Blender for Mac

User Reviews

• A good app worth the money

  MacPotato2/9/2017

  Pros

  There are so many apps that are just wanna be "animation creator apps". I wish I had found Blender before I wasted time trying all those.

  Cons

  Maybe it's because I'm a senior new to this stuff but I'm having a hard time figuring out some of the more advanced features. Can you please add some tutorial videos that make it simpler for "dummies like me"?

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• For simple projects DON'T EVEN TRY

  3/1/2015

  Pros

  Rich functionality. Got everything you might need. Works smooth.

  Cons

  If you wan't to use it just for sketching simple by a mouse things DON'T EVEN TRY it. Especially on Mac. No context menus. Menus that are supposed to be context are not in fact context, called by arbitrary keys, selection and editing are performed with absolutely random short cuts. All global/object/vertex/texture properties and functions are placed in an insane order all over the screen not grouped by any means. Window management is so absurd you'll can't stop laughing when you start trying to eliminate them (I won't say how to close windows because it's funny only when you findout it by yourself).

  Summary

  A Monty Python logic of UX.

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• no comment

  ROLASA5/1/2011

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• Best free 3D package you can get.

  MrFiber1/24/2011

  Pros

  Expandable with plug-ins, kind community, modeling tools, complete workstation for modeling, animating, video game prototyping, composting and rendering all inside Blender, GNU license allows modification of Blender and all your work is your property

  Cons

  Poor internal renderer, slow learning curve and somewhat frequent crashes.

  Summary

  Blender is the absolute best 3D package for the price - nothing. Blender has a very clean non-overlapping interface that's very easy to operate and work with. The interface can also be adjusted to your liking with a complete theme editor to change the color of the interface. The internal renderer is a problem, though. It's slow and low-quality. Although this can easily be forgiven for you can easily install a external renderer such as Luxrender (which is GNU free) for much higher quality renders. Blender's GNU license means that you can modify and release your own version of Blender with no trouble. And thanks to the GNU license all work produced with Blender is solely your property and can be distributed under any terms that you prefer. This is a software that I highly recommend for anyone interested in 3D graphics and can easily compete with more expensive higher-end 3D suits. This software is very easy to use once learned and can be quite powerful when used correctly. If you don't like the idea of crashes just download the stable version of Blender (2.49b).

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• IT gets 4 stars because it is free and quite Versatile.

  Stuabear4/28/2010

  Pros

  IT is free and its Polar coordinates match those of Second Life Sculpted Prims

  Cons

  A little hard to understand initially but considering it is free, it is a great tool, and i have both maya Infinite and Cinema 4D Studio. Very handy tool for those less complex creations

  Summary

  How can you dislike something free, especially when you consider the work that goes into producing software in the first place. IT really should get 5 stars but it is not complete yet. and 5 Stars is hard to come by and or should be, I have never found a perfect Application (Programme) Yet

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• WWI

  gmjm8/5/2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />World's Worst Interface! They even admit it and attempt to justify it by saying that this was originally an in-house application. Regardless of its origins, I spent 2 hours trying to put 1 cube on top of another. I was unable to do it. What good is a mountain of features if you can't get to the mountain? This ap is NOT for public use, but only for those that have played with Blender since the v0.0.1 days and have a grasp of their counter-intuitive user interface. I think I could have placed 2 cubes together much easier and faster using Unix coding while drunk.

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• Crashes right after launching...

  eagle425/14/2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Just did a fresh download to try and compare to Sphera3D (BTW: very confusing links in this entry about blender.com and blender3d.org) - opens a Window, shows the menu bar and crashes on OS X 10.3.3...

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• Excellent piece of software...

  Muludovski12/16/2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Very easy to use. Dispite the first impression you might get...

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• Fixes

  tar__iey11/30/2003

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  Summary

  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />First try and change your Moniter res to Thousands. That should fix the weird drawing of the screen. Other that , the program is okay for free. It could be better. But it can make some nice results. Like HAir and fur. HDRI, GI, no cloth yet. And the game engine is dead for now but other than that it is nice for free.

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• finally for OSX.

  brainreactor8/14/2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Great Job. A clean, cheap and very capable 3D application. The perfect gear for Low budget projects or for 3D amateurs.

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