+1, Paulo I'm still not prepared to let go of Softimage, but would definitely give Blender a chance.
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Dan Yargici <[email protected]> wrote: > +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 >> > > -- www.edschiffer.com
