This script hasn’t gone the way I planned it, but I think I have a good result. The Part 3 script has come in at around 8,500 words, a real monster. I’m guessing it will turn out around 80 minutes of finished tutorial, but I hope I can keep it under that number. Whether or not I am able, I think the result will be good…
Here is a basic outline of the contents:
- Advanced Subsurf Concepts
- Subsurf Edge Creasing
- Advanced Smoothing Techniques
- Merging Vertices
- Edge Split Modifier
- Extrusions
- A Simple Model
I’ll begin recording tomorrow, hopefully to finish by the end of the day. I might make some script changes during this time, especially if I think I’m spending too much time belaboring a concept–I can usually tell a little better once I begin recording.
It will take me most of the rest of the week to finish and post. The good news is: as it stands right now, the Part 4 script is already about 80% finished, and I hope to have that tutorial posted by the end of the month.
Peace Out
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Great! Can hardly wait! Hmmm…Teaching extrusions….I think that is where Apollos finally gets to teach me how to draw a straight line.
This one is going to be good..
August 12th, 2007 at 5:10 am
These have been the best blender tutorials I’ve seen, congratulations! I cant´wait for you to come up with more advanced level ones!
Keep up the good (excellent is better, actually) work!
August 12th, 2007 at 6:48 am
Unbelievable, how much time you spend for making the greatest blender- Tutorials ever and without any profit for yourself! Thank you so much!
I just cant´t wait for Part 3!
August 12th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
I’ve just started out with Blender and have been downloading many many tutorials over the last couple of weeks. These tutorials have been the absolute best I’ve seen. They have been a massive help in me understanding how blender works and once all the tuts have been finished this will be an invaluable resource.
Thanks so much for using your knowledge in helping the blender community.
August 12th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Woohoo! Good news out there! We’re getting almost Part 3 and Part 4 in these coming days!
The contents of Part 3 look great and well planned. Even if it will be 80 minutes, I’ll be ready to download..
Thanks for the great and impressive effort you’re doing here..
Keep ‘em coming, Apollos!
August 12th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
I agree with everyone else. These have been the most informative and well thought out tutorials I have found for Blender.
Keep up the awesome work!
August 12th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
You guys rule, thanks!
King Mob and reck:
Welcome to Blender Underground!!!
penix1,
Don’t be surprised if I put out a tutorial on that someday.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Yes! More advanced topics, that’s what I like.
August 13th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Good that you keep us informed, cause there’s a lot of people in the net that do something and promise to continue but then their motivation drops and they never continue… Happens to many mods for games, for example…
Just curious, how do you shoot and record these? Do you speak to the mic while capturing the screen or first capture screen according to the script and then record voice afterwards?
August 14th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Hx,
I speak and screen capture at the same time. This causes its own problems, and I have to go back through and edit the captured video to remove mistakes and pauses. I’m finishing up this step right now for Part 3.
I hope to be doing tutorials for some time. I can’t make any guarantees; but if I have my way, Blender Underground will be around for a little while. If I can figure out how to make a living out of it, I will =D. Otherwise I will keep it up as long as I can find spare time.
August 14th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Apollos:
You can make a living out of this, put the tutorials in a neat DVD and we’ll buy it. Or you can leave a ‘Donation’ button for your page.
Just a suggestion..
August 14th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
RedBird,
Very kind of you to suggest. I’ll consider this. Blender Basics might be a great DVD value once I have enough segments to put it forth as an A-Z presentation on basics. I have a few more tutorials to go!
I will probably put up a donations link at some point, thanks for that. I want the tutorials to be as free as Blender itself is, but there’s nothing wrong with allowing those who find it valuable to offer a donation.
I may eventually offer additional advertising links on the site as well. I already have a bluehost.com link on the sidebar for those who want to sign up for a hosting account. This is for the company that hosts Blender Underground, so I am pleased to promote them.
Combining free with profitable is one of the big challenges of the 21st century! =D
August 14th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
There’s something I want to know. You’re obviously very well versed in Blender. How do you know it all? Do you learn it specifically for the tutorials? Are you just digging deeper than everyone else? Or have you just found really great resources?
I hope you just basically know everything because, when you get to the more advanced topics, I will be learning tonnes!
Your work is very much appreciated.
August 15th, 2007 at 4:22 am
Dave,
The simple answer is: I have watched a lot (not all) of the video tutorials out there, and I have spent loads of time just goofing around with Blender. When I run into something I don’t understand, I generally go to the Blender Wiki or some other source to try and get an answer.
