Blender for Visual Effects

Video editing and visual effects are two closely related fields. They’re also
dominated by expensive proprietary software. There are open-source
alternatives to some of these packages, and some of them stand up very well
by comparison. more>>

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UNIGINE engine shows how good PC graphics can look; this is a massive open area simulated in a computer.

This is what the UNIGINE engine looks like right now, http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/UNIGINE-Shows-How-Beutiful-Linux-Games-Could-Look-Like-with-Its-Latest-Update-2.jpg. The UNIGINE demo is showing us what the future of PC graphics will look like. This will be a future of massive open areas and amazing graphical quality with wide open areas emulated in a computer. This demo has…

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Installing Virtualbox guest additions in Linux Mint 13.

I have installed a fresh copy of Linux Mint 13 in Virtualbox to experiment with and I needed to install the guest additions to enable full desktop resolutions and many other features. I downloaded the guest additions ISO from here: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/ and then added it to Virtualbox as a CDROM…

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