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The Blender fles have been created by Matt Hoecker on
backyardtheater.com.
Tutorial and instructions by Ballyweg at http://www.youtube.com/Ballyweg
Watch the tutorial video on ouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch!
v"#bi$wwu%&'
(et blender at: http://www.blender.org/
)nstructions:
*hoose between the original +,
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*entury -o$ or the + lined Ballyweg
template .blend fle.
*hanging the Te$t
-irst select the .+,. /0)(HT *1)*2 )T3. )t is a separate ob4ect 5rom the .th..
6elete this te$t and/or replace it. /toggle edit mode with T7B8 delete with
691 and le5t click3
#ow select the .th. /0)(HT *1)*23. :ress Tab to edit it and replace the te$t
or delete it.
:ress T7B to get back out o5 edit mode once you are fnished typing your
top line. The te$t might be too thin or too wide8 or not tall enough. That is
what those colored handles are 5or in the middle o5 the te$t. :ull the
s;uare in the end o5 the handle with you 19-T M<'%9 B'TT<# to enlarge
or to make the te$t smaller. *lick and drag the green handle /green s;uare
on the end o5 the line3 to scale the height8 and the red handle to scale the
width.
To move the te$t8 click the little blue arrow in the middle toolbar =Translate
manipulator mode> and then use the red and green handles. To get back
to scaling the si?e8 click the blue s;uare.
9dit the other lines
<28 now you should be able to edit the middle and bottom lines.
0emember8 T7B goes in and out o5 edit mode8 the red and green handles
the width and height and right click selects.
)5 you@ve got a title with the letter T
Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch!v"AlBBk9;%pCD
0endering
The rendered fle is saved under the path that you can see in the bottom
panel. #ormally this is in the same 5older8 where you un?ipped the original
fles in a sub5older called renders. ou can change this i5 you want.
6on@t change anything you don@t know about. )5 you want8 you can tweak
on the resolution8 encoding8 per5ormance8 anti&aliasing and 5ormat options.
6epending on your :*Es per5ormance8 rendering the whole se;uence can
take ca. B, hours /on a +(H? 6ual *ore3 or ca. F hours on a Guad *ore. )
recommend letting it render overnight as it uses lots o5 per5ormance8 so
you can@t really work at the same time. There are H,, 5rames.
The fle is by de5ault saved to the 5older where you un?ipped the template
and is called ,,,B&,H,,.avi /H,, 5rames3.
:ausing the render:
To pause the blender render8 click Help8 then Toggle %ystem *onsole. Then
press the pause /or break3 key on your keyboard. To resume8 hit enter. 6o
#<T shutdown your computer or close the program. 1eave it open8 and
you can put the computer to sleep and resume a5terwards.
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Ballyweg