Previously available for 40$, Bsurfaces is now available freely under the GPL license.  This wonderful modeling/retopology tool should be added to your tool chest as soon as possible.  For more details on what BSurfaces offers, check here.     The following guide shows how to install BSurfaces, or for that matter, any Blender plugin. […]

    One of the most bizarre things missing from the PlayStation simulator was support for analog sticks, or gamepad support in general.  I had just assumed that you would be able to plug a gamepad into your PC to control the simulator, but I was wrong.  A keyboard only solution made owning an actual […]

    One of the biggest points of confusion for people new to Blender seems to be navigating the UI.  The UI layout of Blender is amazingly powerful but it is extremely easy to find yourself lost in a sea of windows and panels you’ve opened with no idea how to close them.  This video […]

  I am going to continue to develop a number of PlayStation Suite SDK tutorials and finding them could start getting confusing.  Therefore I have put together an index page off all tutorials I have created and will continue to update it as I create more.  Tutorials are ordered in more or less chronological order […]

    The LUA based Corona SDK is one of those things I have really been intending to check out for a very long time now.  One of the biggest reasons I haven’t looked closer ( other than time ) was the complete lack of published materials.  Today however, I logged in to Safari and […]

    This is the release of Blender I have been waiting a long time for, as this is the release where BMesh has finally been integrated into Blender!  For those of you unaware of what exactly BMesh brings to the table, take a quick look at this post.  Having worked in Wings for so […]

  I am noticing from search traffic that this is an extremely common question, people seem to want to know if you can use C++ with the PS Studio SDK.     Simple answer and you aren’t going to like it.     No, no you can’t.       I wouldn’t hold your breath […]

    As you may have noticed, I am somewhat excited about the addition of BMesh into the main Blender trunk in the upcoming release.  What you may be wondering is why? In the past I explained what an ngon is, but without seeing them in action their benefit can be a bit hard to […]

    Photoshop has always been the big boy in the 2D imaging world and I have always found it a bit too expensive at the @ 800$ a license.  What would you say though if you could instead buy Photoshop CS on a subscription basis for 50$ a month?   How about if I […]

      Over on the PlayN Google group PlayN 1.2 has been announced.  I have checked and it is up on Maven, although you need to click “Include snapshot archetypes” to find it.  To get started you can follow this install guide using these settings:         As to what’s actually new? […]