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Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:05 am
by plaurits
With the new Blender 2.5 Render API in the works, it would be really nice to hear what the plans (if there are any at this point) are for an Indigo Blender 2.5 exporter.
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:10 am
by Godzilla
..Api?
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:11 am
by Borgleader
I fail to see the point of your post. I mean yeah they will update Blendigo for 2.5 but...did you mean like getting it it's own panel instead of the GUI in the scripts window? I'm confused
@Godzilla: API: In computer science, an application programming interface (API) is an interface that defines the ways by which an application program may request services from libraries and/or operating systems.[1][2][3] An API determines the vocabulary and calling conventions the programmer should employ to use the services. It may include specifications for routines, data structures, object classes and protocols used to communicate between the requesting software and the library.
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:58 am
by plaurits
Borgleader wrote:I fail to see the point of your post. I mean yeah they will update Blendigo for 2.5 but...did you mean like getting it it's own panel instead of the GUI in the scripts window? I'm confused
I know render exporter writers have invested much time and effort in
getting them working well in 2.4x, and getting it working again in 2.5x
will be a big task, however it will also allow much better integration
that does not feel like a foreign system due to the limited extension
capabilities. So I don't expect everyone to jump on this immediately,
but if you don't mind some things being missing and rough around the
edges, we could use feedback.
http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-c ... 24019.html
I'm no expert in these matters so I was hoping for a little insight in what will happen to the Indigo exporter for blender.
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:09 am
by Borgleader
I read that same page before posting
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:28 am
by benn
Thanks for the post plauritus - we will look into that new api and hopefully will have blendigo ready for when 2.5 comes out as a stable release - that'll be a substantial improvement to the way the renderer integrates.
Smartden - do you have 2.5 installed?
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:32 am
by plaurits
benn wrote: we will look into that new api and hopefully will have blendigo ready for when 2.5 comes out as a stable release - that'll be a substantial improvement to the way the renderer integrates.
Beautiful! This is the kind of attitude that makes customers very happy
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:05 am
by fused
benn wrote:Smartden - do you have 2.5 installed?
Looks like hes on vacation on the Canary Islands (thats what his profile says).
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:22 am
by Borgleader
benn wrote:Thanks for the post plauritus - we will look into that new api and hopefully will have blendigo ready for when 2.5 comes out as a stable release - that'll be a substantial improvement to the way the renderer integrates.
Smartden - do you have 2.5 installed?
You can get the latest 2.5 versions from graphicall.org and they dont need installing it's just a matter of unzipping it.
Actually I dont think any of them have actual installers its pretty much all zip files. I usually get DingTo's release for windows.
Link to rev 21916
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:44 pm
by Godzilla
Just downloaded it and.. theres no scripts window?
Re: Blender 2.5 Render API and Indigo exporter
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:03 pm
by Borgleader
It may not have been coded in yet? Or maybe they hid it somewhere else...