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What is Blender?

Blender is an open source 3D creation suite that supports the 3D pipeline, modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, and motion tracking, video editing, and game creation.

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Blender is an open source 3D creation suite that supports the 3D pipeline, modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, and motion tracking, video editing, and game creation.


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The Blender Foundation is an independent public benefit organization. Its spin-off corporation Blender Institute hosts the foundation’s offices and currently employs 50 people who work on the Blender software and creative projects to validate and test Blender in production environments.


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Amine A.
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Amine A.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Blender Review"
There's so much addons / Tutorial and documentation
Kevin V.
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4.5 out of 5
"Open-source 3D software that meets or exceeds the capability of commercial packages"
Blender is an amazingly capable 3D modeling and rendering software that empowers the user to created stunning graphics and visuals.
Ziya M.
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Ziya M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Best 3D software and FREE!"
It is light weight, flexible interface, powerful and has a lot of addons that makes your life easier. I use it for 3D hard surface modeling and ...
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What do you like best about Blender?

The versatility of Blender is what stands out the most. It’s an all-in-one solution for 3D modeling, animation, and rendering, allowing users to work on a variety of projects without needing multiple software programs.Blender’s robust community and extensive resources, including tutorials and forums, make it easy for both beginners and advanced users to find help and inspiration. The constant updates and improvements keep the software current with industry trends, and the fact that it’s open-source means it’s accessible to everyone, fostering a collaborative environment for creativity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

Blender could be challeging to be explored for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blender solves the problem of accessibility in 3D modeling and animation by providing a powerful, free tool that anyone can use. It enables me to create high-quality graphics and animations without the financial burden of expensive software. This has allowed me to experiment and innovate without constraints, leading to greater creativity and productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amine A.
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What do you like best about Blender?

There's so much addons / Tutorial and documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

Like it's name it's a blender it's good to use for most 3D scene but not as rich as some softwares Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

It makes you gain a lot of time in designing/sculpt/modeling due to it's friendly interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vaibhav  S.
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What do you like best about Blender?

I am a big fan of Blender, a 3D software that is both free and open-source. It impresses me with its high-quality tools that are usually found in expensive commercial softwares. Blender includes features commonly used in the industry, such as modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering which I found super helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

I find Blender to be a great tool, but one thing that bothers me is how hard it can be to learn, especially for someone new to it. The interface is complex and different from what you might be used to, which can make it tough to figure out all the tools and shortcuts at first. Plus, while there is a lot of documentation and tutorials available, they can sometimes be confusing or not up to date for certain features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helped me create 3d model and animation for my products which helped me showcase them better! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blender?

The best part about blender is that it is free, with all the features and services it provides, it really baffles me how it is compleltely free.

It is a really powerful software capable of completing complex tasks . My favourite part is the animation and how easy it is to start creating your first few basic animation by just watching a few tutorials. I used it for 3d modelling too and it definitely stood out amongst its alternatives as it provided more features and was easy once you grasp the few basic commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

Although few, but the main downside I found about blender was how overwhelming it was for me as a complete newbie in the start, the UI was clean but definitely could scare you off as a beginner so you will have to invest a good amount of time in watching tutorials and learn the basics first. Talking about the tutorial, another problem is that many features lack tutorial and may be difficult to understand if you dive deep. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blender has always been my go to software whenever I need to create a 3d model or animation for my project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saksham C.
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What do you like best about Blender?

Blender is smooth and it is much better than autodesk maya. The animation and the objects are also in vast numbers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

The functionality is less as compared to other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used blender to make a 3d model for my drone project. It gives you a 3d appearance of your project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blender?

Blender is very versitile and also free, perfect 3D software to begin on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

Sometimes buggy or crashes, steep learning curve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have an agency that sells ads to ecommerce brands, blender allows me to make animations and images almost exclusively on the app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robin G.
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What do you like best about Blender?

It is the best software for creating 3d objects and characters. It is free and open-source software. Also, It has an incredible development cycle. It comes with many awesome features like full modelling toolkit, sculpting, UV mapping, texturing objects, animations etc. which makes your work easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

Sorry, Right now for me I can't find out any problems or dislike points about blender :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's the best software for designing 3d graphics. It supports the entire support pipeline. Also It has two rendering mode Evee and Cycles which makes my work more realistics. Time to time software updates makes the software more stable. These things are beneficial that I realized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blender?

Easy access. It is very small in file size and can do mega projects. Easy to use tools. Can add sketchfab extension which can help import 3D models easily with textures. Super EASY. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

Sometimes the export or import of 3D models doesn't go as planned. And the 3D model which I export to upload on Mixamo, doesn't work often. Have to be too precise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

During marketing campaigns, we often design logos of events, or need basic animation for intro videos, I make small cost-saving animation videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aryan S.
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What do you like best about Blender?

Its realistic animation and easy to make models Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

Need more features and tools which make modelling easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its help to make brand visualization into reality and animating anything in a realistic way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ziya M.
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What do you like best about Blender?

It is light weight, flexible interface, powerful and has a lot of addons that makes your life easier.

I use it for 3D hard surface modeling and video editing. I don't need additional software to edit video renders, the builtin video editor is so powerful and easy to use.

As for 3D modeling, once you learn the shortcuts, it became so easy and fast to make the model. There is a lot of how-to videos (official and non-official).

The interface is sooo flexible, you can split, join, change the size of each screen and customize it as you wish. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blender?

Importing large FBX files is very slow! Although I have a powerful machine (32GB Ram, i7, Nvidia GF 1070) sometimes I wait for more than 10 minutes to import a large FBX file (>1 GB). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blender solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blender is offering a great software for free! The online community is providing a great how-to knowledge. I can do more than I can imagine, in most cases I end up wondering how great is the result :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.