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Video: Adding Transitions to Camera Changes in an Animation
Blender Newbies 3D Video Tutorials (Learn to Create 3D Graphics with Blender!) - 2009-09-19 23:36:00



In this Blender tutorial, we'll take a look at how to add simple transitions to camera changes in an animation. This will be accomplished using Blender's Video Sequence Editor.

This tutorial is an extension to the Camera Changing tutorial.

• $2.00 (ZIP download 38.8MB, MOV video format)
• Higher Resolution video (1280 x 800)
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Additional Info:

• Blender's Video Sequence Editor
• Effects in the Video Sequence Editor

technorati tags: Blender3D, 3D, graphics, Blender tutorials

#46: 09/19/09
Us the Robots - 2009-09-19 18:54:33

My Review of the Free PDF Blender Art Magazine
Starbright Illustrations (blog) - 2009-09-19 17:35:45

Wow a free magazine for Blender, BlenderArt Magazine. It’s taken me a surprising amount of time to find and investigate this great resource for users of the Blender 3D graphics suite – I mean it often turns up on the first page of results in any Blender based Google search for goodness sake.

I’d already been looking in newspaper shops and bookshops for a 3D magazine related to 3D graphics without much success. I’d found magazines like 3D Artist on the shelves, but they were all focused on slick how-to features for the more expensive, “professional” packages like 3D Max and Z Brush – there was nothing about Blender.

But then I found Blender Art and I’m really pleased with it. There are lots of articles, discussions, news and tutorials written by ordinary Blender artists, some who obviously have English as a second language, and there is an enthusiasm that shines out of the publication. And another important feature for me is that the PDFs transform very neatly into Mobipocket files, using the free Mobipocket software, so I can read them on my Samsung mobile phone.

I’m currently reading the latest issue, I’m only about half way through, and I’ve already picked up a few tips, including discussions about creating magical effects, using textures to make a backlight and also an idea for how to turn particles into objects.

The illustrations are, as you would expect, all of a very high standard. If you are looking for inspiration it’s worth checking out, and it’s free!

Renderosity Digital Art Community
CG BEST ITALIAN SELECTIONS - 2009-09-19 17:09:00

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create a .map converter (linux)
digital janitor - 2009-09-19 14:48:00

It's always handy to have a little batch app that converts all of your files to .map (if you happen to use mental ray as your main renderer). So I've created a very simple little application that you can drop image files to and it will convert the file to a .map file.

Copy the text below and paste it in a text editor. Change the path in the 'imfDisp' if you aren't using Maya2009.

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os, sys
#location to your imf_copy application
imfDisp = '/usr/autodesk/maya2009-x64/bin/imf_copy'

droppedFiles = sys.argv

for i in range(1, len(droppedFiles),1):
    myFile = sys.argv[i]
    myFileName = os.path.splitext( myFile )
    outFile = myFileName[0] + '.map'
    if myFileName[1] == '.exr':
        os.system('%s %s %s %s' % (imfDisp, '-vpk K', myFile, outFile ))
    else:
        os.system('%s %s %s %s' % (imfDisp, '-vp', myFile, outFile ))

Save the file on your desktop as "convert2map". Then in a terminal type this.

chmod +x $HOME/Desktop/convert2map

You can now drop files to the convert2map and it will convert them to .map, and save it to the same destination.

Blender Conference 2009 Speaker Lineup
BlenderNation - 2009-09-19 11:00:52

Blender.org has published the lineup of speakers for the Blender Conference 2009. Lots of people who I'll love to meet! Links Blender Conference 2009 Speakers Lineup Blender Conference 2009 Details

Flash game: Escape from Blender Art Gallery
BlenderNation - 2009-09-19 05:00:30

Here's a nice little room escape game: 'Escape from Blender Art Gallery'. And a walk-through, just in case :)

Water Bears
ArtofInterpretation.com: Recent Images RSS Feed - 2009-09-19 02:00:00

Entry for Blender Artists Weekend Challenge # 353 ("microscopic" theme). Entry designation: Pure Blender internal render.