+1 I think it's foolish to dismiss Blender as some kind of joke DCC. It has a lot of nice things going for it. I've been looking over the 2.70 features this morning (before the government here decided to turn off YouTube...) and it's once again taken some good strides.
DAN On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Paulo César Duarte <[email protected]>wrote: > Between, Houdini, Modo, Lightwave and Cinema 4d, Blender is also a good > alternative, I'd say he's a middle ground between Modo and Lightwave, but > the best thing about him is opensource and the community, any developer can > implement something in it. > > Take a look in this "The best blender demo reel film 2013": > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l8WNHwTOg > > > Blender has ongoing projects very interesting like the "Molecular", which > seems to me better than Lagoa, and it's not finish yet, but you can use > right now: > > http://pyroevil.com/2013/10/03/molecular-v1-0-1-uvs-feature-and-osx-build-now-available/ > http://pyroevil.com/2013/09/11/block-of-sand-4-millions-of-particles/ > http://pyroevil.com/2013/08/28/fluid-solid-and-granular/ > > http://pyroevil.com/2013/08/28/1920-x-1080-4-millions-particles-simulation-wallpaper/ > http://pyroevil.com/2013/03/18/a-little-rope-simulation-with-cython-code/ > http://pyroevil.com/2013/04/07/test-with-a-cube-of-sand/ > http://pyroevil.com/2013/05/25/cloth-test-with-molecular-addon/ > > A data processing project similar to ICE: > http://phonybone.planetblender.org/ > > Advanced procedural polymodeling/remeshing: > > http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?279453-Polydrive-advanced-procedural-polymodeling-remeshing-(-possibly-development-funding)&p=2454126&viewfull=1#post2454126 > > Node-based everything and openCL particles: > > http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?284448-Node-based-everything-and-openCL-particles > > Development, Roadmap, Daily Builds, Contacting with Developers... > http://www.blender.org/get-involved/developers/ > http://code.blender.org/ > > Valve is supporting 2 developers to work on Blender: > > http://code.blender.org/index.php/2013/09/valve-steam-workshop-donations-2-devs-get-hired/ > > I think Blender has a great future and can be a good alternative between > Modo or Lightwave. > > Take a look on artwork from do Max Puliero: > http://blendernews.org/xe/Feature_Articles/8087 > > Also now V-Ray has a official plugin: > http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/vray_blender.html > > One of The best resources to learning: > http://www.blenderguru.com/ > > Community: > http://blenderartists.org/forum/index.php > > Softimage Theme for Blender: > http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?227802-THEME-Softimage-2-70 > > Blender 2.70 Overview of New Features: > http://cgcookie.com/blender/cgc-courses/blender-2-70-overview-new-features/ > > > Other works with Blender: > > http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/10-best-commercials-made-with-blender-in-2013 > > > Cheers. > Paulo Duarte > > > > -- > www.pauloduarte.ws >
