Hi, just wanted tho share my experience with Blender so far. Im a 3d-artist at Redlynx Ubisoft-studios and I have used Blender for all my 3d-work so far for the past year, along with zBrush and other programs. I moved from 3dsMax to Blender a few years ago and Im really glad I got past the issues of somewhat different…
Having at least one frontal lamp like in Maya gives a nice Fresnel effect. The other lamps can give some more nuance. I wanted to change the light direction based on rotation (instead of mouse-dragging the sphere widget), so I wrote this: import bpy If you open a Text view in Blender, click New (to create a blank text…
@Vig I use Blender as my main application so i could be counted in that demographic but i certainly don't consider myself to be a "Blender Artist" in the way you describe it...i post because i want to get better at what i do. :) I think perhaps its more likely that many Blender artists are just starting up and therefore…
If you're a student then you can download any Autodesk programs that you need to learn for free. Would I personally recommend purchasing any of those products for the home computer? No way, not for what they provide and certainly not with your own money (unless you just feel like giving Autodesk a lot of money). The main…
Hehe yeah this is a very Blenderesque case : under the hood it is actually really quite elegant (as being able to pack while still allowing refreshes from source is truly a great design imho - it allows me to work very safely with all the advantages of working from external textures, while still being certain that I won't…
Max 9 doesn't work properly in Win 8, and so yesterday I decided to finally learn how to model in Blender -- my experience so far: Some critical things I felt were helpful: BASIC NAVIGATION- -you can switch the view controls from trackball to turntable in the settings (in the off-chance that you use a mouse on your PC).…
Nothing to worry about... =) Its not cool as much as it is desperately needed. We could say the same argument about the 2.5 changes btw, that the new UI and loss of some features will "destabilize" those who spent time learning pre 2.5 blender. The fallacy of it all lays in the fact that: 1) Blender is open source and…
Hi there again @Tiles I think you are missing my point by about a mile :D Well of course the file in question is packed, as it is what "Automatically pack into .blend" does, and both the UI and behavior indicate that it is. My hypothetical at the end of last post was only in reaction to your suggestion that if it was…
I believe for a 3d app (or any app) to be considered good, it must allow the user to easily create custom hot keys and transfer those settings from one machine to another and also from one version of an app to the next version. I come from the side that thinks everyone should set up their own hot keys based on their own…
@pior Thank you for the informative answers :) I'm really learning a lot from your inputs, you being the Blender user with more experience in knowing how all the systems relate with each other. For the pivot thing, I was just looking for a Pivot-To-Bottom solution because it's something I do pretty frequently in my work.…