Nerd Talk
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[VIDEO] Install Blender on Mac OSX
Install Blender on Mac OSX In this video, we take a look at how to install Blender on Mac OSX. It is a fairly straightforward process. Blender installs just like any other piece of software for Mac OSX. Simply download the .dmg from the official releases page. Once the package finishes downloading, you can double…
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How to Remove a PPA via the Command Line
How to Remove a PPA via the Command Line If you’ve used Linux for any amount of time, you’ve probably come across a PPA. A PPA is short for Personal Page Archive. If you’re looking for a specific piece of software not available in the official software store for your distro, you might look into…
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[VIDEO] Install Blender on Windows 10
How to install Blender on Windows 10 In this video, we learn the steps to install blender on Windows 10. There are several ways (some more advanced than others) to do this, but in this video, we’re just sticking with the basics. Update: Blender has been released since the recording of this video. Also, Mantaflow…
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[VIDEO] Making a Short Film in 48 Hours
Making a Short Film in 48 Hours This vlog documents my experience while shooting a short film over a weekend. It was a pretty wild roller coaster ride. Even if you have all the experience in the world, shooting a short film in 48 hours requires tenacity, grit, and the ability to continue pushing with…
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[VIDEO] 1 Year Later: Aventon Mataro Review
This is technically my second Aventon Mataro review. I made a ‘first impressions’ video about a year ago describing my experience clipping into a fixed gear bike for the first time. Overall, this bike has been great to ride for commuting and short errands. I rode the bike with stock everything for nearly a complete…
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[VIDEO] How To Make An Outdoor Fogger
So in summary… Danny says there was a guy who posted a video on YouTube a while back featuring this same method for creating an outdoor fogger. (food-grade mineral oil inside a propane-powered outdoor fogger), but for whatever reason, it was taken down. So this video is an attempt to keep the idea alive, and…
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How to Install DaVinci Resolve 16.1 on Manjaro
Method 0: The simplest and quickest way to get up and running with DaVinci Resolve on Manjaro is to simply open the default package manager that comes with Manjaro and searching for davinci-resolve. This will give you a few results, because Resolve comes in free and paid versions. If you want to install and use…
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A Note About Running DaVinci Resolve on Ubuntu 18.04
A follow-up to my previous post Earlier this week I decided to run DaVinci Resolve on Ubuntu 18.04. This was a terrible idea. I spent the last 3 days banging my head against a wall and scouring countless forums, blogs, articles, and all for nothing. Here’s my situation. I have an AMD Threadripper with a…
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Desire: Making of
Behind The Scenes of Desire Welcome to a behind the scenes look at Desire, a short video project created to tell a story using only macro shots. Preproduction A month or so ago, I was tasked with a brand new challenge: Make a video about sex… for a church… that’s not a joke, or takes…
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Projects Disappear After Updating Resolve
Projects Disappear After Updating Resolve So this happened to me this week. I started a project in Resolve 15, got to a good stopping point, was waiting on client reviews before I could move forward, and figured I’d update to Resolve 16 while I wait on feedback. My bad. As soon as I opened up…