Product Overview
- Rendering
Using Cycle, it creates great renders, high-end production path tracer.
- Modeling
Sculpting, retopology, modeling, curves. Blender’s modeling toolset is extensive.
- Animation
It offers state of the art animation for shorts and feature films.
- VFX
It offers camera and object motion tracking to masking and compositing.
- Simulation
Blender offers powerful simulation tools, featuring industry-standards libraries like Bullet and MantaFlow.
- Pipeline
Integration with multiple pipeline tools is pivotal in many productions.
- Game Creation DEPRECATED
Blender logic enables quick game prototyping as well as interactive visualizations.
- Video Editing
The Video Editor offers a range of basic yet very efficient tools.
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USP : Blender supports various features of 3D pipeline such as simulation, rigging, modeling, compositing and motion tracking, simulation, rendering, along with video editing and game creation. Advanced users can use Blender’s API for Python scripting to modify the application and write specialized tools; often these are included in Blender’s future releases. Blender is suitable for individuals and small studios who benefit from its integrated pipeline and open development process. Blender is cross-platform it can be used on Linux, Windows, and Macintosh computers without any problem. Its user interface has OpenGL to provide a consistent experience. The list of supported platforms indicates those regularly tested by the development team to confirm specific compatibility.
BLENDER 28 detailed analysis
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| Product Features and Functionality | 4.20 | 2.30 | 4.50 |
| Breadth and Depth of Product Offerings | 0.80 | 3.80 | 3.45 |
| Delivery | 0.85 | 3.55 | 3.15 |
| System Requirement | 1.20 | 3.65 | 3.75 |
| Support and Services | 0.45 | 1.60 | 3.20 |
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PARTICIPATING QUADRANTS
BLENDER 28 has chosen it’s strengths in these 3 territories
All-Europe
17 Participants
All-Middle East and Africa
8 Participants
All-Asia-Pacific
13 Participants
REGIONS
North America , Middle East and Africa , Latin America , Asia-Pacific , Europe
STRENGTHS
- Product Maturity / Software / 3D AnimationIn-built Video editorThe in-built video editor feature in Blender enables users to achieve basic actions such as video cuts and splicing, as well as more complex tasks such as video masking. Live preview, luma waveform, chroma vectorscope, and histogram displays are a few important features of the video editor. Show More
- Product Maturity / Software Features / RiggingInnovative rigging toolThe software allows the transfer of a model into a posable character easily, and rigging becomes faster as it offers an innovative set of rigging tools - envelope, skeleton and automatic skinning, easy weight painting, mirror functionality, bone layers and colored groups, and B-spline interpolated bones. Show More
- Product Maturity / End-Users / Game DesignerCollaborative VisualizationsThe game engine helps create 3D games. The software has the capacity to program their own game logic and port models to third-party game engines. It also helps the user make collaborative visualizations and models for games. Show More
- Product Maturity / End-Users / Special Effects AnimatorBuilt-in compositorIt has a built-in compositor, which is one of the major VFX features that permits users to access a library of nodes as they create camera effects, vignettes, and color grading. The software is capable of extracting multilayer OpenEXR files, a High Dynamic-Range (HDR) image file format used in top Hollywood movies. Show More
- Product MaturityA Collaborative SoftwareBeing a free software fetches a lot of users. This software has broad modeling capacity and an elaborative interface. It is capable to carry out complex animation work, with an excellent outcome. Technical expertise is a must in users without which it could get into the nerves of the people. Show More
WEAKNESSES
- Product Maturity / Breadth and Depth of Product Offerings / ...Complex modeling toolThe adaptation for architecture works may take a little more time than projected, it also needs to complement with other programs like unreal engine 4 to get the most professional results, some complex modeling tools are less efficient than in other programs like 3d max. Show More
- Product Maturity / End-Users / ModelerLack of designing toolsAs it mainly focuses on the design of animated movies and video games, it lacks tools focused on the design of objects and pieces with defined measures and parameters, which may not always be the most useful software. Show More
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BLENDER 28 Presence in 3D Animation Software
Questions & Answers
Buyer, Healthcare, SME
Head - Product Management, Buyer Healthcare
#14 in 3D Animation Software 6 Reviews
“Powerful tool"
May 31, 2019
It is a very powerful tool, that can be used for video editing, rendering and animating. As it’s an open source it is easily available and is been used widely by professionals around the world. It will ensure long-term access to the files and it allows user to gather skills that will be useful well into the future.
Buyer, Healthcare, SME
Head - Product Management, Buyer Healthcare
#14 in 3D Animation Software 6 Reviews
“Customizable and more Flexible"
May 31, 2019
The software is customizable and more flexible, user can bend the software into whatever is suitable for one’s workflow. It also permits to create logo designs to architectural visualization and game asset creation and animation. Python scripting can be used to automate things and transform complex data models that would be near impossible by hand.
Buyer, Manufacturing, SME
Chief Product Officer, Company Name Classified
#14 in 3D Animation Software 6 Reviews
“Easy-to-use tools"
May 31, 2019
The software has many easy-to-use tools and functions; moreover, it ensures to create animations and videos. Modular interface offered is easy to learn for beginners and use it efficiently. It also allows infinite possibilities when it comes to modeling people, characters, etc.
Buyer, Manufacturing, SME
Chief Product Officer, Company Name Classified
#14 in 3D Animation Software 6 Reviews
“Great Looks and Professional Tools"
May 31, 2019
The UI is user-friendly, with great looks and professional tools for 3d modeling, includes timeline for 3d animation and better rendering engine to start with adequate design work. The software which is freely available is easy to use and provides great technical support and quality.
Buyer, Manufacturing, SME
Chief Product Officer, Company Name Classified
#14 in 3D Animation Software 6 Reviews
“Amazing animation tool"
May 31, 2019
The modeling capacity is very wide, the level of tools is very professional and the results are brilliant, the interface is very elaborated to have the palette of main tools in view of the user. It is a combined software and that is very optimistic for the community and significantly improves the quality of the product.
Buyer, Software, SME
General Manager, Company Name Classified
#14 in 3D Animation Software 6 Reviews
“A Collaborative Software"
Feb 14, 2019
Being a free software fetches a lot of users. This software has broad modeling capacity and an elaborative interface. It is capable to carry out complex animation work, with an excellent outcome. Technical expertise is a must in users without which it could get into the nerves of the people.
