Blender
Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game asset creation.
Potential alternative to:
Autodesk Maya | Autodesk 3DS Max | Maxon Cinema4D | Maxon ZBrush | SideFX Houdini
Our Add-ons for Blender
Bluik
2D/Cut-Out Rigging and Animation tool set for Blender.
DuBlast
Quick Playblast tool for Blender.
DuME
Rendering and transcoding medias on Windows, MacOS, Linux.
DuSKA
Shape Key animator for Blender.
MoTools
A pack of Geometry Nodes for Blender, tailored made for Motion Design projects.About Blender
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Pros and cons
Pros
What it has and others are missing
- Supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline, including compositing and even video editing
- Nice and modern user interface
- Real-time renderer with Eevee
PBR renderer with Cycles - Easy yet exhaustive Python API
Cons
What others have and you may miss
- Support of USD is currently limited
- C++ API
- Nodal editor for rigging and drivers
- Advanced simulations
This is an honest review, written by members of the association after having actually used the app in a professional environment.
Our goal, as a non-profit association promoting free and open source software, is to honestly describe the application to help your transition from proprietary software, knowing exactly what to expect.
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