Blender.....it belongs in the kitchen not your hard drive! (Blender 2.0)

Member Name: martial_loh

Product:	Blender 2.0
Date:	10/07/01 (180 review reads)
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Advantages: free

Disadvantages: interface, the program itself

When I first heard news about Blender I thought "YES! A free 3D program! No more needs for licenses etc!!"
So I downloaded it. And I loaded it up.
Then the pin dropped. The interface was crammed into my screen - buttons and tabs overflowing from all sides. There was also a putrid stench of "grey" across the whole screen. Don't get me wrong, lots of programs have grey in em, but this Blender, it was greyer than John Major(sorry John!)!!

Even with a downloaded manual and FAQ, I had troubles even creating a sphere on this program.. It took me a while to figure out where the main toolbar (move, scale, rotate) was located and another 2 days before the manual said "You need to use the keyboard a lot"
That was when I deleted the program off my hard disk. I've seen many examples of Blender-work on the net - they look VERY impressive, for a program of its small siza - less than 10Mb. There seems to be many features to use - a pity! However, the people that did the works, must have een very patient, learning the interface of Blender. To any newcomer, it would be daunting as well as offputting.
I would not recommend Blender to anyone, unless they REALLY had to try this program (life or death situation!). Unless it can adopt a better interface and general way of doing tasks, I will not be using this program again. Real 3D entusiasts should head toward something like 3DSMAX or Lightwave and co.

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