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Samuel
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
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Blender best 3D Free Software

Reviewed on 21/06/2024

Blender is a multipurpose 3d software easy to setup and model.

Able to create any object according...

Blender is a multipurpose 3d software easy to setup and model.

Able to create any object according to the concept in mind and client specification.

Pros

Free to use
Ease of setup
Programmable with Python
Large community, support, tutorials and plugins

Cons

The learning curve is steep.
Animation consumes lots of time.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

3D Rendering using Blender

Reviewed on 08/11/2023

Pros

Blender is one of the best 3D Modelling software that you can find right now, it is free and has the biggest community in the world so it won't be hard to find materials and tutorials in Blender.

Cons

Blender isn't easy to learn especially for beginners, the UI is very complex compared with other similar software. The learning curve in the beginning could be very high for some people.

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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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Worst 3d program

Reviewed on 30/04/2021

I had to use as a trainee in architectural office where all bigger 3d projects were done in...

I had to use as a trainee in architectural office where all bigger 3d projects were done in blender. Why on earth anyone would use it because there was a cinema 4d licence in the house?

Pros

Cycles is quite good and you can get same quality as in commercial packages.

Cons

It has no windows user aproach to its use and it is awkward to pick up and start making any project very fast
Option are cluttered all over the place
There is no left mouse action but it is something else.

Jeremy
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  • Industry: Computer Games
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Blender is the entry point to 3d art

Reviewed on 28/10/2024

My experience has been incredible. Everything I know now about 3d art, I first learned through...

My experience has been incredible. Everything I know now about 3d art, I first learned through blender use. I learned with their animation tools, modeling tools, texturing tools, and rendering tools.

Pros

I love that blender is free, open source, and the entrance place for a lot of artists. It lends to such an open and fresh creative community of new developers and 3d artists. Blender is also an extremely performant renderer.

Cons

I think blenders animation tools could use work. They don't really match up to the industry standard like some of their other tools.

Anil
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Creative Alliance Review

Reviewed on 12/07/2023

Well it has been almost 4 years of Blender use and this software has evolved so much from when we...

Well it has been almost 4 years of Blender use and this software has evolved so much from when we started and we have been completely satisfied as a company and has enabled us to make many different quality 3D models according to our customers' preferences.

Pros

3D modeling could not be done without Blender. When we started as a start-up, Blender, being a free software helped us to such an extent that we cannot describe. We have produced so many image and video renders for our clients using the cycles renderer that helped us grow as a company because of good words from our clients. Blender is truly where everyone starts their 3D journey and we encourage students who want to learn 3D modeling and animation to look no further than Blender.

Cons

The only con about Blender is, might be a personal opinion, the viewport navigation. It would me much more easier with the implementation of viewport navigation like that of Unreal Engine. That would make Blender the complete software in my opinion.

Alternatives Considered

Cinema 4D

Reasons for Choosing Blender

Blender is much more professional.

Reasons for Switching to Blender

Blender is free with all the features that Cinema 4D provides which costs tons of money not many could afford.
Alexander
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  • Industry: Animation Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Blender, Best Free & Powerful 3D tool

Reviewed on 24/07/2023

Pros

It's user friendly and has alot of free tutorials to learn from not only tutorials but blender gives away free animation ready character to save time for Animators.

Cons

I don't think I have issues with blender cause it keeps on getting better every day new monthly updates and fixes.

Paulo
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  • Industry: Animation Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Blender for 3D Modeling: Robustness and Variety of Features (for Free)

Reviewed on 06/11/2024

I used Blender for a few personal projects while I was learning more about 3D modeling. I didn’t...

I used Blender for a few personal projects while I was learning more about 3D modeling. I didn’t use it for too long since I eventually moved away from this area, even though I really enjoyed it. Anyway, regarding the tool, I loved it—no crashes during any of my projects, and some of them were quite heavy. It truly offers an endless array of options, from geometric shapes to different types of shadow rendering, light positioning, camera angles, and more. I highly recommend it.

Pros

I liked that Blender offers many options for modeling, especially for hard surface modeling. I haven't used it as much for character modeling, but it's an incredible tool for creating environments, objects, armor, and so on.

Additionally, I found it to be a software with excellent rendering quality and lighter than others I've used before.

Cons

Eu diria que a curva de aprendizado no software não é tão simples, pois tem muitas variáveis no uso, porém depois que você aprende, já fica tudo automático.

