http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ <p>Fresh Blender News, Every Day</p> Blender Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:31:18 -0800 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:31:18 -0800 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Free+Portuguese+Blender+E-Book+for+newbies/cdr4w Article submitted by mangojambo. Cicero Moraes, aka Cogitas3D, is an amazing blender professional, working with Blender since 2005, making architectural visualization, animation and spots for TV. He...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/383910288" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:57:33 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Chronicles+from+the+Hurricane/cdohd Community member Farsthary from Cuba (famous for his volumetrics and smoke work) found his home wrecked after the hurricane Gustav passed. He and his family are fine, but they&#039;re out of...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/383063082" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:56:02 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Need+Blender+Made+Animations+for+the+2008+Conference./cdnx0 Hello folks&#8230; It is that time of year again! The 2008 Blender conference is slowly creeping up on us. This means that once again we&#039;re looking for Blender made animations to show everyone...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/382935454" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:56:15 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Over+20+Blender+Videotutorials/cdk4b Totally Blended is hosting over 20 videotutorials that may be of use if you&#039;re learning Blender. I watched a few and quite enjoyed them, although they&#039;re sometimes just as funny/crazy as...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/382331896" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:57:27 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Animating+with+Blender%3A+How+to+Create+Short+Animations+from+Start+to+Finish/cdjv9 The new book &#039;Animating with Blender: How to Create Short Animations from Start to Finish&#039; by Roland Hess will start shipping on September 26. He just released the accompanying animation...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/382062792" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:57:01 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/2.47+Game+Engine+%3A+New+Features+Information/cdhqq Confused with some of the new 2.47 features?? Or just want to know more details? Luckily there&#039;s a new sticky thread on Blenderartists.org, which will set any nagging questions straight. It...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/381475778" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:57:19 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Yo+Frankie%21+Somethings+Changed/cdg16 It would appear the Yo Frankie! site has changed. Many were greeted with a nice graphic showing that something was indeed changing on project site, now it has completely transformed. The new site...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/381351240" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:58:12 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Animation%3A+Ketzalkoatl/cddlt This animation by Oscar Paz made me smile. I hope you&#039;ll enjoy it! Oscar wrote: hi, i&#039;ve allready finish a comercial fo my enterprise, i made it with blender, and i send it to...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/380518070" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:56:50 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Yo+Frankie%21+Premiere+party%2C+walk-through+video/cc7q6 Last night the Blender Institute had a small party to celebrate the end of project Apricot, or &#039;Yo Frankie!&#039;. The team did a presentation of the game and aswered questions about its...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/378875521" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:56:01 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Two+free+Python+e-books/cc28a I ran into two free e-books on Python programming the other day. They are both great assets if you want to do some scripting for Blender: Dive into Python [GNU Free Documentation License] Invent...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/377858606" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:55:35 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/SIGGRAPH+2008+Shapeways+interview/cc0bl Shapeways is an online 3D printing company, you may have read about Bart&#039;s past involvement with them. In this interview, they show off some of the objects that were made by contestants using...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/373204936" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Blender+Art+Gallery/cc0bj Until recently the Blender art gallery has not been updated. So, I decided to do a bit of investigating, and find out what is going on with the minor update. I asked Ton via E-Mail and he stated...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/374722389" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Happy+Birthday+GraphicAll.org%21/cc0bi I just noticed the three year birthday sign at GraphicAll. Congratulations to everyone involved at Graphicall, and thank you for providing such an ouststanding resource outlet.<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/374747841" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Tutorial%2C+Texturing+a+Head+with+GLSL/cc0bf Lile Hanson has created an excellent tutorial on using the new GLSL preview feature. He shows you how to combine different layers, by painting them onto your model in Texture Paint mode using the...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/375254565" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Realistic+smoke+in+Blender/cc0bd If you don`t want to wait for the implementation of the Wavelet Turbulence for Fluid Simulation algorithm, a developer is already working on something similar. Do you remember Farsthary? The...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/375338160" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Blender+Wins+BOSSIE+Award%21/cc0bc Blender was awarded one of the &#034;Best of open source productivity apps&#034; by InfoWorld.com &#034;Blender is a consummate example of the influence and opportunity for open...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/375691876" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Site+improvement%3A+Threaded+Comments/cc0ba Update: after trying this feature for only a couple of hours, it was already turning into a big mess. I found it impossible to follow the discussions or to easily see what the latest comment was, the...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/375953153" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Tony+Mullen%27s+-+Bounce%2C+Tumble+and+Splash+-+Book+Review/cc0a8 Terry Wallwork reviews &#039;Bounce, Tumble, and Splash!: Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D&#039; Tony Mullen&#039;s been at it again releasing another Blender book this time on using...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/376274502" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Blender+Vancouver+Workshop+Photos/cc0a6 Mike Pan has published a nice series of photos of the Blender workshop in Vancouver, BC, last Sunday. From the looks of it, everyone had a great time! Mike writes: We finally pulled it off! (Okay,...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/376857454" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Blender+fluids+used+in+TV+commercial/cc0a5 Promotion Studios have finished a new commercial which include some cool Blender fluids. Matt Ebb writes: We&#039;ve just finished a recent TVC project that&#039;s now airing in the US for...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/377241959" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:05 -0700 http://swik.net/blender/BlenderNation/Blender.org+down+-+some+information/ccwnt The Blender.org webserver has been down for over a day. Planet Blender reports. From the blender.org administrators: The last few days the website of Blender 3D has been down. The site has been very...<br/> <br/> [read the full article on blendernation.com]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blendernation/~4/368921335" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:40:44 -0700