[olug] Fundraiser to make Blender Open Source

[floyd]

One of the often mentioned ideas in the Blender forums is to allow
plug-in renderers, (ala lightwave or Max) and POVray and Blue Moon get
mentioned quite a bit. Renderman is good, and I wouldn't be surprised to
see someone make that happen once blender is open. As it is, Blender's
current render engine is so-so. It does nice radiosity, but no true
raytracing. Lighting effects such as lens flares are also not yet there.

Blender's big strengths are a first class modeller and a built-in game
engine (with python binding). Blender also has a render daemon that will
distribute tasks over a network (like screamernet in Lightwave). Model
import and export include DXF and VRML formats. Animation and still
output are both supported. The entire GUI is rendered by openGL
(buttons, windows, 3d views, the works) so there may also be some
interesting code for game developers to look at.

Only a few of many features.

On Sat, 2002-07-20 at 21:06, Matthew G. Marsh wrote:
> On 20 Jul 2002, Adam Lassek wrote:
> 
> > Blender is a nice 3d modeling/animation studio for linux and windows.
> > The UI is a bit different, but once you learn it its very useful and
> > better than the standard toolbar/menu approach in my opinion.
> 
> OK - How does it compare to RenderMan3D (AutoDesk) or POV ? Just curious
> because if it is in a similar ball park that would be a good investment.
> 
> > On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 20:15, Matthew G. Marsh wrote:
> > > On 19 Jul 2002, floyd wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've seen a few Blenderheads at the meetings and thought there might be
> > > > some interest in this. Blender, a very cool 3D program from the now
> > > > defunct NaN software, is the focus of a drive to make it Open under the
> > > > GPL. Ton Roosendaal sent this to all registered owners of Blender, but I
> > > > thought I would forward this to the list.
> > > >
> > > > In a nutshell, they have to pony up 100k to the former investors to
> > > > release the intellectual property. Once the money is raised, there will
> > > > be a two week period where members get first crack at downloading the
> > > > code. And then Blender is GLP and free to dl and hack to your heart's
> > > > content.
> > >
> > > What is blender and why would I care?
> > >
> > > (I am always interested in helping out open sores projects but I would
> > > like to know if this is worth it)
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > > I gave 50 bucks earlier today and hoped a few of you might do the same.
> > >
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