I’ll do my best to get those photos onto the usual spot and post a link here.
it was a fun meeting for sure. We had 20 people in the room and several online (anyone know how many?)
Posted for Stirling:
LA.blend Westside Local User Meeting THIS SATURDAY!
"Greetings Southern California BlenderHeads - It’s summer and we have a new version of Blender nearing release (2.75) to keep us indoors and out from under the SoCal June gloom. Join your local Blender community Saturday June 20th @ 10:30am for information sharing and socializing. Session agenda:
· What’s new in the world of Blender
· Blender for Visual Effects Book
· Blender use in the ‘Freefall’ music video
· Blender Multi-view Overview and Demonstration
· Introduction to Blender for Virtual Reality
· Participant Blender Projects Show-n-Tell
Our usual meeting venue is offline for renovations. New meeting location follows:
Where: Community Meeting Room (in the back), Lloyd Taber - Marina del Rey Library. 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
When: Saturday June 20th, 10:30am-13:30am
Join Online: Connection details will be posted here closer to the event
Do you have a Blender session topic you’d like to present on? Join our mailing list and let us know (socalblender.org) or ping me on Twitter @stirling_goetz."
Also as usual, our friends at TheoryAnimation.com and MakeTheory.com who produce the fantastic Ray and Clovis cartoon series are sponsoring our webcast of the event.
So if you can’t make it in person here’s the webcast information:
Zoom virtual meeting platform. You may be asked to download a plug-in. It can easily be removed if desired.
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device.
Link to join https://zoom.us/j/529377199
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. We also have our regular chat open during the event on freenode.net room #lablender. Check previous posts on this thread for more information.
Also a Linux version of Zoom in beta so please contact us if you would like to test it.
See you there or in the intertubes!
Here’s a picture of the after-meeting Blenderheads who went for drinks/food and VR on the Marina next door to our June 20th event. We had trouble getting our beer orders in due to all the VR goggles strapped to our faces. 
And here’s a picture of our LA BlenderHeads wearing anaglyph 3D glasses to view new stereoscopic 2.75 Multi-view functionality
I had a great time. Thanks for everything everyone!
It was a great time, as always!
Saweeet! Sorry I missed it in person guys. I was watching online though off and on as we had our San Diego meeting at the same time.
Viva Blenderheads in SoCal!
Our friends at TheoryAnimation.com have done it again! There’s a new ep of Ray & Clovis that you have to see!
https://theoryanimation.com/watch/rnc/friday-night-frights
Here’s a reminder about SIGGRAPH 2015 starting with Birds of a Feather meetings tomorrow, Sunday August 9th.
Reprinted from http://www.blender.org/media-exposure/blender-at-siggraph-2015/
"Blender at SIGGRAPH 2015
June 6th, 2015
Siggraph 2015 is in Los Angeles, downtown, from 9-13 August. This is the highlight of the year for everyone who’s into 3D Computer Graphics. As usual you can find Blender users/developers all over, but especially here:
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Sunday 3-5 PM: Birds of a Feather (free access)
– Presentation of last year’s work and upcoming projects by chairman Ton Roosendaal. Includes time for everyone to speak up and share!
– Viewing of the Cosmos Laundromat open movie (12 minutes)
– Artists/developers demos and showcase, including several people of the BI crew. - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Tradeshow booth #1111
Great place to meet, hangout, get demos, or share your feedback with everyone. You can always find plenty of Blender developers and users here
Meeting Point: Lobby or pool bar of hotel Figueroa (to be confirmed). This is one of the first hotels you pass by if you walk to downtown from the Convention Center. The pool bar is a pleasant hangout, open for everyone – just walk into the hotel lobby and take the corridor to the left of the desk.
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Free Tradeshow tickets… gone
The coupon code EXHBI9507 is now invalid… sorry. (July 31st)."
For TheoryAnimation/MakeTheory BoF, reprinted from newsletter.
"Birds of a Feather
Remote Studio Productions - Online Collaborations
Wednesday, August 12
3:00pm - 4:30pm Room 507
Los Angeles Convention Center
Theory Animation co-hosts this panel delving into the experiences of remotely managing studio productions."
BoF meetings are not strictly monitored for event badges so they are essentially free and open to the public @ the Los Angeles Convention Center.
ENJOY!
Today’s Blender Community BoF session is in room #507!
It is by the West Exhibit Hall, upstairs and to the left.
Pictures from SIGGRAPH!
Pablo Vasquez tweets that Renderman was running inside Blender at a demonstration!
LA.blend’s very own Sean “Birdman” Kennedy @ the Blender booth sharing his BVFX mojo and it looks like he’s going to Karate chop Francesco!
