The new interface stuff starts rolling in in 2.70 To me its a lot better then it was back in mid June 2012
Not there yet mind you, but definitely better. ________________________________ From: Sebastien Sterling [[email protected]] Sent: 01 April 2014 05:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Another alternative to Softimage It does tend to bloat its own interface, lot of panels opening up, similar to maya. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2ob8F3sJQ This may be an older version of Blender but it's the version i tried, have they fixed this ? i mean they can pretty much take the package where ever they want, something i feel autodesk can't do for fear of disgruntling its precious maya legacy users, a practice i find damnable cheap and cowardly. even if you are not going to change the core interface, initiatives such as CAD Junkie ZEN are a breath of fresh air in this regard and free to boot letting people experience tools in an up to date efficient new layout. On 1 April 2014 07:41, Dan Yargici <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I'm sorry but "the interface is still terrible" is just a cheap shot that is overused by people that have opened it for 10 minutes, found it's different, and closed it again. What is it you find terrible? It certainly needs organising a little (something they're doing, and the introduction of tabs in 2.7 has gone a long way to reducing clutter) but from what I've been reading here lately Maya's is no bed of roses either... Yes, you can now bevel both in edit mode, or with an operator. Sent from my phone... On 1 Apr 2014 07:19, "Sam Bowling" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: They ever get a working bevel tool for blender? Last time I looked at it, there wasn’t even a decent way to do bevels and that was where I stopped looking at it. A tool that has been around this long lacking one of the most basic modeling tools is just sad. Sure, it’s great for free, but it’s still pretty bad for any real professional work. The interface is also still terrible. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Ed Schiffer Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 7:19 PM To: Softimage Mailing List Subject: Re: Another alternative to Softimage +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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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. 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