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10 mar 2011

3D Modeling for Cultural Heritage with Blender (3)

Blender Introduction and resources

3D Modeling for Cultural Heritage with Blender

Blender Introduction and Resources SUMMARY

Blender Foundation

Online resources

The developers community

Previous projects

Blender (1995-) is an open-source software supported by a very lively community

Blender Foundation (2002-) is a non-profit organization based in Amsterdam (NL) aimed to maintain and improve the code establish services raise fundings for development

The Foundation and the Blender Institute provide a studio and funding and periodically call 6-12 months structured open-projects usually films games or graphic effects

httpwwwblenderorgblenderorgblender-foundation

- Blender Introduction and resources -Blender Foundation

3D Modeling for Cultural Heritage with Blender

Blender Introduction and Resources SUMMARY

Blender Foundation

Online resources

The developers community

Previous projects

Blender (1995-) is an open-source software supported by a very lively community

Blender Foundation (2002-) is a non-profit organization based in Amsterdam (NL) aimed to maintain and improve the code establish services raise fundings for development

The Foundation and the Blender Institute provide a studio and funding and periodically call 6-12 months structured open-projects usually films games or graphic effects

httpwwwblenderorgblenderorgblender-foundation

- Blender Introduction and resources -Blender Foundation

Blender (1995-) is an open-source software supported by a very lively community

Blender Foundation (2002-) is a non-profit organization based in Amsterdam (NL) aimed to maintain and improve the code establish services raise fundings for development

The Foundation and the Blender Institute provide a studio and funding and periodically call 6-12 months structured open-projects usually films games or graphic effects

httpwwwblenderorgblenderorgblender-foundation

- Blender Introduction and resources -Blender Foundation

Documentation is excellent both on the blender website and in independent platforms there is a huge quantity of tutorials on youtube vimeo dedicated wiki services blogs and forums

Also thanks to the open-source philosophy a lot of scripts textures materials models and animated characters are available for free modification and use

- Blender Introduction and resources -Online Resources

lsquoOFFICIAL RESOURCESrsquo

BLENDER WEBSITE httpwwwblenderorg

STABLE VERSION (249b) httpwwblenderorgdownloadget-blender

BETA VERSION (256) httpwwwgraphicallorgbuilds httpwwwblenderorgdownloadget-256-beta

BLENDER WIKI MANUAL httpwikiblenderorgindexphpDocManual

OPEN MATERIALS REPOSITORY httpwwwblender-materialsorg

OPEN MODELS REPOSITORY httpe2-productionscomrepositoryindexphp

BLENDSWAPS httpwwwblendswapcom

WIKIBOOK httpenwikibooksorgwikiBlender_3D_Noob_to_Pro

MOVIES PROJECTS httpwwwblenderorgfeatures-gallerymovies (or youtube)

- Blender Introduction and resources -Online Resources

lsquoOFFICIAL RESOURCESrsquo

BLENDER WEBSITE httpwwwblenderorg

STABLE VERSION (249b) httpwwblenderorgdownloadget-blender

BETA VERSION (256) httpwwwgraphicallorgbuilds httpwwwblenderorgdownloadget-256-beta

BLENDER WIKI MANUAL httpwikiblenderorgindexphpDocManual

OPEN MATERIALS REPOSITORY httpwwwblender-materialsorg

OPEN MODELS REPOSITORY httpe2-productionscomrepositoryindexphp

BLENDSWAPS httpwwwblendswapcom

WIKIBOOK httpenwikibooksorgwikiBlender_3D_Noob_to_Pro

MOVIES PROJECTS httpwwwblenderorgfeatures-gallerymovies (or youtube)

- Blender Introduction and resources -Online Resources

more resources listed here

httpwwblenderorgdownloadresources

- Blender Introduction and resources -Online Resources

Blender developers collaborate either in remote joining for periodical events (such as Google Summer of Code) and in more complex projects funded by the Blender Foundation usually centered around the production of a short animation movie or a game

Last stable version is 249b dating back to sep 2009 and 25 has been under development from then on (current beta version 256)

Featured open-project for 25 is the Durian Project producing the short movie ldquoSintelrdquo

httpwwwsintelorg

- Blender Introduction and resources -The developers community

Movie projects are intended to push the boundaries of what can be done within Blender

Specific features are developed and new scripts are written each time

Eventually some of them would be integrated in the lsquostablersquo release

Taking a look at the previous productions can help understanding the evolution of the software and the priorities at every step

httpwwwblenderorgfeatures-gallerymovies

- Blender Introduction and resources -The developers community

1995 SHOWREEL

featured projects realized by then technical overview

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=iJ6ij2AsLZU

- Blender Introduction and resources -Previous projects

2003 MINDFIELDS

fluids and particular systems

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=LxjXEgQ3GzU

- Blender Introduction and resources -Previous projects

2006 ELEPHANTrsquoS DREAM

ldquothe worldrsquos first open movierdquo Orange open movie project

featuring character animation node-based compositor and new rendering functions

httpwwwelephantsdreamorg

- Blender Introduction and resources -Previous projects

2007 MEISCHEID

d i s p lacem e nt m o d i fi e r interaction with sound

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FTh_4XoNwak

- Blender Introduction and resources -Previous projects

2007 PETUNIA

focused on character animation node-based compositor and new rendering functions

htt p wwwyo utubeco mwatch v=AOlwuAvmnrY (movie)

httpwwwblendswapcom3D-modelscharacterspetunia(downloads)

- Blender Introduction and resources -Previous projects

2008 BIG BUCK BUNNY

ldquofunny and furryrdquo Peach Open Project

featuring cartoonish animation (motion and deformation) and hair-fur-grass control

httpwwwbigbuckbunnyorg

- Blender Introduction and resources -Previous projects

2009-(under dev) SINTEL

Durian Open Project

featuring Blender graphic interface and animation system

Under development and open to contribution

httpwwwsintelorg

- Blender Introduction and resources -Previous projects

2009-(under dev) SINTEL

Durian Open Project

featuring Blender graphic interface and animation system

Under development and open to contribution

httpwwwsintelorg

- Blender Introduction and resources -Previous projects