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This tutorial series covers all aspects of using the Blender 3D computer graphics package. Coverage is split into easily digested one hour chunks, covering as much on that topic as possible within the hour time limit. Or close to an hour… I miss a couple times. Also over time GameFromScratch has published several short […]
Blender an Hour at a Time–A Blender Video Tutorial Series Read More
Although it has a misleading name, Godot Game Tools is a very cool Blender addon that makes working with Mixamo animations in Blender 2.8x extremely easy. This includes the ability to easily import and merge multiple animations from Mixamo, an otherwise frustrating task. Features of Godot Game Tools include:- Batch Animations Bake In A Single […]
Godot Game Tools–Mixamo To Blender Made Easy Read More
With the release of Blender 2.8, there is a ton of interest in using Blender 2.8 with Godot. The process of importing/exporting has always been one of the biggest challenges for game developers and the newest version of Blender 2.8 is no exception. We already created a step by step tutorial on creating, texturing and […]
Exporting From Blender 2.8 To Godot Read More
After 4 years in development the biggest version of Blender ever has just been released, Blender 2.80! Blender is a comprehensive open source and free 3D graphics application with 2D, 3D, sculpting, texturing, rendering and compositing support. The 2.80 release brings massive new features to Blender including a complete UX redesign, a new real-time PBR […]
Blender 2.80 Released Read More
MakeHuman, an open source character creation software that started life as a Blender plugin, recently released 1.2.0 Alpha 2. With Manuel Bastioni Labs recently shutting down, MakeHuman has become the primary open source character creation software. Fortunately it is quite good and is getting better with more extensive community support. While no longer a Blender […]
MakeHuman 1.2.0 Alpha 2 Released Read More
Last month we reported that Blender Game Engine (BGE) was being removed entirely from the source code of Blender for the upcoming major 2.8 release. Judging by the comments section this was certainly a polarizing decision, with replies basically falling into two camps. On one side there was a lot of “good riddance to bad […]
Blender Game Engine In Blender 2.8–Life After Death Read More
Creating human models has always been one of the more challenging tasks artists can face. There are a number of tools out there such as Poser, Daz or MakeHuman that can create human models for you. Often the results aren’t exactly ideal for use in real time games however. The Blender Add-On we are looking […]
Creating Awesome Human Models In Blender Read More
Are you perhaps… artistically challenged? This tutorial will give you passable 8-bit or 16-bit style pixel art results with a minimum of artistic ability. Of course it assumes you know a bit about Blender, but dont worry if you don’t. We have a pair of ground up tutorial series that will teach you everything […]
Easy Sprite Art In Blender Tutorial Read More
Mixamo is a great animation resource, that enables you to quickly (and currently freely) add animations to your 3D models. However, if you want to incorporate the results into your Blender workflow, it can be a bit non-intuitive. The Mixamo documentation recommend using Collada, which simply does not work well. There instructions also skip […]
Using Mixamo Animations In Blender Read More
Sometimes when you are working with Blender you want to render a beauty shot, but want to also show the wireframe of the model you are working on. This video shows that process. (As an added bonus, it also shows how to enable wireframe display while in Object mode in case you were wondering […]
Wireframe Rendering in Blender Read More
