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Absolutely amazing. This program enables anyone motivated enough to create 3d images at or near the state-of-the-art.
The game engine is not that good, though - but that is just one more feature in an amazing lineup this program has.
~ anonymous
on Jul 26, 2010
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Its just amazing!
~ anonymous
on Jun 27, 2010
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Wohoo, and Blender 2.5/2.6 is looking GREAT
~ anonymous
on Jun 25, 2010
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Fully functional 3D editor. Very fast and efficient to use. The interface is hard for beginners- but who said 3D modelling is easy? You can have an easy to use toy interface or powerful/flexible.
~ anonymous
on Jun 20, 2010
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The interface is hidioue,very long learning curve.
~ anonymous
on Jun 20, 2010
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Interface is not perfect, other than that it is a very useful program.
~ Spinnacre
on Jun 20, 2010
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Light, efficient (once you become familiar with the shortcut key system), and works just about everywhere. Plenty of features for such a small package.
~ anonymous
on May 19, 2010
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Blender does not have that not finished fealing you often feel when using open source software. This program ships with pritty much anything a hobbyists wants, and didn't know he wanted.
~ anonymous
on May 18, 2010
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Blender is VERY full featured, tho as many have said before, comes with a somewhat steep learning curve. I would call it more of a hump, as once you understand the paradigm of the interface and learn your hotkeys, one can work rather quickly and efficiently.
Featurewise, it's comparable to all the big names in the industry, and many say it has the best UV toolset of any app out there. The simulation capabilities are just incredible, and great fun.
I don't do much character animation, so I can't really com
~ anonymous
on May 16, 2010
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Blender has finally reached the point where it can go toe-to-toe with most professional production tools, but the scope of the project continues to grow. The current initiative to overhaul the UI is a step in the right direction, but it will take more than that.
This package tries to compete with professional packages from a do-it-all standpoint, but it shouldn't. There are multiple roles in the modeling/rigging/animating/rendering/post-production pipeline. Lightwave had the right idea by creating separ
~ whatisdot
on May 14, 2010
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Amazing 3D animation capabilities, and all for free! No other open-source package even comes close.It certainly comes with a very steep learning curve - which is to be expected considering the depth and complexity of it.
~ anonymous
on Apr 13, 2010
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The functionality is amazing and just keeps getting better. The UI is a bit intimidating at first, but is heavily optimized for the anticipated workflow (i.e. NOT for being friendly to beginners), so once you get used to it, it's quite fast.
~ anonymous
on Apr 13, 2010
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The UI was designed by martians
~ anonymous
on Apr 12, 2010
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It contains tools for skeletal animation as well as path animation. It also supports particle physics and soft body physics and many features too numerous to list here.
~ anonymous
on Mar 23, 2010
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Blender is one of the best 3d creation packages available!
I think It's best to have python installed on your computer before you install Blender. Once Blender is installed, the getting started tutorials you'll find at http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/#c807 , will be a great help, since much of the interface is accessed most effectively through "hot keys", and various button panels that start out being hidden. Though the basic program is incredibly powerful there are lots of plug-ins you ca
~ anonymous
on Dec 6, 2009
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Blender is bare for application as recently as financier lovers, handicapped as el honda nature park and clot de galvany.
~ Samson
on Sep 15, 2009
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Unintuitive interface, but very powerful when mastered.
~ anonymous
on Sep 15, 2009
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Great tool with a vibrant developer community which could do a little better to consolidate the tool's documentation.
~ anonymous
on Aug 25, 2009
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fantastic!
~ anonymous
on Jul 28, 2009
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Blender=Win.
It has a difficult learning curve, but there are good tutorials to get you started using it, and it just keeps getting better. It's features are to numerous to mention.
~ anonymous
on Jul 3, 2009
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holy god, yes
~ anonymous
on Jul 1, 2009
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It is the best open-source 3D graphics program and has a lot of advanced features.
~ anonymous
on Jun 30, 2009
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Though it has its flaws, it triumphs over star-office (how?) and Office 2007. Still weird placement and renaming of features makes moving from a commercial office program to this difficult, and some features are overly broken, but you get what you pay for.
~ anonymous
on Jun 30, 2009
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This is not 'just' a 3d application. [although it's mesh modeling capabilities are top tier.] This program has so many built in uses, I still can't believe the download size. If you can spend the time to do the tutorials, and maybe later on [if you're still interesting in improving] consider ordering some books. Several well written books do exist for blender now, that will show you ways you never imagined of applying blender. Personally I have used this to edit/produce DVD's for a local dance studio [
~ anonymous
on Jun 22, 2009
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It's the greatest 3D software ever created.
~ anonymous
on Jun 10, 2009
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A very complex but also well maintained and well thought out application. The interface can be a bit mystifying at first, but this is true of virtually any 3D application... once mastered, however, it offers a very streamlined and comfortable work environment.
~ anonymous
on Jun 5, 2009
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Because, once you overcome the learning curve, this program does not stop to impress.
~ anonymous
on May 23, 2009
Just OK -
Very powerful. GUI learning curve is frightening
~ anonymous
on May 22, 2009
Just OK -
WOULD NOT INSTALL ON MY STYSTEM WUD NOT RECCOMMEND THIS TO OTHERS IS WASTE OF TIME THANKS FOR READING :)
~ anonymous
on May 22, 2009
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does everything i need a 3d app to
~ anonymous
on May 22, 2009
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Blender is the awesome.
~ Mark Ramm
on May 21, 2009
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Great intuitive interface, many features, easy to extend and integrate into a studio's pipeline.
A+ example of OSS software!
~ anonymous
on Apr 23, 2009
Just OK -
The interface is unintuitive bordering on completely unusable.
~ anonymous
on Apr 22, 2009
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Check out the quality of the animation in "Big Buck Bunny". The results look nearly as good as what's coming out from any studio that's not Pixar.
The user interface will always need more work - there are just too many different tools involved to flatten the learning curve.
A beginner's branch with a much more straightforward and intuitive interface might be useful as a teaching tool.
~ anonymous
on Apr 21, 2009
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User interface designed for aliens
~ anonymous
on Apr 20, 2009
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has an extremely powerful interface
~ anonymous
on Apr 20, 2009
Just OK -
Has a very un-intuitive interface.
~ anonymous
on Apr 20, 2009
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Has many of the features of high end systems without the price. A very very active development team keep pumping out the updates and new features/tools. Fantastic all in one suite for modeling, rendering and video editing/compositing. Unique UI takes some getting used to but becomes extremely productive once your familiar with it.
~ anonymous
on Apr 18, 2009
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