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    • G Offline
      GoldenFrog
      last edited by

      Well, yeah, itt's rather difficult at first. The interface is scary. It's ok, I'll help you through it. Try this: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D;_Noob_to_Pro

      Very helpful

      Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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        NOLASaintTM
        last edited by

        Thanks

        "There are only 2 seasons in [color=#008000:29bx2alm]Louisiana[/color:29bx2alm]: [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Hurricane Season[/color:29bx2alm] and [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Summer[/color:29bx2alm]" My Models: [url:29bx2alm]http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=06262141413891559654&scoring=m[/url:29bx2alm] [color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FFBF00:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#00BF00:29bx2alm]L[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]E[/color:29bx2alm]!!!

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          GoldenFrog
          last edited by

          Absolutly. So how's your learning of blender coming? Any problems?

          Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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            NOLASaintTM
            last edited by

            No progress, but i have decided to not quit SU. I just like SU alot. But i want to learn Blender. So im just juggling the 2 right now

            "There are only 2 seasons in [color=#008000:29bx2alm]Louisiana[/color:29bx2alm]: [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Hurricane Season[/color:29bx2alm] and [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Summer[/color:29bx2alm]" My Models: [url:29bx2alm]http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=06262141413891559654&scoring=m[/url:29bx2alm] [color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FFBF00:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#00BF00:29bx2alm]L[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]E[/color:29bx2alm]!!!

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              GoldenFrog
              last edited by

              Sure, really, tbh who could quit SU?

              Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                REGIS
                last edited by

                Hi

                I was a "Sketchup addict", now I'm a blender (2.5) user ☀

                Blender is simply powerful.

                cheers

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                  EscapeArtist
                  last edited by

                  You can also select "turntable" style rotation in the preferences menu, along with other selection and pan/orbit/etc. changes. Also, you can change it to LMB select rather than the RMB select. It's a nuisance moving from SU to Blender, for me anyway, to have to remember the difference.

                  Don't forget that Blender has some great free render software too. Luxrender, Yafaray, POV, and others, though they are not working in 2.5 or 64 bit Blender yet. I just do my modeling in 2.5 and then export to 2.49 for rendering.

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                    REGIS
                    last edited by

                    Yes, Yafaray is very cool, Lux render a little bit more difficult to master and blender internal render is great too.

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                      GoldenFrog
                      last edited by

                      http://www.blenderguru.com/
                      Visit here for some quality video tutorials.

                      Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                        exvion
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                        @escapeartist said:

                        Don't forget that Blender has some great free render software too. Luxrender, Yafaray, POV, and others, though they are not working in 2.5 or 64 bit Blender yet. I just do my modeling in 2.5 and then export to 2.49 for rendering.

                        Yafaray for Blender 2.5 64bit
                        http://www.yafaray.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3548

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                          REGIS
                          last edited by

                          Hi Exvion

                          Yeah! Hell! Really great!

                          Can I find the same on mac with 32bit version ?

                          cheers

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                            dedmin
                            last edited by

                            http://www.gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html
                            http://www.blendercookie.com
                            http://www.blendtuts.com
                            http://www.blendernewbies.com
                            http://www.blendervideos.com/category/tutorial/
                            http://blenducation.org
                            http://cg.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/blender/
                            http://blenderartists.org/cms/content/view/17/53/

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                              GoldenFrog
                              last edited by

                              Hey dedmin

                              Thanks much for the links. Found them useful. 👍

                              Remember, guys, feel free to post shots of your work here too! 😄

                              Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                                REGIS
                                last edited by

                                Hi

                                Here it is.

                                Something done and rendered with Blender 2.5

                                maison sand 4.png

                                Cheers

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                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  That I remember of the interest of internal Blender render engine for owner as me of very old computer(more 8 years old) is that 😄
                                  SU pluging render = 3 minutes
                                  Blender render = 7 seconds! 😉
                                  sublend.jpg
                                  From the Solo NPR Light House

                                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=38456

                                  Frenchy Pilou
                                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                  My Little site :)

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                                    GoldenFrog
                                    last edited by

                                    Nice work there REGIS and Pilou! The house looked very nice, maybe add some depth of field or something 😄

                                    As for the lighthouse, very artistic. But not realistic, but I don't think that's what you were aiming for, so good job as well!

                                    Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                                      REGIS
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi

                                      @ ~GoldenFrog®~

                                      Thanks !
                                      Glad you liked it 😄

                                      You're right, it's more artistic render than photo realistic render ! Some details are missing here and there and I think I've lot of things to learn to get nice photorealistic result too but I'm happy with this render.

                                      This one is my first architectural project done in Blender.
                                      It do the job nicely, at the same time, it's a real project that started about two months ago and I'm dealing with the Kitchen now.

                                      Perhaps I go with Yafaray for interior render.

                                      Let's see

                                      Cheers

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                                        GoldenFrog
                                        last edited by

                                        @regis said:

                                        I'm dealing with the Kitchen now

                                        Hey REGIS, might wanna check out Blenderguru. He has a tutorial for realistic kitchens. Link: http://www.blenderguru.com/create-a-realistic-kitchen-part-1-of-2/ This is part one of two, the second part deals with rendering.

                                        Remember, great minds think alike, and fools never differ.

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                                          REGIS
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi

                                          Indeed, I know Blenderguru's tutorials. ☀

                                          I'm dealing with designing the kitchen, modeling is not so difficult.

                                          Cheers

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                                            NOLASaintTM
                                            last edited by

                                            HALLO GOLDENFROG! Here is that blrender i promised on my rating of your 300th model! I tried uploading it here via computer xD
                                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etg6F-OeZkQ

                                            "There are only 2 seasons in [color=#008000:29bx2alm]Louisiana[/color:29bx2alm]: [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Hurricane Season[/color:29bx2alm] and [color=#BF0000:29bx2alm]Summer[/color:29bx2alm]" My Models: [url:29bx2alm]http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=06262141413891559654&scoring=m[/url:29bx2alm] [color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FFBF00:29bx2alm]O[/color:29bx2alm][color=#0000FF:29bx2alm]G[/color:29bx2alm][color=#00BF00:29bx2alm]L[/color:29bx2alm][color=#FF0000:29bx2alm]E[/color:29bx2alm]!!!

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