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 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 …
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.
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 …
Command for Recording Your Desktop
I don’t want to play with fancy UIs or manipulate a capture while demonstrating something; that’s what post-processing is for. However, I do want something that will remove all the work of getting a desktop recorded. I have a dual-monitor setup; both monitors are set to 1080p, and the left …
Creating Clip Planes in Blender
One of the most powerful tools in Blender for video editing is the ability to create a video texture for an object. This has the effect of turning the object into a video clip display object. You can then move it around at will, rotate it, bend it, scale it …
Jack-Based Multichannel Recording
One of the things I had been working on for some time was a way to create effective surround sound production using Jack tools. After all, while it’s not as useful for music or podcasts, if you are producing a movie or an audio drama, surround sound helps bring the …
Microphone Recommendations and Explanation
After doing a bit of research on voice and podcast production, I’ve found good reason to update my previous recommendation of a studio condenser microphone in certain cases. If you have a well-treated studio or isolation booth that is well sealed against outside noise, then the original recommendation stands; a …
Audio Interface Brands to Consider
This is going to be mostly lists today; I was curious as to which companies were more compatible with Linux audio than others; the “safe” ones to purchase, as it were. I got lucky that M-Audio has pretty good Linux support, and that the audio interface I use works with …
LADSPA Noise Removal
This was actually inspired by episode 222 of the Podcast Answer Man, when he mentioned an issue with the use of an incorrectly-set compressor-gate. I was pretty impressed when he demonstrated what his environment sounded like when bypassing the compressor gate. This got me to thinking; all this talk about …