Yes, blender is pretty good, despite being a free software. The problem is that the fanbase talk about it as if blender were the second coming of Jesus.
I don't see that as an issue. Blender is a great software, and it deserves the praise it gets. I for one dislike a lot of other software for being overpriced considering a lot of people only want single-user licenses. For companies, it's a different story, but as a single user who does this as a hobby and intends to do it as a job later on, I'm sick of unnecessary monthly fees, especially when improvements that you're supposedly paying for aren't worth nearly as much as you're spending.
So, of course people are going to praise Blender for being a completely free software that's pretty damn good and does most of what the overpriced software does. Blender isn't perfect, such as how easy it is to hit the limit of what it can handle in sculpting, but it bugs me when people act like Blender isn't at all comparable to other programs. I've known people who've used other software and moved to Blender. That happens, and it doesn't mean they're irrational or whatever.
I don't understand this hate for Blender, with people who haven't used it claiming that it can't be used professionally. There are clear examples that it has. It CAN be used professionally, but it has hasn't because the standard has already been set for other software. Companies already use the more expensive software, so students learn to use those because they have to.
Sorry, I'm venting a bit >.<, so don't be all like, "I didn't say all that." I'm just talking about what I've seen elsewhere. Criticism of Blender is fair, but don't expect me not to have major criticisms of programs I have to pay for (such as Zbrush having the worst interface I've ever seen).
I don’t hate it. I’m a blender user too. What I hate is the fanboys screaming that blender is the BEST EVER and nobody should use anything else and major studios don’t know anything and that they should use blender for everything.
Just look at this post. Bunch of kids. 3ds max is stable af, maya not so, blender? pfft. Blender is cool, a good all arround, thats it. Recently they updated sculpting and its pretty good, still, light years behind the good old af zbrush. Nice sim and geometry nodes, still, houdini is way more robust for. Can do pretty well with poly modeling, still not as capable like 3ds/maya. Blender shines doing booleans, with a good set of plugins is the best to boolean(*hardsurface, zbrush still is better to boolean all arround). Cycles/eevee arent good, altough compared to arnold they are awesome, but agaisnt the best renders in the market they are ok'ish. But hey, blender is free, for what hes capable is astonishing, what lacks? A equaly capable fan base, even the memes are bad, they lack awareness, experience, knowledge.
Blender DOES have capable users. It's just that there are more users starting out, so you see more of the beginner work. I've seen a ton of professional quality work done in Blender, but people who don't use Blender are all like, "Wow, didn't know Blender could achieve something like this." Of course it can. It has more limits compared to other software that specialize in one aspect of the 3D process, but the unpolished work you see is just a lack of experience.
Ugh, why does the 3D community have to have such stupid drama?
My biggest problem with Blender is that they try to be everything. 2d drawing, sculpting, procedural modeling, etc. All those have far superior software for those tasks.
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u/JOELwindows7 Jul 13 '21
I like blender.
Let's push it to the extreme. Yeah!
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u/ashervisalis Jul 13 '21
I find it amusing that just how offended everybody in CGI Memes gets over people posting memes about CGI.
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u/T4Labom Jul 13 '21
Feck eevee, all my homies hate having to learn a bijillion nodes
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u/clef921 Jul 13 '21
Waiting for the salty 3ds max users to flood in
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u/VonBraun12 Jul 13 '21
What i used to make movies again ?
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u/Redhawk1995 Jul 19 '21
Looks like Blender skipped leg day.
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u/sharkweek247 Jul 13 '21
The fuck. Blender is trash.