Matt Ebb

We’ve put the first animation test from Kajimba online (with audio), check it out! :)

There’s a few of these clips coming down the pipe, so stay tuned.

As much as I’d love to be at the 2008 Blender Conference in Amsterdam, as I have in some years past, it’s quite prohibitive and difficult, especially with work. Luckily, there is a live feed to watch the presentations online. One presentation that I’ve watched in its entirety so far is by William Reynish: The evolution of Blenders User Interface. I’ve met William a few times, and we’ve chatted about these issues a long time ago, and his presentation brilliantly elucidates so many things that I’ve been thinking about, ranting about and very patiently waiting to start working on, for several years. Do yourself a favour and watch it now!

These issues are not theoretical niceties, they’re serious problems that I (and the other people I work with) run up against day by day in our production work. They’re hurdles in Blender’s workflow that not only make Blender slower and clumsier to work in than it could potentially be, but also harder for professional users of other software to come up to speed in Blender quickly, which is important for us too. I’m sure William has come to the same conclusions after his experience working on Big Buck Bunny. Anyway, I want to offer my full support behind William’s presentation, and during the work on Blender 2.5 I’d like to do whatever I can to help make that happen. I hope you all can give these ideas the same support too.