Avastar

AvaStar 2 RC-14 is Out

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When I saw the announcement for the final release of AvaStar 2.0, I hadn’t noticed the RC-14 version is out, which was me being a bit slow considering the video I posted. Check your AvaStar Products Page for the download. I won’t get to play with it today. But… soon. The release notes are here. The … Read more

AvaStar 2.0 – Sept 30?

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AvaStar is thinking they will release AvaStar 2.0 around the end of September… yes, 2017. I like the AvaStar developers and support people. But, I’ve decided they are way too susceptible to feature creep. Fortunately, they release RC versions that keep us going. If you are using Blender, there is nothing equal to AvaStar for Second … Read more

Blender 2.79 RC1

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I see this morning that Blender has a Release Candidate 1 out. Get some more details here and download a copy.

See Blender 2.79 Release Candidate 1

One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day
One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day

For those of us in Second Life(TM) doing production work, we’ll want to wait for the main release. This version has new rendering engine stuff, which while improving baking of textures does little else for us.

If you use the archive install process for Blender it is easy to have multiple copies of Blender and AvaStar installed and working. The Archive Install is simply a matter of getting the ZIP version and unzipping a to a folder. Run from the folder. It is a separate and completely functional copy of Blender. You can add AvaStar and other modules without affecting other versions of Blender. WAY handy.

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AvaStar Updates to 2.0-RC12

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Apparently, an AvaStar update was released July 3rd. I’m just seeing it today. Download – You have to have purchased AvaStar for the link to work right. Beautiful, cute picture with Bento hands. The sentiment is debatable…