January 7, 2014 1:30 PM
by Editor in Chief
more exciting news in 2014.
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10. A New Breed of Blender "Tutors" Some very talented and experienced artists have joined in releasing a series of quality online tutorials for Blender. Among them are: Rob Tuytel, renouned for his environment works in "Tears of Steel" and Gleb Alexandrov the creator of "Her Majesty's Air Fleet." Related links: 1. http://www.youtube.com/user/blenderpedia/videos 2. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVA3cYOgsTN4hs3v7pjne7w/videos |
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9. Commercials Made with Blender Some commercials with top-notch VFX turned out to be created with Blender as their main VFX tool. Related links: 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyCxwT-Mdtc 2. http://vimeo.com/57224758 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL6CD3AFC59834AB67&v=PH8qd9Q29JA |
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8. Blender's Smoke & Fire Re-appreciated Blender's smoke and fire simulation capabilities seem to be a very good reason for established VFX artists to learn Blender. Related link: http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?282381-National-Geographic-Evacuate-Earth-Visual-Effects-Reel |
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7. Blender Cycles Render Engine Released under Apache License Now you can incorporate Blender Cycles Render Engine to any of your inhouse or commerical software. Related link: http://code.blender.org/index.php/2013/08/cycles-render-engine-released-with-permissive-license/ |
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6. Blender As a Game Development Tool Game developers are one of the first in the industry that have recognized its capabilities. 2014 has seen a series of indie games developed using Blender. SCS software has also announced its own SCS Blender tools to help its modding community as well as its own developers. Related link: http://blog.scssoft.com/2013/11/scs-blender-tools.html |
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5. Blender Recognized in Notable CG Awards Several Blender-made entries have made their ways to Animation prize and Music & Sound prize at CGChallgenge XXVII: Ten. In Russia, "Her Majesty's Zeppelins"--a work by Gleb Alexandrov created in Blender has won the first prize in a well-known CG competition. Related link: http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/ten_cgchallenge_winners |
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4. Blender in 2013 SIGGRAPH Animation Festival Three Blender-driven shorts have made their way into 2013 SIGGRAPH Animation Festival! They are Kaleb Lechowski’s "R’ha," Pablo Vazquez' "Caminandes" and Grupa Smacznego’s “Lost Senses.” Related link: http://www.blendernation.com/2013/07/12/siggraph-animation-festival-trailer/#utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Blendernation+%28BlenderNation%29 |
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3. The Blender UI Debate The debate about Blender's "Broken" UI--initiated by Andrew Price--has drawn much attention even from non-Blender users. Ton Roosendaal had to intervene and stop the debate by releasing his commentary entitled "(Re)defining Blender, " where he says, "I’m not much interested in 'getting more users'. That’s not a sane target to work for. Nor am I much interested in supporting Maya users, Sketch-up users, or the forum trolls who don’t use Blender anyway." A re-design of Blender UI is being scheduled as a result of the debate. Related link: http://code.blender.org/index.php/2013/10/redefining-blender/ |
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2. Blender.org Gets a Face-lift The official website of Blender Foundation--the home of Blender the 3D software--has been redesigned inside out. Related link: http://www.blender.org/ |
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1. New Features Added: Hairs & SSS in Cycles, The speed of development is unparalleled in the industry. Reportedly, more to come in 2014-2015 includes: improved physics simulation and crowd simulations! Related link: http://code.blender.org/index.php/2013/12/plans-for-2014-2015/
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