Just HOW POWERFUL is blender!

[1nf3rn0x]

Please, this is a free program given to the public. Look at what can be achieved with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yp7II3XjW0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Xf7XrNWnA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AiLyQWXjIg&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8eV9XMr7Gc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WruTNnF6Ztg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/user/pyrohmstr#p/u

REAL TIME:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVkOAoiONdk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9JWYuUa2o

I'm not very good, I can make simple water animations etc, I'm still learning. Also feel free to post any of your creations made in a 3D Model/Animation Program.

Blender: www.blender.org/

Blender art gallery, some really amazing stuff here: http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/gallery/art-gallery/

Tutorials :

http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/

Some Blender "Art".

 

[musek]

I agree - blender is a golden little software. Being free and using just ~20megs on HDD it's capabilities are tremendous.
Here's an example of one of my creations in early stadium and finished.

I really recommend trying it yourself.

 

[1nf3rn0x]

I really recommend trying it yourself.

I have it, though I'm not exactly the best at it. The best I can make is simple water inflows etc, and I even made a simple blender game where you control a ball and go over jumps and hit soft bodies etc.

And WOW, those look awesome!! Are there any tutorials on how to make things like that!

 

[pantherx12]

Quite a few cool blender phsyics demos here http://www.youtube.com/user/pyrohmstr#p/u

 

[musek]

And WOW, those look awesome!! Are there any tutorials on how to make things like that!
-PIC-

Well, just basic modeling really + few photos of Golden Gate itself. Webz are full of blender tutorials, plus it have totally awesome documentation.

 

[1nf3rn0x]

I once made this, it rendered something like 500 photos so I can play them in stop motion. It looks like the moon reflecting off the water at night. I don't know how to create awesome sauce water like you did up there. :/

 

[Over_Lord]

Do you need coding knowledge for Blender??

And Blender is an opensource alternative for which of the following applications:

1. Photoshop
or
2. Maya/3Ds etc

 

[1nf3rn0x]

Python does the coding. You can get lots of plugins, I think. I think it can be used with those programs aswell. For games, the engine does coding for physics etc. You set the buttons and how fast/slow the type of it. If you want it to be a fluid etc, its very flexible to work with. It has a small learning curve to do simple things, but the hard things take a while.

 

[musek]

I once made this, it rendered something like 500 photos so I can play them in stop motion. It looks like the moon reflecting off the water at night. I don't know how to create awesome sauce water like you did up there. :/

It's a matter of good material for water surface AND lightning in the scene.

Do you need coding knowledge for Blender??

No, you don't need coding knowledge, but you can write scripts in Python language.

And Blender is an opensource alternative for which of the following applications:

1. Photoshop
or
2. Maya/3Ds etc

Maya/3Ds etc.

 

[1nf3rn0x]

Anyone else want to share there creations?

 

[musek]

Doh...
Simple Lineage ][ game tribute
Some abstraction
Learning some basic modeling

I've lost most of my works due to HDD failure which happened 2 days before planned backup. :/

 

[hellrazor]

Yeah, I really like Blender, but I only really do the game engine stuff.

Of course I haven't really been able to do anything lately because they're in between versions and constantly changing names and whatnot.... It'll have to wait.

 

[Kreij]

You are only limited in Blender by a lack of knowledge of how to use it or your imagination.
That is one of the reasons I keep the release thread up to date as best I can.
It's one of the finest examples of excellence in open source software.

 

[AphexDreamer]

This is preatty cool, it would be even cooler once I learn it

Just downloaded it, hopefully I can have something for yall.

 

[cdawall]

haha when i first read this and saw youtube links i thought we were talking about will it blend

 

[AphexDreamer]

My interface looks nothing like this and my middle mouse button doesn't do what it does for him? Can I assign buttons.

Yeah I thought it was Will it Blend links too lol.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

yea i first started learning 3d with Blender but quickly moved on to Maya as the work flow was more intuitive and faster that said Blender is great software just in my opinion the UI and interface needs to be streamlined and revamped alot before ill use it again. Over all it is some pretty powerful software.

 

[JATownes]

This look very slick. going to have to give this a shot.

 

[Kreij]

The learning curve for Blender is steep. Not so much from the applications standpoint, but just learning all the things that are involved with 3D modelling, rendering and animation.
Don't give up. It's worth the adventure.

I sense more post coming soon to GS and P&W.

 

[musek]

yea i first started learning 3d with Blender but quickly moved on to Maya as the work flow was more intuitive and faster that said Blender is great software just in my opinion the UI and interface needs to be streamlined and revamped alot before ill use it again. Over all it is some pretty powerful software.

Well, in latest versions the interface changed a lot. You can try it now just to see the advancements that have been made.

 

[1nf3rn0x]

Yes the new interface is much more inviting and looks more classy. Seems easier imo aswell.

 

[musek]

Yes the new interface is much more inviting and looks more classy. Seems easier imo aswell.

For me it's hard to get over it. I was used to the old one too much I guess.
And the fact is, that lately I'm not doing too much in 3d anymore. Also last time I've used 3dsmax...

 

[1nf3rn0x]

I'm looking into cool programs to make games like Blender, 3DS Max etc, ShIva Engine. These are all cool. It would be awesome if Crysis made the Cryengine 2 Editor a program such as Blender. Imagine, all those pretty graphics in realtime, no time to bake/ render or animate!!

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

i keep up to date on blender musek in some cases im forced to use it for certain game engines to import and export models because i absolutely HATE 3ds max and how it works. That said yes theyve improved but still not enough for me to bother switching over the next full revision might give me reason to as by then the interface will probably be further streamlined to better suit me without requiring to mess with a shit ton of settings to get it up and running as i need it. Its one of the reasons i love MAYA i was able to customize every aspect of the interface and tools i use to better suit my work flow and it only took me 2 mins to do and to top that off its a tiny file i can just drag and drop to any Maya install and presto my layout is back regardless of maya version

 

[douglatins]

I agree that will blend some serious stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S8sxpK4_iA