Some things, definitely. When I did the segment on Pivot Modes, I had to do a lot of experimenting and some doc searching to obtain a coherent understanding–enough to pass along some reasonable info to the audience. One of the great benefits of doing these tutorials is that it forces me to learn the material better.
I don’t think so. I’m regularly impressed by the knowledge of some of the people in the Blender community (many of the video tutorials I list in the resources section demonstrate this); and there are many things in Blender that I only have a beginner’s understanding of. That will change of course; and my quest to provide good tutorials will drive me deeper into a more advanced understanding of subjects like rendering and character animation/rigging.
I think the resources available to Blender users is impressive, and I have to give all the credit to those who have gone before me to provide great tutorials — video and otherwise.
I only think I know everything…I think.
Seriously though, I think the time I spend making the tutorials look somewhat professional is partly responsible for the perception of knowledge on my part. You Dave, most likely know more about Blender than I do. The fact that I spend hours editing out all of the bloopers from the tutorials creates the illusion that I have it all together
However I’m waiting for future Apollos to travel back and tell me (past/present Apollos) all the secrets of Blender that only the future can reveal. Then I will be the wielder of deep Blender secrets. Future Apollos is the really smart one here. Past Apollos is kind of a dunce.
Thanks very much. The fact that you take the time to comment, and to be a friend of this blog is appreciated as well.
August 15th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
first… thanks for this excellent tutorials, hi I’m pollo (it pronounce like po-yo…its Spanish) i am an architect and i like blender so much, with your help soon i will be doing architectural renderings… i have a question
quote:
“Combining free with profitable is one of the big challenges of the 21st century! =D”
apollo do you know serious papers or essays about this subject? in my little exploration with ubuntu and blender i have little or none knowledge about this, i appreciate if you talk about this or give me some clues of info or simply your thoughts of this issue, i think this is interesting for all of us who enjoy being “out from underneath the watchful eye of The Man” and open source
thanks for the tutorials, keep out the excellent work
August 18th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
quote:
“Combining free with profitable is one of the big challenges of the 21st century! =D”
Have you seen the vidoe by Mark Pesce called “Piracy is Good?” (LINK) it’s a video describing how to gain revenue in an unorthodox way. It’s a bit different from what I suggest and that is to use either Brightcove or Revver both of which allow revenue from views. I think I’ve already e-mailed you about how they work.
If not I can do that.
August 18th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Hey Duke,
Yeah I remember getting that, sorry if I didn’t get back to you about it. I think I decided I would check into it when I had a prayer of generating 10,000 views!
With only a few views on Viddler, less than 150 on Metacafe, and only 250 on Youtube, I figure I’m better off using that content to push people to this site, and worry about those ad bucks when it grows a little.
BTW I haven’t seen the video, but I’ll have a look. Thanks for that!
August 18th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
pollo,
Welcome to Blender Underground. To be honest, I made that comment casually, and I really know nothing about internet marketing, or much about marketing in general.
However I can say this: that statement I made isn’t really accurate if you think about it. TV and radio content have been free for years. The way this has worked is through advertising. Companies sponsor ads, and that in turn pays for the content. The viewer/listener gets the content; in turn they watch the ads.
Of course with cable TV and satellite, the service isn’t free like broadcast TV is, and the same with satellite radio. The internet, however, is a remarkably free place. It’s also a great marketplace.
There is a website called http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com. Check it out if you want, I’ve only been casually following; but their goal is to teach you how to use the internet (web 2.0 specifically) to market a product or service. It costs nothing, it’s absolutely free, and it might generate some ideas in a direction that interests you. One of the main focal points of the challenge is generating traffic.
As for Blender Underground, we’ll probably end up doing a combination of things to support the site, from donations to DVD sales (suggested by another user.) We’ll probably do a little advertising as well; we already advertise for our web host, bluehost.com. The trick becomes generating high traffic, and interest in the product(s) being offered.
Hope this helps a little.
August 18th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
thank you for the quick answer, yeah your comment helps.
but now that you say, yes, is a little inaccurate, but in the other hand its romantic too, thinking about make a living developing new knowledge or tools, sharing it and make a little profit of it, maybe this is not for this forum… but its the only post i have found where someone mention it (or i think someone mention it :P)…any way i have to make a thesis for a master…and i think this is a good theme …. and blah blah =)
thanks again for the tutorials and the web site
August 19th, 2007 at 12:12 am
pollo,
I’m not sure that I’ll have anything interesting to add, but feel free to email me at apollos[at]blenderunderground[dot]com if you want to discuss this any further.
August 19th, 2007 at 12:18 am