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  • My new computer is here!! Render time comparisons with my old iMac
    Blender Journey - 2012-01-18 20:41:44

    ** image from sodahead.com I got my computer parts yesterday and put everything together. The first program I installed was Blender and quickly tried to test render some files. As a reminder, my old system was an imac intel core duo at 2.4 mhz, onboard video, and 3 gigs ram. My new system is intel [...]
  • Director Update: 544 | AE Tutorial
    Ian Hubert's Posts - Project London - 2012-01-18 20:09:34

    Whew! You don't composite almost a thousand shots for a film without learning a few tricks! I learned a lot of time-saving techniques over the course of the past few years, and wanted to show you guys one of the cooler (though not as universally practical) ones; how to make some clouds and environments look 3d!

    I was SUPER out of it when I recorded this (I didn't realize how out of it till later in the day, when I tried to interact with actual people), but I think that lends it a certain something (lack of coherent thought). Naw, I kid. Check it out.

    Read this after you watch the video:

    So, I didn't push this technique nearly as far as I could have. I stuck basically with using the image itself as the displacement map—but if you have an actual depth map? Whew! The options are limitless (hyperbole alert!)! If you have a still render of a ship in flight, and also the depth map, you can displace the ship render so that it looks 3d! Meaning you can do a 2.5d compositing deal and actually have a bit of perspective shift on the layers! It's amazing how little perspective shift it takes to suddenly make something look 3d, and our brains are totally hardwired to be super-sensitive to those changes, meaning even if folks can't put their finger on why, the shot will still feel a lot more realistic. I didn't get into this in the tutorial really, because all of the really cool shots I've done that for are in the finale of the film (which is still a secret, actually!). But maybe I'll put together another little something sometime.

    Hope this helps someone!

    Ian

    Ian Hubert | Writer Director

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  • Uploader joy - or the lack thereof. Call for help
    Renderfarm.fi - 2012-01-18 14:42:38

    Those who have been following the forums and our IRC channel #renderfarm.fi on Freenode.net will know that we have users who are for unexplainable reasons unable to successfully upload sessions to our server using our wonderful integrated Uploader in Blender.

    We have been investigating our logs a lot, tried many things, but still this remains as elusive as ever.

    Now, we're determined to get it nailed and fixed, so I created a short video tutorial explaining how to create a net capture of a failing upload attempt. Please visit and watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr4J-sTlAQ4 to learn how to get one for Renderfarm.fi. I've attached the video to this post for your convenience :)

    We ask those who experience the annoying upload problem to generate a net capture and to send us the resulting file. We hope that this will shed more light on what is going on. All of our developers have been unable to reproduce the issue, so we need to go low-level. A net capture will be tremendously useful.

    Send your capture files to nathan@letworyinteractive.com, don't forget to mention your userid or username.

    /Nathan

    Video: 
  • Captain Proton
    BlenderNation - 2012-01-18 14:00:48

    By Luis Arizaga Luis writes: This lil alien is one of a 3d toon character series. Testing open software for CG cartoon. About the theme… I was listening star trek voyager where appears Captain Proton and the evil Caotica… I … Continue reading →
  • Stop SOPA! Stop BREIN! Stop BUMA-STEMRA! Stop GEMA! Stop HADOPI! Stop…
    BlenderNation - 2012-01-18 10:00:26

    The Blender Foundation is joining in the protest against the limitation of freedom on the internet. Ton Roosendaal writes: Blender Foundation is for an open and free internet, and is worried about how copyright protection is endangering digital rights in … Continue reading →
  • 2012 Blender Summer Game Competition Begins!
    BlenderNation - 2012-01-18 08:13:04

    The Blender Summer Game Competition is back! Mokazon writes: Hello everyone, The 2012 Blender Summer Game Competition has begun! Ever wanted to make your own game, but never had reason or...

    [read the full article on blendernation.com]


  • Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge
    Renderfarm.fi - 2012-01-18 07:55:45

    When I first started using the Internet at the start of the 1990's, anon.penet.fi (operated by the Finnish Internet pioneer Johan Helsingius) was the most famous anonymous email relay service on the Internet. Through Helsingius's well-loved service one could obtain anonymity (correction: the real term is pseudonymity, though let me assure you at the time it really did feel like anonymity) on the Internet and discuss things without the fear of harrassment. A change came in 1995 when the Finnish courts forced Helsingius to release the real IP address of a user thought to have released compromising information about a US entity (according to some reports the Church of Scientology). Helsingius fought the lawsuit but lost. Less than a year later, he decided it was time to take anon.penet.fi down for good.
     
    In the world of legislation, precedents count - even across national borders. To Helsingius, the move must have been partly motivated by the knowledge that the Finnish courts had been compromised and any further legal fights for true anonymity on the Internet would be likely to fail. On this day, 18th of January 2012 anonymity on the Internet is harder to reach than ever, but that aside, right at this very moment we stand upon an even more threatening ledge. The whole Internet, as we have come to know it, could become extinct. You might already recognize the words I used for the title of this blog post. If you didn't yet, you are likely to later today, for they are written on the front page of the English version of Wikipedia. What has driven Wikipedia to protest in such a strong way? The SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) house bills.
     
    As the Wikipedia article on SOPA explains: "The originally proposed bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who makes the request, the court order could include barring online advertising networks and payment facilitators from doing business with the allegedly infringing website, barring search engines from linking to such sites, and requiring Internet service providers to block access to such sites. The bill would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content a crime, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison for ten such infringements within six months. The bill also gives immunity to Internet services that voluntarily take action against websites dedicated to infringement, while making liable for damages any copyright holder who knowingly misrepresents that a website is dedicated to infringement."
     
    Though Renderfarm.fi will not join the blackouts (I feel we have been down too many days of late), we support the protestors by not accepting any new renders today.  Let us not go down this path. If SOPA and PIPA would get accepted by the US House, what would be next? How soon would the Finnish legislators follow suit and how would this affect free, democratically motivated services like Renderfarm.fi?

    Stop SOPA. Stop PIPA.

  • anti sopa
    inblender.blogspot.com - 2012-01-18 07:01:00

    Blender.org : https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/
    tentang SOPA: http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html

    kalau ingin ikut meramaikan anti SOPA dan PIPA ,
    yang pake blogger atau wordpress bisa ikutan pasang plugin anti sopa seperti yang terpasang pada blog saya. tinggal di install saja script-nya :
    http://www.bloggermint.com/2012/01/stop-sopa-ribbon-for-blogger/

    info lebih lanjut tentang sopa dan pipa:
    1.http://sopastrike.com/
    2.https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

    ,
  • Modeling a Bolt Head shape
    Vimeo / Blender 3D - 2012-01-18 00:51:26

    This Video is quite old, But it is a topic not entirely covered in the Essential Video so maybe you can get something out of it.

    Cast: Grant Warwick

    Tags:

  • Grant Warwick- Hard Surface Essentials
    Vimeo / Blender 3D - 2012-01-18 00:51:13

    A complete rework of my older tutorial series.

    Essentials is compressed into one 90 minute long tutorial for convenience.
    I am offering this free as I strongly believe community sharing plays a far greater role than schools.

    my Folio- sathe.cgsociety.org/gallery/- Removed
    Scene Files- mediafire.com/?xfnre4yz8z7l43t (Now working)/HardSurface_Essentials_SceneFiles.zip.html
    My primary hotkeys- j.imagehost.org/0761/Hotkey_Chart.jpg

    Cast: Grant Warwick

    Tags: grant warwick, hard surface, 3d modeling, modeling tutorial, sathe and inorganic modeling
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