Blender is difficult yes, for your standard 3D modeller, but there are those that comprehend it, me I'm one who has tried many time and then walked away, as though I was reading Emma by Jane Austin (No wonder I got an E on that exam paper
) But not everybody does and there is good work that comes out of Blender, it has a lot of power but for most people it isn't very user friendly.
You even see the odd occasion of good blender work on this forum. But it can put a lot of people off, I've had two friends try it, one who thought, 'nah, I'm sticking with 2D' and the other is extremely lazy.
Quote: "I feel I have just as much right to discourage people from using it as people have to make out it's the bee's freakin knees."
Ditto, its a thread looking for opinions on a product and user experience, would be silly to tart up your opinions before showing them.
Blender is neither the bee's knees or really crap, but that's my opinion, it's just doesn't work out for me and a lot of people.
Of course it's fair for the poster to know all sides of the view.
Quote: "Oh no! you mean I have to read a manual to learn something?! C'mon that is a feeble excuse man. What's so hard about using keyboard short cuts? "
Re-read his post, he said using the manual to switch viewports, that wasn't something too fanciful, something as simple as that, should be obvious on a program is what was being said. In all of the programs/demo's I've played with I myself haven't needed a manual to work out all or most of the interface, except for Blender: And I have played with TrueSpace, Anim8or, Hexagon 2, Modo 2, Lightwave, Cinema 4D, Softimage|XSI.
Which is why his point is justified. I would not get sarcastic, especially when you failed to read the post properly, or failed to interpret it.
Quote: "I know the differences between the two programs because I own Maya."
If you prefer Blender, then Maya was a waste of money then. Your relationship with Maya sounds like mine with Blender, you try it, but everything just doesn't work for you in the way that you want or need it to. That's why my 3 favourite all-round 3D apps are Cinema 4D, Lightwave and Softimage|XSI. Beautiful programs, that's because they're better for me and my needs.
Quote: "It's also one of the only programs that use a smoothing feature that does not add poly's when smoothing. "
Actually there's a lot that can do that as well, you can smooth the surfaces, and you can smooth down the polies that already exist, there's less that can do that one, but it's extremely easy to do manually.
No point having a petty argument over which is the best, but rather keep to your experiences with the program, despite what other people have had.
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