Blender Reviews

Pros

What I really like are the two unique features I use in Blender: animation, especially character creation, object animation, and particle animation. I also love the rendering capabilities of Blender, as it allows you to generate realistic renders with advanced lighting effects.

Cons

What I like the least is perhaps the scripting that Blender offers: scripts and plugins to automate tasks. It's actually a good initiative, but I don't use it much.

Pros

I find Blender to be an exceptional 3D design software, and one of its most appealing aspects is that it's free and open-source. The diversity of features it offers, from modeling to rendering and physics simulations, provides me with immense creative possibilities. The ability to add Add-ons that introduce new features to Blender is another standout feature that enhances its functionality.Additionally, Blender is a goldmine when it comes to learning resources.

Cons

Blender has a bit of a learning curve, and I found the user interface a bit tricky when I first started using it. Occasionally, I've come across some bugs, and there have been instances where my PC froze while running Blender.

Pros

You can do really anything! I'm not joking, you ca do all you can imagine and maybe more. We edited videos, make simulations, modeling, textured, and more.

Cons

Menus are terrible. Working is really hard! You have to search on internet the way to operate, if you don't find some tutorials you'll lose your time, you can never find the right way to do a thing!

Pros

it is a very flexible tool that has a very large online community

Cons

sometimes it's complicated to do simple things but it's easy to do difficult things.

Pros

I like the Most is Geometry nodes the best

Cons

Like least the render takes too long with a low pc

Pros

1. Blender is a powerful and 3D animation software package, with professional-level features such as modeling, rigging, texturing, lighting, and rendering tools that can help create stunning visuals for video games, movies and more. 2. The program's user interface has been designed to be intuitive and easy to use for beginners while still providing the necessary level of control needed by professionals in their workflows. 3. With its non-destructive workflow philosophy you won’t need to worry about ruining your project - everything can be changed at any time without adversely affecting or losing earlier steps or data points along the way. 4. Its integration with other open source tools like Cycles makes it possible to develop complex projects using multiple applications all within one unified environment – saving time on development cycles while ensuring the highest quality results every time. 5. Additionally its GPU render engine allows users to take advantage of massive computing power available today - resulting in faster renders than ever before achieved with traditional CPU based methods alone!"

Cons

It has an extensive array of tools and features to help you create complex 3D objects quickly and easily. •It supports a wide range of file formats including OBJ, FBX, STP, STL etc., making it easy to edit existing files or import them into other programs like Maya or Cinema 4D

Pros

Blender is a game-changer for 3D rendering. Its extensive features and tools bring creative visions to life effortlessly. The learning curve becomes easier with practice, and the rendering engine delivers exceptional, photorealistic visuals.

Cons

Some of the drawbacks are the stiff learning curve and occasional performance issues. The interface may be overwhelming at first, and rendering complex projects can be time-consuming.

Pros

Its availability of learning resources and most importantly it being an open source

Cons

It lags the system with low specification. Requires good configuration system to work well in a flow

Pros

Blender is a very versatile and free 3D software that I particularly like. It offers many advantages, including a customizable user interface and a large community of users who share tutorials and resources online. The software allows for modeling, animation, rendering and special effects for projects of various sizes and styles. The animation tools are particularly powerful and allow you to create complex animations with relative ease. In addition, Blender is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, making it accessible to a wide audience.

Cons

I find the learning curve for Blender to be quite steep, especially for beginners in 3D, as the software is quite complex and offers many features. Also, the rendering process can be quite time consuming, especially when working with complex scenes or with advanced textures and lighting. Finally, it is not as widely used in the industry as some other 3D software, which can be a disadvantage if you want to work with clients or studios that use different software.

Pros

I used Blender for a year and was very satisfied with this 3D modeling software. What I appreciated the most was the diversity of features offered, which allow for creating high-quality models, achieving smooth animations, and producing realistic renders. I was also impressed by Blender's active and engaged community, which shares resources, tips, and tutorials to help users improve.

Cons

The downside of Blender is that it can be challenging to get started with for beginners, due to its complex interface and unconventional workflow. It can take some time to get used to how tools and functions are organized in Blender, which can be discouraging for new users. However, once you have mastered the interface and workflow, Blender is a very powerful and efficient tool for 3D modeling.

Pros

the blender software has a cental hub for tutorials that could really come in handy, and among all other 3D softwares blender seems to be the most diverse when it comes to 3D features.

Cons

For a smooth and comfortable use of blender software, user needs to make useof really high end, updated devices, and now not every one with the skills and low end devices can afford these high end devices, if some thing could be done, like providing a compactible version for low end devices, that will be great.

Pros

One of the major benefits of the software being open source is the quick and relatively easy ability for community members to create custom plugins and addons. This functionality allows the developers at the Blender Foundation to focus more on core features rather than specific edge use cases (however common) that are more easily resolved and tested by the Blender community instead. Ultimately this means MUCH faster development and improved tools than any other 3D software can do. In the last 3-4 years I have used Blender I have seen it come from a rather mundane and average 3D software to easily outpacing some of the 3D giants in many respects. Very few instances does using another 3D software make sense over Blender.

Cons

There are still some performance issues with sculpting that I'd love to see improvements in the future. For instance, I have an i7 4790 CPU, 24 gigs of DDR3 RAM, a 4 TB SSD, and a GTX 1070 8gbs VRAM GPU and more than 3-5 million triangles in sculpting mode either slows my computer down to a crawl OR crashes blender outright. However, using a software like Zbrush I can easily sculpt at 20-30 million triangles before I have any sort of lag or crash.

