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<DIV>There seems to be a lot to figure out. Oh well! I have till spring 2010!!</DIV>
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<DIV>Aside from the manual as currently constituted, where else can I browse to learn as much about the user interface?</DIV>
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<DIV>I intend to use the Christmas break to get as far as I can into 2.5</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "bf-education-request@blender.org" <bf-education-request@blender.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> bf-education@blender.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sat, December 5, 2009 3:00:01 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Bf-education Digest, Vol 52, Issue 3<BR></FONT><BR>Send Bf-education mailing list submissions to<BR> <A href="mailto:bf-education@blender.org" ymailto="mailto:bf-education@blender.org">bf-education@blender.org</A><BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education<BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR> <A href="mailto:bf-education-request@blender.org" ymailto="mailto:bf-education-request@blender.org">bf-education-request@blender.org</A><BR><BR>You can
reach the person managing the list at<BR> <A href="mailto:bf-education-owner@blender.org" ymailto="mailto:bf-education-owner@blender.org">bf-education-owner@blender.org</A><BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of Bf-education digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR> 1. Re: 2.5 for Spring 2010? (William Meador)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:51:35 -0600<BR>From: William Meador <<A href="mailto:wsmeador@me.com" ymailto="mailto:wsmeador@me.com">wsmeador@me.com</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [Bf-education] 2.5 for Spring 2010?<BR>To: <A href="mailto:bf-education@blender.org" ymailto="mailto:bf-education@blender.org">bf-education@blender.org</A><BR>Message-ID: <<A href="mailto:E8966933-6082-44E3-B856-9DF951B697A6@me.com"
ymailto="mailto:E8966933-6082-44E3-B856-9DF951B697A6@me.com">E8966933-6082-44E3-B856-9DF951B697A6@me.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes<BR><BR>I am sure this would make some believe I am crazy, but I just finished <BR>an intro to animation course where I started the semester with 2.5. I <BR>made the decision literally the first day of classes in late August. I <BR>tested the exercises we would do in the first few weeks and was able <BR>to complete them in 2.5 so I went with it.<BR><BR>I build Blender 2.5 every other day on average and post it to our <BR>Intranet so students have access to it in our lab. We usually took the <BR>first 5 or so minutes each week to cover changes in the software from <BR>the previous week.<BR><BR>I am teaching the course again beginning in January and am happy to <BR>run it with 2.5. If it was an advanced course then I would not
have <BR>used it this fall, but I am happy with its capabilities now and would <BR>choose it for the spring.<BR><BR>The only real problems I ran into was that I had two freelance <BR>projects that were steeped in 2.49 capabilities throughout the <BR>semester so all of my work off-campus was in 2.49 and my work with my <BR>students was in 2.5. I am looking forward to all new projects since I <BR>will use 2.5 from now on unless I need a legacy script or something <BR>that has not been implemented.<BR><BR>2.5 has great working animation tools now. I am sure it really boils <BR>down to what level of course you are teaching and whether the tools <BR>are all there to be successful.<BR><BR>BTW, since the Durian project is showcasing 2.5 capabilities it has <BR>already been an exciting aspect of my class to show the new tools and <BR>projects and have the students download blends and try them out
for <BR>themselves.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Scott Meador<BR></DIV></DIV><!-- cg18.c1.mail.mud.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Sat Dec 5 14:44:06 PST 2009 --></div></body></html>