@Richard Kain: I am actually dead-set on making a career of 3D. Way i figured it with the current/future versions of blender is that i will keep learning maya/zbrush right now so i know the programs when i apply for a job or internship at a studio (i currently have student versions of both so i can learn and…
Ok so this is going to sound really noobish maybe haha. But wasn't blender a tool in the theme of maya/max? Seeing that timelapse Mongrelman just linked it looks more like a Zbrush clone (not exact but you'll get what i mean) to me. When the hell did that all change or am i thinking about a totally different program now.…
Blender doesnt have a absurdly steep learning curve any more (IMO) and people can learn it in a few days if they want to (it's much easier with the new interface). If someone moved from ZBrush to Mudbox or Photoshop to Illustrator they would have exactly the same problem with not being able to make something for a little…
kenpimentel, We don't implement known patented technology. I have looked up the patents listed on the Mudbox startup and they are all about copy protection for instance so not an issue. Generally companys patent stuff that is obvious enough and broadly used enough that every software company on the planet that tries to…
I just don't see the usefulness of ngons. If you are going to end in quads, why not start with quads? If you use ngons, you have to put in effort to turn them into quads and triangles. Why not just put in quads and triangles to start with? A triangle(s) attached to a quad would net you similar results, and it still permits…
Amen! This is what I've noticed as I started using Blender! Back when I downloaded maya and 3ds max to learn how things are done i found that the menus and shortcuts require me to stop what i'm doing to find the tool and continue. Being a person who does everything in my head i found blender to be the most amazing tool to…
I Use Max, Blender, and Zbrush. One of the oddest things I never understood about blenders 2.5x version is why so many of the optional features you get from Preferences>AddOns are so blatantly superior to what is default. Like the Dynamic Spacebar menu. Why one earth would anyone not want this? Search for it in Addons and…
Yes! There is a user menual at Blenders.org that no one can understand amirite? EDIT: Agree with PeterK in most cases and somewhat disagree. Agreed: Indeed the good tools and its practices matters along with your style of work flow. Most of today's 3d modeling tools have made work a hell lot easier. Today they rely on such…
Hello all, At this time, is there any Blender version out there that has a fast enough (for lack of a better way to put it) processing speed for the boolean brush in sculpt mode ? The current implementation (either Line or Box) is just as slow as a regular boolean calculation (of course), but the 30 seconds or so of…
@EQ wow that is crazy fast! I have thought about learning Modo but keep getting put off by the fact that there is no modifiers :/ I only hear good things about it though, so i prob. will end up taking a closer look eventually :) @James nice! The Wiki is a great place to start :) The n00b to pro docs are pretty good too (or…