FutureHack snapped this pic @ the BoF meeting.
OCTOBER LA.blend Westside Local Meetup this month!
Reposted from Blender Nation:
Greetings LA BlenderHeads!
We have a new Blender version release (2.76) and that means it’s time again to join your fellow Blender peers and share information on our favorite software.
This spooky Halloween meeting will be at the Marina Del Rey public library with the venue meeting room overlooking the boat harbor and next door to an outdoor patio venue where we can retire afterwards for drinks, food, and social stuff. We’re still building the session agenda but the following sessions are likely:
- Introductions and What’s New With Blender
- Advanced Rigging For Studio Animation
- Blender Conference Trip Updates
- Blender Projects Show-and-Tell
As always, if you’d like to volunteer a session (Everyone can speak to something), please reach out to Stirling ([email protected]) and we’ll add you to our session queue.
The meeting venue unfortunately doesn’t have a digital projector so if anyone has a decent projector, please email Stirling as we’ll have to rent/buy if not.
<b>Details</b>
Date: October 31, Saturday
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Cost: Free
Website: http://socalblender.org/
Calendar for iCal and vCal notifications: http://communitypages.socalblender.org
Venue
Lloyd Taber - Marina del Rey Library
4533 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292 United States + Google Map
Phone: (310) 821-3415
Website: http://www.colapublib.org/libs/marina/
World Blender Meetup Day 2015 is taking shape! 24 hours of Blender user meetings in cities all over the world all on the same day and streamed live!
More information to come soon! Until then please see our event page hosted by our friends at TheoryAnimation.com!
https://theoryanimation.com/wbmd2015
REMINDER: OCTOBER LA.blend Westside Local Meetup TOMORROW, Saturday. See prior post. Online webcast link will be posted soon.
SEE YOU THERE OR BE THE DEFAULT CUBE! ; )
WEBCAST INFO:
As usual, our friends at TheoryAnimation.com and MakeTheory.com who produce the fantastic Ray and Clovis cartoon series are sponsoring our webcast of this month’s user meeting.
So if you can’t make it in person here’s the webcast information:
Zoom virtual meeting platform. You may be asked to download a plug-in. It can easily be removed if desired.
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device.
Link to join https://zoom.us/j/529377199
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. We also have our regular chat open during the event on freenode.net room #lablender. Check previous posts on this thread for more information.
Also a Linux version of Zoom in beta so please contact us if you would like to test it or you can check with http://www.zoom.us to see if they have it posted for download yet.
See you there or online!
Well that was fun. We had around 11 people at peak online and in-person so it was nice and intimate. We managed the event without any show stopping technical issues and enjoyed the sun and harbor on the next door patio restaurant / bar. Thanks to all who came, and we’ll see you at the next event!
FutureHack is organizing a large joint meeting with another user group for January. If you would like to present at that meeting or help with organizing and logistics please PM me or FutureHack for more info.
This meeting will be more heavily advertised and have a much larger attendance and venue than our normal Westside Local Blender Users Meetings. We are aiming for some high end presenters also for everyone’s viewing pleasure.
So please ping us if you want to help out. Happy blending!
Per Stirling:
L.A. Blender Users Group (LA.Blend) Meeting TOMORROW!
Saturday the 27th @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Hey Beachy Blenderheads – The sun is shining, we’ve a Blender 2.77 Testbuild available, World Blender Meetup Day is upon us, and it’s time for another LA.Blend Los Angeles Westside Blender Users Group Meeting.
The meeting this time will be held in the beautiful Marina Del Rey Marriott, located at 4100 Admiralty Way · Marina del Rey, California 90292 USA. When you get there, proceed to the “Catalina” room. We’ve several surprises in store including Q&A with the Blender Institute, and presentations from fellow Blender User Groups around the world.
Blendernation post:
http://www.blendernation.com/event/l-blender-users-group-la-blend-meeting-sat-feb-27th/
For info on how to connect to and view the live stream,
World Blender Meetup Day info website:
http://www.wbmd.info
Hey all SIGGRAPH 2016 will be here before we know it. I propose we organize some special events to coincide with the conference and expo. Also I recommend all y’all to watch on BlenderNation.com for requests for submissions to the demo reel. So start getting your material ready soon. A lot of us get too busy to do things last minute so if we organize some of these things early we can make for a great showing of the SoCal peeps @ SIGGRAPH 2016!
SIGGRAPH 2016
Anaheim Convention Center
Conference: July 24th-28th
Expo/Blender Booth: 26th-28th
I’ll definitely be there! woot! 