Any Blender 3d users??

[Frenchy]

Have you tried the latest version of blender (Blender 2.5/2.5) The UI has had a major overhaul and loads of new features have been added.

I have, but its still nothing compared to max. While I think the features in blender are great, particle, cloth and flow are particularly good for an opensource program, the UI is still crap even on the newest one lol.

[pr1s0ner]

Crap? or just different?
I found it fairly intuitive

[Frenchy]

Crap? or just different?
I found it fairly intuitive

Crap lol, honestly if you use something like Max, Maya, Lightwave, even applications such as UDK which isnt a modelling application but game development they have a way of arranging interfaces, designing them to aid workflow. Blender just doesn't.

Also blender go against convetion with their naming quite alot which becomes quite annoying as someone who has used many of the professional programs int he past to now have to switch to something that for example doesnt call a Vertex a Vertex.

[Frenchy]

just for comparison heres the two

Blender 2.58



3Ds Max


Lightwave 3D

[pr1s0ner]

If your used to things being a particular way then its always a pain, but naming conventions aside the actual Blender interface is fairly customizable

[Frenchy]

If your used to things being a particular way then its always a pain, but naming conventions aside the actual Blender interface is fairly customizable

Yeah I agree its customizable, but even when you have it laid out as I do (the same as Max) its still not as user friendly as one of the professional programs, but then I guess you get what you pay for really.

Also when it comes to the renderers etc, your stuck with pretty basic renderers in blender whcih limits the output.

[pr1s0ner]

Might give Max a try and see what your on about

[Frenchy]

Might give Max a try and see what your on about

Deffinately worth the try

Also if you go through the education site you can get it for free if you tick the box saying "yes I am a student" lol, Its fully functional but apparently prints a watermark across certain resolution photos.

I use a full licenced version seeing as its what ive been using for years.

[HMFC_Riley]

Deffinately worth the try

Also if you go through the education site you can get it for free if you tick the box saying "yes I am a student" lol, Its fully functional but apparently prints a watermark across certain resolution photos.

I use a full licenced version seeing as its what ive been using for years.

The watermark must be fairly impossible to see if it exists at all. I've certainly never came across it in the animations or renders I've made since I started using 3Ds Max a couple of months ago.

[Frenchy]

The watermark must be fairly impossible to see if it exists at all. I've certainly never came across it in the animations or renders I've made since I started using 3Ds Max a couple of months ago.

I have a feeling its only at certain resolutions, but yeah as you say hard to see if it is there lol. I have seen friends use it and never seen a watermark. I still prefer to have th fully licenced product though.