Thanks for everyone who came to the Meetup in Santa Monica and who watched WBMD! It was a great event and make sure and tune in next year. It is getting better every year!
Woot woot! 3,893 views for World Blender Meetup Day 2017 according to YouTubeā¦
Iāll Let Davida or FutureHack give an update on the rest of the analytics!
Thanks everyone for your support!
Itās time for another LA.Blend Westside meetup to connect with your fellow open source 3D content creation peers, get social, give back, and learn the latest techniques for modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and game creation.
Our May 6th 10am-1pm meeting will includes VR centric sesssions and will be held in the brand new Upload LA Marina del Rey space (http://upload.io) established to support the VR/AR industry.
Our tentative agenda (subject to change) is as follows:
ā¢ Introductions and Whatās New ā Stirling Goetz
ā¢ Blender HMD Viewport Modeling Status and Demo - TBD
ā¢ VR for Real Estate Visualization Demo - Ki Song
ā¢ VR Studio Work with Blender- TBD
ā¢ Participants 3D Creation Projects Show and Tell ā All
If you youād like to contribute a digital content creation session, please reach out and weāll add you to our session queue. Weāre keen to hear about your projects and if you know of someone doing open source VR projects please put them in touch.
As always, weāll be broadcasting the event via Zoom so you can join remotely for voice / video / and desktop sharing. Connection details will be provided closer to the event.
For more event details, please visit our meetup page - https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Blender-3D-Meetup-Group/
- UPDATE: The webcast info has been updated and the following link is the correct linkā¦ *
Hey all, Papa Blender as I like to call him, aka Ton, will be at this meeting @ 10am sharp if you would like to meet him.
As usual, our friends at Theory Animation/Studios who produce the fantastic Ray and Clovis cartoon series and award nominated VFX are sponsoring our webcast of this monthās user meeting.
So if you canāt make it in person hereās the webcast information:
Zoom virtual meeting platform. You may be asked to download and install a webbrowser plug-in. It can easily be removed afterward if desired.
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device.
Link to join https://zoom.us/j/257684703
To join from dial-in phone line call +1(424)203-8450 (US/Canada only).
Please mute your audio when you log in and when you are not speaking. You will be able to see the screen sharing session and listen in on the audio. There is also a chat feature you can chat live with us that is similar to IRC type chats. We also have our regular chat open during the event on freenode.net room #lablender. Check previous posts on this thread for more information on using IRC.
Also a Linux version of Zoom is available so you can check with http://www.zoom.us for more information.
See you there or online!
You can find out more information about Theory Animation @:
TheoryStudios.com
TheoryAnimation.com
MakeTheory.com
Thanks to everyone who came out for the meeting and connected with us online. Ton posed for some selfies. Iām looking forward to seeing them.
See you next time!
Happy Summer of Blender Los Angeles BlenderHeads!
Many of you are likely avoiding the hot weather by Blending under pleasant air conditioning. Or perhaps youāre at the beach capturing DSLR textures or HDRIs. Wherever you do your CG / VFX / GameDev, you have to admit, things are heating up in the world of Blender with a 2.79 release and exciting 2.8 developments. The good news is that SIGGRAPH 2017 is right around the corner and so is your chance to meet loads of Blenderheads from around the world, including the Blender Foundation / Institute crew. For our July meeting, we are simply heading to the following FREE sessions (no SIGGRAPH pass required) to learn about the Blender roadmap from the source and to see the excellent work of your fellow Blender artists:
Blender Foundation - Community Meeting
Sunday, 30 July, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Los Angeles Convention Center - Room 511BC
Chairman Ton Roosendaal presents work done on the free open-source Blender project in the past year and plans for the year ahead. Everyone is to provide feedback.
Blender Spotlight
Sunday, 30 July, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, Los Angeles Convention Center - Room 511BC
In this open-stage event, Blender artists and developers give short presentations to share their work with the audience. Have something to share, submit it here: https://www.blender.org/events/
After the sessions, the group usually finds a local bar for drinks / food to continue into the evening. Make a tentative plan for socializing post event around ~5pm-8pm, to be determined at the event.
More details can be found on our LA.Blend Meetup page here: https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Blender-3D-Meetup-Group/
Also for SIGGRAPH 2017:
If you do want a free expo ticket some more may have been recently released. So try the following information from Ton.
Use the discount code BLENDER8 at the bottom of the 2nd page.
https://register.rcsreg.com/r2/siggraph2017/ga/top.html
SIGGRAPH is this Sunday! For the Birds of a Feather meeting! Woot woot!
