I tried blender before and it was horrible. But a lot seems to be changed. Once sofitmage get's to old for me or my pc i think i will give blender another change. I really like that it is open source.
Nice list in the OP btw. Can blender be bought by a company? Or who owns blender? 2014-03-28 8:41 GMT+01:00 Sebastien Sterling <[email protected]>: > I said it was obviously early days > > but they do get the color coded ports and tree assembly looks similar. > > > On 28 March 2014 05:05, Paulo César Duarte <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, I never said that it was close to the ICE, I just showed the >> projects that are walking the path to get there. >> >> >> 2014-03-28 1:34 GMT-03:00 Sebastien Sterling < >> [email protected]>: >> >> How the hell does blender get closer to ICE in 1 release then AD ? early >>> days still but they get an awfull lot of things right. >>> >>> >>> On 28 March 2014 02:34, Paulo César Duarte <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Ed!!!! >>>> Well, I'm not going to leave Softimage, it's like part of my arm, five >>>> years from now, will still be a great software, but I'm always following >>>> the evolution of Blender and make me happy every new release. >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014-03-27 23:18 GMT-03:00 Ed Schiffer <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> +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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> www.pauloduarte.ws >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> www.pauloduarte.ws >> > >
