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Blender 3.0: Blending 3D with Linux

Linux Magazine Editors

Thursday, June 15th, 2000

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Blender

$Free / $40 documentation

$95 full version (adds additional features)

http://www.blender.nl

In a Nutshell

Rating:

Pros:

* Generates animation and 3D files

* Many advanced features

* Plug-in architecture

Cons:

* Steep learning curve

* Small type in documentation

Windows in Your Virtual World: Blender’s multiple windows are invaluable when dealing with 3D objects.

System Requirements

* Linux 2.x kernel

* XFree86 3.3.x

* 90 MHz Pentium CPU

* 32 MB RAM

* 5 MB hard disk space

Supported Platforms

* Linux	* Sun Solaris
* BeOS	* SGI IRIX
* FreeBSD	* Windows NT
* Windows 9x

Numerous graphics-editing programs are available for Linux, from very simple paint programs to amazingly sophisticated packages that almost defy description. Blender, a program for creating rendered images and publication-quality animations, definitely falls at the high end of that range of tools.

Blend to Its Will

While Blender is extremely powerful and flexible, it has the very…

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