Hi folks,
For anyone who hasn’t tried out Blender before, this is probably a good time to give it a go.
You can download it from here…
http://www.blender.org/download/get-25-alpha/
And read a bit about it here…
http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-250/
Now that the Durian / Sintel team have completed their work on their short movie ( there are a few left to post-produce it before release ), the focus is now on making 2.6 ( what 2.5x will eventually become ) as stable, flexible and powerful as possible.
I taught a game design course 2 weeks ago using both the old Blender ( 2.49 ), and the latest version of the new one ( 2.5x ) – it looks as if Blender is about to become a viable tool in most 3D companies toolkits, and is well worth checking out!!! The built in collada import/export is extremely powerful now, and the sculpting has been given a huge update since the alpha.
Enjoy!
Mal