I’ve released a new Blender tutorial on YouTube. In this tutorial we will talk about the work with instanced collections in production, why they are so important but also which problems will come up if you don’t organize them correctly. We talk about some strategies to find the source collection of the instances in one scene, but also when they are linked from the outside. Then we look into aRead More

I’ve released a new “Blender for Production” tutorial. Today I talk about ways to bookmark the Blender 3D view, generate cameras from the current view and how to animate camera switches easily. Have fun! Helge P.S. You can also get this and many more Blender tutorials on my Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/pixeltrain3d

Just added a new lesson to my “Blender Fundamentals” publication about the changes in the Blender 4.2+ Auto Smooth / Normals workflow. I also made this lesson free for everyone on my free Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-blender-112301874?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Have fun! P.S. Keep in mind, it’s a lesson from a beginners publication 😉

Blender Kurse mit 3D Senior Trainer Helge Maus / pixeltrain

Blender Trainings in 2024

(English below 👇 )Das zweite Trainings-Semester 2024 hat begonnen und diese Woche starte ich mit dem ersten 2-tĂ€gigen Blender Fundamentals Kurs. Wie immer in Zusammenarbeit mit der Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz GmbH. In den jeweils 2 Tagen lernst Du online mit mir in deutscher Sprache Blender praxisnah kennen. Die Gruppen sind klein, so dass jeder genug Zeit bekommt seine Fragen zu stellen und optimal zu lernen. Wir haben noch frei PlĂ€tze 😉Read More

The Magic of Indie Productions by Do Park

Today I want to share an article I found online about Indie productions in animation, games or even other media, why they exist and most importantly what drives them. It answers questions like “Why can an animated short can be produced, when companies like Disney or Pixar need millions of dollars and huge teams?”Why are indie productions really often more attractive than mainstream media? “Indie stories are magic. They haveRead More

patreon Page of Helge Maus / pixeltrain - Blender - Godot - Fusion

I’m not sure if you all have seen it, but I started to upload all the tutorial videos of my “Blender Fundamentals” publication to my Patreon for the $5 tier. At the end it will be around 25 hours of content 😉 I plan for the future, that following publications about Blender and Godot will be published as a buyable product and as Patreon videos at the same time. TheRead More

Tutorial Blender 4.1 - New Features - Keyframes & Keying Sets by Helge Maus / pixeltrain

Just published a short Blender tutorial on YouTube. It’s about the changes and improvements of the keyframing workflow in Blender 4.1 . This video was recorded some time ago for my Patreon page (👉 https://www.patreon.com/pixeltrain3d ) and thanks to my supporters it’s now also on YouTube: 👉 https://youtu.be/v9ZjkkUVVr8?si=2VgKLISXoMI44RSe Have fun! Helge

pixeltrain Patreon by Helge Maus. Blender & Godot tutorials.

As many of you probably know, in addition to my normal job as trainer for 3D, VFX and games, I also publish many free video tutorials and articles on industry-relevant topics. Since I’m lucky enough that some nice folks support me on Patreon, you’ll find everything collected there again in my profile. And, unlike on YouTube, you can enjoy my videos there without any advertising noise and distractions 😉 👉Read More

Shortly before GDC 2024, W4 Games and Meta announced a new collaboration in the area of XR under the title “W4 Games and Meta Team Up to Expand Open-Source Godot Ecosystem on Meta Quest“. As you probably know, I’m not necessarily a big fan of Meta, but I see this type of collaborations in the area of XR as a big boost for development and value for the development ofRead More

Blender Kurse mit 3D Senior Trainer Helge Maus / pixeltrain

Du möchtest Blender effizient und fundiert lernen und fit werden fĂŒr die tĂ€gliche Produktion?DafĂŒr habe ich in Zusammenarbeit mit der Visualisierungs-Akademie ein komplettes Kursprogramm konzeptioniert.Diese Kurse werden online in kleinen GruppengrĂ¶ĂŸen in deutscher Sprache durchgefĂŒhrt.  Mehr Informationen und die aktuellen Termine findest Du hier:👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de Blender Grundlagen👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-einfuhrungskurs/21d29c48-ee8a-4549-a500-6f82f7ff7ddc Blender Modelingkurs👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-modelingkurs/ff1b0321-e948-41c1-bca6-1c23651e75ea Blender Shading & Rendering Kurs👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-renderingkurs/98514946-325f-4818-bcdb-4f6b351a490b Blender EinfĂŒhrung in Animation & Rigging👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-animationskurs/68ff897c-f766-4119-bea3-9f3422704d2f If you are interested in these trainings in English, please let me know (Read More