This section of the blog has all my articles related to Blender. The articles are a collection of news, tips, and tutorials.
Blender 2.8 Terrain Tutorial
I think this is a handy tutorial for those of us that need to make terrain. Some time ago, years, I went through this exercise for OpenSim. This is much easier. There is a lot of texturing beyond just creating the geometry. I doubt the texturing can do much for those of us making terrain … Continue reading
Making Slink Sizes
In December Siddean Munro made a video of how to easily make the various Slink sizes. I think the video shows how easy and quick it is. So, I continue to be baffled at why so many provide only Hourglass sizes of their products. Especially when discussions in the SL Forum show growing support for … Continue reading
Second Life News Week #31
General News XXX Original Event – This is an adult event… shocking, I know you wouldn’t have guessed… All sexy stuff and a load of free stuff (it all lands in the Objects folder) for Maitreya and Slink (both O & H). Plus, some of the free gifts have Standard Size versions included. There is … Continue reading
Last AvaStar Update For Blender 2.79
AvaStar is updating. This is the last set of fixes and improvements for AvaStar targeting Blender 2.79. The next release will target Blender 2.8. This is significant because Blender is undergoing a radical change. Those of us with work-in-progress are likely to stay with 2.79 for some time. I probably won’t change over until my … Continue reading
Blender 2.8 – Beginner’s Tutorial
Blender is in Beta and it seems everyone is making tutorials. Once you open Blender 2.8 you’ll know the previous tutorials are out of date to the point of useless. So, here is a nice video for total noobs. BLENDER 2.8 BEGINNER COURSE: ESSENTIALS This is a web page with written information and four short … Continue reading
A Better Blender 2.8 Beta Video
This video is shorter and less rambling than the previous one. More tutorial than experiment. The Guru thinks we won’t see 2.8 release until mid-2019.
Blender 2.8 Beta Released
The new Blender 2.8 is out in Beta version. The user interface is drastically different. Selecting, changing modes… drastic changes. Better? Probably. It would have been nice if Blender worked this way long ago. I think it is more intuitive for the Blender nubie. Here is a long video showing the new Blender 2.8 Beta. … Continue reading
AvaStar 2.5 Released
A new version of AvaStar is out. The official announcement is here, AVASTAR-2.5 IS OUT. There is a link to the download on the page. You will find the detailed release notes link on the download page. There are the ubiquitous bug fixes, of course. There are also a good number of improvements in how … Continue reading