Tag: Blender 2.5

  • Blender 2.5 Network Rendering: Part 02 Windows

    Blender 2.5 Network Rendering: Part 02 Windows

    Windows is a solid platform for animation as all of the major 3D platforms support it; however, making it remote render friendly require it to have command line support. Being able to do remote command line for a machine is essential to keep render maintenance to a minimum. First I will go over the SSH (Secure SHell)…

  • Blender Transparency Map Shadows Quick Fix

    Blender Transparency Map Shadows Quick Fix

    Over the weekend I was working out how to tear a piece of paper in Blender and stumbled on the annoying but easily solvable issue of transparency shadows. By default a material will not receive shadows based on the texture but on the geometry of an object. As seen here:   To fix this, go…

  • Blender Network Rendering: Quick Update

    I’ve noticed in the past few weeks the site getting more traffic and most of it to the Blender Network Rendering post, there will be an update on this soon. I wanted to point out that the tutorial series isn’t dead but it did end up going though major revisions when put into practice; the…