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Spencer Magnusson
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Pipeline Engineer. Blender add-on developer and artist, getting into screenwriting as well. Proud husband, father, and Christian. https://spencermagnusson.com
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"Default Cube: The Game" add-on is scheduled to come out this Halloween, available only on Superhive!

#b3d #blender3d #DefaultCubeTheGame
I feel bad that I haven't been writing for a bit. I've been having the problem of so many coding projects, that all the actually creative stuff gets lost. I'm hoping that I can intentionally mitigate some of that stuff around the holidays.

Been saying "in a few weeks" for a few months now 😅
For add-on devs who don't know, you can load .blend file data in a temporary container, Blender automatically cleans it up afterwards. Super useful for processing external files or images without saving them. In this case, it couldn't handle relative filepaths, despite working with non-temp data.
Another Blender bug reported, another already fixed (and hopefully backported soon! Thanks @chengdulittlea.bsky.social and Campbell! #b3d

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Join the official Blender Survey 2025!

Let's get a picture of the community and help shape the future of Blender together. 🧡

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Yeah mine are normally black but were starting to turn white 😭 (also we have similar tastes -- mine are also over ear, similar style but Philips)
Reminder to clean your headphones/earbuds. Mine are currently drying and look MUCH better without all the gunk buildup of the past year.
Scratch that. Removal of Preetham, Nishita got renamed.
Testing Light Painter for the Blender 5.0 update. Only had one bug: new sky textures changed, including removal of Nishita sky texture (at least the name).

But it got me to appreciate new sky textures. Stunning. #b3d
#blender3d
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This is for Blender add-on devs: the Action API that was deprecated in Blender 4.4 has been removed in 5.0.

Using action.fcurves / .groups / .id_root will NOT work in 5.0!

Check the release notes for more info: developer.blender.org/docs/release...

#b3d #blender3d #animation #addon #development
Python API - Blender Developer Documentation
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A fun experiment while taking a break from my current script. #scriptsky #FirstPageFriday #screenwriting
Good news: two games I want to get are on Steam sale.
Bad news: both are >=100 GB.

See, this is why I like cloud gaming: zero worries about disk space.
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🖥️ This is probably one of the biggest features coming to Blender 5.0 - in my opinion, Sequencer to Compositor nodes as a modifier - this is Davinci workflows built in! A hot requested idea for nearly a decade now! Already in the main trunk!
Talked with someone this morning who's interested in livestreaming with this add-on. Demo went well.

If you're a Blender streamer, let me know if you'd like an add-on for the perfect Halloween livestream! #b3d #livestream #livestreaming #livestreamer #twitch #streamer
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normalMagic now available on Superhive! 🐝
Link in thread 👇
#b3d #normalMagic
Big news for Blender: adaptive subdivision is no longer experimental! projects.blender.org/blender/blen...

It's still Cycles-only, but a big step forward. #b3d #blender3d
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New #introduction: I'm a Blender enthusiast, both in scripting tools as well as art. I code at an animation studio for a living. Just continuing to spend time with family, solve problems, and tell stories.
Since I couldn't give my BCON25 presentation, I recorded it at home and editing it now. Will hopefully have it ready by Monday.
Sometimes, when I'm too sick or unmotivated to write, I just try to write an existing scene for fun.
Finished a draft! Felt really good about the ending. Now that I've got the story/plot, I'll take a break and then revisit to push the characters further and have a more visible arc. #scriptsky #screenwriting