That performance difference is quite major and is one of the only places where I prefer to use another software.

Alternatives Considered

3ds Max, Zbrush and Maya

Reasons for Switching to Blender

Blender has the most active community, resources, and fastest development time which makes it an incredibly easy software to pick up and learn as well as utilize cutting edge features and technologies.

Pros

The community is the best part of this software.
There is always someone you can ask, and they are all willing to give a hand or a pointer in the right direction. There is also plenty of materials for almost every possible topic.
It has become a fundamental piece of software that many artists use for their daily work and there is always a new plugin that will add more tooling to your creative process.
And you can always create, modify or better any thing that you have in mind as it is open source, but it also has API access to almost every functionality.

Cons

I believe that the community has been constructing a great piece of software and has eliminated any thing I could have had against it.

Pros

All kinds of tools, from sculpting to texturing, to video editing, to 2D animation, to modeling. Blender has them all! It supports add-ons and Python scripting. It has a great rendering engine for Path-Tracing, Cycles, and another one called EEVEE for real-time 3D visualization. The software is really advanced and allows a lot of freedom.

Cons

Can be hard for beginners, has a steep learning-curve. 2D with Grease Pencil could be improved and developed further, Video Editing as well. Although they aren't part of the core functionality, they are helpful and nice to have indeed, but it is important to note the strengths of this program are its 3D features.

Pros

Open source and free, and what an amazing piece of software even if it wasn’t. I use daily and always look forward to new features

Cons

Blender is not as good as some paid for software is at creating designs that are going to be made in reality

Pros

1. Its Free Savings Lot of money in compare with other software2. Interface is very Simple and easy.3. If you want to start in 3d industry this software you can start with.4. save lot of render timing is Plus.5. They update software by every 2 or 3 months.6. lot of feature in blender that other software don't have 7. You can work 2d/3d , Video editing , Compositing, Motion tracking in Single Platform

Cons

1. Blender doesn't have Light linking.2. Some of the Free addons Not supporting. 3. In latest version they have some bugs with lights and cameras.

Pros

My favourite thing about Blender is how flexible it is to use. There are so many different things it can do.

Cons

One of the major cons of Blender the steep learning curve. When getting started in Blender starting off can be complicated.

Pros

It free and. there are lots of resruces to learn and get up and running

Cons

The interface was a new way of working, but it is something you. have to embrace

Alternatives Considered

Zbrush

Reasons for Choosing Blender

Blender was free and the price o Cinema4D was too much or me to spend

Reasons for Switching to Blender

The freeness

Pros

Open-source and free. Blender is open source and free to use, which makes it accessible to anyone who wants to learn 3D modeling, animation, or something.

Cons

The shotcuts. So complicated. I had a hard time with learning

Pros

I think the main reason why first-time users interface with blender is the fact that it is a free service, surely its biggest pro.I think the cost and the fact that it is so intuitive to understand make it the best 3D software available at the moment.

Cons

the main cons are the fact that it sometimes struggles to handle complex scenes and gets stuck and the fact that there are sometimes display errors

Pros

What I like the most it’s that it wins over other expensive softwares like adobe or maya

Cons

I really didn’t dislike anything about this software, but I could say I don’t like that much the way you have to work on your animations.

Pros

what convinced me with blender is the value for money. the power of the software which is incredible given the fact that it is free makes Blender the most popular 3D software in the world. We can do anything with it. I never do without.

Cons

the rendering and animation engine are not as efficient as on Maya or 3DS Max, very large projects are difficult to work with blender.

Pros

It costs nothing to download, use, or edit Blender, and its source code is available to the public. Blender's comprehensive feature set includes support for 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, video editing, and compositing, to name a few.

Cons

Blender's learning curve is high, and its interface can be complicated for first-time users.

Pros

Blender is free and it support stuffs like; modeling, animation, simulation, and also for even video editing and game creation.

Cons

Blender is not recommended for newbies because it is difficult to learn since it is complex with many tools and operations.

Pros

Blender is one of a best 3D designing and animation software I had have ever used. Since I did some 3D designing and animation projects in last few years, Blender helped me a lot on that. Most important advantage of this software is that the software is open source software. Therefore we can use all features of Blender fully FREE. There are no trials, demos, activations etc. Just download, install and use it freely. Setup of the installer is small in size. Other than 3D designing and animation, Blender can be used to do architectural works, video editing, VFX (Visual Effects), 2D designing and animations and much more graphic and animation related things. Blender can be used to make small computer games also. Many features are included in Blender to make a creative design or animation for the designer. Some of the features are texturing, UV unwrapping, rigging, simulation (fluid, smoke and particle), sculpting etc. Lot of works inside the software is designed to do with keyboard shortcuts to make the working process easier. There are many free video tutorials made for Blender in YouTube and many other websites (i.e. Blender Guru). Therefore Blender can be learnt yourself without any expense. No any prior knowledge about designing is required. You can begin from zero level with blender.

Cons

As Blender is multi-purpose software for design field, this can be little bit complicated for the beginners. It is very hard to access some functions through mouse pointer by going through drop down menus at every time. Since Blender has lot of keyboard shortcuts, we have to practice them. Then the functions can be accessed quickly. There are same keyboard shortcuts for different works when blender is running in specified mode. This can be a mess in beginning. There are some laggings can be seen when the software is doing CPU/GPU intensive processes like rendering and simulating, but it is rare. These types of bugs are fixed through newer updates. Blender does not have a powerful rendering engine when comparing with famous 3D animation software.