Because Blender is free there are a lot of video tutorials which is my preferred way to learn. The software forums and tutorials give you a good independent view. The important thing for me is transferring files between the systems. Iâ€™ve found I use a number of different software to get what I want each one has a different interface and learning curve.

It is easy to get over whelmed with the software which promises to do everything. I suggest having a clear goal of what you want and stick to it. Learning in the real world or the virtual world the approach is the same try everything and see what works with your skills, knowledge and sensibilities. My solution is to be very patient, flexible and open minded to new systems and processes that facilitate my imagination. My imagination gets the better of me and I find the tools available restrict realizing it. Hi Hoop thanks for your questions in my experience and as everyone knows nothing stands still in technology, the more I learn the more I want to do. I know the learning curve will be different for everyone, but I was just curious as to your thoughts thus far on Blender. My thoughts/hope is to use Rhino and Vray for my main work, which needs to be exact and produceable, and to use Blender for fun stuff that will never be produced (characters, etc.) But I'm hesitant to dive into a completely new platform if it is sooooo incredibly different that it will takes loads and loads of time to get anywhere with. I have Tsplines, and while it does make organic modelling WAY faster in Rhino, the Tsplines surfaces don't texture as one surface, so for rendering it's not any easier to texture than a Rhino model is. My question to you is, coming from a Rhino background yourself, how difficult has it been for you to begin learning Blender?Īnd, have you done any modelling and animation with it yet? If so, your thoughts?

UV unwrapping, very organic modelling, and higher end animations that I can't get with Rhino now. I have been considering learning Blender as well, for three reasons. I hope to have some nice pics to share soon. The great thing about Blender is that it's free and there are more than enough video tutorials to help. After playing about with a few, I've come to the conclusion that Blender, once you climb the short learning curve, works very well for UV unwrapping.

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