Greg
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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Very Powerful Software, and it’s Free!

Reviewed on 07/11/2024

Blown away by the power and scalability of a free program

Blown away by the power and scalability of a free program

Pros

The fact that it’s free! This was my introduction to 3D animation and was blown away at the power and amazing results that can be achieved. The blender community is even more powerful with thousands of tutorials online and developers pushing the boundaries.

Cons

The learning curve and complexity of the interface

AMJAD
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  • Industry: Animation Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

Exciting blender program

Reviewed on 09/11/2024

More than two years experience with blender program

More than two years experience with blender program

Pros

Easy and comfortable and many tools and options

Cons

Tools and options user interface easy and convenient

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

The most versatile tool out there

Reviewed on 15/06/2024

Great tool regardless of your usage, very versatile, easy to export assets and get ready to use...

Great tool regardless of your usage, very versatile, easy to export assets and get ready to use content for game development, animations and more

Pros

I like how many different aspects of Blender can be explored, 3D rendering, 2D with some work around, video and audio editing, and more

Cons

Not very beginners friendly, especially when dealing with shadders and external plugins

Oussama
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  • Industry: Computer Games
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Blender: A Powerful 3D Modeling Tool

Reviewed on 18/01/2023

Overall, Blender is an incredibly powerful and comprehensive 3D modeling tool. It has a wide...

Overall, Blender is an incredibly powerful and comprehensive 3D modeling tool. It has a wide variety of features and tools to help users create very complex models quickly and easily. It also has a great user interface that makes it easy to learn and use. However, it can be quite intimidating and slow to new users.

Pros

Blender is an incredibly powerful and comprehensive 3D modeling tool. It has a wide variety of features and tools to help users create very complex models quickly and easily. It also has a great user interface that makes it easy to learn and use.

Cons

While Blender is very powerful, it can be quite intimidating to new users due to its complexity and the sheer number of features it has. It can also be quite slow compared to other 3D modeling software.

Shaun
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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My opinions on Blender:

Reviewed on 28/09/2023

Its unexplainably wonderful. I would never leave Blender unless it became paid again, or I quit...

Its unexplainably wonderful. I would never leave Blender unless it became paid again, or I quit using animation/modeling/rendering/completely awesome software like it. Thank you Blender team for all the work you do! I'm thankful I can say I'm part of the Blender community.

Pros

Its ease of use. It's simply easy to use, but so wonderful in its quality. I guarantee you I could spawn a Suzanne, make a few lights, and boom, best-selling NFT.

Cons

Rigging. The complications I have with rigging is most probably me in some of the problems I have, but that doesn't excuse issues with weight painting, trying to mirror bones, or IK (IK isn't that terrible, but I would like an easier way to make and use an IK rig.)

Kamil
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Blender - Jack of all trades

Reviewed on 21/08/2023

Pros

Blender's extensive capabilities cover a wide range of tasks. The convenience of editing renders directly without exporting, coupled with the node-based workflow that retains edits during re-rendering, enhances the process's efficiency. The integrated rendering engines provide practical solutions for both quick previews and full scene rendering. Blender's animation toolset excels in visualizing 3D designs, even though it may require external addons to compete with specialized software. Its toolkit encompasses modeling, sculpting, rendering, and editing, allowing you to complete entire projects within Blender. Of course you can't talk about blender, without mentioning it's open-source nature. In summary, it serves as a versatile tool, akin to a Swiss knife of 3D software, offering an accessible choice for hobbyists, freelancers, and small studios seeking quality without high costs

Cons

While Blender's video editing capabilities are useful, they might not match the depth of specialized software. For achieving a polished final result, I'd personally switch to other, dedicated tools. On top of that, despite Blender's comprehensive animation features, the reliance on external addons for a competitive edge can be limiting. The learning curve is expected given the software's robustness, but the vast community support aids the learning process.

Cliff
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great choice as an Educator

Reviewed on 19/09/2023

Best choice if you are starting out with 3D modeling whether for print , animation or traditional...

Best choice if you are starting out with 3D modeling whether for print , animation or traditional 3D moedling

Pros

Though Blender is getting a bit too much trying to be a Swiss Army knife, as just a 3D modeling app - its great. Reasonably easy to learn and stable.

