I already wrote about easy panning and zooming in Blender, and now I've learned how to shorten the image on the screen so you can, for example, put a black bar of captions at the bottom. And I just now realized I can even rotate photos! In this miserable time of hopelessness and evil, this… Continue reading more fun stuff in Blender
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How to pan and zoom in Blender
When you're making an animation, you actually have to "render" each frame of the film. So for example, this little snippet .... is actually composed of lots of images like this, all strung together and flipped through: It's a super nice way of getting things done, but the process of getting your computer to "render"… Continue reading How to pan and zoom in Blender
Parchment scroll in Blender 3D
I wanted to make something that looked like a constitution: That was what I came up with. I like it. However, while making an animation, the thing mysteriously unraveled and I couldn't figure out how to stop it. I thought, no biggie, I'll delete it and make another. Well! I was using this tutorial and… Continue reading Parchment scroll in Blender 3D
Cardinal bird in Blender
The cardinal is the state bird in North Carolina. I made one in Blender last night: First, I started off with a cube and shaped a little beak. Then the crown and the rest of the head and torso: The rest of the bird emerges! Still doesn't have wings here, and maybe looks like a… Continue reading Cardinal bird in Blender
Behind-the-scenes: animation
In June or July, I finished up an animation called "The tale of the Bristlecone pine." It's three minutes long, and it's about drought and tree rings. Someone asked, 'how do you make all the 3D landscapes?" So I thought I'd give a behind-the-scenes tour! First, I use a free, open-source software called Blender3D, which… Continue reading Behind-the-scenes: animation
Fifth article for WIRED
I published 3 articles within 8 days! But there are two extra weeks you should count at the beginning when I was working on them and didn't publish anything. One was about air pollution in a mostly Black neighborhood in Maryland. Oh yeah, I mentioned that here before. It's the one I did the GIS… Continue reading Fifth article for WIRED
Third article for WIRED
This article was going to be a triumph for me, for many different reasons. First, because it was about Sweden, pretty much. Second, because all the instagram/twitter/blog/facebook stalking I've done over the years came into handy. No one can say all of that was a waste of time any more. I went from a random… Continue reading Third article for WIRED
Adam and Eve
I've been working on an animation of the bristlecone pine. I named the two trees Adam and Eve. The animation is almost done - I am going to try to enter it into the Fredrikstad Animation Festival, just for fun. I entered this festival once before with the film "Who's cutting down Yusuf's trees?" but… Continue reading Adam and Eve
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