Author Archives: Alex Fraser

Recap: Blender Guru’s Talk at Melbourne Blender Society

Here is Andrew Price’s presentation on photorealism from our February meetup. Andrew flew down to Melbourne to talk at our session at Pausefest.

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Recap: Physics simulations for logos

Last night we had a good meeting, with Andrew Buttery presenting a professional logo animation that used rigid body dynamics. Alex Fraser presented a way to fill a mould with liquid metal using SPH particles and the new Cube Surfer addon. … Continue reading

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Pause Fest Retrospective: Videos and Photos

We had a great meeting in February, with 30 or so people coming along to talk about Blender at Pause Fest. Some of them were just staying back from an earlier meetup, but hey, we’ll take them. It was good to see lots of … Continue reading

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Next meet up: this Thursday, the 31st

The next MBS meet up will be on this Thursday, the 31st of October! This is a casual meeting, so bring your demos, sketches, renders and stories to tell over dinner. See you at Grill’d in Melbourne Central from 6-8pm. We … Continue reading

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Tutorial and Talks on the 29th of November

It’s time again for a more formal meeting! See you at VPAC Head Office on Thursday the 29th of Novemberat 6pm. The topics will be: Show and tell: blender modelling challenge (6:00 – 6:15) Tutorial: Materials and Textures with Blender’s internal … Continue reading

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Tutorial: Materials and Textures, and a Modelling Challenge

This post contains both minutes and sneak peek of the next meeting – scroll down! We had a great meeting on Thursday night. It was a little small – probably due to the short notice – but we had a … Continue reading

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Casual meeting: Thu 25th Oct 2012

Let’s meet this Thursday to talk about Blender! It’s late notice, I know – but I hope you can make it. Join me from 6:00-8:00 at Grill’d in Melbourne Central. Bring yourself, your stories, suggestions for topics for the next … Continue reading

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Talks: Installing add-ons, and a beginners’ workshop

The next meeting is coming up! Come along on the Thursday the 30th of August for some beginner-oriented talks by: Brendon Murphy, with a talk on installing and using Blender addons (plugins). Craig Cav, with a workshop for beginners. Edit … Continue reading

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Casual Meeting: Thu 26 July 2012

It’s time to officially reveal The Plan! Or more accurately, The Schedule: we will hold one casual and one formal Blender meeting per quarter, like this: Casual dinner: Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct Formal talks: Feb, May, Aug, Nov Break: Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec This … Continue reading

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Volunteers for Recording

Is anyone able to record video at the meeting tomorrow night? It would be nice to document it. There is a sturdy tripod at the venue. See also our Get Involved page 🙂

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