Blender 3D

Kernon has posted a  a tutorial on efficient preview rendering at CG Cookie.Preview rendering is an important part of your workflow and needs to be as efficient as possible. It's important to have strategies and techniques for the earlier stages of scene development that facilitate a smoother workflow. The less time you spend waiting for [...]

Registration for SIGGRAPH 2009 is now open! There are several registration options available to help you customize your experience at SIGGRAPH in New Orleans.Full Conference Access Pass: Includes admission to ALL conference programs and events ... [More] , including the Exhibition, Computer Animation Festival, and Reception. Also includes the Full Conference DVD-ROM.Full Conference One Day Pass: Admission to [...] [Less]

A few weeks ago I was talking about ways to correct the topology of a 3d model, without destroy any faces, vertices or edges of the model. The inspiration to write the article was a pot at the CG Society forums, where an artist was in trouble with a ... [More] messed topology, and at that time [...]Related posts:How to correct the topology of a 3d model for architectural visualization? One of the most interesting things about 3d modeling is...Modeling for architecture: How to build a balcony in Blender 3D (Part 1) Today I will start a series of articles, dealing with...Modeling for architecture: How to create curved curtain walls in Blender 3D? At some point in the modeling process we have to... [Less]

...and we're back after a bit of vacation.Status of Visual Effects (VFX) Shots:Number remaining: 154Number in progress: 8Number completed: 371Doom: Jen Forbes (calculated by Ian)Projected date for completion of all VFX:5 November 2009 (based on ... [More] projected time estimates of all tasks)12 November 2009 (based on spreadsheet items completed per week)This week?s recommendations:Ian: ?While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles.Jen: "Oh What a Night" by The Four Seasons. Because "Jersey Boys" is awesome.Nathan: ?Island? by The Phantom Band. This is a beautiful song. You should listen to it.Phil: ?Don't Eat the Yellow Snow? by Frank Zappa. Because there is powerful wisdom woven into the lyric of this song.Cheers,Phil McCoy, Executive Produceron behalf of Nathan McCoy (left), Producer and Phil McCoy (right) [Less]

A continuation of my "Astrobiology" series of renders.

A continuation of my "Astrobiology" series of renders.

A continuation of my "Astrobiology" series of renders.

Third person Template for the Blender Game EngineAnge Andrianavalona. Author, Illustrator, PainterEven the docs are beautiful

The GSOC 2009 has been announced and with some exciting improvements for Blender. It looks like that if all goes well we may be seeing some significant speed enhancements.A BIG thank you to Google for supporting Blender again!Title: Raytrace ... [More] OptimizationAbstract: This proposal aims at optimizing blender raytrace.Student Name: Andre Susano PintoMentor Name: Brecht Van [...] [Less]