3D modelling Review - Blender 2.48a

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Blender 2.48a

Open-source fun from the Blender foundation. Taking over where previous tools like POVRay left off, Blender offers good basic animation and rendering behind a somewhat inscrutable interface.

As a Linux-based project, the application design isn't the most intuitive, even by the dense standards of 3D. If you're used to more conventional Windows-style interfaces you'll spend a lot of time finding your way around.

Also, like many open-source projects, Blender suffers from abandonware issues and feature creep. The alternative Yafray rendering module showed great promise but now seems to have fallen by the wayside.

And some of Blender's features have a perpetual not-quite-finished feel to them as developers lose interest in polishing them once the essentials are done.

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SPECIFICATIONS

Features     Supports 32- and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems: Windows (2000 or later), Mac OS X (10.3 or later), Linux (requires glibc 2.3.6), Solaris, Irix

Platform    MacOS/Windows/Linux

Processor Type Required    AMD, Intel, Multicore Intel, Power PCG5, PowerPC G4

Distribution Media    Internet Download

Licence Type    Freeware

source : techradar