This year I have again the great honor of being invited to speak at the View Conference 2023.The View Conference in Turin is an exciting and creative place for inspiration, exchange and networking for the 3D, VFX, animation and games industry. And all of this in a wonderful ambience.That’s why I’m pleased to be able to offer 3 exciting and intensive Blender hands-on workshops: 👉 Blender – Animation Tools IntroductionRead More
Would you like to learn Blender in a well-founded and structured way? Then I would like to present you my publication “pixeltrain – Blender Fundamentals >> Fast Forward”. In 137 lessons with a duration of nearly 25 hours, I take you through the complete fundamentals of Blender and the basic workflows you need to know to get started with this amazing free software. This training is designed to get youRead More
Möchtest Du eine schnelle und fundierte Einführung in Blender 3D haben?In Zusammenarbeit mit der Visualisierungs-Akademie biete ich einige zweitägige deutschsprachige Online-Kurse / Schulungen (live) an. Es handelt sich um kleine Gruppengrößen bis 5 Personen. Blender 3.6 – Grundlagen (21. + 22. Sept 2023)https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-einfuhrungskurs/21d29c48-ee8a-4549-a500-6f82f7ff7ddc Und wenn Du Dein Blender Know-How weiter ausbauen möchtest, hier direkt zwei weitere Aufbau-Kurse. Photorealistisches- & NPR-Rendering in Blender 3.6 – Cycles & Eevee (26. + 27.Read More
Today, I have added another Plus+ chapter “Working with UVs” to my Blender Fundamentals Publication. This additional content is free for everyone who has bought the publication in the past. Also I’m working on more Plus+ content for the future. The publication „pixeltrain – Blender Fundamentals >> Fast Forward“ by Senior 3D & VFX trainer Helge Maus is a complete Introduction to Blender 3D. Meanwhile the publication is around 25Read More
Just finished capturing the next 2-hours free addition to my “Blender Fundamentals” publication.This time we tackle “UV mapping and packing inside of Blender 3.6“. With this coming Plus+ chapter the “Blender Fundamentals” publication will grow now to 25 hours of dense content. As said, this and more updated content will come to the Publication in the future, so you can start learning today and get all the updates for freeRead More
This series „Blender for Production“ focuses on Blender as a full Production Suite for (Indie) 3D- & VFX Productions. I will explain how to work with the different Modules of Blender and how they are connected. Also, I will give you an introduction to the specific functionalities, but also the production context and workflows, which can help you to use Blender in your productions. In this tutorial we will talk aboutRead More
This is the last release for the Blender 3.x series and therefore it’s an LTS (long term support) version, ready for longer productions. What’s new? and so much more See the full release notes:👉 https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-6/ Check out this Blender 3.6 Demoreel:👉 https://youtu.be/BnY2JdBrvaI
One thing I really love about working with FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software) is that there are so many different ways to help and collaborate with each other. Anyone can use the software immediately, no matter what their budget or where they are in their creative career. However, I am just as happy to give something back to the projects so that others can benefit as well and not justRead More
Du möchtest Blender 3D fundiert und effizient lernen und in den Bereich 3D-Visualisierung einsteigen? Mein nächster deutschsprachiger „Blender 3.6 – Grundlagen“ Kurs findet am 06.+07. Juli in Zusammenarbeit mit der Visualisierungs-Akademie statt. Als live online Training. Dieser Kurs ist für Beginner konzeptioniert, genauso wie für Artists die bereits aus anderen 3D Programmen Vorwissen haben und nun Blender intensiv kennenlernen wollen. Da der Kurs online durchgeführt wird, arbeitest Du zwei Tage liveRead More
Published another free “Blender for Production” tutorial: “Production Helpers – Using Your Favorite Tools from Quick Favorites” 👉 https://youtu.be/rdqAm_px-oI In this tutorial we will talk about setting up a Quick Favorites menu for the different working modes inside of Blender. Often used functions and options can be added there by the artist to work faster and more efficient. While explaining the process we will look into several clever helpers likeRead More