24hrs With a Steampunk Aeronaut Narrative Showcase
By Claire Stokoe
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction in an alternate Victorian era that runs mostly on steampower. The word Steampunk was coined by the science fiction author K. W. Jeter and takes a romantic and diverse look
Improved Drag and Drop in Blender 2.5
Recently a lot of work has gone into making drag and drop more stable and
far more usful which means being able to drag items from outside
blender.
Cyborgs On The Movie and TV Screen Infographic
From the same folks that brought us the Wild World of Robots, comes the Cyborgs On The Screen infographic. Full graphic after the jump.
Via: Online Schools
Imagine A Pie Chart Stomping On An Infographic Forever
A certain category of design gaffes can be boiled down to violations of audience expectations. Websites that don't work in Internet Explorer are a heck of a nasty surprise for users who, bless their souls, want the same Internet experience as everyone else.
BlendELF 0.9 Beta, Compact Open Source Game Engine
BlendELF is a work in progress, OpenGL graphics powered, compact open source 3d game engine aimed towards independent game developers for quick prototyping and game/virtual environment creation. It supports a standard set of features, like skeletal animation, post processing, windows and linux support, LUA/C++/.NET programming, physics powered by Bullet Physics, GUI and 2D/3D Audio.
The Relocation Game
Is moving across the world for a new job worth it? Four developers who changed countries to change jobs weigh in on the pros and cons as well as reasons for and opportunities presented by the moves they made.
Piracy: When Even a Penny Is Too Much
The MPAA, RIAA and other entertainment industry groups want people to believe that piracy is the result of people's greed and refusal to pay. A recent experiment by Wolfire Games sheds another light on this argument, as they found out that even a penny can be too much.
Review: Adobe Illustrator CS5
With new brushes, variable-width strokes, and numerous enhancements, is Illustrator CS5 worth the upgrade price? We put it all in perspective (literally).read more
Blender Developer Meeting Minutes May 9, 2010
Last week the meeting made a decision on switching the default for .blend file reading to always accept Python scripts . This is to respect an important principle that Blender should work by default . People who load external files are strongly recommended to disable this always accept .
The security topic itself still is
Check The Quality Of Pirate Media With The All New VCDQ
There are many thousands of videos on the Internet and while it's possible to just go blindly to any one of dozens of torrent sites and search for movies or TV shows, there is no guarantee that the quality will be good. For the last decade that information has been available from VCDQuality.
Blender Benchmark: 2.49 vs 2.50 alpha 2
Elephantatech has pitted blender 2.49 and 2.52 alpha 2.50 alpha 2 in a benchmark test. Both render speeds and render quality have significantly improved.
Elephantatech writes:
To test how good my desktop was I did a render Benchmark with Blender this past weekend and got some interesting results. The Benchmark was done using blender 2.49 and new alpha
Blender Benchmark: 2.49 vs 2.52a
Elephantatech has pitted blender 2.49 and 2.52 alpha in a benchmark test. Both render speeds and render quality have significantly improved.
Elephantatech writes:
To test how good my desktop was I did a render Benchmark with Blender this past weekend and got some interesting results. The Benchmark was done using blender 2.49 and new alpha 2.52 both
Python 2.7 beta 2 released
The second beta of Python 2.7 has been released for testing.
BakaBT Anime BitTorrent Tracker Retaliates Against DDoS
BakaBT, a torrent tracker which specializes in serving anime fans, is currently down after suffering a huge DDoS attack. Although these type of attacks against torrent sites are nothing new, the operators say the person responsible has identified himself. Instead of caving in to his demands, the site has chosen to fight back.
LuxRender 0.7RC2 Released
The LuxRender team are getting closer to the 0.7 release. Here's an overview of the changes since their last 'stable' release, 0.6.1.
abhix wrote:
LuxRender is coming up with lots of improvement with the new 0.7 version including new absorption, new gui one that stands out for me was new particle support.
Changes since 0.6.1:
New Qt GUI (not
Industry Giants 2010
A Bunch of Short Guys host INDUSTRY GIANTS 2010: Creative Alchemy Visual Effects, Animation and Game Forum.
SciPy 2010 in Austin, Texas - Early Registration ends Monday 5/10!
Scientific computing conference comprised of tutorials, a general conference, keynote talks from David Beazley and Travis Oliphant, commercial tracks, and developer sprints. June 28 - July 3 on the University of Texas campus. See the conference website for details.
Action Adventure Level Design: Kung Fu Zombie Killer
Veteran designer and Tomb Raider creator Toby Gard explains how to enhance the reality and player interest of even a very basic game's design, with a level design case study of the awesomely named Kung Fu Zombie Killer.
uTorrent Idea Bank Taps Into the Wisdom of the Swarm
The uTorrent team has added an idea bank to their website where users can vote for and suggest features that should be implemented in the BitTorrent client. A Linux version of uTorrent and the option to receive an email when a file has finished downloading are currently the most voted for ideas.
