Letters from the End of Civilization

I worked with Blender for alot of years. And even...

2011-11-26T20:37:00.296-08:00

I worked with Blender for alot of years. And even after all these years, there's still plenty I don't know how to do in Blender. So what I usually do is then switch to Milkshape. Recently, I thought I'd try upgrading from Blender 2.4 to Blender 2.6 I hated the new interface so much I went right back to 2.4 Why they can't put a descent GUI on this program that is simple and

I find it quite interesting when I hear people tal...

2011-11-21T12:12:25.065-08:00

I find it quite interesting when I hear people talk about going to Africa to save lives. Don't you think your country needs a saviour too? What makes you think African lives are in danger? Maybe you should consider starting from your place of origin. Go feed the many homeless people out there on the street and donate to children living with cancer, go out there in your community and do

Blender is now perfect. It's interface was shi...

2011-09-01T14:54:09.556-07:00

Blender is now perfect. It's interface was shit because more important things needed to be done. I have been playing with Blender since 2004 and yeah it's interface 'was' crap, but it still did what I wanted it to do. Also... I can't remember when blender 'didn't' have a manual or 'no' support, that's shit. Now with version 2.59, you get a Max like

Okay to all the people ragging on those who don...

2011-08-04T00:03:58.668-07:00

Okay to all the people ragging on those who don't like Blender, please take a moment and stop and think. Blender does have a bad interface, and it is stupid hard for new users. This is especially true for those coming from 3DS Max and Maya (which are both industry standard mind you). I started posting here years ago under Fullflavormenthol, and during that time I have been learing Blender,

blender rocks.

2011-05-24T21:55:01.131-07:00

blender rocks.

You are unbelievably arrogant. Clearly, you see yo...

2011-04-05T03:31:17.177-07:00

You are unbelievably arrogant. Clearly, you see yourself as somehow superior to Blender, its developers, and all Blender users, just because Blender is free and you have no idea how to use it.

The main reason people don't just 'give up' on expensive software is because they feel a responsibility to make it a worthwhile investment.

Guess I'm the first for the hated year of 2011...

2011-02-06T22:15:07.414-08:00

Guess I'm the first for the hated year of 2011. Like a lot of other folks here, I searched 'tired of life' on the net. It amazes me how many of us there out there… I wonder how many of us are still left…

I'm 36, probably right in the middle of the WTF?! demographic. I was pretty young when I started seeing things as they are, and the older I got, the more I learned how

1. the industrial standart is Maya, not 3Ds Max. 2...

2011-01-27T01:15:49.324-08:00

1. the industrial standart is Maya, not 3Ds Max.
2. If you're too stupid to accept progressive UI, throw away your comuter.
3. Just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean it's bad. Check out the beautiful work others have done with blender. I mean, you don't go to a porsche manufacturing plant and declare everything garbage because you don't get the

... Some Benefits of Blender: - The cost of depl...

2011-01-06T08:49:34.547-08:00

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Some Benefits of Blender:

- The cost of deployment is extremely low due to its tiny system footprint and the lack of monetary cost. Learning the interface used to be a significant challenge, but is becoming much less of a problem starting with 2.5. While support has been lacking in the past, there are now some very active support forums here:

http://

... "Anyone who claims the interface is a sn...

2011-01-06T08:48:35.453-08:00

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"Anyone who claims the interface is a snap to learn is a BOLD-FACED LIAR. [...] your insulting comments aren't impressing "anyone" with your b.s. "I learned it in 2 weeks; you must be stupid" bravado." - Anonymous
The interface is certainly atypical when compared to other 3d programs. According to the owner of the Blender Foundation, when a

To preface this, I am going to start out by saying...

2011-01-06T08:45:21.653-08:00

To preface this, I am going to start out by saying that I am not an open source "fanboi" or apologist and will also not use arguments like "you get what you pay for." I use whatever software I am most comfortable with based on the task at hand and advocate that others do the same. I can't stand GIMP or OpenOffice Impress and use Photoshop, ZBrush, Final Cut Studio,

Ergh, Blender has the WORST interface imaginable. ...

