The Renderfarm

Shokhet

03:20

....I'm considering starting to use Blender for a project, but I need to figure out how to use it first. ....I use my computer offline, mostly, and was wondering if there was a way to get this manual (or an equivalent) as a downloadable file (PDF, .doc, etc). Does anyone know where I can do that?

Qwertie

@Shokhet Try this

There are instructions for downloading it on different OSs

Shokhet

I downloaded and installed it already...I'm looking for a manual, so I'll know what to do with it now.

Qwertie

This is to install the manual :P

Shokhet

Oh! :]

Qwertie

looks like you need to download it with svn

gandalf3

03:27

AFAIK the manual comes with blender now

Shokhet

@gandalf3 When I opened it for the first time, the "manual" link on the splash screen goes here

downloading Python, SVN

Python installed; working on SVN

Qwertie

Anyone know what would cause this?

It happens sometimes when I render

NoviceInDisguise

That's a different, I don't think I've ever seen it before

Shokhet

SVN installed; downloading manual

David

04:00

@gandalf3 remember KeyCastOW? Well I found a limitation with it. While writing this answer, I came across the problem. It displays any key presses for the NumPad while holding Shift as the alternative function. Example in the gif linked.

Shokhet

It works!! Thank you very much, @Qwertie, @gandalf3 :D

cegaton

04:27

@gandalf3 The tracking speed is directly related with both the pattern and search size. Tracking in perspective mode also takes much longer than just location, but it yields much more accurate results IMHO.

gandalf3

04:58

@cegaton The pattern and search sizes were quite small (I think, I haven't done a lot of tracking), and all the markers were location only

It went way faster on prefetched frames

Which I thought was a little odd, because the time it was taking to prefetch was less than the slowdown when tracking unfetched frames

cegaton

@gandalf3 what compression codec is the video in?

cegaton

05:50

gandalf3

06:54

@cegaton Quicktime

@cegaton D:

Congrats on the largest bounty ever in B.SE history :)

Qwertie

07:12

I spent 3 hours trying to set up arch before working out it wasn't installed Dx

gandalf3

o.o

Does anyone know how to use rigify?

Qwertie

I should really read the wiki...

gandalf3

I created a simple model, used automatic weights to parent it to a the metarig, then clicked generate. But the generated rig doesn't affect the model

The archwiki is great :)

someonewithpc

11:08

@iKlsR Bump abuse?

blender.stackexchange.com/posts/24415/revisions

gandalf3

11:40

:DDD blendernation.com/2015/02/08/luxrender-1-4-released

2

Luxrender adds fast biased sampler

NoviceInDisguise

12:09

Nice!

someonewithpc

13:09

What was the procedure to record .gif s, again?

someonewithpc

13:48

@NoviceInDisguise @GiantCowFilms ^^

NoviceInDisguise

Use a screen capture software and then convert it to a gif, can be done online.

I G2G soon

someonewithpc

@NoviceInDisguise Which do you use?

cegaton

14:04

@someonewithpc try gifcam

GiantCowFilms

@cgeaton WOW :O that is one mega bounty!

@someonewithpc I use licecap

very quick, but low quality gifs

GiantCowFilms

14:35

@cegaton That looks really cool :D

cegaton

14:58

@GiantCowFilms I love to see non photorealistic uses for 3D.

GiantCowFilms

@cegaton blendernpr.org

seen that site?

cegaton

I know that site inside and out

GiantCowFilms

16:00

Update on my new tab page! Blender.se question feed!

gfycat.com/SimpleAthleticGermanspaniel#?format=gif

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms That looks pretty cool

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc Yes... I'm still tweaking the omni bar, and I want to add a blender nation feed on the right.

@someonewithpc Its quite easy to install

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms How would one do so?

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc here, I'll get another gif

@someonewithpc Ah never mind, I don't want you seeing all the garbage on my HD...

here

You go to chrome://extensions

and check developer mode

then you click load unpacked extension

and navigate to the folder with said extension

Which I can provide for you

and then loaded it and your done!

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms Do please

GiantCowFilms

16:08

I'll update it when I make changes

...lemme just find it

@someonewithpc Wait, mind blank, how do you zip something again?

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms Right click>send to zipped folder

GiantCowFilms

filedropper.com/customtabpage

There we go

You need to unzip it before use

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms How dafuq does it take up 3.8mb?

GiantCowFilms

Pitty there is no way to tell if it is answered or not :/

@someonewithpc Is that small or big?

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms I was expecting smaller...

GiantCowFilms

16:13

There is a 4k png in there

its part of the background

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms That explains that

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc I used it as brightness, then did the colors in Photoshop.... turned out much better than I expected

@someonewithpc You can add your own sites by editing the sites.json file, pretty simple.

@someonewithpc did you see what i did to my taskbar

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms It's... organized..?

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc here let me show you

@someonewithpc I re-iconed nearly everything....

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms That's a loot of stuff...

GiantCowFilms

16:19

So now when I don't have that other stuff open, my task bar matches

someonewithpc

You do realize the Start menu exists, right?

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc No....

@someonewithpc Its windows 8.1, and this isn't a tablet, so for all intents and purposes, it doesn't

Also that requires more clicks

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms It works fine for me...

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc I can't stand it

@someonewithpc Can you figure out what the icons are?

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms I see Blender, photoshop, after effects, word...

GiantCowFilms

16:22

@someonewithpc Chrome, Firefox?

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms I guess...

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc did you manage to get the newtab installed

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms Yeah

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc do you like it...?

Have you customized your sites?

