Blender 3D

When you dropped by to pick up the latest issue of BAM, I’m betting you noticed things look a little different. Over the last few months, our webmaster Nam, has been hard at work creating a fresh new look for us. He created a great look with some slick new effects. While re-designing our site he [...]

Graphic researches for a book I’m working on.

Welcome to Issue #20, “Make It, Bake It, Fake It” While it’s true that Blender has a powerful selection of tools, sometimes the “fake” or “cheat” is often preferred for various reasons. Time and hardware limitations, being the biggest reasons for using a “fake” or “cheat”. Then there are the tools that actually are the “fake”, [...]

Welcome to Issue #20, “Make It, Bake It, Fake It” While it’s true that Blender has a powerful selection of tools, sometimes the “fake” or “cheat” is often preferred for various reasons. Time and hardware limitations, being the biggest reasons for using a “fake” or “cheat”. Then there are the tools that actually are the “fake”, [...]

Hi again! A path tracer is very simple in theory (and indeed a specialized path tracer producing good looking pictures  can be written in few lines of code), but a powerful general one is  not an easy task. Currently I’m doing heavy researches on the sampling area that is the core of the path [...]

I really want to thank one more time the blender community  members for their restless support: many times when I get discouraged, what keeps me running are even the most simple “keep going Farsthary!” But I really didn´t expected the surprise from ... [More] Blendiac, WhifeofBlendiac, Blaize, Cambo, San, Heldrida, BbB, MasterDomino, BenDansie, Inazuma, Hunkadoodle, TorQ, bupla, Corniger, [...] [Less]

Hi all!:) After returning from Havana event Informatica 2009 from February, the 9th-13th, I was so busy that I didn’t have the time to speak about the event. I presented over there a report “Volumetricos en Blender” (Volumetrics in Blender) that was a summary about what volumetrics are, and their development in blender since [...]

I’m working right now in the production of an online training about the integration between Blender 3D and Indigo Renderer, which will deal with the full modeling, texturing and rendering for a small but interesting scene in Blender. Just to ... [More] illustrate a bit how part of the training will be handled, I’ve created a timelapse [...] Related posts:Modeling for architecture: How to build a balcony in Blender 3D (Part 1) Today I will start a series of articles, dealing with...Architectural visualization and video presentation A long time ago, all you would need to make...Modeling for architecture: How to build a balcony in Blender 3D (Part 2) This is the second part of a modeling tutorial started... [Less]

Blender will be represented at CeBit 2009 in the Linux new media booth presenting open software. vissy is asking for help and donations to maintain the stand. About Blender at CeBit in Linux Magazine"   English or  German About CeBit in Linux ... [More] Magazine     English Forum Discussions: BlenderArtist.org and Blend.polis We still need help! This means that we still need [...] [Less]

Jonathan Williamson (Mr. Bomb/shadowdragon) of Montage Studio will be teaching about modeling a character in a series of 3 live classes, each 3 hours long, all at Blenducation. The first class starts Saturday, February 28, with an entry fee of $20 (U.S.) for the class. He will be covering a wide range of topics in this [...]