Here's Jed's Ultimate Guide to Smoothing a Mesh in Six Easy Steps in Blender 2.73 for Xnormal. Not for anyone in particular, just for posterity really. Step 1: Make your model and layout the UVs. This is the hard part. Here I've just got an ico sphere. Step 2: Select the model in object mode, or go into edit mode and…
I am going to make some generalizations here, so bear with. I'm sure there are counter examples, but I'm looking more at trends than specifics. I think that the point that is often missed is that philosophically, from a design standpoint, Blender is very different from Maya and Max (I assume, as I use Maya and have only a…
How long has it been since you have used Blender? If it is the 2.4x series then just everything has been re-written and improved. Most of the awesome "must have" tools/plugins are now integrated (Loop tools, Inset/Extrude etc.) with 2.59 getting some awesome additions (Ivy Gen, Sapling, Grease Scatter etc.) a few days ago.…