Cons

I prefer using a dedicated video editor and I am not a fan of its implementation of 2D , ir grease pencil

Haydn
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  • Industry: Computer Games
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Think of Pixar

Reviewed on 12/10/2023

Overall it is a great program with so much potential to make from it

Overall it is a great program with so much potential to make from it

Pros

It is a very powerful rendering program, if you like Pixar movies, you can basically create your own with this

Cons

There are a lot of features and tools so it took a long time to understand what I was doing correctly

Aidan
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  • Industry: Computer Games
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A review of Blender

Reviewed on 20/11/2023

My overall experience with Blender has been positive as it is a very diverse and useful tool.

My overall experience with Blender has been positive as it is a very diverse and useful tool.

Pros

My favourite thing about Blender is how flexible it is to use. There are so many different things it can do.

Cons

One of the major cons of Blender the steep learning curve. When getting started in Blender starting off can be complicated.

robert
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  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Blender for new learners

Reviewed on 09/05/2023

Brilliant and worth every minute spent learning howto use it and to create 3d objects

Brilliant and worth every minute spent learning howto use it and to create 3d objects

Pros

It free and. there are lots of resruces to learn and get up and running

Cons

The interface was a new way of working, but it is something you. have to embrace

Alternatives Considered

Zbrush

Reasons for Choosing Blender

Blender was free and the price o Cinema4D was too much or me to spend

Reasons for Switching to Blender

The freeness
Semih
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  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

3D Modeling in Blender

Reviewed on 30/04/2023

I love it. Its making me a 3D artist haha

I love it. Its making me a 3D artist haha

Pros

Open-source and free. Blender is open source and free to use, which makes it accessible to anyone who wants to learn 3D modeling, animation, or something.

Cons

The shotcuts. So complicated. I had a hard time with learning

Nicholas
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Great for 3d modeling and rendering, especially if you're on a budget.

Reviewed on 09/07/2023

Blender is a great solution for 3d rendering a modeling, it offers a basic stream of functions that...

Blender is a great solution for 3d rendering a modeling, it offers a basic stream of functions that allow you to do what you need to do quickly and efficiently. Also the fact that is free and open source is a major plus.

Pros

The fact that it is open source, and has a wide variety of specific tutorials online.

Cons

It does lack features that more highly sought after rendering software (such as cinema 4d, maya) offer.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Blender Review

Reviewed on 18/02/2023

Blender is a very powerful tool for creating 3d digital experiences. The animations render in very...

Blender is a very powerful tool for creating 3d digital experiences. The animations render in very clean and crisp ways and can be exported in many formats, which is great when you work in a big company.

Pros

Blender is very powerful for creating complex animations. I used this software to create a massive digital experience for an office wall, and blender created very smooth renders and the animation didn't lag.

Cons

This software is very intimidating for new users like myself, but after learning the tools I needed everything made sense, and I was able to start from scratch and explain the software to others.

Francis Rod
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  • Industry: Graphic Design Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Blender Review

Reviewed on 11/03/2023

It is an extremely overwhelming application, but it is very useful and has a great potential. It is...

It is an extremely overwhelming application, but it is very useful and has a great potential. It is being used by professionals in the gaming development industry. I am still relatively new to this application but so far it has shown me great experience.

Pros

Creative platform for game developers. 3d Animations and modeling.

Cons

No cons for this applications since it has all you need to create and great masterpiece.

Mohammed
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Blender for 3D shapes

Reviewed on 21/02/2023

Blender is a powerful and feature-rich 3D creation software that offers a lot of benefits for...

Blender is a powerful and feature-rich 3D creation software that offers a lot of benefits for professionals in the industry. However, its steep learning curve, unintuitive interface, and performance issues may make it less appealing to beginners and casual users.

Pros

It costs nothing to download, use, or edit Blender, and its source code is available to the public. Blender's comprehensive feature set includes support for 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, video editing, and compositing, to name a few.

Cons

Blender's learning curve is high, and its interface can be complicated for first-time users.

Ray
Ray
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Powerful open source 3-D graphics software and editor that rivals commercially available tools

Reviewed on 31/08/2018

Overall, Blender is a very powerful tool, that can be used for video editing. However, because it...

Overall, Blender is a very powerful tool, that can be used for video editing. However, because it is designed to be a 3-D graphics tool which also has video capabilities, it is not the easiest tool to use. I continue to remain intrigued by Blender and in a year or two will revisit it's video editing workflow.

