation Insiders Ebook">I'll get straight to the point...This is gold. It's free. Get it. Read it.</a><br /><br /><i>NOTE: Link updated. </i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.squeezestudio.com/Book/download/ANIMATION_INSIDERS_EBOOK.zip" target="_blank" title="Get the Animation Insiders Ebook"><img src="http://www.blendernewbies.com/Images/blog/AI01_ebook.png" /></a><br /><br />I haven't had time to really dig into this, yet. But, scanning through it, it's easy to see that it's definitely something to completely absorb. It's an incredible knowledge resource for animators at any level of experience, from some of the industry's leading animators.<br /><br />More info...<br /><br /><blockquote>What is Animation Insiders?<br /><br />Animation Insiders is a book dedicated to animation. AI book #1 is a compilation of know-how, experience and anecdotes from 13 talented animators. Animation Insiders is aimed at people who are passionate about animation, those who are looking to surpass their limits and acquire new techniques. Every book of this amazing series will explores a new theme. </blockquote><br />Excerpts from the Introduction and Conclusion<br /><blockquote>Animation Insiders offer a new approach by compiling the various work<br />methods of many different artists. In the industry, this is what we call<br />“gold.” Back in the old days, many artists in the field of special effects<br />and animation did not want to give away their secrets. At Disney, the<br />nine old men did not pass on their knowledge and expertise until the<br />end of their careers. Fortunately, this philosophy has changed and<br />education has become more open and shared.</blockquote><blockquote>This book allows you to peer into the artistic approaches<br />of professionals, so that you can gain some insight into the way<br />they go about solving specific problems.</blockquote><blockquote>From its very inception, this book was to be dedicated to animation<br />in general, workflow in particular. We gave different artists the opportunity<br />to introduce themselves in their own words and to unveil the<br />“Shaman,” as acting coach Ed Hooks calls it, behind their magic.<br />In all the various animation topics, workflow seems to be the only one<br />that is ever redefining itself. Animation Insiders is, therefore, a platform<br />for talented animators to share their thoughts, experiences and workflow<br />tips.</blockquote><blockquote>The best animators use every resource to enhance their work.<br />I trust this book will be one of many in your arsenal that enable you to<br />push your work to the next level.</blockquote><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2011/01/resource-animation-insiders-ebook.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>17</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-650010773442443046</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-30T14:34:35.746-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>News: Blender 2.56 Beta is Officially Released</title><description><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TRzeFdluvAI/AAAAAAAAAL0/HE7b7lmfGPQ/s320/26e78b2e99.jpg" /><br /><blockquote>The Blender Foundation and online developer community is proud to present Blender 2.56 Beta. This release is the fourth official beta release of the Blender 2.5 series, representing the culmination of many years of redesign and development work.<br /><br />This version is called a "Beta" because it's now for the most part feature complete. The Python API has had some extensive changes, most notably in naming conventions and in creation and access of properties.<br /><br />Since Blender 2.55 beta over 440 bugs were fixed!<br /><br />IMPORTANT: Between 2.53 and 2.56 an extensive renaming operation has changed the scripting API a lot, with repercussions also for loading 2.53 .blends with animation into 2.56. Make sure you try the FCurve/Driver 2.54 fix entry from the Help menu.</blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.blender.org/download/get-256-beta/" target="_blank">Get Blender 2.56 Beta...</a><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </p></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-blender-256-beta-is-officially.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TRzeFdluvAI/AAAAAAAAAL0/HE7b7lmfGPQ/s72-c/26e78b2e99.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-3028609242587400617</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-21T08:58:19.094-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DVD</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>News: BlenderNewbies Blender 2.5 Training DVDs Update</title><description><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Merry</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">and</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">Happy</span> <span style="color: #f1c232;">Holidays</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">!</span></b><br /><br />Things are coming along with the completion of the DVDs. I suffered a few setbacks that caused some delays, but things are back on track.<br /><br /><a href="http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2010/02/announcing-blendernewbies-blender-25.html" target="_blank"><b>The pre-order discount will end on Thursday, December 23rd.</b></a><br /><br /><i><b>For the Pre-Order customers only</b></i>, I'm providing download links for groups of the video tutorials from the DVDs, starting near the "beginning" of the tutorial content (QuickStart section). So, you can begin receiving tutorials as soon as possible (within 24 hours).<br /><br />I'll be providing new links to the DVD content about every other day until the actual DVDs are ready for shipping. <br /><br />Each link in the group will be to single videos so you won't have to download huge files.<br /><br />The interface, for the content linked to, isn't the same as the final DVD interface, but the videos are the same. This saves me some time in getting them setup. Videos like the QuickStart tutorials are at a resolution of 800x450, while the more involved tutorials are at 1280x720. However, the smaller videos have zoom effects to make it easier to see the key areas of focus. This approach has allowed me to pack more content onto the DVDs.