Monthly Archives: July 2015

Exun e-Lite 2015 Hardware Prelims

The e-Lite 2015 Hardware Prelims were held on 10 July 2015, and the qualifiers are as follows:
Note: The results are in no particular order.

  • Shreyas Kishore (XI-F) and Ishaan Wadhwa (XI-F)
  • Pranav Sharma (X-D) and Harshit Arora (X-D)

The Hardware Finals will be held on 22nd July, 2015, during the 2nd and the 3rd period in the OAT.

Congratulations to all those who made it to the finals!

Exun e-Lite 2015 Junior Quiz Prelims

The e-Lite 2015 Junior Quiz Prelims were held on 10 July 2015, and the qualifiers are as follows:
Note: The results are in no particular order.

  • Rajvardhan Singh (VIII-A) and Kabir Goel (VIII-J)
  • Nishant Maini (VIII-D) and Karan Handa (VIII-D)
  • Somesh Kar (VI-G) and Ishir Bhardwaj (VI-G)
  • Akshat Singh (VIII-D)  and Raghav Bedi (VIII-D)
  • Simarjaiv Singh (VIII-A) and Amay Bhatia (VIII-A)
  • Aprajit Mahajan (VII-J) and Alhad Sethi (VII-J)

The details for the Junior Quiz Finals will be posted to lnexun.

Congratulations to all those who made it to the finals!

Exun e-Lite 2015 Crossword Prelims

The e-Lite 2015 Crossword Prelims were held on 10 July 2015, and the qualifiers are as follows:
Note: The results are in no particular order.

  • Barun Arora (XI-L) and Sarthak Pal (XI-L)
  • Siddharth Maharishi (XI-C) and Aman Siddhant (XI-L)
  • Vedant Singh (X-F) and Aneesh Gupta (X-F)
  • Amogh Agarwal (X-E)  and Himanshu Jain (X-C)
  • Aditya Sengupta (XI-I) and Aryaman Dubey (XI-J)
  • Adit Bhardwaj (XI-X) and Raaghav Tarak Khanna (XI-O)

The finalists have to report today at 10:20 a.m. to A.V.H. for the crossword finals.

Congratulations to all those who made it to the finals!

Exun e-Lite 2015: Senior Quiz Prelims

The e-Lite 2015 Senior Quiz Prelims were held on 10 July 2015, and the qualifiers are as follows:
Note: The results are in no particular order.

  • Aditya Senguypta (XI-I) and Aryaman Dubey (XI-J)
  • Dev Shaurya Singhal (XI-O) and Aveneel Waadhwa (XI-L)
  • Tarun Patra (IX-H) and Raj Bakshi (IX-H)
  • Srijan Jain (XI-K) and Parth Rangan (XI-C)
  • Amogh Agarwal (X-E)  and Himanshu Jain (X-C)
  • Ritwik Gupta (IX-F) and Aahan Birla (IX-M)

The finalists have to report today at 11:40 a.m. to A.V.H. for the quiz finals.

Congratulations to all those who made it to the finals!

e-Lite 2015: Postponement Notice

Due to the CBSE Avishkar Quiz being held on 9 July 2015, the Quiz, Crossword and Hardware events have been postponed to Friday, 10 July 2015. The timings for other events have also changed. This is the updated schedule for e-Lite 2015. The date, time and venue for the Junior Quiz Finals, to be held next week, shall be announced tomorrow.

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Please inform your partners and fellow participants of the change.

e-Lite 2015: Creative Event Update

Participants of e-Lite 2015 please note:

  1. There is no registration for the Creative Event Prelims. All the entries are to be sent to us at [email protected]
  2. The prompt for the Creative Event Prelims remains the same. The link to the prompt is: bit.ly/eLite2015CE
  3. The deadline for the Prelims is 15th July, 2015. The date, details, and topic for the onsite Creative Event finals will be declared after the results of the Prelims.
  4. Entries submitted already will be considered and need not be sent again.

Good luck!

 

Blender: A free yet feature rich 3D modelling tool

So, you want to learn 3D modelling and rendering, and downloaded Blender, one of the few free 3D modelling software available on the Internet. If you’re using a 3D modelling software for the first time, it might seem pretty daunting, but it’s something made for everyone, novices to professionals alike.

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What is it?

Founded by Ton Roosendaal in May 2002, blender is a completely free professional open source 3D modelling, graphics and animation suite, but in no way inferior to anything else out there. You can use to create animated movies, 3D printed models, fluid and smoke simulation, video editing, UV unwrapping, texturing, raster graphics editing, rigging and skinning, particle simulation, soft body simulation, sculpting, match moving, compositing, video games or even just amazing artwork. Blender shows off the entirety of all there is to 3D design. Modeling and animation along with rigging, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking. Blender even integrates a video editing and game creation system. It is helpful to know Python scripting (but not needed at all to be efficient in Blender) for customizing the application and writing specialized tools for yourself and others.

It’s available on most platforms, so that’s an extra plus. Its high customizability is pretty cool too, as you can set the display screen according to your preferences.  It also has an integrated game engine.

 

Why should I get blender?

You start from scratch, in a neat user interface, and – unless you happen to be an Autodesk Maya expert – should expect that you are going to have to read some manuals, follow the tutorials, and do lots of homework. Lots. But since Blender is completely free, it’s worth the effort if you are serious about 3D art and animation, whether amateur or pro, and have a lot of artistic talent and perseverance.

Unlike most 3D and 2D design software, Blender seems to favor people who are gamers or programmers, by incorporating keyboard shortcuts for almost everything, making shifting through tasks a breeze.

For example, if you hit the Scale button with your mouse pointer, you will find it near impossible to scale your selected item with any precision. Use the shortcut S and you now have meticulous control.

With Blender, we can model using basic mesh shapes – spheres, cubes, cylinders etc. which we can extrude and reshape. There are tutorials to learn how to add textures and patterns, and even changing colors seems to be quite intimidating until you learn it. What you need is dedication and hard work.

For whom?

Blender is well suited to individuals and small studios who benefit from its unified pipeline and responsive development process; but if you’re a novice, and hope to have your project completed in hours rather than months, Blender is definitely a better choice than painfully fishing out your wallet for the $ 3500 Autodesk Maya or even the $ 50 3D Studio.

Even if you’re a Maya user and a pro, you might get Blender (it’s free, remember?) for a spin. Blender’s ease of use is catching up fast with programs for professionals. Once you get the skill and know what to do, you can match up with what can be done Maya and 3DS Max and other high-end, high-price 3D modelling and animation programs.

Blender is an excellent 3D design software with great tools and enormous functionality. With the addition of the fact that it is completely free making it easy for anyone to jump right in and start learning adds that much more respect for the developers of this amazing app, even though it is a bit hard to start with and even harder to master. Although you will have to take your time watching tutorials or reading documentation, learning Blender will definitely be worth your time in the end.

Happy Blending.