News : How to retarget auto-rig pro rig to a MIXAMO animation

News : Windows PowerShell and more ...

PowerShell 2.0 is finally history: The version of the shell program introduced with Windows 7 will be removed from Windows 11 version 24H2 from August 2025 and from Windows Server 2025 from September 2025.

Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting environment developed by Microsoft, designed for system administration and automation tasks designed by Jeffrey Snover, Bruce Payette, James Truher (et al.) by DeveloperMicrosoft team, and first appearedNovember 14, 2006 .

The default blue now designe is known by any windows user.

PowerShell 7 is the latest major update to PowerShell, a cross-platform automation tool and configuration framework optimized for dealing with structured data (e.g., JSON, CSV, XML), REST APIs, and object models. PowerShell 7 runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS, making it a versatile tool for various environments. This comes with a black color.

Let's see, this script performs a system integrity check, including checks for Python installation, recent file modifications, and potential unauthorized changes.

# === SYSTEM INTEGRITY AUDIT ===

# Installed applications
Write-Host "Installed applications:"
$apps = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*, HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |
        Where-Object { $_.DisplayName } |
        Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, InstallDate |
        Sort-Object DisplayName
foreach ($a in $apps) {
    $name = $a.DisplayName
    $ver  = if ($a.DisplayVersion) { $a.DisplayVersion } else { "-" }
    $date = if ($a.InstallDate) { $a.InstallDate } else { "-" }
    Write-Host "$name | $ver | $date"
}

# DLLs modified recently
Write-Host "DLLs modified in the last 7 days:"
$dlls = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Windows","C:\Program Files","C:\Program Files (x86)" -Recurse -Filter *.dll -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
        Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) }
foreach ($d in $dlls) {
    Write-Host "$($d.FullName) | $($d.LastWriteTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'))"
}

# SSH logs
Write-Host "SSH logs:"
if (Get-Service -Name sshd -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    $events = Get-WinEvent -LogName "Microsoft-Windows-OpenSSH/Operational" -MaxEvents 20 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    foreach ($e in $events) {
        $t = $e.TimeCreated.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
        $m = ($e.Message -replace "\r?\n",' ')
        Write-Host "$t | $m"
    }
} else {
    Write-Host "OpenSSH service is not active."
}

# System files modified recently
Write-Host "System files modified in the last 3 days:"
$sys = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Windows" -Recurse -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
       Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-3) }
foreach ($f in $sys) {
    Write-Host "$($f.FullName) | $($f.LastWriteTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'))"
}

# Python check
Write-Host "Python check:"
$pythonPaths = @(Get-Command python -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source)
if ($pythonPaths.Count -gt 0) {
    foreach ($p in $pythonPaths) { Write-Host "Path: $p" }
    try {
        $v = & $pythonPaths[0] --version 2>$null
        Write-Host "Version: $v"
    } catch { Write-Host "Error retrieving Python version." }
} else {
    Write-Host "Python not found."
}

# pip check
Write-Host "pip check:"
$pipPath = Get-Command pip -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source
if ($pipPath) {
    Write-Host "Path: $pipPath"
    try {
        $pv = & $pipPath --version 2>$null
        Write-Host "Version: $pv"
    } catch { Write-Host "Error retrieving pip version." }
} else {
    Write-Host "pip not found."
}

# Alias check
Write-Host "Checking python.exe alias:"
$aliasPath = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe"
if (Test-Path $aliasPath) {
    Write-Host "Alias exists: $aliasPath"
} else {
    Write-Host "Alias not found."

}

Write-Host "Audit completed."

News : SpaceX Starlink ...

Starlink is the world’s most advanced satellite internet constellation, beaming terabytes per second to the most remote parts of Earth. Made possible by the advent of reusable rocketry, Starlink marks the beginning of a new age of orbital technology.

See the official website.

News : Diffeomorphic Add-ons Version 4.5.0 Released

On Saturday, August 2, 2025 the official blog comes with new versions for these addons:

DAZ Importer, MHX Runtime System and BVH and FBX Retargeter

News : KDE Gear is back ...

KDE Gear is back with a cool wave of apps for your summertime desktop!

Whether you need to brush up on your languages to visit exotic lands, plan your trips, keep up to date while on the move, meet up with friends and colleagues, create content from your holiday clips, or just chill as your quaint steam engine trundles up a picturesque peak, KDE Gear 🌞 25.08 has got you covered.

The news comes on 14 august 2025 from the official website.

KDE Gear - originally known as the KDE Applications Bundle, was first released on December 17, 2014

KDE Gear version 25.08 release include and provides powerful, user-friendly apps for everyday tasks:

• Itinerary: Travel planner that helps with tickets, delays, maps, and even health certificates.
• Dolphin: File manager with improved search and integration with Filelight for disk usage visualization.
• KOrganizer: Calendar and task manager with better navigation and tooltips.
• Kleopatra: Encryption and certificate manager with multi-window support.
• Neochat: Matrix-based chat app with polls and thread controls.
• Artikulate: Language pronunciation trainer, now compatible with Plasma 6.
• Angelfish: Web browser with customizable shortcuts and adblock toggle.

