Blenducation

Ladies and gentlemen,

I will be holding a live on line webinar on December the 3rd at 9:30 am est to talk about Blenducation’s newest Blender classes for this month and outlining some of our plans for 2010. Please come in and show your support.

In addition, I will be making a couple of very big announcements regarding an up coming class set for Dec 12th and 13th.

Finally, I will be running some vital testing and could use some extra eyes and ears.

This should be fun and very  informal so feel free to come as you are, ask questions and get some answers.

If you are interested simply add you name to the widget below or look for the Live link just before the start time.

Thanks everyone, see you there.

Dipingo

The new site will be ready soon. We have a new syllabus and certification program going next month. It has been a very busy summer around here I must say. But now it is time to hit the books and come out fighting. So lets get readdddyyy to rummmmble?

The first class I will be othering will be on how to make a low poly weapon for a game or simulation.

Covering:

• Modeling for low poly

• Texturing with texture layers

• Rendering and lighting

• Animating the shot.

The next series of classes will be based on how to model and texture an eagle head.

I will also cover sculpting. These classes will be free to all that would like to attend and will be held each Tuesday for 3 weeks.

Covering:

• Modeling a good base mesh

• Using Multires and sculpture tools

• UV unwrapping and texturing

• Basic lighting and adding a base.

Keep your eye out for the widget coming soon.

May 27, 2009

Dear fellow 3d artist,

Well, our fund raiser has come to an end. Thanks to all of you that offered your hard earned money to help us out.

All the proceeds go right back into keeping the site growing. We very happy with all that people have offered so far.

It is only with your continued support that we can bring you live, online, quality classes at such low cost. It is important to us to stay innovative in offering new services to you all

the time and improving the services we now offer. It is only with your support that we can ensure the delivery of cutting edge services at rock bottom cost. So please continue to show

your support. Because, with out you, there is no Blenducation.

Thank you all,

Dipingo

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Title: Controlling DoF with an Empty

Duration: About one hour
Time: 9:30 pm Est
Date: June 19, 2009
Subject: Controlling Depth of Field with an Empty
Instructor: Dipingo

Blender skill level: Intermediate

Details: In this class you will learn how to set up a Camera that is controlled by using an empty.

This is by far the best way to control your camera with Blender (IMHO).

It is like having an auto focus on your camera. This set up works great for stills as well as animations that require a nice minimal focus area.

Every Blender artist should add this to their skill set to enable them to quickly and effortlessly track objects in their videos and stills.

If you can make it to the free class we do have a recorded one you can purchase below.

To sign up for the FREE live class just click on the red date on the calender on the right and add your name.

You can also chose to purchase this class as a recording for only $5us by selecting the buy now option below:

To order the recording of this class just click on the Paypal button below. After checkout is complete you can chose to download a PDF, watch the

class on-line streaming in MP4 or AVI or download the video in AVI or MP4 so you can watch it when you want.

Hope to see you there,
Dipingo

Rigging has come and gone but the video is here!

Please feel free to leave Daniel a comment below. If we clap real loud maybe he will come back with an encore of face rigging. (shrug)

Grab your seat now.

You can order the video of this recorded class by clicking on the Buy now button below! This recording is an SWF file with menus to help keep track of where you are in the tutorial. Please bookmark the link you get.

Please note, that every video that sells here on Blenucation helps to keep this project alive, literally.

See you in the class,

Dipingo

Hello and welcome to Blenducation.

We are proud to announce that our highly skilled Blender instructors are now offering a full range of support to individuals and studios alike.

Service include:

• One on One instruction with qualified BFCT instructors
• Studio support in all phases of production
• Live remote system support
• Freelance Modeling and rigging services

In the past getting support for any open source application was difficult. That was before Blenducation.

Not only do we aid new users on the basics of Blender for free, we also offer a wide range of advanced classes for for those of you that would like to excel in the field.

To learn more about how Blender and Blenducation can save you time and money while speeding up your work flow please contact David Hickson.

• UV unwrapp
  • -Marking seems
  • -unwrapping
• Texture paint
• Weight paint
• Add particle hair
• Apply Softbody physics to the Hair System
• Make a Normal map from your texture paint
• Make a simple animation
• Create a loop with NLA
• Bake it
• and server it