Ira Krakow's Blender 2.5 Sneak Preview

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I played around with a recent build (878-361, to be exact) of Blender 2.5. Blender 2.5 is a major rewrite of Blender which, in my opinion, makes Blender's great user interface and experience even greater. I'd like to give you a quick tour of the startup windows and the menus, to give you a sneak peek at Blender's makeover. Blender's new look is very exciting.

Please remember that we're looking at 2.5 in its embryonic stage. It's not even in its pre-release stage. Not all the features we see may make it into the final release. However, there's enough to explore so that we can get a general idea of what 2.5 will ultimately look like. I'm not going to try to build anything, or see whether any of the menu choices work. I just want to give you a quick peek of 2.5, under the hood.

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[bombasticals]

@irakrakow or any1 who can answer. im wonderin. will the hotkeys from 2.49 be da same in dis 2.5. wut i mean is, can i use da same keyboard shortcuts im used to?

[irakrakow]

@bombasticals The hotkeys are totally different because the user interface has changed. In 2.5 you can change the hotkey assignments so you can make them like 2.49 is you like.

[mikh3x4]

i have blender 2.5 alpha 1 and i dont get the selection box around my selection i used it before and it worked.

could someone help?

[irakrakow]

If you right click on the object, you should get the selected object in orange. If you Shift select, the object selected is in dark orange, the active object in light orange. You can change these colors by going to the User Preferences window and clicking on Themes. You can customize a lot of other colors as well.

[irakrakow]

Just looked a bit further. Yes, you can add image textures. However, I haven't figured out how to add background images yet.

[PokemonMistysFan]

@bombasticals is blender 2.5 stable??

[hunzedog]

hey irakrakow....i want to learn blender and i wonder if i should learn 249 or should i get the 2.5 and learn that...

thanks....eh

[diegoedv]

@rigomrtsfx

I don't think so, but if that ever happens it will be forked.

[bustermetoo]

please please excuse my previous post--it was my own music playing--i feel like a total sit--it was a fantastic tutorial and i apologize big time

[bustermetoo]

shit fking music--total distraction--learned nada--please do it again with no music

[ryorta]

on blender 2.5.2. When I am using the manipulators (grab, rotate, and size). The mouse arrow and the object strokes. Can anybody explain me this issue or how can I fix it?