Posted by Chris
on June 19, 2009
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Title: Blender Conference Germany
Location: Eislingen/Fils, Baden Württemberg
Link out: Click here
Description: The 2 day event will take place on the 18./19. July. We are looking forward to great presentations and workshops from German speaking Blender artists and are really happy to make this event possible. We are also interested in more presentations and workshops. Visit www.blenderday.de for more information and get your ticket. See you at BlenderDay/09! 
Tickets including 2 lunches and two dinners are €35. Tickets including a stay in a youth hostel (and meals) are €55.
(Via Blendernation.com)
Start Date: 2009-07-18
End Date: 2009-07-19
Posted by Chris
on June 17, 2009
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Title: New York City Blender Users Group
Location: Polytechnic University in Brooklyn
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Description: The format of the meeting will be 1 hour of short presentations for anyone who is interested in speaking, followed by an informal work meeting/study hall.
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2009-06-27
Posted by Chris
on June 12, 2009
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Title: SVG Open 2009
Location: Mountain View, California
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Description: At the SVG Open 2009 Conference you will have the opportunity to learn to use it to create effective and compelling web content, learn techniques for developing SVG software solutions, and see the latest developments from the W3C. You will meet the creators of SVG applications in person, the authors of the SVG specifications, and you will have the opportunity to provide your own input for future development.
Start Date: 2009-10-02
End Date: 2009-10-04
Posted by Chris
on June 10, 2009
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Title: Tennessee Blender Conference
Location: North East Tennessee
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Description: This years Blender Conference in the Tri Cities of North East Tennessee is planned for August 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and August 2, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, 2009. Our theme for this year is : The Production Pipeline, from Ideas to Post Production . Continue reading…
Posted by Chris
on June 10, 2009
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MyPaint, the open source 2d graphics program for digital painters, is looking for ideas and input for a new interface. If you ever got frustrated with UI elements of your favorite software, or wished things look this way or that way, now is your chance to post your ideas. The communities behind open source software will allow your voice to be heard low and clear.
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Posted by Chris
on June 08, 2009
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Matt Jordan has just self-published his first in a series of children’s horror novels called Creepspace. Not only is this a major accomplishment in and of itself, but Matt also created the front and back covers of the book in Inkscape. Continue to see the images: Continue reading…
Posted by Chris
on June 08, 2009
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I found this really cool Gimp project called Gimp FX Foundry. (Thanks to Unixmen.) This is a Sourceforge project that enables you to install 117 new Gimp effects that are not part of the regular Gimp 2.6 distribution. A few of the effects included are: film grain effect, sepia toning, and pastel effect.
You can find a complete list of the effects at:
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Posted by Chris
on June 08, 2009
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Gord Goodwin and Feel Good Comics has posted a forty second animation called Tom Hanks Animation over at YouTube. The animation combines both 2d and 3D graphics, as the creator used Blender 3D and Synfig together to complete the month-long project. Continue reading to see embedded video.
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Posted by Chris
on June 02, 2009
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Title: Blender Game Engine Course
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Description: CanDo 3D’s course will begin with basic level design skills, using the Blender Game Engine to learn the game editor and teach the concepts of level design and factors affecting it – Time limits, Pickups, Obstacles. Participants will be able to put together a simple game by the end of the course.
Start Date: 2009-07-13
End Date: 2009-07-17
Posted by Chris
on June 02, 2009
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River Valley TV has posted speaker videos for the 2009 Libre Graphics Meeting held in Montreal last month. We blogged about the conference here. Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is an annual event where developers and users of open source art software gather to discuss the future of free graphics. The main projects are Scribus, Blender 3D, Krita, Inkscape, and The Gimp, but a number of representatives of other graphics software attend and speak.
Here is an incomplete list of videos to give you an idea of what was presented:
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