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Comment on INFO by Damian Arquitt
Comments for 3D Animation Project - 2010-09-12 21:15:36

This is the perfect post and may be one that is followed up to see what happens

A colleague e-mailed this link the other day and I will be desperately awaiting your next post. Keep on on the first-rate work.

Mastering Blender Game Engine
mike's digital anthology - 2010-09-12 20:59:23

While Dalai and I are still working on the 400 page manuscript day and night (haha, no not really, but it’s fun to pretend that we are working hard on it), Amazon already has this soon-to-be-legendary book on a 35% discount.  So if you are remotely interested in Blender but is short on cash, why not pre-order this book today and be one of the first reader to email us about that spelling mistake on page 274.

The book will cover every BGE topic from graphics to shader, logic bricks to python, so there is something for everyone.

Blender 2.54 Beta Released
BlenderNation - 2010-09-12 18:55:49

Note that in the uploaded packages, the OBJ exporter is still broken. Read more below on how to get and install the correct version and more important note from the release logs. Update: For the OBJ...

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Meeting minutes, 12 September 2010
BlenderNation - 2010-09-12 18:51:59

This week they discussed BMesh, the GSoC Unit testing, the broken OBJ exporter, bugs and more. They also need some helps on those bugs in the tracker. Ton Roosendaal writes: Hi all, 1) Current...

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Mining ends, Filming continues
Materia - The Awakening - 2010-09-12 18:28:39

Yes, i just returned from the mine, and will soon get back to work (as soon as i get back to my own computer with all the goodies). As for the mining trip everything went … unexpectedly, but Okay. No ofcourse you are here to read about the project, not my mining.

Progress on props

After quick glance at forums, reveals that numerous “prop” models have been made during past week, and i personally was bit surprised by this, Zeffi has been  working hard (like many other people on the project, but i’ll give you Zeffi some extra credit here ) . And we are making nice progress.

It will take few days before i get back to my own computer and can check my TODO list, as to what i was supposed to do next. But rest assured, ultimately the last item on that list is just one word… “RELEASE”… But that date is set about 9 months from here. So we have to wait that for a bit longer.

Blender 2.54 beta released
Blender3d.org: Latest News - 2010-09-12 17:13:00

With 6 weeks of bug fixing and an updated Python API it's about time to provide a new beta build,...

Matters of Code Indention - Tabs only please
Aligorith's Lair - 2010-09-12 12:07:00

Blender Foundation: Status Update Week 36
Letwory Interactive - 2010-09-12 10:26:19

Last week I’ve been closing some more reports, 23 in total. I’m also still working on some scripts to help me with both generating stats and some graphs. I also worked on the release logs, reading through 5000 lines of svn log. With the imminent release of Blender 2.54 we’ll have a good basis to work from, both statistically and in terms of stabilizing and finalizing Blender, to pull out of the Beta stage.

Now for some stats and graphs:

Some numbers for last week:

===== Bugs closed - date
        2010.09.04
                2010.09.04: dingto closed 1 issues
                2010.09.04: jesterking closed 5 issues
                2010.09.04: schlaile closed 1 issues
        ----- total 7 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 8
        2010.09.05
                2010.09.05: schlaile closed 1 issues
                2010.09.05: campbellbarton closed 1 issues
                2010.09.05: nexyon closed 2 issues
                2010.09.05: jesterking closed 3 issues
                2010.09.05: nazgul closed 1 issues
        ----- total 8 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 8
        2010.09.06
                2010.09.06: mindrones closed 1 issues
                2010.09.06: jhk closed 4 issues
                2010.09.06: jesterking closed 7 issues
                2010.09.06: zanqdo closed 1 issues
                2010.09.06: campbellbarton closed 9 issues
                2010.09.06: dfelinto closed 2 issues
        ----- total 24 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 11
        2010.09.07
                2010.09.07: aligorith closed 1 issues
                2010.09.07: jesterking closed 5 issues
                2010.09.07: zanqdo closed 3 issues
                2010.09.07: broken closed 1 issues
                2010.09.07: nicholasbishop closed 1 issues
                2010.09.07: campbellbarton closed 14 issues
        ----- total 25 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 12
        2010.09.08
                2010.09.08: dingto closed 1 issues
                2010.09.08: jhk closed 3 issues
                2010.09.08: campbellbarton closed 4 issues
                2010.09.08: jesterking closed 2 issues
        ----- total 10 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 17
        2010.09.09
                2010.09.09: campbellbarton closed 2 issues
                2010.09.09: jhk closed 2 issues
                2010.09.09: jesterking closed 1 issues
                2010.09.09: nicholasbishop closed 1 issues
        ----- total 6 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 6
        2010.09.10
                2010.09.10: jesterking closed 5 issues
                2010.09.10: jhk closed 3 issues
                2010.09.10: kazanbas closed 1 issues
                2010.09.10: campbellbarton closed 4 issues
                2010.09.10: nazgul closed 1 issues
        ----- total 14 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 9

New Blender User Group in Dallas Texas September 22nd
BlenderNation - 2010-09-12 06:52:40

Bentley writes: The first meeting of the Dallas Blender Users Group is set for September 22nd. In our first meeting we will introduce Blender with videos of what it can do. We will then discuss what...

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The Producer's Report #124 - Extra! Extra! v.14 Screening Success!
Phil McCoy's Posts - Project London - 2010-09-12 00:17:40

Just seven hours ago this group of people got to see and review Project London v.14. It was exhilarating to see this version of the movie projected and to see how far we have come in our ability to manage the narrative. The discussion following the screening was lively, but I have to say one of the best moments for me was hearing my new friend Bodhi, a 6-year-old member of our screening audience, say to his dad at the end, "that was a great movie."

We are currently processing the surveys and discussion points and expect to make decisions about final modifications to the movie in the next few days. Anyone planning to send us notes should do so by tomorrow, Sunday. Thank you!

It was also quite a delight to have many principal actors, key crew members and some extras present to see their work for the first time. Don't forget, we shot this in August of '07! Today, we are delighted to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Sound design will be starting in earnest very soon and the team we have assembled is first rate and excited for the Triumvirate to declare "picture lock".

Thank you Grand Illusion Cinema and everyone who attended the screening!

Sincerely,

Phil McCoy, Executive Producer
on behalf of Nathan McCoy (left), also Executive Producer and Phil McCoy (right)

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