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Blender 2.49 Released With Great Changes
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| A new release of Blender, the immensely popular open-source 3D modeling
| software, is now available. This is not the much-anticipated Blender 2.5
| release, but instead version 2.49, which brings forth several prominent
| changes and improvements while the developers continue work on the next major
| release. As part of the 2.49 release, the Blender Game Engine (BGE) has also
| received improvements too.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzI5OA
Could this be the ultimate black and white converter??
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| Converting digital images to B&W is a bit like the Swiss fondue recipe:
| everyone has a different version and each person is convinced to have the
| best. I previously blogged about the subject with a “blind comparison”
| between different methods – with the comparison’s result.
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http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/could-this-be-the-ultimate-black-and-white-converter/
Recent:
The Blender Model Repository and BlenderNation: open-source merger?
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| As some might know, Blender is an open-source 3D content creation
| application - it’s cross-platform, a pioneer in the free 3D application
| market, and I use it. Not only do I use it, love it, and hang out in the
| #blenderchat IRC channel on freenode, I host the Blender Model Repository,
| taking over from Andrew Kator long time ago when he suffered legal issues.
| It’s been running stable for the past year or so, every so often getting new
| model submissions, and users finding it a useful resource.
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http://thinkmoult.com/2009/05/15/the-blender-model-repository-and-blendernation-open-source-merger/
[Blender] Durian Project Announcement
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| concept-girl-black.jpegYes, it’s about time! The third open movie project had
| been lined up to start much sooner, but more urgent work (Blender 2.5 coding)
| forced it into the future. After all, it’s the purpose of the team here in
| Amsterdam to test and improve the 2.5x versions significantly!
| Now we intend to start up September 1, delivering a result around March/April
| 2010.
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http://durian.blender.org/news/durian-project-announcement/
The BBC Needs You! (If you are in the U.K.)
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| The BBC is looking for someone in the UK (3rd week in May) to do an informal
| demo of Blender to a bunch of MA Art students - creating 3D content for a 3D
| Holographic Projection.
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http://www.blendernation.com/2009/04/23/the-bbc-needs-you-if-you-are-in-the-uk/
Blender 2.48: It isn't all about play
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| Blender 2.48 is the latest version of the the open source Blender 3D suite to
| be released by the Blender Foundation. The suite is designed to allow users
| to model, render and animate 3D scenes. Blender also offers a game design
| mode and fuelled by the development of the Yo Frankie game, most of the
| changes in the present revision affect the game engine. Blender updates are
| often driven by particular projects; most of Blender 2.46's new features were
| also driven by the needs of the 3D short animation Big Buck Bunny.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Blender-2-48-It-isn-t-all-about-play--/news/111735
Three Cool 3D Car Racing Games for Linux
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| My 3 year old son is addicted to race cars, so I decided to look for some 3D
| racing games that can be played natively under Linux. Unfortunately, I only
| found quite a few. But since some of you are probably desperately searching
| for some decent racing games for your Linux box, I will share to you some of
| those games that I have discovered.
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http://www.junauza.com/2008/10/three-cool-3d-car-racing-games-for.html
Blender Game Engine Tech Demo
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| For several months the Blender and Crystal Space projects have been working
| together to develop an open-source game they hope will be of a professional
| quality and deliver an industry standard 3D gaming experience. This game, now
| called Yo Frankie, was supposed to be released at the end of August, but that
| deadline wasn't met. However, released now is the first technology demo for
| the Blender Game Engine. This tech demo is playable and includes a small
| level from Yo Frankie, but to be released soon will be a more game-oriented
| demo that includes additional characteristics and game-play options.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=yo_frankie&num=1
Big Buck Bunny builds a better Blender
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| Big Buck Bunny is the colorful product of the Peach open movie project: an
| animated short released online and on DVD. But in addition to the 'toon
| itself, Peach has produced an altogether different yield: improvements to the
| Blender 3-D modeling application. Like its predecessor Project Orange, Peach
| pushed the open source tool forward with the demands of a real-world media
| production, in a way that hobbyist usage cannot. Could other free software
| projects use the same model?
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http://www.linux.com/feature/139454
Second open source HD movie set to arrive on May 15
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| On May 15, the Blender Foundation is releasing its latest open source
| project. Known as Project Peach, Big Buck Bunny is coming to DVD (available
| for preorder). Big Buck Bunny or Project Peach will come in two DVD versions,
| one version containing the "best DVD quality widescreen format" (both NTSC
| and PAL are available), while the second will feature an HD version of the
| movie using a regular dual-layer DVD disc (.avi and .mov formats).
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http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37138/98/
Creative Collaboration: The Open Source Filmmaking Experiment
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| With new collaborative tools available, some filmmakers are opening up their
| work to the participation of others. Tapping into the creative power of the
| crowd can take a film in an entirely new direction -- one that the creator
| hadn't even envisioned.
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| [...]
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| Creative Commons, which gives users the option of opening up the rights to
| their work, has done much to facilitate open source creative work, including
| filmmaking,
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/63533.html
Related:
Apricot Open Game
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| Starting February 1st 2008, a small team of again the best 3D artist and
| developers will develop a game jointly with the on-line community. The main
| characters in the game are based on the short 3D animation open movie Peach.
| At the end of July 2008 the game will be launched. The team members will get
| a great studio facility and housing in Amsterdam, all travel costs
| reimbursed, and a fee sufficient to cover all expenses during the period.
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http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2341
Peach Open Movie
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| As a follow-up to the successful project Orange's "Elephants Dream",
| the Blender Foundation will initiate another open movie project.
| Again a couple of the best 3D artists and developers in the Blender
| community will be invited to come together to work in Amsterdam on
| completing a short 3D animation movie.
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http://www.blender.org/blenderorg/blender-foundation/2007-plans
Crystal Space 3D
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| Crystal Space is our main project. It is a free cross-platform
| software development kit for realtime 3D graphics, in particular games...
| Apricot is the Open Game project together with Blender.
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http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Main_Page
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