Tutorials
Blender set your own 3D view background color
This tutorial is for Blender (free graphics program www.blender.org) This is beginner level tutorial. Tested in version 2.8 Ever wondered how can you set your view background in Blender? Somehow I prefer brighter background so I always change it. It's personal I guess. Well there's easy to do that. Even in 3 places, wherever you prefer. How to set [read more..]
How to make awesome mesh gradients in Inkscape
This tutorial is for Inkcape (free vector program www.inkscape.org) This is beginner level tutorial. Tested in version 1.0 Awesome mesh gradients in Inkscape This tutorial is about a quick way how to create awesome looking mesh gradients from images or manually in inkscape. Mesh gradient is a like lots of linear gradients arranged in grid or network of gradient [read more..]
Inkscape keyboard shortcodes or cheatsheet
Another very useful keyboard cheat sheet for Inkscape, to speed up you workflow. Made by Rizky Djati Munggaran. Found on:Â https://ridjam.deviantart.com/art/Inkscape-Advance-Keyboard-Shortcuts-518481672 Update:Â https://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/Inkscape-0-92-Keyboard-Shortcuts-667351975 Official Keys Listing Official documentation on Inkscape keys and shortcuts: https://inkscape.org/doc/keys.html
Blender keyboard shortcuts or cheatsheet
As you know Blender is keyboard heavy applications, there's always that shortcut, that I forgot. So some fellows made keyboard cheatsheets, sheets, posters, etc., that I found and share here below. Blender Infographic This guy continuously updates blender keys infographic. Link of Origin :Â https://www.giudansky.com/design/51-blender-map Image below is for versions 3.3+ Click to Download Image below is for versions 2.9+ [read more..]
Awesome free applications for artists
Here's a list of awesome free applications I use in my work. Very useful for artists, designers and generally for everybody. I will not review here most popular and excellent free software like: Blender (blender.org). Free 3D modelling tool - sculpting, retopology, modeling, curves. Animation & Rigging. Motion tracking to masking and compositing. Even video editing. GIMP - a free photoshop alternative, GIMP provides the tools needed for [read more..]
Better free text to speech voices on older “Windows”
Text-to-Speech (TTS) refers to the ability of computers to read text aloud (speech synthesis). A TTS Engine converts written text to a phonemic representation, then converts the phonemic representation to waveforms that can be output as sound. Windows desktop systems can use SAPI 4 and SAPI 5 components to support speech synthesis and speech recognition. Windows XP has a English voice engine called Sam. Beginning with Windows Vista [read more..]