Ton on Twitter on the 21st said that 50 more tickets for free expo passes were released!
Fracture ON!
Great to see some folks at SIGGRAPH! I am in Santa Barbara and heard there was a community forming around here. Where can I get more info on that? Would love to connect. I also travel to LA once or twice a month and would be interested in meeting people there.
-Derek Elliott
o/ Derek. I have been working on the follow-up emails from SIGGRAPH, lolā¦thereās a lot! Iāll get to you in a few days and make sure to hook you up. In the mean time you can come into our Freenode.net chat room at #lablender and Iāll point out the SB lead when heās online. If you donāt know how to IRC chat just go to the browser based http://webchat.freenode.net/ and for channel put #lablender.
Thanks again for stopping by the booth and post here whenever you want. It stays pretty quiet on the responses but a lot of peeps read it and you never know when someone will pipe up!
Hey all, as most of you know Iām on the Fracture Modifier team. We are looking for more peeps to start helping out and learning the system. We are doing some changes to the helper addon and developing a pie menu. If you are a programmer or know a programmer here in SoCal let me know. Iād like to start working with them and getting them up to speed with the Fracture Modifier py and/or C/C++ code. This is a huge opportunity for anyone wanting to be a tech artist or a programmer for the VFX industry. We have some advanced algorithms and techniques in the FM and it is very well respected in the VFX community. Just PM me if you are interested or know someone who is. Thanks! And as alwaysā¦
Fracture ON!
Woot woot! Blender 2.79 is released so time for another Westside Local user meetup! Save the date, Saturday 23rd. More information to follow as Stirling the great gets it all setup.
Keep an eye out for other areas also. The Pasadena meetups will be starting again next month plus a couple more in other areas including Santa Barbara. Stay tuned!
Itās that time again! Per Stirling:
September LA.Blend Westside Meetup
Saturday, September 23, 2017
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Upload LA
4505 Glencoe Avenue, Marina Del Rey, CA (map)
Ciao Los Angeles Blenderheads!
Blender 2.79 is released! That means itās time for another LA.Blend Westside Los Angeles gathering.
As always, the meeting will include new feature overviews of our favorite software, community events / software, and sneak peeks of projects you ingenious creatives have been working on. If you have something Blender related to show, weād love to hear about it. Message me directly and look to put you on the session agenda.
Until then, happy Blending!
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You can find more info on our Meetup.com page:
https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Blender-3D-Meetup-Group/events/243295790/
As usual, weāre webcasting the event on Zoom. Apologize in advance for any audio issues as weāre in a relatively new venue today. Connect via https://zoom.us/j/321450123
As usual, our friends at Theory Animation/Studios who produce the fantastic Ray and Clovis cartoon series and award nominated VFX are sponsoring our webcast of this monthās user meeting.
So if you canāt make it in person hereās the webcast information:
Zoom virtual meeting platform. You may be asked to download and install a webbrowser plug-in. It can easily be removed afterward if desired.
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device.
Link to join https://zoom.us/j/321450123 as mentioned in the above post
To join from dial-in phone line call +1(424)203-8450 (US/Canada only).
Please mute your audio when you log in and when you are not speaking. You will be able to see the screen sharing session and listen in on the audio. There is also a chat feature you can chat live with us that is similar to IRC type chats from within Zoom. Just look for the chat bubble on the bottom of the screen.
We also have our regular chat open during the event on freenode.net room #lablender. Check previous posts on this thread for more information on using IRC. All chat questions will be forwarded to the presenter at the event.
Also a Linux version of Zoom is available so you can check with http://www.zoom.us for more information.
See you there or online!
You can find out more information about Theory Studios @ TheoryStudios.com
*** NOTE: Day and Venue Has Changed! ***
Blender 2.79 Release Showcase
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Pasadena Media
150 S. Los Robles Ave.
Ste. 101 (entrance on El Dorado)
Pasadena, CA 91101 (map)
Showcase with demos of the new features and tools
Cycles: denoising, Principled BSDF shader shadow catcher, faster AMD OpenCL rendering and feature parity with NVidia CUDA plus Filmic color management for better handling of high dynamic range.
Grease Pencil: new tools for interpolating between grease pencil frames, per-layer onion skinning, add blank frame tool, and UI improvements.
Alembic: import and export has been greatly improved, both in compatibility and stability.
Fracture Modifierās new features: bending metal/deforming plastic/fake cloth plus the new helper addon and pie menu! This is an incredible destruction platform and bullet physics enhancement for VFX.
