Blender Velvets ready for Blender 2.80

The Blender Velvets are finally ready for Blender 2.80! It’s been nearly two years since Blender Foundation started preparing a whole new Blender version, which was officially launched a couple of months ago. For those who use the Video Sequence Editor, the best news is that… well, it’s still there! Some of the Blender sections …

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Blender Velvets updated for Blender 2.79

The Blender Velvets are ready for Blender 2.79! Blender 2.79 was released with few new improvements related to the Video Sequence Editor. Actually, two: (1) it’s now easier to choose between formats to export your video at the Render screen and (2) there are tabs in the panels around the VSE. That’s it. Regarding the …

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Novo vídeo – Como fazer o seu DCP com o DCP-O-Matic

Este vídeo está publicado desde junho no canal do YouTube do Blender Velvets, mas só agora deu tempo de fazer o post. Inevitavelmente, se você quiser passar seus filmes em um cinema digital, terá de gerar um DCP. É o caso da rede de salas da SP Cine, que cobre os CEUs de São Paulo, por …

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CryptoRave 2017 Teaser

  The new teaser for CryptoRave 2017 is out, featuring a model created by the Blender community: Animegirl_Leadwolf, by sowrdsd. Motion capturing was made by Angelo ‘gelo’ Benetti and mocap model is Nathalia Watanabe. The CryptoRave is a mix between a cryptoparty and a cryptography for human rights defenders conference made to last 24h. This …

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Video tutorial + New functions for the Blender Velvets

The Blender Velvets have finally a long video tutorial on how to edit video with Blender using the Velvets addons! The video is divided into two parts: downloading/configuring Blender and installing the addons; and the actual editing. Thanks for João Lacerda, a friend from Rio de Janeiro, who had the patience to sit besides me …

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Blender Velvets updated for Blender 2.78

At the end of September 2016, Blender has released it 2.78 version, with very few updates in what concerns the Video Sequence Editor (VSE). Actually, with one update: now, when you toggle between showing/hiding the audio waveforms in the timeline (‘W’ or ‘Alt+W’ in Velvet Goldmine), Blender either shows the strip’s information or the clear …

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Velvet Revolver has now support for h264 conversion

As requested long ago by Nathan, Velvet Revolver has now support for h264 encoding. This is still experimental, but should work both for proxy generation and full-res copy creation. Reasons for such change are actually simple. Technically, the suitable formats for editing are ProRes and MJPEG. This is especially true when you want to change …

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Blender Velvets updated for Blender 2.77

  The Blender Velvets are ready for the recent Blender 2.77 release! An important note is that there are some internal changes in the new Blender update, so the Velvets for Blender 2.76 are not compatible with 2.77 – just download the new versions and reinstall the ones you use.   New features in VSE …

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The Blender Velvets are ready for Blender 2.76!

The Blender Foundation recently updated Blender for its 2.76 version, and the Blender Velvets are up for it! Updates should be done as usual: just download and run the program, install the addons according to our documentation and be happy. Ardour is currently on version 4.4.0 and FFmpeg is currently at 2.8.1.   New features …

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Blender Velvets updated for Blender 2.75

Blender has recently released their new 2.75 version, with a few changes in the Video Sequence Editor. All the Velvets tested ok for this new version, with minor updates. The Space_Sequencer is pretty much specific to each Blender version, so you should always update it along with the program. Velvet Goldmine had a minor change …

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