Video Production
So you’ve downloaded an FLV file, and now you’d like to convert it to another format, to view it on another device, edit it, etc? I’d like to share with you some great open source software I’ve found for converting FLV videos. I recently tried to convert an FLV file to another video format that … Read more
I've recently been looking at a number free File synchronization utilities. I'd previously used SyncToy from Microsoft. It worked well for me for a little while, but then I ended up loosing a number of files because it removed files that I didn't actually want to delete. The horror of loosing precious files made me … Read more
Ever wondered why your hard drive was so full? Ever wondered what was taking up so much space? Wouldn’t it be great to have a visual representation of all of your files at once? If you said yes to any of those questions, WinDirStat might be just the program you’ve been looking for! WinDirStat can … Read more
This is a nifty little application which is written in the Processing language, which allows you to draw stick figures and export them to Blender for animation. http://screamyguy.net/sketchBoard/index.htm If you haven’t heard of Processing, it’s an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. You can check … Read more
Here are some more Blender and Flash tutorials that you can get for free: http://www.cartoonsmart.com/demo_index.html 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 to pay for the full version. I’d definately recomend checking them out. One thing I … Read more
These technologies are still in development, but here are some incredible developments that can convert a picture into a 3D image: http://www.photo-to-3d.com/ http://make3d.stanford.edu/ http://code.google.com/p/libmv/
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 you import into Papervision. This one is a bit longer way than the direct to … Read more
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 Film and TV type annimations, rather than typical net stuff. I’m not sure if it’s … Read more
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): http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=blenderMoyesSeries001 Also, here are some more Blender video tutorial links: http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/ http://www.blender.org/education-help/video-tutorials/ And another good place to start: http://www.blender.org/education-help/manuals-books/ http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/ http://blenderunderground.com/ (archived) http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro http://ocw.tufts.edu/Content/28/supp…aterial/366743 http://www.vimeo.com/user463660/videos
I found this little comparison review of Open Source Video editing programs. The top three came out as KDENLIVE, OpenMovieEditor, and… Blender. Actually, the reviewer claims that those are the only ones he found really usable on Linux. I found it interesting that Blender was on the list, even though it’s primary purpose is 3D … Read more