Finally there is a way to get 3D into Flash, from Blender (or another program such as 3DsMax), with Animation! It’s a tool called Cast3D. Check out this: You can download the Papervision 3D component for Flash CS3 from…
I thought this was a very cool demonstration of the fluid capabilities of Blender. It shows a "magician" character, who "magically" conjures the water into different shapes: You can find more info here: and here:
Here are some more Blender and Flash tutorials that you can get for free: They’re actually demos for the full tutorial (you have to pay for the full version). If you like the demo versions, then you might want…
I recently saw a recommendation for some free backup tools for Windows, and I thought I’d pass them along. The following can be useful in different circumstances, over the regular Windows backup: For full drive backups: DriveImage XML Backup Software…
These technologies are still in development, but here are some incredible developments that can convert a picture into a 3D image:
Some links to free 3D models, that are compatible (.blend file, or can be imported) with Blender: The Official Blender Model Blender Architecture related 3D models:http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Models http://resources.blogscopia.com/index_en.html Cars: Sci-Fi (starwars, star trek, etc): General: 3D Models of Various Formats, some…
I found another tutorial that shows you how to go from a 3D object in Blender, and export it as something that you can use with a Papervision or another Flash 3D engine. It exports to a Collada file, before…
I came accross this open source 2D annimation tool called Synfig. It’s still in beta phase, but it looks to be pretty interesting. One of the things it’s supposed to be really good at is tweening. It’s intended more for…
Great news everyone! Search Engines are now getting the technology to crawl through Adobe Flash content. The Flash SWFs files (even old ones) are now becoming searchable by search engines. 🙂 The improved SWF search even includes the capability to…
I came accross some more Blender 3D tutorials, that I thought were pretty good for beginners (they show pretty well how to use the interface): Also, here are some more Blender video tutorial links: And another good…