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Denoise - A Podcast about Blender

CG Cookie

What's happening in the Blender world? Hosted by CG Cookie, this podcast cuts through the noise surrounding the leading open source 3d software. Some of the best-known Blender teachers and their prominent guests take a fresh look at current Blender discussions with expertise and humor.

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S2 · E8
Oct 17, 2024 · 56 min
Worldbuilding with Ludicrous Energy ft. Ian Hubert
Ian Hubert is a legendary Blender VFX artist who is best known for directing the Blender open movie project, Tears of Steel, authoring the Lazy Tutorial series on YouTube, and creating the mesmerizing dystopian sci-fi short film series, Dynamo Dream. ...
S2 · E7
Oct 3, 2024 · 46 min
Perfectionism and Standing Up for the Story ft. Sintel Director and Pixar Artist Colin Levy
In many ways, Colin Levy has lived the dream of many Blender artists. He directed the Blender open movie, Sintel, right out of college, landed a job at Pixar, and later quit the 9 to 5 to pursue his dream of creating a television series called...
S2 · E6
Sep 19, 2024 · 1 hr 2 min
What's New with Blender Guru ft. Andrew Price
Andrew Price, a.k.a. Blender Guru, has been a notable member of the Blender community for many years and recently passed 3 million subscribers on YouTube. Kent and Jonathan caught up with him at BCON LA and learned more about how he got started, the...
S2 · E5
Sep 6, 2024 · 44 min
Working with Huge Assets in Blender to Promote Borderlands for Entertainment Weekly
Blender was used to produce a motion magazine cover for Entertainment Weekly as part of their promoting the new Borderlands movie. Guest host Jason van Gumster speaks with Wyatt Winborne from https://linktr.ee/khimaira.studio along with Nick Pitts and...
S2 · E4
Aug 22, 2024 · 47 min
The State of Blender YouTube ft. Ducky 3D, Bad Normals, and Riley Brown
Jonathan talks with YouTubers Nathan, Martin, and Riley at BCON LA about what their experience has been like teaching Blender online, how they make a living (certainly not adsense!), how the education landscape has changed over the last few years, and...
S2 · E3
Aug 8, 2024 · 1 hr 1 min
From Maya Beta Tester to Creating a Feature Length Open Movie ft. Blender Bob
Kent is no stranger to community projects, after having directed three large collaborations in the CG Cookie community, and he was especially interested in talking with Blender Bob after hearing about Tiki - a feature length animated film created by...
S2 · E2
Jul 25, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
How Hollywood VFX Studios Get Introduced to Blender ft. Chris Parks of Barnstorm
Kent Trammell sits down with Chris Parks of Barnstorm VFX at BCON LA to hear the unique story of how he found his way into the VFX industry and how he's used Blender on blockbuster films and award winning TV shows. Chris has worked on Avengers:...
S2 · E1
Jul 11, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
Why Blender is Getting so Good at Animation ft. Brad Clark, Sir Wade, and Luciano
The animation system in Blender has been undergoing quite the overhaul recently, and the developers are turning one of the software's weaker areas into one of its strengths. In this episode, Jonathan sits down with Brad, Luciano, and Sir Wade at BCON...
S1 · E7
Oct 2, 2023 · 1 hr 15 min
Blender vs. the VFX Industry ft. FlippedNormals
Blender’s recent surge in popularity has not shown any signs of slowing. As artists pick it up for the first time and discover how powerful it is, they often wonder whether it's capable of being used to create their favorite movies, games, and shows....
S1 · E6
Sep 19, 2023 · 31 min
Fueling Artistic Creativity
Creativity is, at its essence, a type of problem-solving. It is fundamental to our work as 3D artists and needs to be cultivated over time. Not everyone goes about that the same way. In this episode, the CG Cookie instructors Wayne, Kent, and Jonathan...
S1 · E5
Sep 5, 2023 · 49 min
How Scary are AI Art Generators?
Neural network-based text to image generators have been around for quite a while now, but only in the last year or so have gotten good enough to capture the attention of the general public and force us to ask real questions about the value of art and...
S1 · E4
Aug 21, 2023 · 31 min
Rookie Blender Mistakes We All Make
Making mistakes is an inevitable part of learning any discipline, and we've all made more than our fair share while working in Blender. In this episode, Jonathan, Chris, and Martin talk about what tripped them up along their journey to becoming...
S1 · E3
Aug 8, 2023 · 45 min
The GPL and the Legal Limits of What You Can Do with Blender
Jay, Jason, and Jonathan get together to talk about why Blender's license matters. Most people know that Blender is free, but not everyone knows that wasn’t always the case or how its current license, the GPL, impacts what one legally can and can’t do...
S1 · E2
Jul 24, 2023 · 37 min
How Long Does It Take to Learn Blender?
Jonathan, Kent, and Adrian discuss what it was like to learn Blender, why learning any 3D software is universally experienced as challenging, and what beginners can reasonably expect to be able to accomplish at different points along their Blender...
S1 · E1
Jul 10, 2023 · 45 min
Hot Takes on Charge, Blender Studio's Latest Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/@vonnart, our friend and former https://b3d.cgcookie.com/M5XmhQ concept instructor, drops by to talk to Kent, Wayne, and Jonathan about the story, visuals, and importance of https://youtu.be/UXqq0ZvbOnk. You can...

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