Planet Blender v2 beta4 - 'Turning Pages'

SWCs and FlashDevelop, Part 2
Art + Logic - 2010-09-05 22:41:00

Quite a while back, I wrote about the method I was using for developing using SWCs and FlashDevelop. At that time, I was discussing using inheritance (an "is a" relationship) and the issue of which direction the inheritance went: write in FlashDevelop and have the Flash MovieClip extend from it, or create the MovieClip and have the code in FlashDevelop extend from that. I found my preferred approach is: neither.

I have migrated to a style I used when I was developing in Director and Lingo. In Director, I'd have my Parent Script's using artwork. In other words, a "has a" relationship (also known as "aggregation"). So now I'll create a class in FlashDevelop, have it extend Sprite (or MovieClip), and then that class will create and use an instance of a MovieClip from the SWC as a child.

I've used all of the above approaches over the years, and I'm sure I'll still find times I'm choosing one of the "is a" methods. But for the moment, "has a" is working best.
Conference & Animation Festival Announced, Open for Submission
BlenderNation - 2010-09-05 17:11:12

Suzanne Awards and Blender Conference animation festival for 2010 were annouced. They are inviting film makers, artists, animators, designers or scientists to submit their works to be awarded in 3...

[read the full article on blendernation.com]
Seminar INTEL Kreatif Motion Kediri, Hotel Lotus, 28 Agustus 2010
Hello! - 2010-09-05 16:21:18

Kediri adalah kota kecil di Jawa Timur. Letaknya cukup strategis sebagai kota penghubung antara kab. Tulunggagung dan Blitar. Sekilas memang tampak sepi dan jauh dari kebisingan kota besar seperti Surabaya atau Jakarta. Namun, setelah mengamati lebih dekat, kita segera tahu ternyata Kediri adalah kota berpotensi Besar. Salah satunya adalah peluang Industri kreatif.

Sore itu seminar dimulai sedikit terlambat dari jadwal yang seharusnya. Sebelumnya acara akan dimulai jam 15.OO WIB, namun karena masih menunggu bapak Wakil Walikota dan tamu lainnya. Kapasitas gedung Hotel Lotus terisi penuh oleh sekitar 300 peserta. Jumlah yang cukup fantastis sebagai tolah ukur antusiasme kota Kediri.

Berbeda dengan workshop INTEL beberapa waktu yang lalu, dimana penyelenggaranya adalah pihak INTEL sendiri, seminar kali ini diselenggarakan oleh KPLI Kediri dan Sinergitika.
Tajuk dari seminar ini adalah Ngabuburit dan Ngintip Pembuatan Film Avatar The Movie. Tujuan lainnya adalah menciptakan komunitas kreatif di Kediri serta memasyarakatkan penggunaan Linux & Open Source khususnya aplikasi kreatif. Berikut laporannya.

Akhirnya Seminar bisa dimulai jam 15.25 WIB. MC pun membuka seminar dengan beberapa kata, dilanjut dengan sambutan estafet oleh Bapak Wakil Walikota, Ketua KPLI & Sinergitika Mas Hartono, dan peresmian komunitas komik KATIGA. Selang mempresentasikan beberapa ide soal industri kreatif dan potensinya, acara puncak dari seminar ini pun dimulai. Hizaro maju sebagai pematyeri utama sore itu.

Kapten Blender tidak langsung beraksi dengan jargon Blendernya. Pada kesempatan itu memang didaulat untuk membahas Behind The Scenes Avatar The Movie besutan sutradara berbakat, James Cameron. Dimulai dengan perkenalan dan sedikit pengenalan FOSS, peserta hanyut dalam antusiasme yang terpuaskan oleh materi yang disajikan. Pemutaran Proses Pembuatan FIlm, Motion Capture Tech., Camera Fussion, Software Tech, dll. Satu demi satu, prosesnya terbedah dengan baik dan terjalin sebuah komunikasi yang intens antara peserta dengan pemateri.

