How to play Astra Itinera

I'm long overdue with this tutorial on how to play my iPad game Astra Itinera. If you've questions you can post here, contact me directly, or post in the facebook group.

Bits of Blender #64 - Scene Linking Revisited

Bits of Blender #63 - Lists in 2.69

Procreate Cut/Copy/Paste Problem Resolved

I was excited when Procreate added a cut/copy/paste feature to their iPad app. It's one of my favorite apps and it is my favorite art app. To my dismay, the feature worked intermittently.

Each update I would try it again to no avail. I have a 3rd Gen non-jailbroken 32GB iOS 6 & 7 iPad and with every version of Procreate that had the cut/copy/paste feature through version 2.0 this feature would not work consistently. I read all the posts on it trying the suggestions.

This morning I figured it out. Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom was enabled. Disabling it, now Procreate's cut/copy/paste works consistently.

So it seems like the OS is absorbing the 3-finger drag gesture even though that functionality does not come into play until after the 3-finger double-tap zooms in. As I mentioned, when zoom is enabled, the cut/copy/paste only occasionally works.  I don't use this feature in Procreate but I do use it sometimes with other apps.

I don't want to clutter up Procreate's interface since it appears most folks don't have zoom enabled, but if there were a button that would invoke the cut/copy/paste dialog, that would be great.  Maybe one that appeared when there was a selection above the + (plus sign)   :-)

My first (written) Blender tutorial

I've created 8 full-length Blender video tutorials, my most recent being A Blender Game Character, and 62 episodes of Bits of Blender. Now my first written (not video) Blender tutorial is on RayWenderlich.com. The site features iOS and game tutorials.

My article builds upon the introductory article by Vicki Wenderlich where she shows you the basics of modeling in Blender. In mine, I show how to rig, skin, animate, and render the mushroom. These articles are oriented at newcomers to Blender and take you step-by-step through the process.  #b3d

Bits of Blender #62 - Stenciling

In this Bit, Richard and I show you how to use the stencil feature of Blender.

Bits of Blender #61 - Extruding Along a Path with Tapering

Richard and I have a new Bit out. We show how to use tapering when extruding along a path and our technique of keeping the taper object in line with the path that has the extrusion.

This is our first Bit in a long time. In this one you can tell we're having fun, especially towards the end. I hope you enjoy it!