Multi-Screen Blender
I don’t know if I just missed it, or if it was recently added to the Blender software package, but it seems that I can open multiple Blender windows, each with a different display layout.
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A Script for Common Phone Signals
Here’s a quick script for those who want to have clean, clear phone signal sounds (such as dialtone, busy signal, or DTMF frequencies) for projects needing them.
Creating Rolling Credits, Part 5: Musical Backdrop and Animation
In this article, we will introduce the musical element, as well as look into Blender’s Jack integration and the use of the scene with Blender’s Video Sequence Editor to make your final credits roll. In here will be tips on automating the gain of a track using Ardour while using …
A Tip to Podcasters: Silence is Golden
I’ve listened to several podcasts, including a couple where the hosts attempt to remove silences using tools such as Audacity’s “Detect Silence.” This can remove long periods of silence between words and sentences where hosts are attempting to think of ideas or if something happens. However, if you make the …
Creating Rolling Credits, Part 4: Fades to Black
So far, our scrolling credit rolls have ended pretty abruptly. In this part of the credits tutorial series, we will cover the process of fading the credits to black using Blender scene animation.
Book Animation in Blender
A series of video tutorials on the Blender Cookie website show how to create a book with realistic page-turning effects. This is a useful technique for several purposes.
Creating Rolling Credits, Part 3: Using a Video Backdrop
On the first article, we discussed creating the credits document using Inkscape. On the second article, we discussed using that document with Blender to create a rolling credits clip. In this article, we will be covering the use of Blender to combine the scrolling text and a video backdrop.
Creating Rolling Credits, Part 2: “Filming” Credits Page with Blender
This is part two of the “Creating Rolling Credits” series of articles. In this article, we will take the credits page we created in Inkscape, and film it in Blender to result in the scrolling effect.
A Couple Useful Changes to the Blender Default Interface
Blender interface is extremely flexible, but in my opinion, it can be improved. In this tip, I will cover some basics to Blender Interface manipulation, and give some suggestions what can be done to improve things, including the creation of a “camera viewfinder” window that we’ll be using in upcoming …
Creating Rolling Credits, Part 1: Credits Page Creation in Inkscape
In a lot of movies and television shows, you’ll see a “rolling credits” clip at the end of the production. This is a stylistic choice that seems to be a standard for a lot of productions, and not an unreasonable one: when the credits are scrolling, the viewer has more …