[Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 52, Issue 3

[Ira Krakow]

Just for starters, I created three YouTube videos on the Blender 2.5 user
interface.

Blender 2.5 Sneak Preview <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj06t-R0Wcs>

Blender 2.5 User Preferences <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN0tWrsW0So>

Blender 2.5 Tools Menu <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-vCp3ZC19Q>

Hope these help.


On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Edwin Pilobello <e_pilobello at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I just downloaded 2.5 Alpha and had my first look.  I have not paid any
> attention to any previous builds.  So this is my first time.
>
> There seems to be a lot to figure out.  Oh well!  I have till spring 2010!!
>
> Aside from the manual as currently constituted, where else can I browse to
> learn as much about the user interface?
>
> I intend to use the Christmas break to get as far as I can into 2.5
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>   1. Re: 2.5 for Spring 2010? (William Meador)
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> Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:51:35 -0600
> From: William Meador <wsmeador at me.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-education] 2.5 for Spring 2010?
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> I am sure this would make some believe I am crazy, but I just finished
> an intro to animation course where I started the semester with 2.5. I
> made the decision literally the first day of classes in late August. I
> tested the exercises we would do in the first few weeks and was able
> to complete them in 2.5 so I went with it.
>
> I build Blender 2.5 every other day on average and post it to our
> Intranet so students have access to it in our lab. We usually took the
> first 5 or so minutes each week to cover changes in the software from
> the previous week.
>
> I am teaching the course again beginning in January and am happy to
> run it with 2.5. If it was an advanced course then I would not have
> used it this fall, but I am happy with its capabilities now and would
> choose it for the spring.
>
> The only real problems I ran into was that I had two freelance
> projects that were steeped in 2.49 capabilities throughout the
> semester so all of my work off-campus was in 2.49 and my work with my
> students was in 2.5. I am looking forward to all new projects since I
> will use 2.5 from now on unless I need a legacy script or something
> that has not been implemented.
>
> 2.5 has great working animation tools now. I am sure it really boils
> down to what level of course you are teaching and whether the tools
> are all there to be successful.
>
> BTW, since the Durian project is showcasing 2.5 capabilities it has
> already been an exciting aspect of my class to show the new tools and
> projects and have the students download blends and try them out for
> themselves.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Meador
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