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George Rig 1.0

Tim Formica [Room335] — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:22:33 +0000

JeriH has released his George Rig 1.0. and he's obviously put a lot of thought into this rigging, keeping the animator in mind all the time with simplified controls and a separate window for the...

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BREAKING - Ton Roosendaal to receive honorary doctorate today

Bart — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:00:04 +0000

Ton Roosendaal will be receiving an honorary doctorate at the Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK later today for his work on Blender. A streaming video of the entire ceremony (direct link for...

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48 Hour Film Project in Richmond, Virginia

Tim Formica [Room335] — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:22:47 +0000

Hand Turkey Studios is going to allow live public access to our production as we compete this coming weekend (17-19 July) in this year's 48 Hour Film Project in Richmond, Virginia. We assembled...

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Auto Normalization Script

Tim Formica [Room335] — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:39:44 +0000

Gord Goodwin aka feelgoodcomics has released very nice and useful script for weights normalization. Normalizes the entire mesh (per vertex) by distributing all weights evenly, or preserving 100%...

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Commercial Game - Ignite

Alex Delderfield (AD-Edge) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:45:08 +0000

Endi has just informed us of a commercial game being made by him and the team he is currently working with. The game is called 'Ignite' and is a car racing game for the PC. Endi writes: I...

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Blender Python Scripts Catalog

Tim Formica [Room335] — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:31:36 +0000

Brendon Murphy aka Meta-Androcto has created script tool-kits where you can download scripts by category. I would like to announce the: Extensions:Py/Scripts/Catalog/Toolkits These Toolkits contain...

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Blender Store Makeover

Alex Delderfield (AD-Edge) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:13:29 +0000

The Blender Store or 'E-Shop' has just had a major makeover. Now its looking more pro than ever! After exactly 9 years, it was time to refresh the shop design! Lots of thanks to Pablo...

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Foundation Blender Compositing

Tim Formica [Room335] — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:37:21 +0000

Roger Wickes aka PapaSmurf is about to release his book "Foundation Blender Compositing" later this month. He stated to me that its "at the printer's". Roland Hess aka...

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2.49 Projection Painting Tutorial

Alex Delderfield (AD-Edge) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:55:41 +0000

Yet another handy tutorial from Jonathan Williamson, this one is about how to use projection painting, a new feature in 2.49. Jonathan explains: With the release of Blender 2.49 comes the ability to...

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Latest Blender Related Sightings

Tim Formica [Room335] — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:56:43 +0000

Here are the latest Blender sightings: Several people have spotted Microsoft using Big Buck Bunny for their online demonstration for the Silverlight browser plug-in. Spotted by Syndic3d: Fixstars...

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