Interaksi berjalan dengan baik sampai acara berakhir. Salah satunya ditunjukkan oleh jumlah penanya dalam sesi tanya jawab. Beberapa peserta masih terjebak oleh pertanyaan seputar kenapa industri animasi di Indonesia tidak ‘semaju’ yang dibayangkan, sedangkan potensi yang ada luar biasa. Peserta yang lain berkutat di teknis dan soal bagaimana pemasarkan produk animasi, dan bagaimana animasi menjadi sumber devisa. Luar biasa minat Arek Kediri ini. Beruntung semua puas dengan jawaban yang diberikan dan akhirnya bisa pulang salbil membawa PR masing-masing, memajukan industri kreatif Kediri. Bravo!
Salam Blender
Hello! - 2010-09-05 16:02:50

The Hiza Ro and the “Blender Army” in Indonesia have come up with a smart, beautiful hand sign which illustrates both an expression of peace and of the love for Blender. They call it “Salam Blender” – that is, “Peace, Blender.” Next time you get together with a group of fellow Blenderheads, crowd around the camera and give us this sign!

Hiza Ro writes:

Anyway, in Indonesia we use ‘SALAM blender’ when photographed or Blender Army met at various events. Signs of wear left hand is similar to a blender logo. This is his picture:

Berita di Blendernation:

http://www.blendernation.com/2010/08/26/salam-blender/
graphicall: farsthary's Unlimited Clay: now with Dynamic Tesselation Modifier! http://vimeo.com/14710272
Twitter / graphicall - 2010-09-05 15:52:59

graphicall: farsthary's Unlimited Clay: now with Dynamic Tesselation Modifier! http://vimeo.com/14710272
Film out 35mm
KICHAVADI - 2010-09-05 14:52:00

I did a film out of this video footage. (35mm scope).

http://www.vimeo.com/14110645

Looked great on projection :)

Originally shot on canon 550d HD. Then resized and cropped to 2048x585.
Aftermath of the quake...
Aligorith's Lair - 2010-09-05 12:21:00
Blender Conference Animation Festival
Blender - 2010-09-05 11:06:00

Submissions for the Suzanne Award or a screening of your short film, animation, visualization and...
Blender Conference Animation Festival
Blender - 2010-09-05 11:06:00

Submissions for the Suzanne Award or a screening of your short film, animation, visualization and...
Yet another unlimited clay test
Tinker Code - 2010-09-05 10:30:58

This is a video test showing Unlimited Clay as a modifier, this is not the final implementation, just replicating the previous behavior as a guidance of what I should obtain as a full integrated modifier plus taking advantage of the new sculpt goodies, and as a side effect, although currently it use a similar engine [...]
Permeable
Reyn's Blog - 2010-09-05 07:24:00

I present you another product of my untiring tinkering with Blender 2.5 just to test the capabilities of the current version of Blender, mostly on particle systems and node compositing. And surely, it has been a lot of fun!Permeable from Reynante Martinez on Vimeo.Modeling, shading, lighting, compositing, and sequencing done in Blender 2.5Music edited with Audacity.Original audio by calpomat.
Live Cast: How to Take Criticism Like a Champ
Blender Guru - 2010-09-05 07:01:01

How do you handle criticism?

Everyone has a different answer.

Some people graciously accept it and use it to their advantage whilst others brush it aside as ‘haters’. In this live cast I share stories from my own experience and give tips on how artists can get the most from criticism and ignore the ones that don’t matter.

Watch the Recording

Notes

Great Criticism Quotes

“Criticism is easy, art is difficult.”
-Philippe Destouches

“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
-Aristotle

“Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.”
-Donald Rumsfeld

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.”
-Frank A. Clark

“It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has not distinguished himself by his own performances.”
-Joseph Addison

“Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting”
-Emmet Fox

Great links for further reading
- Love the Haters by Tim Ferris
  The must see presentation for anyone who is struggling with criticism. Learn why receiving criticism is a sign that you’re doing something right.
- Great Summary Post by Ignite Living
- Air Force One’s rules of engagement
  Common sense approach for deciding whether or not to reply to criticism.
Now that you’ve heard my thoughts on the matter, what do you think? Should artists gracefully accept criticism or trust their gut and do what they think is right?

