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It could be the start of a handy blender add-on, but most likely I'll just copy it from project to project for now.

It could be the start of a handy blender add-on, but most likely I'll just copy it from project to project for now.

It won't give perfect, seamless animations, but it lets me think in terms of "who's doing what, when" and makes it a lot...

It won't give perfect, seamless animations, but it lets me think in terms of "who's doing what, when" and makes it a lot easier to rearrange or reassign parts of the ceremony. Makes animating a little more like writing a theater script.

I needed to orchestrate a ceremony, and figured I'd use #blender to visualize it. However, actions, keyframes, and NLA are way too...

I needed to orchestrate a ceremony, and figured I'd use #blender to visualize it. However, actions, keyframes, and NLA are way too nitty-gritty and fine grained for what I was looking for. Instead I threw together some python for writing a script along the lines of "actor.walk_to(a_spot).look_at(somewhere_else)". Posted here: https://gist.github.com/zach-capalbo/dd95055a8d6ac6441a1a11c168b3def6 in case it's useful to anyone else.

You can make your own songbook without installing anything or doing and programming by cloning the Demo Songbook repository and using the...

You can make your own songbook without installing anything or doing and programming by cloning the Demo Songbook repository and using the WebIDE to add songs!

https://gitlab.com/zach-geek/demo-songbook

Zach's Songbook, and my Songbook Generator, have been upgraded to use #typst for better, faster,...

Zach's Songbook, and my Songbook Generator, have been upgraded to use #typst for better, faster, formatting:

https://www.zachcapalbo.com/projects/songbook.html

Also announcing Flammarion for #NodeJS! This is a port of the ruby Flammarion gem to NodeJS. Quickly build little GUIs for your scripts or...

Also announcing Flammarion for #NodeJS! This is a port of the ruby Flammarion gem to NodeJS. Quickly build little GUIs for your scripts or interactive sessions. No need to put together all sorts of html, css, and webservers; flammarion handles all of that for you!

https://www.npmjs.com/package/flammarion

Flammarion, the Nifty #ruby GUI toolkit has been updated to version 1.0.0! Most of the updates are back-end overhauls:- Removed all...

Flammarion, the Nifty #ruby GUI toolkit has been updated to version 1.0.0! Most of the updates are back-end overhauls:
- Removed all html/javascript preprocessing. Makes it much easier to update and maintain
- Pared down dependencies to a minimum
- Updated browser detection, especially on windows

https://rubygems.org/gems/flammarion

YMMV, but it seems to work pretty well for me....as long as I don't accidentally move the database folder someplace else. 🤦‍♂️

YMMV, but it seems to work pretty well for me....as long as I don't accidentally move the database folder someplace else. 🤦‍♂️

I suppose this is as good a time as any to mention that I've got a handful of patches that make #mastodon a little easier on the server...

I suppose this is as good a time as any to mention that I've got a handful of patches that make #mastodon a little easier on the server resources for a small single-user setup. Things like lazy-loading images and videos on mouse over.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/compare/main...zach-capalbo:mastodon:zach

Apologies if anyone just got redundant mastodon follow notifications from me just now... Oh the joys of poking at the internals of open...

Apologies if anyone just got redundant mastodon follow notifications from me just now... Oh the joys of poking at the internals of open source software. #Whoops

Current WIP. #WoodWorking #NotWebXR

Current WIP. #WoodWorking #NotWebXR

Content warning: Unclothed figure sketches/carvingsAnother use of #VR/#WebXR for prototyping a physical object: I turned a #VARTISTE figure...

Content warning: Unclothed figure sketches/carvings

Another use of #VR/#WebXR for prototyping a physical object: I turned a #VARTISTE figure sketch into a #WoodCarving!

I'm very much just an amateur at both figure drawing and wood carving, but it's fun to try out making an object in VR before committing the time and money to make it out of wood.

New version of #VARTISTE released! Thanks to the #DesktopVision team for maintaining their integration. A handy way to access your desktop...

New version of #VARTISTE released! Thanks to the #DesktopVision team for maintaining their integration. A handy way to access your desktop from within #WebXR. Now with a smoother #OAuth flow.

https://vartiste.xyz/

More doodling for the holidays. Tweaking the #VARTISTE canvas recording feature.#VRArt #Doodle #DigitalArt #WebXRArt #KrampusArt

More doodling for the holidays. Tweaking the #VARTISTE canvas recording feature.

#VRArt #Doodle #DigitalArt #WebXRArt #KrampusArt

New #VARTISTE feature: Stroke-by-stroke recording. Click the "Record Canvas History" button on the Animation Shelf to turn on...

New #VARTISTE feature: Stroke-by-stroke recording. Click the "Record Canvas History" button on the Animation Shelf to turn on recording, draw a drawing, then click it again to download a video showing each change along the way!

Here's a sample: https://social.zachcapalbo.com/@zach/109418531986121272

Content warning: Unclothed figure block sketch. Uncheeriness.Using #VARTISTE to block out ideas for a decorative holiday painting before I...

Content warning: Unclothed figure block sketch. Uncheeriness.

Using #VARTISTE to block out ideas for a decorative holiday painting before I try it on a real canvas. Here's the first sketch.

#MastoArt #VRArt #Uncheeriness

Older posts should still be visible at https://mstdn.social/@zach_geek

Older posts should still be visible at https://mstdn.social/@zach_geek

Hi Folks! #Introduction: I mostly post updates and interesting tidbits about my hobby projects.Currently hobbying on (among others) an...

Hi Folks! #Introduction: I mostly post updates and interesting tidbits about my hobby projects.

Currently hobbying on (among others) an #OpenSource #webxr sketching / image editing / texturing app, called VARTISTE: https://vartiste.xyz