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Archive for February, 2011

Movie Plus 4 with Blender Avi -jpeg

There seems to be a problem that I have encountered when using Serif Movie plus 4 for editing avi-jpeg animations made with Blender 3D animation program. The bottom part of the exported movie from Movie plus 4 will have insightly flickers.
What was found is that using Virtualdub as a intermediate file exporter seems to solve […]

Learning 3D modeling and animation

Learn 3D modeling and animation can be quite expensive. This is not only in terms of time, but in terms of cost as well. This is because high end 3D software costs thousand of dollars. Unless, you opt for open source solution. The most powerful open source solution for 3D graphic is Blender 3D. Although […]

Blender for 3DS Max user

The closest open source equivalent to 3DS Max is probably Blender.  In fact many Blender 3D users also uses 3DS Max.
Here’s some notes to make it easier for 3DS Max users to transit to the open source 3D suite:
Navigation
1. Unlike Max, Blender selection is using a right-mouse button click.
2. In Max, multiple select is […]