Blender 3d is a 3d modelling software. Blender is simple to use after learning how to use it. Blender has many features which include, Rendering, High-End Production Path Tracer, GPU Rendering, Game Creation, Animation Toolset, Fast Rigging, Visual Effects, Camera and Object Motion Tracking, Masking, Compositing, Python Scripts, Video Editing, Simulation, Modeling, Customizable UI, Integrate with Pipeline Tools. Blender is used for many things such as, creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games.
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Blenders modeling features include:
Blender comes with built in brushes such as Crease, Clay Strips, Pinch, Grab, Smooth, Mask and even allows you to create your own.
Blenders sculpting includes:
Modifiers affect your object without destruction or warping the base.
Dynamic topology is a dynamic tessellation sculpting method, adds and removes details quickly.
Used to control areas of mesh.
UV allows you to unwrap and apply textures and also grab, pinch and smooth UV's.
3d printing has been made a possibility since 2002. It is easy due to the user interface and 3d printing toolset. To start 3D printing from blender you must fill the object up completely. After that you must export the file as STL and use your slicing software. Your 3D model is now ready to print.
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Blender allows game creation such as quick game prototyping and interactive visualizations. Bender has a game engine as well as:
- Ability to port your models to any third-party game engine
- Create or code your own game logic
- Full Bullet Physics integration
- Python scripting API for advanced control and AI
- Support for all OpenGLTM dynamic lighting, toon shading, animated materials as well as Normal and Parallax Mapping
- Playback of games inside Blender without compiling or preprocessing
- 3D spatial audio using OpenAL
Blenders game engine is not powerful enough to have fast big games which is why they allow you to export the game to any third-party game development software.
Blenders simulation can make Smoke & Fire, Fluids, Hair, Cloth, Rigid Bodies and Particles
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Blender has its own video editor which allows you do do basic edits for a video
Blenders video editor includes:
Blenders video editor is mostly like your typical one only that blender has a lot more to it than just that.
Cycles:
Blenders cycles is a ray-trace based production render engine.
Here i am just listing the features of Blender rendering all of these features go a lot more in depth.
Blenders Rendering includes:
Freestyle is a edge or line based NPR Rendering Engine. It uses information to draw lines on chosen edge types.
Blender animation includes the following features
Blenders fast rigging allows character animation to the highest quality and an immense amount of rigging tools such as:
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Blenders visual effects allow you to create astonishing thing with the built in motion tracking and composition.
Blender has made lives easier by having a built in compositing program in the software you don't need to leave the software to export your creation to another third-party program. Blender Compositing includes:
Blender includes camera and object tracking. The object and camera Tracker includes:
This is where you import and export files From and to blender it includes:
Blender customize lets users customize the blender layout completely. Blender customize offers:
Blender has many scripting extensions;
Blenders amazing features have made the software it is today although they are still making new features like, open data. Blenders 10 main features were listed in this article but there are smaller ones such as the toolset , and 3D printing collaborator. I hope this article has helped you to know more about Blender 3D.
