

With the mid-2019 release of version 2.8, the Blender Foundation, home of the Blender project, made it clear that Blender means business. That’s down, in part, to Blender’s fast-paced development cycle. In short, it’s a product that professionals across many different industry sectors can’t afford to ignore. They should look a little harder, because this mesh modelling software actually represents a one-stop-shop for a huge range of 3D creation needs: modelling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation. To some people, Blender is just ‘that nerdy little open source application for kids who use Linux’.

With Version 2.9, this open source product, which supports a huge range of 3D creation needs, is truly ready for business, writes Mindaugas Petrikas

Blender 2.9 – It’s time professionals took Blender seriously.
