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Top 9 Terminal Codes by FSherratt

TOP 9 TERMINAL CODES  Sunday 31st May 2009


Terminal is the mac version of C-prompt and can do the same things as c-prompt.
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Blender Particle Tutorial by FSherratt

BLENDER PARTICLE TUTORIAL Thursday 2nd April

Blender particles one of easiest but most effective ways of making things look more realistic. They are possibly the simplest thing to learn but fairly tricky to master. I recently spent a couple of weeks messing about with particles with some surprising results. In this tutorial i’ll briefly go through some of the basics of particles.

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Create normal maps in blender pt2 by Xptiger

BLENDER GLSL PT2 Saturday 21st March

This tutorial is going to tell you the second method of creating a normal map in blender. You need to have done the normal maps part one tutorial before starting this one. Part 1

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Create Normal Maps In blender PT1 by Xptiger

BLENDER GLSL PT1 Monday 16th March

This tutorial is going to tell you both methods of creating normal maps. Normal maps are images or textures that give an object the appearance of a high vertices object while being a low vertices object. There very useful for games and renders, especially if you have a low power computer. There are two methods of creating them in blender. The first involves giving the object a material and then rendering and saving the image, and the second requires you to unwrap the object then bake a normal map. both give similar results and it depends on what you need to do to which one will work best for you. Hopefully in this two part tutorial I should give you the knowledge venture into the world of creating normal maps for everything.

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Blender IPOs by Xptiger

BLENDER IPOS Friday 6th March

In this tutorial I am hopefully going to give you an insight into the world of making things move in blender. Not only is this very useful for making games it also is essential for making movies. In my last tutorial we used IPOs to make the wheels move when you turned in the car. IPOs are very simple to get the hang of all you need to know is one hot key and how to access the IPO editing window.

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NetBean by FSherratt

NETBEAN Febuary 28 2009

Ever wanted to make one of those amazing java applications? Don’t have any money to spend learning? well i may just have the solution. Netbeans is a free application designed specifically for writing java/C++. This article should help you write your first piece of Java code and soon you’ll be on your way to writing a full application.
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Blender Game Engine by Xptiger

BLENDER CAR GAME 25 February 2009

Blender (read Blender 2.48 post) is a powerful modeller rendered and game engine and was the first 3D graphics software to included a game engine and modeling software. in this tutorial you should learn the basics of making a blender game using the powerful logic brick coding system. You need to have some basic understanding of blender but none at all is needed for the game engine as all will be explained.

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Spotify by Xptiger
February 18, 2009, 2:49 pm
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SPOTIFY February 18 2009

 

Spotify is a new piece of software available for mac and PC and is perfect for this “day and age”. Developed in Sweden in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon Spotify allows you to stream music with virtually no buffer time at all. It has only recently been released for every one in the uk just 8 days ago. You set up your account download the spotify software log in and start browsing and creating playlists this information is then available on any computer with the spotify software installed on it. 
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DAB Radio by FSherratt

DAB RADIO Febuary 04 2009

 

DAB Radio or Digital Audio Broadcasting is definitely the future for radio as it it can transmit more data, faster and clearer than AM (Amplitude Modulation) or FM (Frequency Modulation). It also never needs to be retuned as the same frequency is broadcasted across the entire country. This means that DAB has some huge technological advantages over AM or AM. But how does it work well in this article I will be explaining how.

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Skype by FSherratt

SKYPE Febuary 01 2009

 

Skype is a free internet call application. It allows you to call people over the internet for free as long as they also have skype and are online at the same time as you. It also allows Video calls, Conference calls, file transfer, instant messaging and screen sharing as part of the free application. If you pay a bit you can call landline’s anywhere in the world for a small fee. People can call you on a landline and you can have voicemail. These are only some of the features incorporated into skype.

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