http://www.isoftwarereviews.com/blender-review/ Software Review Rating Voting Tips... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:02:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.isoftwarereviews.com/blender-review/comment-page-1/#comment-128609 marni Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:25:38 +0000 http://www.isoftwarereviews.com/?p=147#comment-128609 Compared to commercial software, it's harder. Blender coders still have a Linux mindset- much of the 'help' is as nerdy as the butt-ugly interface. And the help is scattered. Incredibly, the idiots STILL exclude a manual [which is online only, growl!]. But it is very powerful, free, and, to judge by number of books etc., it'd be worth your overlooking that interface. Just remember, while it's in no danger of winning any interface beauty prize, once you learn it, it works as well as best of its competition. And it seems to be on a roll, evolving faster than its competitors [now that AutoGreed has bought out everybody but Modo, Maxon and NewTek, innovation has gone from very slow to glacial speed. So, overall, being free, Blender is more worth the pain that studying any 3D app brings. Compared to commercial software, it’s harder. Blender coders still have a Linux mindset- much of the ‘help’ is as nerdy as the butt-ugly interface. And the help is scattered.
Incredibly, the idiots STILL exclude a manual [which is online only, growl!].
But it is very powerful, free, and, to judge by number of books etc., it’d be worth your overlooking that interface. Just remember, while it’s in no danger of winning any interface beauty prize, once you learn it, it works as well as best of its competition.
And it seems to be on a roll, evolving faster than its competitors [now that AutoGreed has bought out everybody but Modo, Maxon and NewTek, innovation has gone from very slow to
glacial speed.
So, overall, being free, Blender is more worth the pain that studying any 3D app brings.

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