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Blender News
Egypt: Blender Beginners Course in Arabic
Islam Abofarha runs a pharmacy in Cairo, Egypt, where he also gives Blender classes - mainly to kids. He writes:
I just returned back to Egypt from Saudi Arabia to establish my pharmacy. And thanks to the god I made it and I'm now making my best wish which is giving Blender courses. I have now [...]
Advanced GLSL 2D Filters
Martinsh has come up with some amazing screenshots of a mountain landscape in the Blender Game Engine, which utilizes some of the new 2D filters being developed. The landscapes are some of the most impressive and detailed pieces of art I've ever seen in the BGE.
Martinsh has been working on integrating a bunch of new [...]
Blender logo guidelines
Blender's logo is copyrighted, but free to use in many cases. Find here the correct usage rules and...
BLUE HERO is here!
"konnichiwa! My name is TK2009.This is a work of 3DCG made together by FD and me with blender, when we were high school students.
ENJOY!"
Links
BLUE HERO is here [HQ YouTube]
Making Of BLUE HERO is here [HQ YouTube]
Our blog
sorry for my broken English.(I'm Japanese)
HappyBlending!!
New independent sci-fi series in development
Paul Caggegi is working on an animation series in Blender. He's keeping a diary of his progress. This month's edition is very well produced and certainly worth watching!
Paul wrote:
Over the past two years, I have been developing a sci-fi series entitled "Character Development". I have recently gotten to the stage where I've begun modeling, texturing [...]
Updated tutorial: Making a hologram
Clément Granjon has updated his Hologram tutorial with a 30-minute videotutorial.
Clément writes:
I have updated my tutorial on "how to make a hologram", I have made a 30minutes
video tutorial on how I have created it. I have improved some settings (lighting
and compositing).
Links:
The video
Tutorial files (textures, mesh)
Hope you like it ;)
Workshops: Barcelona, Lisbon (already started!)
Two new workshops, one has already started: Lisbon: April 1-3 and Barcelona, starting April 24.
Lisbon
Ricardo Ramalho wrote:
Just to say that it will take place a 3 day Blender course in the.edge , starting April 1st, with available seats!
Barcelona
Raimon Guarro i Nogués wrote:
I'm pleased to let know that Casa Orlandai, a cultural center in Barcelona, [...]
April Fools Maxon article removed
We pulled this article. People were worried about the impact it might have on the company and that's certainly not our intention. April Fools joke gone bad - sorry guys!
BlenderNation sold to Windows Test & Fun Magazine
After three months of negotiations, I'm proud to announce that I've sold BlenderNation to the influential Windows Test & Fun Magazine. WTF, with a staff of 25 full-time editors are planning to put their full weight behind the biggest Blender news site. Read on for more details.
Geurt Hartsenbargher, WTF CEO:
The Blender community has proven to [...]
Blender Workshop in Milwaukee, WI - April 7th
Discovery World, a technology museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is offering a 3 night workshop covering 3D Design on a budget, as a part of our DIY Media series. The class consists of 3 two hour sessions starting on April 7th, which cover will the basics of creating 3D graphics for a variety of mediums. These [...]