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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love Limbo, Inside and Cocoon. Waiting for my pre-order of the @lostincult.co.uk Cocoon book at the moment. Really excited to see what you'll be cooking up next!

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Congratulations on the release. It feels fantastic to control with the DualSense and looks amazing.

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Congratulations. First impression: it feels fantastic.

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

*progress bars. Who needs progress bars? Damn you missing edit button. 😤

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

When Maya on Linux does heavy calculations and becomes unresponsive it stops redrawing the main window. This allows me to draw patterns with a tool window over Maya's main window. Like Solitaire. When it redraws the main window, I know it's responsive again. Who needs toolbars am I right?! 🤷‍♂️

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braverabbit.bsky.social @braverabbit.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Making some good progress with the core functions of #SHAPES for #Blender Doesn't look like much but these pretty important for many workflows. #b3d #Blender3D #rigtip #animation #rigging

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But Why Tho? @butwhytho.net · 14/06/2025

Giant Squid's Sword of the Sea offers thrilling traversal mechanics, meditative soundscapes, and an art style that sets it apart. Read our hands-on #SGFPlayDays impressions here:

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Giant Squid's Sword of the Sea Is Thrilling And Meditative In Equal Measure

Giant Squid's Sword of the Sea offers thrilling traversal mechanics, meditative soundscapes, and an art style that sets it apart.

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Win+Shift+S works as a Snipping tool hotkey. But you can also disable Bing in your Start menu search. 1. Search for something and click the 3 dots 2. Disable the Bing seach app in settings 3. Enjoy a Bing-free Start menu

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Jonathan Cooper @jonathan.gameanim.com · 16/04/2025

Tekken 8 muscle deformation via RBF joint system looks super-impressive.

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This video looks at converting a Displacement texture into actual geometry, that can be 3D printed or sculpted on. Textures from Polyhaven. #Blender #B3D #Blender3d www.blendersecrets.org

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I had some of these. They were great!

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Ich fühle mit deinem Leid mit. 🫶

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Aus biologischer Sicht: ja. Aber da die einzige Alternative eine ständige Normalzeit wäre, hätte man dann im Sommer noch mehr Sonnenlicht ganz früh am Morgen wo die 85% Eulen schlafen wollen und weniger Sonnenlicht am Abend, wo man den schönen Sommerabend genießen will. Wie Mai sagt: Es ist komplex.

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Absolutely. Such a hostile and yet comfy world 😊

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Sieht super aus! STALKER und Star Wars Outlaws sind neben Cyberpunk immer recht gut um zu sehen was die Karte so bringt.

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Robbie Reid Rigs @chowgood.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

My GCAP talk "How To Never Rig The Same Thing Twice" is now available to the public! I was really happy with how well it was received at the conference, especially with students. So if you want to learn my super secret techniques to make rigging easier, make sure to check it out

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How To Never Rig The Same Thing Twice

YouTube video by GCAP

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Yeah, that's the cherry on top, unfortunately.

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Robbie Reid Rigs @chowgood.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Once something has been tagged, you should see it under its outputs with a "_tag" suffix. You can also see the connection in the node editor. Controllers have the object type "controller" so they are easy to wildcard search for as well

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Robbie Reid Rigs @chowgood.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Are your Maya controls a bit sluggish when you move them? Manipulation in Maya occurs in DG mode, but you can force it to evaluate in the faster parallel mode by using a "controller tag". Moving my COG control goes from 20 FPS to 120 FPS after being tagged #rigtip

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This is one of the best tricks 👍

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It's a shame these things happen again and again with seemingly no repercussions except for the artists who need to go job hunting and possibly uproot their whole lives. 😢

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Jessica Kathmann @jessicakathmann.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Gaming abbreviations, but only wrong expanded forms. I go first: NPC = non pettable cat

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Robbie Reid Rigs @chowgood.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Did you know you can use the translation of transforms to drive curves in Maya? It's a clean method that avoids deformers like clusters, and is really easy to set up #rigtip

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Super dass ihr hier postet! Und noch dazu aus dem Nexus, perfekt!

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Blender tip: How to make a surface shader (that just displays a flat color or texture without reacting to light)? Plug the color or texture directly into the Material Output Surface port without using a shading node. #blender #shading @blender3d.bsky.social

Blender node graph showing an RGB color node that is plugged directly into a Material Output node.

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Journey is just such an excellent game 🔥

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Blender tip: How to assign different shaders to the front and backside of a geometry? Use the backfacing attribute of a Geometry node to drive a Mix Shader node. (This also works for textures with the Mix Color node.) #blender #shading @blender3d.bsky.social

Screenshot of a Blender shading network demonstrating how the Geometry node can switch a shader on a geometry depending if the front or back side is shown.

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Excited to hear that it's finally announced! I'll definitely pre-order it once that's possible in German stores. Great topic, can't wait to read it!

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Love that Cocoon made your list. Such an awesome game! 🖤

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kay @yellowjello.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Apparently no one in my animation team knew this button existed in Maya to lock the ability to undock panels. Sharing the info here too to save you from a mini-panic attack of losing your timeline or something right after moving it accidentally :>

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Freue mich, dass ihr auf Bluesky aktiv werdet!

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

My feelings exactly. Until video support is added I guess we'll need to post YouTube links or do similar workarounds. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that people will choose Bluesky as the Twitter successor as I really like it here!

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Niels Kleinheinz @kleinheinz.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Super dass es geklappt hat. Freue mich!

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