Plus lots of other new features, fixes and addons!
There is plenty of parking near by and it is easy access from public transportation.
For more information check out our Meetup page:
Updated 10/10/17
Hey all, Iām doing this Pasadena meetup in a different format than our usual LA.blend Local format. So Iām looking for talent and where else would I look but here?! I need some peeps to help out and start getting in the mix of things and have a lot of fun doing it. I normally do these rolls but if you do well with this there are future opportunities. So PM me here on BA or on Meetup if you want to do any of the following volunteer positions:
Most positions are filled but here are still a few positions left!
FILLEDāMC
FILLEDāStage Manager
FILLEDāAV/Technical Lead
Walk-in & Break Time DJ/VJ
Greeter/Prompter
FILLEDāEvent Motion Graphics
FILLEDāVideo Editor
FILLEDāCamera Operator
Webcast Engineer/Lead Video Tech
FILLEDāProduction Manager
FILLEDāSocial Media/Advertising Manager
NOTE: if you know someone who wants to do this, they must be listed as a member of one of the following Meetup groups:
We will be working with Pasadena Media TV station in Pasadena for this production.
This is a golden opportunity to get pro level training. PM ME!
Note: we will be continuing the networking after the event at a close by bar and grill.See also post #225
SHOWCASE MEETING NOTE:
The day, time and location of the showcase has changed. The original post has been changed to reflect the new information.
These changes have been made so our meeting will coincide with
Innovate Pasadenaās Connect Week 2017.
The Fracture Modifier team is proud to announce the release of our blender 2.79 based Fracture Modifier build. Itās a popular blender branch and has been used in films, game cinematics and TV productions for destruction visual effects.
It has grown to be more than just a fracturing tool and has become a feature-rich destruction creation and shard constraint management platform that interacts seamlessly with Bullet Physics. Newly added bending metal, deforming plastic and fake cloth in addition to blenderās new shadow catcher feature make it a good choice for visual effects work.
The updated Python helper addon that is included automates some workflows and assists new users with advanced simulations made easy. The popular automatic smoke/dust/debris system is now driven by blenderās dynamic paint tool. Along with new automation and workflow improvements we added a pie menu.
Additional features that give artists tools for experimentation and fine tuning include autohide for glass cracks, trigger/untrigger for shard movement control, wood type splintering, and improved convert to objects and keyframes for exporting.
The Fracture Modifier build and addons are 100% Free/Libre Open Source Software based on blenderās official release.
For more information and download links go to http://df-vfx.de/fracturemodifier or search for Fracture Modifier documentation on wiki.blender.org.
Hereās a link to some demo files:
Stretching cloth demo with text tips, the one from the attached images.
Resource page of the Fracture Modifier help thread here on BA
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
6:30 PM
The Forum at Otis College of Art and Design
9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (map)
See http://la.siggraph.org/events/title/best-caf-2017-screening for all the details.
The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is the leading annual festival for the worldās most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators. An internationally recognized jury receives hundreds of submissions and presents the best work of the year in the Computer Animation Festival. Selections include outstanding achievements in animated feature and short films, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, game excerpts, and much more!
The Computer Animation Festival is recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival. Since 1999, several works originally presented in the Computer Animation Festival have been nominated for or have received a Best Animated Short Academy Award.
By special arrangement with ACM SIGGRAPH, we will be screening the SIGGRAPH 2017 Traveling Electronic Theater. This is the best-of from the Computer Animation Festival.
Some content in the CAF is mature, and Parents are strongly cautioned, as some material may not be suitable for children. If a child is wearable meaning they do not walk, the parent must have the child in a sugglie, backpack, etc. The child cannot be carried nor can they be in a stroller. If the child becomes fussy the parent must leave immediately or you will have to ask them to leave quietly. For problems with uncooperative parents, speak with any of the Executive Council members present.
We will also remember Diana Lee for her contributions to L.A. SIGGRAPH with a special program before the screening.
Schedule
6:30-7:30 Social Hour
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6:30-7:00 Members only
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7:00-7:30 Members and guests
7:30-7:45 Introductions
7:45-9:30 Screening
All LA ACM SIGGRAPH will be admitted free of charge. Non-members of LA ACM SIGGRAPH are admitted for $20.00. New LA ACM SIGGRAPH members who sign up on-site, and pay the $40 annual membership fee, do not have to pay the $20 admission fee. The chapter accepts checks, cash, or credit cards (Mastercard or Visa only) for all dues or fees.