BlenderArt Magazine » Special Projects http://blenderart.org Online PDF Magazine dedicated to Blender 3D Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:34:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Node Cookbook: Update http://blenderart.org/2008/02/03/node-cookbook-update/ http://blenderart.org/2008/02/03/node-cookbook-update/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:56:29 +0000 dreamsgate http://www.blenderart.org/2008/02/03/node-cookbook-update/ Ok, I’m a bad little project announcer. While I had been considering something like a Node Cookbook for quite a while before I announced it to the community, I should have waited until after the holidays to announce it. Holidays are always very busy and hectic at my house and a project of this scope will take a fairly good investment of time.

Well the holidays are over and I am still working on the Node Cookbook, so no fear that it has been abandoned, just delayed for a little bit. I have been testing out different layouts and pdf settings for best viewing and downloading. I also have received an excellent suggestion from Kernon about presentation of the Node information that I will be checking out and testing for speed of set up and understandability for the reader.

So stay tuned for further updates.

]]> http://blenderart.org/2008/02/03/node-cookbook-update/feed/ 7 Blenderart Special Project: Material Node set-up ‘Cookbook’ http://blenderart.org/2007/10/22/blenderart-special-project-material-node-set-up-cookbook/ http://blenderart.org/2007/10/22/blenderart-special-project-material-node-set-up-cookbook/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:21:50 +0000 dreamsgate http://www.blenderart.org/2007/10/22/blenderart-special-project-material-node-set-up-cookbook/ Blender Material Node Cookbook

After having received very positive feedback on this project idea, I have decided that there is no time like the present to get it started. After giving it some thought, I am considering some of the following options:

  1. pdf chapters separated in logical categories for a smaller download size

    • each category could be updated quickly and or a new pdf with additional nodes could be created

  2. a flash card based system (or more appropriately recipes cards) with the node set-up image on one side of the card and the description/how to on the reverse side

    • recipe cards could be added as need with 1st sets bundled according to category and future releases in one download that could be added to your previous sets.


Preliminary categories (to be adjusted later as set-ups are submitted)

  1. Organics
    • Skin
    • Nature
    • Wood
    • Food
    • etc
  2. In-organics
    • Building
    • Cloth
    • Dirt
    • Metal
    • Patterns
    • Glass
    • etc
  3. Special Effects

We welcome any and all submissions, in fact the more that are submitted the better our cookbook will be.

To submit a Node set-up please follow the following guidelines

  1. Node set-up must be an original creation by the person submitting it, please do not submit someone else’s Node set-up, as then I will have to track down the original artist to obtain permission
  2. please send a blend file containing your Node set-up, I will be taking all the screen shots to maintain a consistent look/size for the cookbook
  3. If you want to write the description/how to for your Node set-up, feel free to do so, otherwise I will be happy to take care of that myself.

Send all submissions to sandra@blenderart.org , please put Node set-up in the subject line area.

Thank you for your support and participation
Sandra Gilbert

]]> http://blenderart.org/2007/10/22/blenderart-special-project-material-node-set-up-cookbook/feed/ 12 New Poll: Material Node Cookbook http://blenderart.org/2007/10/19/new-poll-material-node-cookbook/ http://blenderart.org/2007/10/19/new-poll-material-node-cookbook/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:04:17 +0000 dreamsgate http://www.blenderart.org/2007/10/19/new-poll-material-node-cookbook/ As blender users become more familiar with the Material Node system, a lot of very cool Material Node setups are being created. Unfortunately, the greater majority of these setups are spread all over the net on various forums, threads and websites. BAM thinks it would be beneficial to the community to gather up as many of these wonderful setups (with the artists’ permission of course) as we can find, add a short ‘how to/description’ of how and why it works and bundle it all in a pdf format ‘Cookbook’.

It would allow users to quickly get the look they need without re-inventing the wheel, so to speak. It would also provide a valuable learning tool for users that are still struggling with the whole Node system.

So weigh in and give us your opinion on this project.

]]> http://blenderart.org/2007/10/19/new-poll-material-node-cookbook/feed/ 14