Here’s the thing: video is complicated. All you want is a picture that shows detail, moves smoothly, and doesn’t fill up your entire (quite large) hard drive in one go. Is that so much to ask? Well, apparently it is. Open up any export manager and you’ll find about a hundred different possible options, including [...]
Making a glass beaker model in Blender, the open-source 3D modeling software.
So, I’ve talked about this DVD Server a few times online, and in real life a bunch. I figure it’s high time I lay out how it’s done.
The system I’m going to outline is built on entirely free software. Given a spare computer with decent specs, albeit a pretty huge hard drive, you could put [...]
While it may not be limited to a multimedia world, keyboard shortcuts can be an incredibly helpful way to get things done and done quickly. Here’s just a sample of some of the more common shortcuts that can help you increase productivity. Or at least, that’s what I hear the office folks are calling it [...]
When last we left our hero, he was still just a blue orb. He could rotate a bit, but glass, he was not.
This is ok for an orb of mystical power. Of course, it’s also ok for a decent-looking water planet. For something that’s supposed to be glass, it needs to have few more things. [...]
Today marks the first of a two part tutorial for After Effects. This is the first AE tutorial I’ve written and hopefully it won’t be the last. For the first part, we’re going to create a blue, marble orb. Part II will deal with making it all glass looking.
This could be used as an element [...]