Nerd Talk
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How To Build Blender With Mantafow
UPDATE: Mantaflow was pushed to Blender’s master branch on December 16, 2019. Now you don’t have to do all this stuff. It’s already in Blender by default! Hooray! How To Build Blender With Mantaflow Here’s what I know about how to build Blender with Mantaflow. Some software engineers may laugh, but I’ve legit been trying…
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Hunted
This is a VFX shot and edit sequence created for a short video in late March 2019. We couldn’t find the ideal location (an open field surrounding a lone tree) for this shot, and I needed too many specifics to match any stock footage. Short on time, I turned to Blender for the solution. All…
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What Is The Golem Network?
What Is The Golem Network? Simple explanation: Golem is a bunch of connected computers that team up to become a giant rendering Megazord! This is a really cool project. Recently I have found myself lacking computational power in a professional environment. The client loves this Blender animation, but I’ve got 1/13th of the power I…
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Using 3DConnexion Spacemouse with Linux
Uh… 3DConnexion Spacemouse Wireless? If you’re like me and spend any amount of time in the 3D world, whether it’s for game design, game development, motion graphics, 3D animation, or CAD, you’ve probably felt a bit limited and slow when it comes to navigating the 3D viewport. In some programs, you even have to grab…
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Flowblade Review: Most Capable NLE on Linux?
Flowblade 2.0 Released Janne Liljeblad and other contributors released Flowblade 2.0 recently and I thought I’d try it out. I edited a quick 1 minute video from about 10 drone clips shot in 4k. The first impressive feature was how easily I was able to render proxies. It was just as easy to replace them…
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What is HTML?
What is HTML? Hypertext Markup Language is the standard way to format text for use on web pages. So if you ever find yourself needing to edit a webpage or create one from scratch, this is the most basic way to display anything on a page. Basic Structure HTML is broke up into several different…
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How to Use ffmpeg (The Basics)
The Problem It all started when Premiere Pro started glitching out. When I was trying to import a simple image sequence, like I’d done a thousand times before, it only imported the first 25% of the frames. Everything else was missing. There was no inconsistency in the file naming convention. Everything was sequential. There were…
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Swap Memory: It’s Like Downloading More RAM
How Do I Download More RAM? It’s kinda like changing the blinker fluid in your car. You can’t. You shouldn’t. I mean… stuff like that doesn’t exist. But, if you’re finding yourself in a situation where you are running shy on your current installed amount of RAM, is there anything you can do without hitting…
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Using DaVinci Resolve 15 on Ubuntu
Default Experience If you’re like me, you’ve been on a quest to find the best video editing software that you can run on your Ubuntu Linux PC build. If you’ve been in the video world for any amount of time, you’ll probably know that Resolve 15 is arguably one of the most robust tools in…