Great! I am waiting for this

grease pencil ftw!

cool update. will check it out when uni's over in a couple of weeks.

julz

Which sites do you visit? They didn't mention that on the official Apricot blog!

DVD goldmaster is ready! It still needs several weeks until it reaches the purchasers!

I'm observing the project since February with excitement, although I realistically should continue developing with 3DGS, because I'm familiar and faster with it.

Hi

When I tried running the 2.48 version (zip download, put in folder, not installed) it asked for VS C++ redistrib files. I tried installing them but I don't have admim rights on the college PCs. With the previous version, 2.47 I had no problem.
Is there a solution for me whereby I can install the C++ files somewhere else and point to them. I assume it is trying to write to protected directories on the college PCs.

Any ideas please

Thanks

Yeah BLender is incredibly great free 3D complete 3D tool.
I've tried Retopolgy ; works great , I'll try the new scuplting functions.

The game engine has evolved a lot, but i don't think it is as fast as pure 3D engines, but can be good to prototype and
see hwo looks your 3D caracters and scene in action.

Didn't install it myself yet, so didn't know any help.
Now, I found this:
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=138076&page=5

Hiya.

Huh. Cool. Love the feature set of Blender. Lots of awesome capabilities for this thing. ... Its a shame it's virtually impossible to learn and use if you already know how to do 3d. Blender shows that it's been written by 50 different people, none of which speak the same language. Too bad. Maybe when 2.5 comes out with its supposed "GUI re-work" it will become a force to be reckoned with...but as of now, it's one of those "WOW! It's got all the features that $6000 packages have...and it's FREE! Too bad it makes *no sense at all* to 99.9% of people out there."

Ex: Crtl-S isn't save in Blander...Ctrl-W is. Why? I'm sure in some language "W" is the letter for whatever word means "Save". Just my guess...

So, Blender is still one of those "COOL! ... but..." programs. Like having a free Lamborghini in your driveway...but to open the door you have to go the the back of the car and pull on the license plate. To start it you have to engage the parking break, turn on the stereo...to AM...insert the key...and turn the key at the same time you release the parking break. Of course, the manual only mentions putting in the key and releasing the parking break. To find out about the stereo you have to look under the topic "Recommended tires".

Haha, Paul_L_Ming, this was a great post. Thanks for putting a smile onto my face in the morning.

haha, that was great, a little over dramatic (the whole post) but still hilarious.