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms Yeah, it looks awesome

@GiantCowFilms Not yet

GiantCowFilms

16:24

@someonewithpc I doubt you wan't gd.se chat, but do keep the planet game :D

iKlsR

17:48

@GiantCowFilms Did you use the long shadow post?

GiantCowFilms

@iKlsR yup :D... really great answer

iKlsR

Looks nice, I did something similar years ago, the letters seem to crowd the shape tho, a bit of padding wouldn't hurt.

Thanks. ;)

GiantCowFilms

@iKlsR Yes, the font is terible

iKlsR

For eg, The 'Pt' and 'Pl' look great as opposed to the 'Cz'

Ubuntu mono?

GiantCowFilms

@iKlsR ?

No windows 8

iKlsR

17:50

Try Source Code Pro or Hermit.

@GiantCowFilms the font

GiantCowFilms

@iKlsR Oh, default in blender font used, I do have a large library of suitable fonts, but no will to look though it

David

@GiantCowFilms what program are you using to display the key presses?

GiantCowFilms

@David Its terrible, but lemme find the link again

I don't even know what happened to it :P No installer D:

@David Its called keyPose

NoviceInDisguise

18:11

@GiantCowFilms Whoa! Sure is!

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise I forbid you from winning it, you'll come too close in rep for my likings

NoviceInDisguise

:D

Challenge Accepted

GiantCowFilms

@cegaton That must have been quite an unpopular post there! :P

NoviceInDisguise

No, that is from the bounty I bet

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise No no no no no.... You weren't ment to try and win it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not trying :/

@NoviceInDisguise I know, its a joke

@NoviceInDisguise

Have you seen the improvements

NoviceInDisguise

18:14

Cool!

That would be a lot of DV's though . . .

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise 225

NoviceInDisguise

237.5

joking

225 is a lot

GiantCowFilms

I wonder if there are enough users with that much rep even (125 is needed to DV)

someonewithpc

@NoviceInDisguise It's also impossible

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc why?

NoviceInDisguise

18:16

Hmm . . .

someonewithpc

It would get deleted at some point

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc Nah!

someonewithpc

Way before 225 DVs

GiantCowFilms

don't over think it

NoviceInDisguise

Do you know at what point? Is it done automatically?

GiantCowFilms

18:17

@NoviceInDisguise I think 10

(-20 rep, yikes!)

NoviceInDisguise

Ah, so that would take 23 different posts then

someonewithpc

@NoviceInDisguise Automagically

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Still be impossilbe

NoviceInDisguise

?

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc LOL... wait HEY... Thats my word!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NoviceInDisguise

18:18

@someonewithpc Right ;-)

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms Would probably get banned

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc Yes, A post ban would kick in

NoviceInDisguise

Ah

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms I have used it before! I can prove that :P

GiantCowFilms

I had one on SO for about 3 posts that were closed and DV'd

@someonewithpc !

NoviceInDisguise

18:20

I used it too

What of it?

GiantCowFilms

Nothing!

Why are you trying to add a "space"

David

@GiantCowFilms nice looking start page

GiantCowFilms

@David Thanks

NoviceInDisguise

@GiantCowFilms To see if I can have a "blank" chat

NoviceInDisguise ♦

Alt codes are fun!

David

later guys

NoviceInDisguise

18:25

cya

someonewithpc

@NoviceInDisguise Unicode?

NoviceInDisguise

Alt+4 = ♦ (NumLock needs to be on)

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise @someonewithpc I wrote some answer today, finally! :D

NoviceInDisguise

Good!

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms I wrote one yesterday

NoviceInDisguise

18:35

@GiantCowFilms The Shape Keys one?

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise That is one of them

someonewithpc

It, too, had been a long time

GiantCowFilms

2

A: How to animate a mesh that changes through editing?

You can use shape keys: Go into the mesh properties Add a new shape key add another shape key Edit your mesh Animate the influence of the new shape key by hovering over the property and hitting I

1

A: align objects on a surface

You use vertex snapping. Hold down Ctrl when moving your objects to activate it.

3

A: modeling a building from one cube

Enter edit mode Hit Ctrl-R to make a loop cut across the mesh. Repeat in other direction Select face and extrude it upwards

@NoviceInDisguise There they are!

all accepted too :D

NoviceInDisguise

Nice!

Good rep boost! Until I get the bounty :D

someonewithpc

@NoviceInDisguise I blame you - I got GifCam, but I can see "ghosts" from the mouse and moving things on screen.

NoviceInDisguise

18:37

I didn't recommend any of them. I use LiceCAP

someonewithpc

@NoviceInDisguise Oh... It was @cegaton...

I blame him, then

NoviceInDisguise

He made up for it by the generous bounty he is offering. G2G

X-27

18:50

that is hilarious @NoviceInDisguise

This will take tons of computing power, absolutely insane. This is a very difficult effect to achieve well, and the number of particles necessary for a good result will kill your machine unless you own an animation studio, in which case you shouldn't be asking us for advice . . . It is theoretically possible with Blender however

nice one,

NoviceInDisguise

19:01

I was in a hurry . . .

Walle Cyril

19:43

here is a simple scene

wikisend.com/download/955246/pilars.blend

someonewithpc

@WalleCyril What about it?

Walle Cyril

does anyone how to export that scene to webgl ?

NoviceInDisguise

Nope, sorry :-/

NoviceInDisguise

22:06

Been doing some organic sculpting as a break from my new project, and I ended up- scaring myself :-P

A cross between a reindeer,a wolf, a goat, and a snake (I think)

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