Animation output was broken on some generators recently Sorry, should be fixed now! Thanks to [lara] for the report.

On the plus side, we’ve been improving the animation-making interface. The movie button has been made (hopefully) more prominent, and there’s a clearer movie scroll bar for moving back and forth between frames. Also, you can choose between animations that are cheap-and-cheerful and fast to make, and animations that are slower to make but clearer — just click on the movie icon, and then on either the grainy “fast” button or the crisp “slow” button. Suggestions for cleverer icons are very welcome :-).

In preparation for Valentine’s day, we’ve just added a butterfly animation that looks like this:

To put your own beloved in the picture, just click here (if you think you recognize the butterfly, that’s because it comes from the Big Buck Bunny movie - thanks to the Blender Foundation for releasing their characters into the wild under a friendly license!).

And don’t forget, there’s plenty of other equally romantic designs lying around from Valentine’s past: Heart lockets, heart showers, candles, wine bottles, … we’re doing our best for you on the 14th!

The Generator Guide has been updated. Photoshop-based designs can now be uploaded and processed automatically (read how). Enjoy!