Blender 2.66 Released
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Hey guys,
Blender 2.66 just got released, bringing with it Dynamic Topology sculpting, Rigid Body integration, and a bunch of other stuff.
http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-266/
Overview of Blender 2.66
I've put together a full overview of many of the new features and improvements in Blender 2.66, check it out on Blender Cookie: http://cgcookie.com/blender/cgc-series/overview-blender-266/
Blender 2.66 just got released, bringing with it Dynamic Topology sculpting, Rigid Body integration, and a bunch of other stuff.
http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-266/
Overview of Blender 2.66
I've put together a full overview of many of the new features and improvements in Blender 2.66, check it out on Blender Cookie: http://cgcookie.com/blender/cgc-series/overview-blender-266/
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And already 2.67 is well under way, the new Bevel code just got added to the Bevel modifier:
http://projects.blender.org/scm/viewvc.php?view=rev&root=bf-blender&revision=54713
My favourites are;
Gradient Background
Film response curves for editing
Fire simulator built in to smoke settings now
Motion blur in cycles(!!!)
Aye; for a fair while now Blender has been excellent for that.
John, are we going to see an Introduction to 2.66 video?
What does Blender offer over 3DS max in terms of modeling tools?
I'm going to download and try it out, I'd just like to hear other people's opinions on how they compare.
@Torch - I do most of my UVs in blender, because I don't have to deal with pelting or relaxing or modifiers like in max. You just define seams, select what you wan to unwrap then hit unwrap and bam its unwrapped.
Retopo is also pretty simple in blender, all you do is turn on snap to surface and then go at it with the various modeling tools.
I haven't played with much new stuff in Blender for a while, I may have to mess around with 2.66; looks like fun!
I actually just finished recording all my overview videos, will be publishing it later today
OP of this thread has made some video tutorials on both (and just about everything else). Here is one on retopology.
Here is a good UV Unwrapping video - First half is unwrapping with Maya then at around the 15 min mark he shows how to unwrap the same thing in Blender.
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Awesome, bought myself a blender cookie membership yesterday
Trying to learn blender for real this time, going quite good so far :thumbup:
Sweet! Welcome to Citizen
Thanks, will check these out
I've just finished putting together a full overview of many of the new features and improvements in Blender 2.66, check it out on Blender Cookie: http://cgcookie.com/blender/cgc-series/overview-blender-266/
You can try my tutorials are CG Cookie, http://cgcookie.com/blender
I also did a transition DVD meant for experienced artists that want to learn Blender: http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/product_info_n.php?products_id=151
Blender Nation is kind of the community news site, so it's really a mix of everything, professional and hobbyist.
If there's anything you find missing on CGCookie, have any suggestions, or have any kind of general feedback I'm always interested in hearing thoughts!
see this thread over at blenderartists:
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?174790-ZBrush-matcap-in-Blender
especially this post:
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?174790-ZBrush-matcap-in-Blender&p=1534965&viewfull=1#post1534965
ah cool thanks
Even if you can't add matcaps that way, you can still set up them up using the normal material editor.
http://eat3d.com/free/matcaps_blender