Join the discussion below.
Effect system finished
MiikaHweb blog feed - 2010-09-05 06:49:45

I just finished coding "paint effects" system. Now it finally works over UV-seams well enough.

Here is a short animation demonstrating spread effect on a 3D surface: Mancandy Freeze.

In that video, paint output is simply being used as a stencil mask for ice textures.

I'm also thinking about renaming this system to "Dynamic Paint", because now you don't only paint with mesh but with particles and other stuff as well.
Blender Foundation: Status Update Week 35
Letwory Interactive - 2010-09-05 02:14:46

The first calendar week of my part-time assignment to Blender Foundation duties has been completed. I’m working on some code to help me keep track of what we’ve been doing and how the bug tracker is being utilized.

We’ve set out some strategies we’d like to use to get our bug count down, and to help me getting a good overview I’ll keep improving this tool. Since our bug tracker is in a somewhat sorry state (no proper search, etc), I’ve been hacking around somewhat to get some extra data, but I hope this will be a temporary solution only. We’re working on an upgrade for http://projects.blender.org, but it’s not ready for release yet.

Next week I continue with the bug tracker work, and I’ll start looking into improving our developer documentation. Further I expect a new beta release to be done soon, to help users in their reporting efforts too, as a new baseline to report bugs from.

From September first, the closing stats are:
2010-09-01 2010-09-01: campbellbarton closed 1 issues 2010-09-01: broken closed 1 issues 2010-09-01: jhk closed 2 issues 2010-09-01: jesterking closed 7 issues 2010-09-01: nazgul closed 1 issues ----- total 12 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 13 2010-09-02 2010-09-02: jesterking closed 2 issues 2010-09-02: jhk closed 8 issues 2010-09-02: campbellbarton closed 5 issues 2010-09-02: dingto closed 1 issues 2010-09-02: blendix closed 1 issues ----- total 17 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 21 2010-09-03 2010-09-03: blendix closed 3 issues 2010-09-03: jhk closed 11 issues 2010-09-03: jesterking closed 22 issues 2010-09-03: dfelinto closed 2 issues ----- total 38 bugs close. New bugs for this day: 15 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

Some other preliminary data that my tool produces from the 2.5 tracker:

