Ever heard of the Disney/Pixar bracket? A few days (actually weeks) ago we took the challenge together and went through an epic showdown! Find out what our collectively favorite Disney/Pixar movie of all times is, in episode 72! In this podcast: Andy, Hjalti, Julian, Francesco and Pablo F. Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic  

In episode 71 we start a conversation that will definitely continue in future episodes of the podcast: our memories and experiences with Blender Open Movies. Initially inspired by the CG Cookie film review, this episode sees us going back all the way to Elephants Dream! What does this film mean? What were the most memorable moments of the production? Thanks to the great narration of Andy, a lot of behind-the-scene moments are unveiled! Join us and find out more!In this podcast: Andy, Hjalti,...

While the studio is getting ready for the Code Quest, Hjalti had a special surprise to test our Blender nerdism: a trivia game! Plus the regular updates on Blender development and studio news. Tune in for a very special Blender Studio Podcast 70! In this podcast: Francesco, Andy, Hjalti, Sergey and Pablo Vazquez Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

With the teaser trailer of the open movie HERO being released, it got us thinking about our heroes. So we talk about the people that inspire us, but not before going through the Blender community news and studio updates. Tune in for Blender Studio Podcast episode #69! In this podcast: Francesco, Sybren, Hjalti and Pablo Vazquez Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

"How do you keep focus?". This is the question we ask ourselves in this episode. Find out our different strategies to cope with distracting environments, boring tasks and lack of motivation. Also community news are back! In this podcast: Pablo Vazquez, Hjalti, Andy and Francesco Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic  

You might have heard of the Blender 2.8 Code Quest. If not, join us for a little recap, plus some fun before-the-launch behind-the-scenes stories. After that, Andy and Julien talk about Spring, until we finally move to an actual podcast theme: "how do you deal with pressure?". In this podcast: Pablo Vazquez, Julien, Andy and Francesco Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic  

Welcome to 66, where we recap what is happening at the studio, including the challenges that come with calculating and estimating how long and how many resources a production will need. We also mention our other online ventures, such as Blender Cloud Live, and tell stories about "what did we learn this week with Blender". In this podcast: Pablo Vazquez, Hjalti, Andy and Francesco Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic  

Welcome, take a seat! The alternative ending for Agent 327 - Operation Barbershop has been released, we recap the release and quiz Pablo about how it's like to transition from Maya to Blender. Also, it's Sculptjanuary and Julien talks about the joy of being a moderator *while* attending the sculpting frenzy every single day! Further, Hjalti and Pablo discuss the benefits of a pose library for animation and the upcoming additions to the Blender addon Dr. Sybren is developing together with...

It's 2018! After a rundown on the latest Blender Cloud updates (especially Flamenco) by Dr. Sybren, we review the status of the Hero and Spring Open Movies. Finally we delve into a fully scientific prediction about the trends of this year. In this podcast: Hjalti, Francesco, Andy and Sybren Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic  

After a brief recap about the on-going work on the Spring project, we get a hold of Sergey to talk about his latest Blender development! Check out episode 63 to peek behind the curtains of Blender Animation Studio! In this podcast: Hjalti, Francesco, Andy and Sergey Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic  

Say welcome to our new animator Pablo Fournier in this action packed episode 62! Francesco and Hjalti share what happened on their trip to CTN and Andy sums up the latest progress of the Spring movie project. We conclude by reviewing the latest Pixar film 'Coco' and the short 'Olaf' by Disney Animation. In this podcast: Pablico, Hjalti, Francesco and Andy Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic  

We kick off this episode talking about the wrap up and awesomeness that was Blender Conference 2017, to later dive deep into the valleys of the next big thing: Spring, the upcoming open movie project at the Blender Animation Studio. Join us for episode 61!  

