[Bf-funboard] Demo files!
Landis Fields
bf-funboard@blender.org
Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:28:04 -0000
Matt,
I cannot belive that I am reading this....lol. I just emailed Ton the other
day about this. We are going to discuss it a little more when he returns from
siggraph. Here's what I got:
It all started out with my 3D World tut. As you all know the mag comes with a
cover cd. Well, while writing the tut, my aim has been to provide new users
to Blender with quality information...quality...the best we have in the
community. I am jam packing the beast with tips and ofcourse throwing in a
plug for both the elysiun and Blender3d sites. I then thought that it would
be bad ass to create what I initially wanted to call "the Blender starter
kit". What I had in mind for this was a collection of stable utilities and
other resources (scripts, plugins, materials, etc.) that are almost essential
for both new and experienced users. For example: CSNmedias "hotkeyboard" app,
YABLE, the new version of my reference map which was initally used in my
apple tutorial (it will also be featured in my new tut and will be offered on
the cover cd of the mag regardless of what happens with this idea), etc. This
kit could ultimately be promoted as the "Blender expansion pack" and could be
tracked by a version number. This would do 3 things. FIRST: by being
external, it would keep the file size under control of the initial download
of Blender. SECOND: it would get newer users more involved in the community
by having to access what ever portion of the Blender3D site that would host
it (maybe downloads or resources). THIRD: it would organize all of the
helpful information out there that seems to just be floating in cyber space
for people to trip over. The second one would obviosuly be more significant
if everyone we all got this ready before I send in my tut. If any of you like
this idea, let me know and I will create a thread asking for suggestions.
Also.... as horrible as this may sound, I think that the extras should not
only be quality but also have a professional look to them. Maybe the
volunteers that contribute thier materials would do so under the stipulation
that a team dedicated to this project could alter anything visually, strictly
for consistency purposes only. All of the materials would then be ran by the
contributer , Ton, and the community one last time. Let me know.
Cheers,
Landis