BUG STATS FOR BLENDER 2.5 TRACKER 2010-09-05 04:34:42.505000 There have been 1021 submitters Together they have reported 3519 reports, of which 3109 (88.35) are closed and 410 (11.65) still open On average each user has submitted 3.45 reports Shortest time a report was open: 0:02:00 Longest time a report was open: 382 days, 17:34:00 Developer Campbell Barton has most assigned reports: 463 Developer Campbell Barton has most open assigned reports: 48 162 of 410 open bugs still unassigned User Daniel Salazar submitted most reports: 104 ===== During last 24 hours 3 reports were closed During last seven days 88 reports were closed, avg 12.57 per day During last 30 days 321 reports were closed, avg 10.70 per day During last 24 hours 7 new issues were reported During last seven days 87 new issues were reported, avg 12.43 per day During last 30 days 387 new issues were reported, avg 12.90 per day ===== Bugs per category : 4 bugs Animation system: 207 bugs Opengl / Gfx: 100 bugs OSX related: 40 bugs International: 6 bugs Linux related: 39 bugs Sculpting: 76 bugs Image & Movie I/O: 35 bugs FreeBSD related: 2 bugs FFMPEG: 4 bugs Python: 139 bugs Scripts: 20 bugs Interface: 770 bugs Compositor: 59 bugs Game engine: 31 bugs None: 901 bugs Modifiers: 51 bugs Import/Export: 76 bugs Windows related: 82 bugs Audio: 18 bugs Physics: 97 bugs Mesh Modeling: 183 bugs Rendering: 239 bugs Node Editor: 39 bugs Sequencer: 101 bugs Tools: 200 bugs ===== Bugs per assignee Lukas Steiblys: 15 bugs Janne Karhu: 78 bugs Emmanuel Stone: 1 bugs Dalai Felinto: 13 bugs Michael Fox: 2 bugs Thomas Dinges: 12 bugs Joshua Leung: 154 bugs Arystanbek Dyussenov: 38 bugs Matt Ebb : 171 bugs Sergey Sharybin: 32 bugs Ton Roosendaal: 15 bugs Mitchell Stokes: 2 bugs Tom Musgrove: 3 bugs Nobody: 1994 bugs Jason Wilkins: 5 bugs Damien Plisson: 23 bugs Andre Susano Pinto: 10 bugs Luca Bonavita: 1 bugs Nathan Vegdahl: 3 bugs Xavier Thomas: 2 bugs Campbell Barton: 463 bugs Joerg Mueller: 25 bugs Benoit Bolsee: 5 bugs Daniel Genrich: 27 bugs Ben Batt: 1 bugs Mike Erwin: 1 bugs Geoffrey Bantle: 1 bugs Nathan Letwory: 71 bugs Nicholas Bishop: 40 bugs Konrad Kleine: 1 bugs Diego Borghetti: 14 bugs Brecht Van Lommel : 134 bugs Joseph Eagar: 7 bugs Martin Poirier: 57 bugs Ken Hughes: 7 bugs Peter Schlaile: 50 bugs Andrea Weikert: 35 bugs Robert Holcomb: 1 bugs Kent Mein: 1 bugs Daniel Salazar: 3 bugs William Reynish: 1 bugs ===== Open bugs per assignee Lukas Steiblys: 3 open bugs Janne Karhu: 4 open bugs Emmanuel Stone: 1 open bugs Andre Susano Pinto: 3 open bugs Michael Fox: 1 open bugs Joshua Leung: 29 open bugs Arystanbek Dyussenov: 14 open bugs Matt Ebb : 20 open bugs Sergey Sharybin: 2 open bugs Ton Roosendaal: 5 open bugs Mitchell Stokes: 2 open bugs Tom Musgrove: 1 open bugs Nobody: 162 open bugs Jason Wilkins: 1 open bugs Damien Plisson: 1 open bugs Xavier Thomas: 1 open bugs Campbell Barton: 48 open bugs Benoit Bolsee: 2 open bugs Daniel Genrich: 13 open bugs Ben Batt: 1 open bugs Mike Erwin: 1 open bugs Geoffrey Bantle: 1 open bugs Nathan Letwory: 17 open bugs Martin Poirier: 14 open bugs Diego Borghetti: 4 open bugs Brecht Van Lommel : 17 open bugs Joseph Eagar: 4 open bugs Nicholas Bishop: 10 open bugs Peter Schlaile: 25 open bugs Andrea Weikert: 3 open bugs ===== Closers dingto closed 56 bugs damien78 closed 22 bugs khughes closed 4 bugs kwk closed 2 bugs jesterking closed 63 bugs zanqdo closed 23 bugs nazgul closed 34 bugs harkyman closed 2 bugs gsrb3d closed 1 bugs vekoon closed 12 bugs letterrip closed 14 bugs ben2610 closed 2 bugs xat closed 3 bugs theeth closed 75 bugs genscher closed 5 bugs ton closed 4 bugs campbellbarton closed 445 bugs dfelinto closed 18 bugs aligorith closed 274 bugs broken closed 616 bugs nicholasbishop closed 21 bugs sirdude closed 1 bugs blendix closed 1179 bugs imbusy closed 1 bugs jaguarandi closed 6 bugs schlaile closed 20 bugs elubie closed 15 bugs scourage closed 1 bugs leifandersen closed 1 bugs jhk closed 55 bugs mindrones closed 3 bugs jwilkins closed 1 bugs bdiego closed 80 bugs billrey closed 3 bugs kazanbas closed 12 bugs calli closed 6 bugs cessen closed 5 bugs nexyon closed 24 bugs