I don't use KDE very often and haven't in the past either. I prefer simpler and faster desktop environment solutions for my older hardware.

News : mesa 25.2.0-rc1 - new release.

Hello everyone,

I'm happy to announce the start of a new release cycle with the first release candidate, 25.2.0-rc1.

As always, if you find any issues please report them here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/new

Any issue that should block the release of 25.2.0 final, thus adding more 25.2.0-rc* release candidates, must be added to this milestone: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/milestones/51

The next release candidate is expected in one week, on July 23rd.

Cheers, Eric

This mail is from the official mail list of mesa-dev.

News : mesh2motion online tool.

The mesh2motion online tool can be found on the official website.

News : ... mesa 25.2.0 major update.

The mesa 25.2.0 comes with one major update for open-source Linux graphics drivers. It includes new features for OpenGL, Vulkan, and OpenCL ...

See more on this email from Eric Engestrom

Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce a new feature release, 25.2.0! ...

News : Low Poly Tears in Blender! NEW TOOL | Tear Cards Generator

... a good addon from the Nodes Interactive - the official youtube channel.

News : ... the fast version 5.0 of Blender 3D.

I have already seen that version 5.0 Alpha of the Blender 3D software is on YouTube channels. I assume the community is eager to test it. I have followed it and they have stagnated in development. You can see the way the development team works with a repository tool. It is not the only software that has fluctuations in development - Godot had the same progression.

I saw this video today named "Why Blender 5.0 is already getting crazy" from the 3Dan - the official youtube channel.

... and is not only one, most users not use the apha version of software :

The alpha phase of the release life cycle is the first phase of software testing (alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, used as the number 1). In this phase, developers generally test the software using white-box techniques. Additional validation is then performed using black-box or gray-box techniques, by another testing team. Moving to black-box testing inside the organization is known as alpha release.[1][2]

News : What's New in Blender 4.5 LTS! Official Overview .

... from 15 July on the Blender 3D - the official website with the title : What’s New Recap Round-up of what’s new in Blender 4.5 LTS, in detail.

Blender 3D : create winter sprites with RealSnow addon.

A simple method to create snow sprites. I imported an image with a fence, created a roof for each slat using a subdivided and bent plane to be able to put snow with the RealSnow addon. I used an array to create a matrix and used the RealSnow addon to add the snow. I just need to hide the fence, and as it looks from the render, I will have various sprites for the fence.

News : twigl.app another shader editor.

twigl.app is an online editor for One tweet shader, with GIF generator, sound shader, and broadcast live coding.

Today I tested this online shader editor , my hardware is not very good and browser is low, but works ...

News : The 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

The 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 8 to 14 June 2025, in Annecy, France. See the wikipedia article.

Du 8 juin au 14 juin 2025, prenez part au Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy ! Durant une semaine, cet événement célèbre le meilleur du cinéma d'animation dans le monde.

See the official webpage.

News : GP- Grease Pencil add-on by Samuel Bernou.

... this is a good addon made by Samuel Bernou you can find this on the extensions.blender.org - the official website.

News : topoexport

Export with confidence using data from the best sources, for professional-grade precision.

See the official website.

Blender 3D : my custom addon for 2D game development.

Why do I like working with the Python programming language? Because it is very versatile and allows me to process data from the Blender 3D software.

Here is an addon that I created this week to create 2D sprites from 3D animations from Mixamo. It took almost a week because the artificial intelligence from Copilot is flawed in the field of programming, and I don't have hardware resources that allow me to run AI with specialized IDEs along with Blender 3D... I need to find software management solutions on this hardware.

The idea is simple: a 3D animation is chosen, a rendering camera is set up, the animation parameters and the number of sprites are established, along with the involved rendering cameras, and it is rendered with resolutions and transparency. The reason for multiple cameras is that 3D effects can be created in 2D games. A simple example: the game Syberia is a 2D game with combined 2D sprites. The addon can be improved based on the developer's requirements.

NOTE: If I had better hardware and a good network without ... it would have taken from the first step in 3D modeling, animation, creating addons, and making sprites almost a day.

See these results:

News : Free Daz3D Files by user magnus1781 on the deviantart website.

Free Daz3D Files - by the magnus1781 on DeviantArt website.

News : Testing GeometryCrafter: Consistent Geometry Estimation for Open-world Videos with Diffusion Priors

The paper arXiv:2504.01016 introduces GeometryCrafter, a framework designed to estimate temporally consistent, high-quality point maps from open-world videos. These point maps are crucial for applications like 3D/4D reconstruction, depth-based video editing, and camera parameter estimation.

I tested this week on the huggingface.co GeometryCrafter project and works with a short video because I don't have a Pro account ...

The GeometryCrafter can generates .npz files. These are NumPy compressed archive files that store the predicted point maps corresponding to each frame of the input video. Each .npz file encapsulates the 3D spatial information derived from the video frames, facilitating further processing or visualization.

I tested a python script for .npz with Blender 3D software and works , not finished yet!

News : This FREE Add-on FIXES Blender’s Biggest Annoyance!

This addon free can help with :

... from the DECODED - the official youtube channel.