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This looks gorgeous! I've started learning Blender recently. I had some previous experience with 3ds max and was afraid of the learning curve, but I must say I

This looks gorgeous! I've started learning Blender recently. I had some previous experience with 3ds max and was afraid of the learning curve, but I must say I really like Blender so far. After I picked up the shortcuts and configured it to work properly with my MacBook Pro's trackpad, it's a really pleasant experience. So if like me you're considering whether to give Blender a try... go for it, don't be afraid of what people say about the learning curve. It's worth it!

lalos 13y ago
If rendering is taking a while be sure to check if people still release optimized Blender builds for OS X. I used Blender 5 years ago and I remember the optimized builds where worth it.
- gregschlom 13y ago
  Thanks for the tip! I'm using Blender to create artwork for a 3d game, so rendering isn't too much of an issue for me, but will definitely check this out. A quick Google search did turn out a bunch of alternative builds for OS X.
exDM69 13y ago
> I've started learning Blender recently. I had some previous experience with 3ds max and was afraid of the learning curve, but I must say I really like Blender so far. Blender has had a not-quite-earned bad reputation in the past for not being very user friendly. After the big UI redesign (which changed how it works, not only how it looks) that was started in Blender 2.5 and has now matured, I find Blender to be quite easy to work. I have used Blender since the 1.x days when it still was a closed source product developed by the NaN company that went bankrupt. Back then it certainly wasn't easy to use, you had to know which keys to press and they were quite poorly documented. Thankfully the tutorials were good and Blender became popular enough that the source code was eventually bought and open sourced.
- thangalin 13y ago
  A short pre-2.5 video of mine (2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQbYXPmqiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQbYXPmqiA A post-2.5 video of mine (2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM0JMaM_tdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM0JMaM_tdQ

lalos 13y ago

If rendering is taking a while be sure to check if people still release optimized Blender builds for OS X. I used Blender 5 years ago and I remember the optimized builds where worth it.

gregschlom 13y ago
Thanks for the tip! I'm using Blender to create artwork for a 3d game, so rendering isn't too much of an issue for me, but will definitely check this out. A quick Google search did turn out a bunch of alternative builds for OS X.

exDM69 13y ago

> I've started learning Blender recently. I had some previous experience with 3ds max and was afraid of the learning curve, but I must say I really like Blender so far. Blender has had a not-quite-earned bad reputation in the past for not being very user friendly. After the big UI redesign (which changed how it works, not only how it looks) that was started in Blender 2.5 and has now matured, I find Blender to be quite easy to work. I have used Blender since the 1.x days when it still was a closed source product developed by the NaN company that went bankrupt. Back then it certainly wasn't easy to use, you had to know which keys to press and they were quite poorly documented. Thankfully the tutorials were good and Blender became popular enough that the source code was eventually bought and open sourced.

thangalin 13y ago
A short pre-2.5 video of mine (2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQbYXPmqiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQbYXPmqiA A post-2.5 video of mine (2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM0JMaM_tdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM0JMaM_tdQ