Nika Maisuradze writes: Hello there. This is my latest project. Main challenge was to get that distinctive underwater macro look. Working on shading and lighting was especially fun. Feedback and critique are welcome. Main shader and post breakdowns:

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pavla writes: Wireframe renders are crucial for showing off your modelling abilities to the world, so they have to be flawless. In this episode, we'll look at a few ways you can make your wireframe renders amazingly appealing!

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You can generate some pretty convincing grass scenes with this free add-on! Blender Mania writes: In this video I'm going to show you how to make a grass field scenery in Blender with the 'Grass Free' add-on.

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Joomla 4.0 ist am Horizont, aber über 200 Bugs und Verbesserungen sind noch ungetestet und können nicht in den Joomla!-Kern einfließen. Neue Funktionen, die in Joomla eingebunden werden, müssen immer getestet werden, bevor diese ihren Platz im offiziellen Release bekommen. Meistens braucht es nur ein paar Minuten und Joomla! ist ein Stück besser geworden.

Seit mehreren Jahren gibt es weltweit sogenannte “Pizza, Bugs & Fun” (PBF) Veranstaltungen, bei denen jeder lernen kann, wie man solche Tests durchführt. Gemeinsam werden alle offenen Punkte angegangen, getestet und zur Veröffentlichung bereitgestellt. Sponsoren sorgen gleichzeitig dafür, dass man bei der Arbeit nicht verhungert.

Paul Chambers writes: What this post lacks in Blender it makes up for in spreadsheets. Yes, we'll get back to Blender soon, but first spreadsheets! A follow up to the most recent post in my series on visual effects on a budget, this post walks through a process to create a unique LUT for your [...]

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MJ Vilches writes: Just wanna share my take on a lightsaber effect! I did this one all in Blender without using any plugins. Rendered using Blender Internal. Here's a video sharing how I did it. Hope this helps! :D

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Zacharias Reinhardt writes: Hi everyone! In my new video you can watch the timelapse of the entire creation process of my wild west creature. I created the artwork for the last "Wild West" Artstation challenge and I got an honorable mention for it, YAY!. The video includes sculpting, modeling, texturing and shading the creature in [...]

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pavla writes: The letters "BSDF" are scattered everywhere throughout the world of computer graphics, but what does it mean?! We'll investigate the definition and uses of this elusive CG vocab word in this week's episode of CGC Weekly.

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lacuisine.tech writes: Do you need to make 2D fire at some point? We did, in our last project, and we tried different techniques to match the art direction. As part of a series of making-of from that project we share different techniques and demo files to make cartoony-like fire, using particles, UV-displacement, mesh displacement and [...]

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Aidy Burrows writes: If there really was a secret to tell that was all illuminating it would probably feel like an answer you somehow already knew, like hearing something like "The best way to get ahead is to know your fundamentals, to explore the options". It's like, of course! Despite this some of these though [...]

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ssantiagovg writes: Made mostly with procedural materials, a practice exercise. Based on the concept art of Kim Goeun. It started with a simple practice, a simple model and then I wanted to try some procedural nodes and this is the result. Also, I made this animation of breakdown with animation nodes:

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Gottfried Hofmann writes: Some shortcuts in Blender 2.8 have changed ... again. BlenderDiplom created a short overview video to keep you up to date:

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Jonas Dichelle explains the math behind 2D Mandelbrot fractals and then moves on to their 3-Dimensional counterpart: the Mandelbulb. He THEN creates one of those using nodes in Eevee. The .blend file is available for download too. Here's what you can make with this technique: And here is the tutorial:

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Jam Network studio writes: In this video lesson, i show you how to attach image planes into your film clip and use the corner pin method to deform the image to match the perspective and scale changes in your clip.

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Enjoy the work of Can Basdogan, Concept Artist from Essen, Germany. I'm an interior architect who changed his professional focus on imaginary worlds, ladscapes and structures. Till now, I worked for companies and persons who produced computer games, board games, books and FRP games.

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gabbitt writes: An elephant i made recently with a time-lapse/speed model and commentary of the process. All made in Blender including texture painting. Elephant by grant.abbitt on Sketchfab

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lacuisine.tech writes: A problem commonly encountered during layout of a 2D film is that of getting nice and smooth camera movements when your camera is zooming and panning at the same time, that is, rotating about its center. This article demonstrates a camera setup we created to solve this problem, available as an addon. Thanks! [...]

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chocofur writes: Hey Everyone! After few months of tweaking and testing we’re now ready to finally release the Chocofur Model Manager 1.0.0! It’s a free addon that allows you for quick access and management of all your Blender assets (3D models and materials). It also comes packed with +100 free 3D models and +100 free [...]

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At 9pm Amsterdam time, Pablo will be back with another live update! A new hair shader has landed in Blender 2.8, plus Light Probe Cache and a bunch of updates all over the board. It's another week of Blender development! Spanish livestream starts at 11pm Amsterdam time:

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ImportLDraw is a Blender plug-in for importing LDraw file format models and parts. G_Taurus writes: Good day. I would like to write you about addon ImportLDraw. This addon can import models from Lego Designer (free). You must have lego library LDraw to correct work addon. I am happy you can start play with lego bricks.

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