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Jan-Hendrik Müller

@kolibril13.bsky.social

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Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Jan 6

Version 0.1.5 of my Blender CSV Importer is out! 🚀
Now with a Python interface and the latest data-crunching power of @pola.rs. Special thanks to @bradyajohnston.bsky.social for contributing to this release! Full changelog in comment. Link:
extensions.blender.org/add-ons/csv-...

CSV Importer

import csv data to meshes in Blender

extensions.blender.org

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Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · 25m

I m using clearshotX for 30 min videos m, and it also never failed me

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Alister Burt @alisterburt.bsky.social · 1d

finally hit πthon

Savannah Ostrowski @savannah.dev · 1d

The stable release of Python 3.14 is out now! Go, go, go update! 🙌

discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...

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Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · 1d

Fun easteregg: The @blender.org user interfaces shows up in the latested @kurzgesagt.org video!
youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?...

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks for sharing! Will this make it also possible to install multiple versions of one package into the same virtual environment?

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · 24d

👋

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · 26d

I just released a new Blender extension for blurring images and scene backgrounds: extensions.blender.org/add-ons/blur...

Under the hood, it uses the image processing libraries PIL and OpenEXR.

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Aug 13

Keep us updated how it works, looking forward to seeing what you re up to

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Jul 17

Useful trick for VS Code / Cursor AI:
Make a custom settings.json file for a project scope.
E.g. I'm using this snippet to format my JSON files in a convenient way.

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Jul 4

Today I learned that Blender supportes fuzzy search, e.g. “iop” for Instance on Points.
Useful and very stable shortcuts.

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Jun 14

In Blender 4.5 (coming next month), it will become much easier to add Grease Pencil Text. Here's the new "Faces" option for the "Mesh to Curve" node in action.

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · May 24

Data driven workflows will see many improvements in Blender 4.5!

Jacques Lucke @jacqueslucke.bsky.social · May 24

We recently improved the spreadsheet in Blender in multiple ways:
* Context path moved to the side making space for menus.
* Columns can be resized/reordered.
* It remembers the order of columns.
* Supports horizontal scroll wheel.

#b3d #devfund #GeometryNodes

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · May 24

New self-contained python script (thanks to uv, @crmarsh.com ):
1. Take pdf from the download folder
2. Compress all images within that pdf to 80% quality.
Triggered by a single call:
"uv run gist.githubusercontent.com/kolibril13/5...
Be aware that running code from URLs is your own risk.

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · May 23

looking forward to the next video! :)

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Physghoul 👻 @physgal.bsky.social · May 21

This is my kind of physics article 🧀 😋 ⚛️ 🎢 🧪

Cheese Flowers Are Shaped by Friction

Scraping the surface of a Tête de Moine cheese wheel produces frilly ribbons whose flower-like forms depend on the local friction.

physics.aps.org

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Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · May 8

Absurd situation for Micro-Transactions for Blender Extensions: When you donate €1 to a creator on Gumroad via PayPal, you’re essentially giving your money to Gumroad, PayPal and tax, leaving the creator with €0 🤯

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · May 6

seems like the link is not valid anymore

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · May 6

The world population from 1950-2033. Made with #Blender.

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · May 3

That's exciting news! Many ideas to look forward to in the near future for reproducible notebooks :)

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Jacques Lucke @jacqueslucke.bsky.social · May 1

I wrote a document describing how we want to make it possible to build high level and easy-to-use node group assets for physics simulations and more. #b3d #devfund #GeometryNodes

devtalk.blender.org/t/declarativ...

Declarative Systems in Geometry Nodes

Currently, one of our primary goals for Geometry Nodes is to get to a point where we can build high level and easy to use node group assets for physics simulations. Our general approach was described…

devtalk.blender.org

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Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Apr 30

Where do people live in Germany? #Blender #GeometryNodes

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Apr 29

based on this csv file

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Apr 29

here's the geonodes setup

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Apr 29

Update on time series animations:
It's now possible to dynamically animate string data in #GeometryNodes

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Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Apr 28

In case that you're working with time series datasets, here's how to animate them in #Blender GeoNodes:
youtu.be/-PXVPyph4_U

Blender GeoNodes Tutorial: Animate Time Series from a CSV

YouTube video by Jan-Hendrik Müller

youtu.be

Jan-Hendrik Müller @kolibril13.bsky.social · Apr 28

quick tip for recording tutorials #Blender #GeometyNodes:
1. Create the full setup
2. delete elements one by one
3. start recording the tutorial and press Command+Z for every explanation step.
(make sure to set "Undo Steps" to a high number in System -> Memory&Limits)