About Blender

Blender is a 3D animation software that is used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications and video games. It caters to a wide range of businesses from movie studios to game developers. Key functionalities of Blender include modeling, rigging, animation, rendering, compositing, and motion tracking. It lets users create 3D objects using different methods such as extrusion, subdivision surfaces or mesh editing tools. Teams can animate characters' movements by setting keyframes at specific points in time according to certain actions they perform during gameplay.
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Blender pricing

Blender has a free version and does not offer a free trial.

Starting Price:
Not provided by vendor
Free Version:
Yes
Free trial:
No

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Blender Reviews

Feature rating

Value for Money
4.8
Functionality
4.6
Ease of Use
3.7
Customer Support
4.2
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Souleymane
Souleymane
  • Industry: Mining & Metals
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 27/08/2023

The versatile and powerful animation software you need.

Blender is a super powerful software that I've used solely for two purposes: video editing, audio editing, and some animations.

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.

Abdennasser
  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 29/09/2023

A Versatile 3D Design Software.

Blender has been fun and rewarding to me. Despite the learning curve and occasional software bugs, I was able to create most of what I wanted.

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.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
1
Customer Support
0

3
Reviewed on 18/10/2021

Powerful but hard to work with it!

I'm annoyed about user interface and menus, I hope that in future the customization will allows you to make deep personalization. But when you need to do something really creative you absolutely need this software.

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!

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
2

5
Reviewed on 30/10/2023

excellent 3d modeler for working with meshes

I use it to model particular geometries or modify 3D files that have been provided to me

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.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Animation
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

4
Reviewed on 07/08/2023

A Powerful and Versatile 3D Creation Tool - Blender Review

Work on changing the education system

Pros

I like the Most is Geometry nodes the best

Cons

Like least the render takes too long with a low pc

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