Sunday, 10 May 2009

Blender....how hard can it be....?

Decided to attempt to produce something "worthy of note" using the fiendishly complicated yet reassuringly free(!) Blender, a 3D modelling package.

There's a pretty steep learning curve on this thing....the trouble is, the curve starts waaay up there!! *stands on tippy-toe to indicate quite a high place....then realises no-one is looking. Actually that's not fair to say but it's the impression you get when the tool makes unconventional use of the mouse buttons....sure, right mouse button to select things....o-kay....

Anyway, it's slowly beginning to come together. I'm using very long-winded methods to achieve quite simple things at the moment and the long term project....another video perhaps....is suffering from the early stages of "ooh, I can do that, canI?...right that changes things".

So I wouldn't recommend holding your breath on this one but things are happening in the murky recesses of Pedro Productions....more news, when we have it....

1 comment:

Sawtooth said...

Look forward to seeing the results Ped! As Blender is cross platform I'll download it to and have a go. I've had limited experience with Cinema 4D on the Mac but I found it a bit of a monster.