Blender is a powerful development tool to create 3D images and animations, whose main advantage regarding other similar tools like 3D studio or Maya is that this is a completely free application. The program lets you model, render, texture, illuminate, animate and post-produce any kind of three-dimensional scenes. Its complex interface lets you work with an endless amount of tools like primitive functions, nurb curves,… Blender is compatible with most formats and standard programs like 3D Studio, Autodesk FBX, Collada, Wavefront or Stl. Maybe the main problem of Blender is its high difficulty which might make learning it quite complex. Without a doubt, it has a big user community and there are endless tutorials and examples on the internet. It’s being used by professional studios and they have even made video games and movies with it.
Each new version includes new tools and utilities to apply to our creations: flow simulator, special render filters, completely customizable physics engines or combustion systems among others, which turns Blender into a versatile and complete software.
Thanks to the high quality rigging and animation tools, Blender is being used for numerous short films, advertisements, TV series and feature films now.
· Envelope, skeleton and automatic skinning· B-spline interpolated bones· Curve editor and dope sheets· Custom bone shapes for fast input· Sound synchronization
Blender has a flexible Python controlled interface. Layout, colors, size and even fonts can be adjusted. Use hundreds of add-ons by the community or create your own using Blender’s accessible Python API.
- · Customize the interface layout and colors
- · Hi-res/Retina screen support
- · Create your own tools and add-ons
- · Draw over the OpenGL viewport
- · Connect with Blender’s Render API
VFX professionals say: “Probably the best tracker in the market”. Blender includes production ready camera and object tracking. Allowing you to import raw footage, track the footage, mask areas and see the camera movements live in your 3D scene. Eliminating the need to switch between programs.
- · Auto and Manual tracking
- · Powerful camera reconstruction
- · Real-time preview of your tracked footage and 3D scene
- · Support for Planar tracking and Tripod solvers
