You can purpose to work on anything, from the viewport and tools, to the game engine and more. ... On Mar 4, 2016 9:47 AM, "Mike Erwin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Daniel, > > Welcome! > > It depends on what model laptop you have. Anything Intel HD 4000 or newer > is capable for Blender work, same is true for any AMD APU. > > For example on the 2012 MacBook Pro switching to the Intel HD 4000 gives > about half the performance of the built-in nVidia GPU, but nothing is > broken or blocked. > > Mike Erwin > musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Daniel McNeela <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > My name is Daniel McNeela, and I'm a rising senior at the University of > > California, Berkeley studying applied mathematics and computer science. I > > used Blender frequently in middle school and high school to learn about > 3d > > graphics and animation, so I'm excited to learn more about its > development. > > > > I have a couple of questions about contributing for anyone who's > > knowledgeable about the project. > > > > 1. I don't currently have access to a desktop machine, and I use my > laptop > > for the majority of my coding work. As such, I don't have a dedicated > > graphics card, and I don't know if this will lead to issues with actually > > running Blender for testing purposes. Would this likely be a great > > impediment to contributing? > > > > 2. For projects, would you suggest I stick to the ones outlined on the > > project ideas page, or are proposals for other ideas welcomed as well? > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