Pros

Blender is used by professionals around the world. Because it is open source and has such wide usage and effort behind its development, it is very unlikely that Blender will ever fade away. Using Blender for your projects ensures long-term access to your files and you'll accumulate skills that will be useful well into the future.

I used Blender only for video editing so I cannot comment on its other features.

Strong video editing capabilities - it is relatively easy to import footage and to make basic cuts, move footage, and add basic fades and transitions.

To simplify the import of video clips, install the Kinoraw Tools addon.
It offers a good way to import media clips through the file browser. The Kinoraw tool will allow you to import all files in the browser, or

This plugin adds features that allow the user to select large numbers of small clips and snap the selection to a designated clip. It also allows selection by type of clip so its easy to grab all of the sound clips to export to an audio editor. The plugin also includes an "inverse" selector to select everything except the currently selected clip. The Kinoraw tool also includes a convenient fade-in fade-out tool accessible in the Strip menu option

Cons

After reading and watching many tutorials on using Blender for video editing, I hoped to rely on Blender exclusively for video creation.
While Blender indeed offers powerful video editing features, the average person will not find it easy to use.

Blender cannot automatically detect resolution and frame rates so if you have video from different cameras and wish to edit these different resolutions files in the timeline in Blender, you will encounter numerous problems. Software should be able to detect these various settings automatically and make necessary adjustments or at the very least, warn the user that the clips are incompatible and guide the user through various fixes.

There were too many other problems with trying to edit a 2 hour film and I eventually gave up and moved to the open-source video editor Kdenlive.

Regardless of my experience, many users in fact rely on Blender for video editing and enjoy the process. Maybe you will find it to be the best tool for you.

George
George
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Opinion from Blender use who has 5 years of experience

Reviewed on 22/11/2019

I have been working in blender for over 5 years, i am an interior designer and blender gave...

I have been working in blender for over 5 years, i am an interior designer and blender gave everything i wanted in this field : Redering, modeling, lighting, materials.... Blender has everything for me to work on a big projects. I started working in blender and i think ill never change it, maybe i will add some but i will never change blender to other 3D software.

Pros

Blender is Open-source software which is Free which is very important thing if you compare it to other softwares. Blender can give you same result as paid softwares. In this program you can make a lot of things, you can : Paint, 3D models, Sculpting, Video editing, Rendering, Animation and many more things.
Blender has it's own Rendering engine so you don't have to buy it and trust me it's very good even if it's free.
Development team is putting their heart in this product and you can see it in their daily builds, it gets better and better.
Community is amazing, you can find many groups, forums and websites dedicated to blender and blender users, there are alot of plugins and models too. you also can use models from other softwares by simply importing FBX or OBJ file format in blender scene.

Cons

It's not an industry standard and ill try to explain why.... Blender is new program and lately it got better that's why many people don't use it, they think that it's a free program and they don't look at it seriously, also many big companies already have stuff which work on Maya or 3Ds max and they don't want to get a new team member who works in blender, because big companies make big projects, every team member is making his part in this project and if one of the team member uses different program, he/she could not use others assets, materials, lighting and many other stuff.... to cut a long story short, Blender is not industry standard because many people don't use it and they still use 3Ds max, maya or any other software.

Taha
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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Great software , 0.1% issue .

Reviewed on 12/06/2022

You can make money from Blender after spending some lone time using it , you can design houses for...

You can make money from Blender after spending some lone time using it , you can design houses for people there is many websites which provides that service , and you will really just enjoy creating stuff maybe you will sell some but if you didnt you won’t feel bad about it.

Pros

Blender’s most attractive features is the user interface i mean when i first opened the software i was surprised how organized it is . It’s so easy to use i promise you will get used to it the first 3 days . I use it for almost everything i got addicted honestly everything i imagine i go into blender and just start making things up . Great product .

Cons

The software is great , you may face some issues during updating , you may like some update maybe you will hate it but i recommend you stick with one version unless the other version has more useful features which rarely happens . The customer services is good but not great you may wait a fee days till you get the answer . The in-software probleme is what i got from experience the rendering process is too much demanding some times my pc got turned off while rendering , this is why I recommend using a nvidia gpu . Aside from that the software is nearly perfect compared to others.