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If you have used Blender some time in the past but you did not like it, you really should give it another chance. Blender has improved a lot and keeps on improv
by exDM69 15y ago
If you have used Blender some time in the past but you did not like it, you really should give it another chance. Blender has improved a lot and keeps on improving very quickly.
The biggest change is the completely new UI in Blender 2.5. It's very nice and my favorite feature is the good keyboard accessibility. All actions in the editor should now be available through the UI and the keyboard, with helpful tooltips and all.
That being said, I think it's time for me to go and grab a fresh blender source from their repos and take it out for a spin.
- nnnnni 15y agoI was pretty good with Blender BEFORE the UI change. Now I'm completely lost =-(
- terhechte 15y agoI know that feeling. Just watch one or two tutorial movies, and then it'll easily come together. The new UI is not that different, but in general much more logical than in the 2.4.x tree.
- exDM69 15y agoYeah, me too. But I still like the new one better than the old one. I would complain more if the awesome keyboard quick menu wasn't there. That helps me find the stuff I need. But it still takes a long time to re-program muscle memory.
- xsmasher 15y agoIn the old UI there were many functions that were only accessible by knowing the keyboard command; they were not represented in the buttons or context menus at all. The change is awkward for old users, but definitely more accessible for new users.
- bumblebook 15y agoHeh, it seems the Blender devs just can't win ^^ Back in the day most people said they thought Blender seemed great and powerful but they just couldn't grok the interface. Now they've tried to fix that and still people complain about the interface, now saying they preferred the old one. I'm not saying you are wrong, just that from the Blender devs perspective it must seem hopeless.