<br /><br />Thanks, everyone, for the patience! And, I look forward to finishing this project as soon as possible.<br /><br /><br />Kernon<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-blendernewbies-blender-25-training.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-4385817634316867444</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-03T09:23:23.441-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender Conference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><title>News: All Blender Foundation Recordings from Blender Conference 2010</title><description><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TMrJ64mXRSI/AAAAAAAAALY/aZ576Q86Kdg/s1600/716e4e26b5.jpg" /><br /><br />From the <a href="http://twitter.com/tonroosendaal" target="_blank">tonroosendaal</a> twitter:<br /><blockquote>All main theatre recordings from Blender Conference are now online. Thanks to Jaap Harders for adding/editing saturday!</blockquote><br /><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BlenderFoundation#g/c/83F5B6F78A5BA316" target="_blank">Blender Conference 2010 videos (brought to you by the Blender Foundation)...</a></b><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-all-blender-foundation-recordings.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hNJDQ8RZryo/TMrJ64mXRSI/AAAAAAAAALY/aZ576Q86Kdg/s72-c/716e4e26b5.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-1271330129696562963</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-13T18:16:02.472-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Addon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Python Scripting</category><title>News: Blender 2.5 Animesh Addon Test</title><description><iframe frameborder="0" height="333" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17387925?portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933&amp;loop=1" width="600"></iframe><br /><br />Simple test animating the vertices of a uvsphere. Some object Location and Rotation keys were added to the keyed vertices. This was a no-Hook and no-ShapeKey experience, and very fast to achieve!<br /><br />Thanks to Daniel Salazar (aka ZanQdo) and Campbell Barton (aka ideasman42).<br /><br />The python script can be found at:<br /><a href="http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=203174" target="_blank">BlenderArtists Forum Thread...</a><br /><br />To test:<br /><ul><li>Use a recent build from <b>graphicall.org</b></li><li>Go to the script link provided, and save the page as a python file. (In Firefox, <b>File, Save As...</b>)</li><li>In the Blender Addons panel, click <b>Install Addon</b>, and locate the python file.</li><li>The installed Addon will be under <b>Animation</b>. Enable it via the checkbox.</li></ul><br /><blockquote>'location': 'Select a Mesh: Toolbar &gt; AniMesh panel',<br />'description': 'Allows animation of mesh data (Verts, VCols, VGroups, UVs)',<br />'warning': 'Blender API has some bugs around this still',</blockquote><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;">technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-blender-25-animesh-addon-test.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31786777.post-7390123282684321558</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-22T20:20:20.255-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.blend file</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">3D Animation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Addon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blender 2.5</category><title>Blend file: Quick Test of Animating Curves with the RotoBezier Addon</title><description>There are so many new possibilities with this new tool! Here's a quick test.<br /><br /><div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="498" id="csSWF" width="509"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.blendernewbies.com/misc/anim_curvs/RotoBezier_test_controller.swf" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#1a1a1a" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showall" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="autostart=false&thumb=FirstFrame.png&thumbscale=45&color=0x000000,0x000000" /><!--[if !IE]>--> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.blendernewbies.com/misc/anim_curvs/RotoBezier_test_controller.swf" width="509" height="498"> <param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#1a1a1a" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showall" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="autostart=false&thumb=http://www.blendernewbies.com/misc/anim_curvs/FirstFrame.png&thumbscale=75&color=0x000000,0x000000" /><!--<![endif]--></object></object><br /><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.blendernewbies.com/misc/anim_curvs/animated_curves1.blend">Here's the blend file...</a><br />(You don't need the RotoBezier addon to use the blend file, but you will need to get one of the latest builds at graphicall.org if you want to access the tool.) <br /><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: right;"><a class="cssButton" href="javascript:void(0)" id="previewButton" onclick="void(0);" target=""><div class="cssButtonOuter"><div class="cssButtonMiddle"><div class="cssButtonInner">Preview</div></div></div></a>technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender3D" rel="tag" title="Blender3D">Blender3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3D" rel="tag" title="3D">3D</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/graphics" rel="tag" title="graphics">graphics</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blender+tutorials" rel="tag" title="Blender tutorials">Blender tutorials</a> </div></description><link>http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2010/11/blend-file-quick-test-of-animating.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kernon Dillon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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