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Weekly Update January 11-17
Freestyle integration into Blender - 2010-01-18 23:12:02

The 2D-to-3D inverse projection transformation problem was finally solved in a direct manner after several unsuccessful attempts to solve it without relying on an iterative method.  The problem and the direct solution are summarized in a separate document.  The only remaining issue with the direct method is the possibility of division by zero (see the “Remarks” section of the summary for more information).  [...]

Arion: Another GPU based unbiased render engine
Blender 3D Architect - 2010-01-18 21:55:10

A couple days ago I was talking about the announcement of Octane Render with the clever use of the GPU as to create interactive renderings. Besides the speed and interactive nature of the images, Octane still have the advantage of use unbiased methods to create their images, resulting in realistic images. Following this news was [...] Related posts:

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Creating an Axe - part 01
Vimeo / Blender3D [Tutorial] - 2010-01-18 19:07:27

In this modeling tutorial we are going to go through the process of creating an axe in Blender 2.5. The tutorial follows the same general theme as the exclusive Citizen weapon pack released prior to this tutorial. The tutorial demonstrates basic modeling techniques and good use of the Shrinkwrap and Solidify modifiers.

Cast: Wes Burke

Links for 2010-01-17 [del.icio.us]
mke3.net - Matt Ebb - lighting/shading/td/code - 2010-01-18 08:00:00

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