2010-12-20T20:27:45.783-08:00

Ergh, Blender has the WORST interface imaginable. Period. Nothing can compare. Any other program you can jump in and do things, it works, I used 3DSMax when I was TEN right off the bat, no tutes, no teacher, nothing. I just DID stuff. I can't do that in Blender, in 2.49 it took me a few minutes to figure out how to OPEN A FILE. How is that possible?

1. Take the interface.
2.

Blender very much DOES suck. Being an avid fan of ...

2010-11-10T20:24:11.542-08:00

Blender very much DOES suck. Being an avid fan of OSS and reaping the benefits of dozens of very well built OSS programs, Blender continues to flounder around with a TERRIBLE user interface that is impossibly convoluted.

I agree that Blender is quite capable in terms of image quality. It easily competes with any commercial product. BUT, it's biggest downfall is that it takes MONTHS

Actually when the astronauts were racing the cosmo...

2010-09-21T10:07:16.985-07:00

Actually when the astronauts were racing the cosmonauts to the moon, much time and money was spent trying to construct a pen that would work in zero G. The Russians just took pencils instead.

"...Comrade I broke the pencil, where is the sharpener?"

"Aw, Borscht!'

Pencils are seldom used anymore, except on scantro...

2010-09-20T23:03:58.966-07:00

Pencils are seldom used anymore, except on scantron test sheets. But ever since reading Leonard Read's essay "I, Pencil", the humble pencil represents everything that is right about America. And to think, you received a free sample.

Like most posters here, I arrived here after googl...

2010-07-22T20:50:19.638-07:00

Like most posters here, I arrived here after googling "tired of life"
Firstly, I am amazed that so many others have googled the same term. I'm not sure what I expected to get as a result, but I am pleased that it brought me here.

I have little reason to feel the way I do. I'm 62, and married 15 years to a lovely woman, and have 3 grown stepchildren, who are all

Like, but we're so liberal, like ya'know m...

2010-06-04T05:13:19.935-07:00

Like, but we're so liberal, like ya'know man? Like, so how could this like happen to us. Quick, like, raise everyone's taxes again and import more illegal aliens!! Like, that'll fix the California's problems. It's like, so cosmic, like ya-know, man?

Love your story! Love, love your writing style! Lo...

2010-05-15T10:42:17.693-07:00

Love your story!
Love, love your writing style!
Love, love, love your God!!

Blender doesnt suck! At first, I thought it did! -...

2010-05-05T05:36:05.920-07:00

Blender doesnt suck!
At first, I thought it did! - I felt the same desperation some of you described, when dealing with so many buttons in an apparent random disposition, the different approach to some basic tools, and also felt much disapointed with the rendered results.
Even though, I insisted, and came to the conclusion that, once you get the hang of the commands and shortcuts (wich

Dude.... you realize that the first thing you lear...

2010-04-10T09:59:23.110-07:00

Dude.... you realize that the first thing you learn in Blender is how to edit things in Blender. You were in Object Mode. Try flipping to edit mode (the tab key)

There's another way. The main script gets thes...

2010-04-02T01:33:53.093-07:00

There's another way. The main script gets these lines:

DATE /T > X.BAT
DEBUG < X.INI
CALL X.BAT

and X.INI contains this:

E 100 "CALL Y "
N X.BAT
L 107
E 109 20
E 10C 20
R CX
11
W
Q

The file X.BAT is filled with the current date (in dd-mm-yyyy format). The debug-script alters it into

blender is easier than garage band

2010-03-16T10:27:10.356-07:00

blender is easier than garage band

Said like a true Citizen that didn't have to s...

2010-01-20T16:21:31.644-08:00

Said like a true Citizen that didn't have to start at zero. Need a hand up? Weakling. Get out of my country.

Amen - and I would like to point out that this app...

2010-01-19T18:09:20.651-08:00

Amen - and I would like to point out that this applies to arenas like digital media as well. Everyone who downloads music or movies illegally hurts those of us who buy them legally, only to find them so riddled with DRM that we can't back them up, convert them to more convenient formats, or sometimes even play them.

As a Newbie, I am always searching online for arti...

2009-12-30T02:12:28.325-08:00

As a Newbie, I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you