Last time we said goodbye, now we say hello! Welcome Julien Kaspar to the Blender Animation Studio! The rest of the team is getting ready for Blender Conference, wrapping up the next open movie “The Daily Dweebs” (which now has a release date!), Blender 2.8 talk and as always we answer the questions on the blog. Join us for episode 60! In this podcast: Hjalti, Pablo, Francesco and welcome Julien! Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

Dalai joins us for his last podcast (for now!) before going back to sunny beaches in Brazil, but not before telling us all about Blender 2.8. Francesco shares his experience at PIXELvienna. Andy had fun with particles on the upcoming open movie project, directed by Hjalti who unveils a new name for it! In this podcast: Dalai Felinto, Andy Goralczyk, Pablo Vazquez, Hjalti Hjalmarsson, Francesco Siddi. Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

Francesco tells his American tales about SIGGRAPH 2017 and the Agent 327 screening at Disney, Andy shares his progress with The Dweebs and Pablo gives a glimpse of the upcoming content for blender.org. Finally, Sybren presents his work on Organizations support for Blender Cloud and talks about his recently released training Scripting for Artists. Lotsa good vibes! In this podcast: Andy, Pablo, Dr. Sybren, Francesco. Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

Learn all about Blender 2.79 in this special episode dedicated completely to the upcoming Blender release. From Denoiser to Shadow Catcher, Filmic, Alembic, Cloth improvements, add-ons and much more. Tune in for Blender Animation Studio Podcast #57!

The Blender Animation Studio is back with the announcement of a new short open movie project, Blender Cloud got a new shiny workshop, we talk about the updates on Blender.org and much more. Join us for Podcast #56! In this podcast: Hjalti, Andy, Francesco and Pablo Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

Back to our original format, here is a recount of our latest adventures! We celebrate the beta release of Flamenco and Attract, hear from Pablo about Mundos Digitales, talk about our VICE story and relive our 10 year-of-blender-institute anniversary boat trip. In this podcast: Andy, Hjalti, Sybren, Francesco and Pablo Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

Blender 2.8 news? Check. Experience on starting a new project or mastering Blender? Check. Cloud and Flamenco updates? Check! This podcast is all over the place, tune in for episode 54 of the Blender Animation Studio Podcast! In this podcast: Andy, Dalai, Sybren, Francesco and Pablo Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

Welcome to episode 53 of the Blender Studio Podcast! A few hours before the team goes to the opera we talk about the latest updates on Blender development, like grease pencil and other 2.8 goodies. Blender Cloud got tons of training after the Agent 327 release, and there is even a tease of new open content coming? All of that plus many questions from the YouTube live stream make for a wonderful podcast. Tune in! In this podcast: Pablo, Hjalti, Francesco, Andy and Dalai Music: Blabetté de Metz...

We are back! And after the release of Agent 327: Operation Barbershop we stare at the bright future. Join us to find out how we felt like during and after the release of the film, what did we learn and what our future plans are! In this podcast: Andy, Francesco, Pablo, Hjalti and Sybren Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

As the Agent 327 animation approaches completion, we discuss our daily work at the studio and bid farewell to Colin and welcome Luca to the Blender Institute team. After that, we talk about the latest Blender 2.8 developments. Very exciting times ahead!Also, this was our first live video streamed episode! Do we sound different? In this podcast: Andy, Francesco, Dalai, Luca, Colin, Pablo and Hjalti Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic

Major milestone achieved: episode #50! We kickoff talking about the upcoming Blender events around the globe, but the upcoming Blender 2.8 steals the show as Dalai shares some exciting news. Andy talks about his awesome 'Waking the Forest' training on Blender Cloud, the usual updates on the Agent 327 project and much more. Let's celebrate together the fiftieth episode of the Blender Institute Podcast! In this podcast: Andy, Francesco, Dalai, Pablo, Kjartan Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz...

Happy Birthday! Blender Cloud turns 3 today! Join us for Blender Institute Podcast n. 49 as we relive happy memories on how the Cloud was born and grew up to what it is today. Then, we move onto the team, learning what unique and awesome stuff everyone has been up to, all while working on Agent 327. In this podcast: Hjalti, Colin, Pablo, Kjartan, Andy and Francesco Music: Blabetté de Metz (Psy-Jazz Mix) - (cc-by-nc) keytronic