[Bf-education] Blender 2.5 intro/migration guide/magazine/pdf

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

A quite good reference:
http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/getting-started/

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands

On 24 Feb, 2011, at 13:07, Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for someone or a small team interested in producing a
> short 2.5 guide for the Blender Foundation. This could even be the
> first episode of a more regular "Blender proceedings" to appear online
> and in print.
>
> In short, the guide could cover the following:
>
> - Basic introduction to how Blender 2.5 works
>   (aimed at people who know other 3d programs a bit at least)
> - Highlighting the main changes since 2.4
>   (aimed at people who used Blender before)
> - Maybe some tips & trix, to experience the best of 2.5
>
> The formatting could be:
>
> - Written and styled as a magazine, lots of graphics & images (like 3D
> World?)
> - Short articles, an attractive and activating browsing experience
> - Content can be copied partially from wiki or our blogs as well.
> - Full color design, room for artwork (renders, sintel stuff, etc)
> - 60-80 pages?
>
> The guide would become freely available (Blender wiki license
> compatible), as ebook or pdf too. If budget and interest allows, I'd
> also like to print copies for the blender.org store, and to spread (or
> sell for a couple of dollars) on conferences or events.
>
> What I'm looking for:
> - editor and/or writer(s), proficient in English & with writing
> experience
> - graphics designer, who can also make it print ready and knows ebook
> formats
>
> Budget: quite minimal for now, it's a Blender promotion product :)
> But if we can print and sell in our shop (low price, 14 euro?) I can
> allocate a budget of 4000 euro for the total project (excl printing).
>
> Deadline: ready for delivery and distribution end of june latest. I'd
> like to find a way to spread this on Siggraph, for example.
>
> Open discussion can be done on this mailing list, but send offers/
> proposals or references of your work to me in private! Best
> candidate(s) get the job!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ton-
>
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