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Comment on About Me by Christina

Christina — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:07:24 +0000

Hi Roland, am enjoying Tradigital Blender. In the chapter 5 files both blends appear to be the scene file rather than one being walking.blend. No biggie but there doesn’t seem to be any simple way to report an error.

Comment on re: The Essential Blender (2007) by Giovanni Gallo

Giovanni Gallo — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:22:46 +0000

I got the book from the Blender Foundation when it came out and it was a good source of information, a good, organized, exposition of the many sides of Blender. At that time there were much less cicrulating printed information about all of this.
So now it sits on my shelf, but it is true… I did not open it in the last three years… and (shameful confession!) in a way that I do not know I even have a free pdf in my disk. Perhaps one should “review” the Amazon site saying that free pdf’s of the book are overabundant…
But PLEASE: MAKE A NEW GREAT BOOK! WHY NOT?

Comment on re: The Essential Blender (2007) by Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:37:04 +0000

I didn’t purchase The old Essential Blender from Amazon: I bought it from the Blender “Store” – it was the only way I knew to support this incredible program and its developers. Of all the software I use, it’s the one that deserves our support the most: it is *beyond* brilliant!

Comment on MySQL, MS Access, ODBC, Lock Violations: For The Record by BigK

BigK — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:33:06 +0000

Thanks!!!!

Comment on re: The Essential Blender (2007) by Harkyman

Harkyman — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:19:29 +0000

You got the right book, Harv. This little rant is about “The Essential Blender” not “Blender Foundations”. Although was done with 2.56ish, it is still almost entirely relevant. Incidentally, we do incremental revisions every time we do a reprint.

Comment on re: The Essential Blender (2007) by Harv

Harv — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:54:13 +0000

Unfortunately, I got fooled by the 2.6 in the title so I’ll take my knocks and see If I can get some tips that are relevant. Whats funny is its advertized on this page.

Comment on re: The Essential Blender (2007) by jay

jay — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:16:10 +0000

Any opinions on donating older Blender resources to my local library? I’m tempted sometimes, but it can also be a cruel trick to play on noobs.

Comment on re: The Essential Blender (2007) by E

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:16:05 +0000

I purchased the book 2 years ago from a book store. I knew it was out of date, but it did help me get started in using Blender. Some of its basic principles I still use even in 2.61.

Comment on re: The Essential Blender (2007) by katsbits

katsbits — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:24:25 +0000

Don’t be too hard on those that are still buying it, they are after all people that are completely new to Blender ;o)
Certainly would agree to efforts to pull the book or at least update any associated *product* information so it’s ‘out-of-date’ status is clearly mentioned. Perhaps you can get in touch with Amazon et-al?

Comment on re: The Essential Blender (2007) by Magiciandude

Magiciandude — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:05:26 +0000

I posted a warning on amazon. I doubt it will appear on the front page of the reviews, but every bit will (hopefully) help guide people away from buying outdated information!