Notes on the future of Blender 9
Luc Stepniewski writes "Ton Roosendaal has posted on the Blender news site
informations of the future of Blender.
If you're interested in 3d software for Linux, this is a good
one to check out FWIW- mind you the interface is a tad on the
odd side. But mainly this article confirms that Blender will
stay free, as well as some new feature stuff.
"
User Interface isn't *that* odd... (Score:1)
I found the GUI in Blender quite refreshing, actually... but then, I always thought the GUI in GIG3DGO was cool too...
thats not in stone. (Score:1)
there was a lot of disscussion and whats up there
is somewhat far from what is likely to happen.
course its all up to ton...
Figuring out Blender (Score:1)
http://goethe.bowtie.nl/cgi-bin/web-ssql/news-b
the first is a snippet from the printed manual that has just enought info to get you started, the second is the Blender news server, where you can ask for little bits of help while your manual ships
those two together should give you enough of a taste of Blender to allow to to decide whether the ~$60 manual is worth it (it is!)
MoNsTeR
Serious inquiry (Score:1)
Figuring out Blender (Score:1)
I can understand that they want to raise money by selling the manual, but I'd love to see just enough of the docs so I know I can actually use the program to do something before springing for $60-odd.
Any recommendations? The tutorials I saw seemed a little too specific; what I need is some kind of overview of the program.
Understand that I'm not opposed to giving the developers money, but I want to make sure I actually can use the program first.
D
Figuring out Blender (Score:1)
But really, if you look at any high-end 3-d graphics or CAD program you arn't going to find usability high on the list. Just try to crank up Form-Z and figure it out in an hour and you'll know what I mean.
I really havn't delved into Blender enough to figure out if it is really going to be that usefull to me or not...But on the surface I don't think it looks robust enough to replace anything.
However I do appreciate its interface and small size. This is something that I wish the commercial venders would learn from the majority of freeware out there. Keep things concise. Try new methods, the old interfaces arn't always the best interfaces.
Blender's interface RULES!!! (Score:1)