Talks to Watch

Captain Disillusion: World's Greatest Blenderer - Live at the Blender Conference 2018

2.8M views · Nov 8, 2018 · 41:44 · 4 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2019–2022

Captain Disillusion's comedic talk at the 2018 Blender Conference recounts how he uses Blender as a production tool for his VFX-debunking web series. It is part case study and part love letter to the Blender community.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as an entertaining and inspiring Blender talk, and often links it in threads about learning Blender.

“this is a must watch for inspiration and laughs”HN comment, 2022

What Hacker News said 5

Strongly recommendshombre_fatalJul 2019

“An essential Blender video to watch is Captain Disillusion's presentation at Blender Conf”

Essential Blender conference presentation.

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Great post. An essential Blender video to watch is Captain Disillusion's presentation at Blender Conf: this video

in “Epic Games Supports Blender Foundation with $1.2M” · view on HN
Strongly recommendslathiatNov 2020

“The entire presentation is hilarious”

Hilarious talk that critiqued Blender's interface.

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Some would say this amazing diss by Captain Disillusion at BlenderCon had something to do with the major interface changes in Blender 2.8. The entire presentation is hilarious but for the interface related bit I've linked to 21m15s here: this video

Strongly recommendslathiatOct 2022

“this is a must watch for inspiration and laughs”

Inspiring and funny Blender conference talk.

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I can’t give you a good tutorial but this is a must watch for inspiration and laughs: “Captain Disillusion: World’s Greatest Blenderer - Live at the Blender Conference 2018” this video Note for after: The UI has apparently been fixed

in “Ask HN: Recommend me a Blender course” · view on HN
RecommendstheclawOct 2019

“did a great presentation at the Blender conference last year”

Captain Disillusion's great presentation at the Blender conference.

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For those not aware Captain Disillusion is an impressively well produced youtube series mimicking the vibe of 90's kids TV, but for an adult audience. The Captain uses Blender for the 3D effects in his videos, and did a great presentation at the Blender conference last year [0]. The type of effect used to create these candy words is covered in the "Marble Sorting Machine" video link [0] this video

in “Show HN: Make a video of any word forming out of candy” · view on HN
RecommendsxmprtDec 2021

“I really enjoyed this talk by Captain Disillusion at the Blender Conference 2018”

Enjoyable talk by Captain Disillusion at Blender Conference.

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I really enjoyed this talk by Captain Disillusion at the Blender Conference 2018 where he goes over some of that - this video