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We've got a very beautiful planet to live in, with lots of beautiful landscapes to look at; but maybe the most beautiful ones are those that we can see in the pictures taken from the space. Those are really awesome. In this article by John E. Herreño, author of Blender 2.5 HOTSHOT, let's challenge ourselves and work to create an image resembling some of that beauty that we can see in nature.

Inkscape is frequently mentioned, and lauded, as one of the best examples of open-source software available today. It is a mature, feature-full and flexible product, thanks to a very dedicated developer community. The latest version, 0.48, adds new tools, such as the Airbrush (which many have longed for), and advanced path editing, among many other additions and improvements.

Inkscape is frequently mentioned, and lauded, as one of the best examples of open-source software available today. It is a mature, feature-full and flexible product, thanks to a very dedicated developer community. The latest version, 0.48, adds new tools, such as the Airbrush (which many have longed for), and advanced path editing, among many other additions and improvements.

Blender is an open source software for artists that also covers education, research and development, universities, and more.

To create models in Blender, you must deal with the 3D View Editor area working and its editing operators. Blender has powerful editing operators, but in this article by Michelangelo Manrique, the author will cover in detail those that help you in the very first moment, making a fast review of the others though. The use of very high-level complex editing operators will be a learning that you will discover once you try and practice modeling with exercises.

With the emerging popularity of the 'social web', it is becoming more and more common to integrate aspects from social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook into e-commerce stores, such as those powered by the Magento platform. Social media can provide a fantastic opportunity for e-commerce store owners to participate and engage with existing and potential customers while increasing the awareness of their products among a wider audience.

This article by Richard Carter, author of the book Magento 1.4 Themes Design, covers integrating your Magento store with Twitter, including:

• Adding a 'Follow Us On Twitter' button
• Making use of the Twitter 'latest tweets' widgets to your store

Editors note: Magento Community Edition is distributed under the Open Software License (OSL 3.0)

In this article by Reynante Martinez we'll tackle a topic that is commonly misunderstood and often overlooked inside of Blender. But before we begin, I'd like to make a few remarks. First, I do not claim to be a professional color grading artist nor do I imply the following explanations as “rules” to be strictly followed. What I will try to share with you in this article are my thoughts and experiences on Color Grading using Blender.

In this article by Jonathan Bennett, author of the book OpenStreetMap, we'll look at some of the following tools you can use to check OpenStreetMap data in a particular area, and what problems they can and can't tell you about..

In this article by Jonathan Bennett, author of the book OpenStreetMap, we'll look at the tools and techniques used by the OpenStreetMap community to gather data using GPS, and upload it to the website.

OpenStreetMap is a diverse project with hundreds of thousands of people contributing data and making use of it in different ways. As a result, many of the resources that mappers have created and use are scattered around the Internet, but the project data and much of the documentation is hosted at openstreetmap.org, on servers operated by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. In this article by Jonathan Bennett, author of the book OpenStreetMap, we'll cover: 1.The main features of openstreetmap.org—the main website for the project 2.Creating and personalizing an account on openstreetmap.org 3.Using the map viewer and the tools associated with it 4.Using the documentation in the OpenStreetMap wiki 5.Communicating with the OpenStreetMap community using mailing lists, forums, IRC, and other channels

In the previous articles, Getting Started with Blender’s Particle System and Getting Started with Blender’s Particle System- A Sequel, we discussed about the general usage and concepts behind Blender's Particle System and found some cool ways to extend it further. We also discussed several types of the particle system as well as some practical results that can be derived from it like: dust, smoke, fire/flame, bubbles, rock slide animation, and hair/fur/grass.

There are approximately 38 critical issues that need to be resolved before Drupal 7 beta gets released. For more on these beta blocker issues check out: http://drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-core. In this article by Trevor James we will install Drupal 7 alpha, test it out, and ultimately help to fix the critical issues and speed up the beta release.

The built-in IVR (Interactive Voice Response) engine is a powerful component of the FreeSWITCH system. It allows messages to be played and interactive responses (usually touch-tones) to be processed, in order to direct calls to particular destinations. It can ultimately allow callers to hear information without needing to speak to a live person, select options that enable/disable features, or enter data that can be used in account, billing, or other operations.

In this article by Clément Nedelcu, author of the book Nginx HTTP Server, we will see the following: 1.Nginx to work with Apache 2.Reconfiguring Apache to work as a backend server There are basically two main parts involved in the configuration, one relating to Apache and one relating to Nginx.

In this article we will cover some more features of JSF 2.0, such as: 1. JSF declarative event handling 2. URLs based on specified navigation outcome 3. JSF view parameters 4. JSF 2 and navigation cases

In this article by Anghel Leonard, author of the book JSF 2.0 Cookbook, we will cover the following features of JSF 2.0: 1. JSF 2.0 annotations 2. The JSF 2.0 exception handling mechanism 3. Bookmarking JSF pages with PrettyFaces