SGI Prism Deskside

SGI released new Linux workstation called Prism. It is very expensive toy, but it looks so cool ;-). Main purpose of this workstation is visualisation. Of course, there is bunch of visualisation software available for 64bit Linux now :-).

Blendertutorials.org

You can download some new softbody video tutorials at: Blendertutorials.org. You will need Raptor.blend file from test235.zip file

Cool video tutorial

Look at this cool video tutorial about new softbodies in blender (cvs version). Follow this link at elysiun.com for more information. If you are inpatient, then you can download some testing builds from devel forum at blender.org

Lost Marble

Lost Marble is 2D cartoon animation system. You can download evaluation version for Linux, Mac OS or Windows. User can create video or flash animation.

Paintball

I tried paintball yesterday and I have to say, that it is funny game :-). You can look at some photos .

Better editing of MetaBalls

I improved editting of MetaBalls in edit mode. It is possible to scale radius of MetaElem again. It is possible to change dx, dy and dz params in 3Dview with manipulators or with some shortcuts (S-X, S-Y, S-Z) as well as stiffness. The biggest benefit will be removing several buttons from button window ;-) I created some demo video as usual ;-)

Ubuntu 5.04 (The Hoary Hedgehog Release)

Ubuntu 5.04 (the best linux distribution for desktop) is out.