hollisbrown

Joined 4 years ago

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Oct 9
Working in animation, programming for fun
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Comment · 2 years ago
Thank you! I'm honestly surprised I haven't found anything similar, or maybe I haven't looked hard enough.

Then again, blender is way more shortcut-oriented than any other software I've used, one of the reasons I like it so much.

Comment · 2 years ago
Yep. German here, just realised this is another english word we use completely inapproprately, same as "handy" (mobile phone) and "public viewing" (public screening). Sorry for butchering your language.
Comment · 2 years ago
not sure if I understand correctly. Ive already put in anchors for every tile, you should be able to click on one and get a shareable URL to send someone to the same tile. Index?
Comment · 2 years ago
Its a pseudonym but I dont have any educational content in my real name either, this is my first attempt to contribute.

But the amount of quality content on youtube has been increasing steadily over the years, If I had to recommend 3, I'd say Grant Abbitt (Beginner), Erindale (Geonodes), Ian Hubert (for Inspiration).

Comment · 2 years ago
Blender is mainly for visualisation, but I've used it for 3D printing. You can set up models in a parametric way by using modifier stacks (e.g. screw, solidify, subdiv etc) or geometry nodes, but I imagine other software is more advanced in this regard, or needs less customization and thought.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks! I wasn't aware of tools like Lighthouse, will have a look into how it rates things.

Will also take a critical look at contrast again, thought it would be sufficient, and it quickly gets overwhelming in this layout.

Comment · 2 years ago
thanks! If a fallback is possible, I'll put it in.

Any pointers how to go about the lazy loading? I want to keep it simple

Comment · 2 years ago
Check out the filter in the top right corner menu. I think its too subtle and most people are missing it.

The content is focused on modeling though, now that it has a tag system I might add other sections like sculpting, animation...

Comment · 2 years ago
Thank you very much for pointing this out, if a play button can be a fallback for those users only I'll put it in there.

I'm a bit weirded out by this being the default even for muted videos. Does that somehow save bandwith because you only get sent one frame of the video? Because otherwise a muted video is just a series of images, and they dont block images by default, right?

Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks, and thanks for sharing, I love the idea and will think about it. Even though my intuition says it would be more productive if I put more time into adding content and polish to the existing concept, and people openend the actual software to practise their muscle memory.

I won't make this for other software, because I don't have that level of expertise for anything else. I've spent years helping other blender users, this is why I feel confident to author the information in this particular case.

Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for pointing it out, that reminds me I should probably run the entire website through a spell checker / AI at least once.
Comment · 2 years ago
Cheers, happy to hear that!

There already is a "collapse" button if you bring up the menu top right (maybe its too subtle?). Default browser zoom out (Ctrl -) should also work fine, so you can see all shortcuts at once, e.g. on a second monitor or on a beamer, if you're teaching a group of people.

Comment · 2 years ago
I knew about analog flash cards for learning but thanks for bringing anki to my attention!

Do they support tiny videos instead of images? Because I think this is essential especially for beginners who generally don't know the names of operations.

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