One cube at a time

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In Blender, your imagination is the limit. You’ll create characters, objects, cars and so much more by combining objects and editing them or by sculpting directly from a sphere.

Animation and more

Unleash your inner sculptor and animator to create the most amazing 3D assets you can use in games or movies.

Blender is a powerful creation software that provides tools for animating, sculpting, scene creation, and 3D model making. The program is handy if you have a 3D printer and want to design your own game pieces, tools, or components. It’s also great for plotting out how a design will look in 3D.

Often when you want to learn a new skill, it’s expensive to start learning. This problem also includes any skill using a computer, since high-grade software is costly. Fortunately, Blender is free and comes with a high-grade level of utility. With Blender, you can make high resolution sculpts and animate them for professional use.

Blender does have a few flaws, though. The largest is the interface. It’s crowded and occupies a large portion of your screen. And even after you customize it to be less cluttered, it will still feel a little uncomfortable.

There is a large difficulty in learning how to operate this program and its many features. This is partly due to the interface. The rest lies with you needing to develop the artistic skill and patience. Fortunately, there are many tutorial videos and articles available regardless of your intent. This means the program’s limitations are up to you.

Where can you run this program?

You can download this program on the latest Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.

Is there a better alternative?

Yes. Maya offers a few more features than Blender, like native texturing and an in-depth node graph.

Our take

Blender is a useful and powerful software for creating almost anything involving 3D models. You can create them, animate them or design a background scene for them.

Should you download it?

Yes. If you have a creative and artistic side then this is the program for you.

  • Pros

    • Entirely free
    • Multiple studios in one program
    • Professional grade
  • Cons

    • No sound support for Intel Macs
    • Large learning curve
    • Not user-friendly

Specifications

Platform
  • Mac
  • Windows
Language
English
License

Free

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Blender

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