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Free Productivity Software
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3D
Modeling and Animation
You don't need to drop thousands of dollars for software to
create stunning 3D animations and models.
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Blender
is open source software (so it is fully free to use and distribute within any educational,
professional or commercial environment.) for 3D
modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive
creation and playback.
Check
out the gallery
for some stunning examples of what this software is capable of!
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Some
but not all of the many features are:
- A revolutionary non-overlapping and non-blocking
user interface for smooth workflow
- Flexible
and fully configurable window layout
- Undo support on all levels
- Anti-aliased fonts with international translation
support
- A range of 3D object types including polygon
meshes, NURBS surfaces, bezier and B-spline curves,
metaballs, vector fonts (TrueType, PostScript, OpenType)
- Mesh modeling based on vertex, edge and/or face
selection
- Boolean mesh functions
- Editing functions such as extrude, bevel, cut,
spin, screw, warp, subdivide, noise, smooth Soft selection
editing tools for organic modeling
- Python scripting access for custom tools
- Armature (skeleton) deformation with
forward/inverse kinematics, auto skinning and interactive 3D
paint for vertex weighting
- Non-linear animation mixer with automated
walkcycles along paths
- Character animation pose editor
- Audio playback, mixing and editing support for
sound synchronization
- Very fast inbuilt raytracer
- Integral support for the famous Yafray render
engine
- Oversampling, motion blur, post-production
effects, fields, non-square pixels
- Export scripts available for external renderers
such as Renderman (RIB), Povray, Virtualight
- Graphical editor for defining interactive
behavior without programming
- Collision detection and dynamics simulation
- Playback of games and interactive 3D content
without compiling or preprocessing
- Save all scene data in a single .blend file
(format supports compression, digital signatures,
encryption, forwards/backwards compatibility and can be used
as a library to link to from other .blend files
- Read / Write TGA, JPG, PNG, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF,
AVI and Quicktime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV Native import and
export for DXF, Inventor and VRML files, with python scripts
available for many other 3D formats
If you’re interested in
3D modeling and animation give Blender a go.
Most 3D software is extremely expensive so you won’t
find any better value than this.
Works on
Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP
Download
it from: http://www.blender3d.com/cms/Home.2.0.html
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