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Re:Blender Is Free Software by forrestthewoods on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:09AM (#20139286)
> I've always wondered why niche specific software such as Blender doesn't have a ton of industry backing.

Because prior to Blender 2.8 it was really really bad software compared to commercial alternatives.

Blender is becoming quite good. Which impresses the hell out of me. But it’s taken a long, long time to get there.

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Re:Blender Is Free Software by tech_man7 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @02:00PM (#20140700)
What's great along with Blender, is the availability of very very inexpensive rendering using https://golemgrid.com/. It's name your own price and can be had for 1/10th the cost of using a render farm.
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Re:Blender Is Free Software by fsloth on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:28AM (#20139414)
What changed to 2.8 to make it compare favorably to commercial alternatives? Is it just the UI?
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Re:Blender Is Free Software by Washuu on Sunday June 09, 2019 @11:01AM (#20139634)
User interface, discoverability(That whole UX thing), and a new reasonable sane default control scheme.(Which can be toggled back to the old one.)
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