Having looked at video's of Blender 2.8 Beta it looks amazing. The real time EEVEE renderer looks out of this world!
The minimum graphics card requirements for Blender have increased to OpenGL core 3.3. Going to have to buy a new graphics card to give it a spin.
I'm crap at 3D software but I love trying to create animations.
This looks so sexy!
01 June 2019, 02:30 PM
behzad
Re: Blender 2.8 Beta
I agree, that is something that I want to learn in the near future. I have already done some 3d work but way back with a software called truespace by caligari. It no longer is available. Good luck and keep us posted.
01 June 2019, 09:05 PM
Gamerprinter
Re: Blender 2.8 Beta
Blender has historically been difficult with user interface and learning curve, but 2.8 is a huge improvement.
01 June 2019, 09:35 PM
Egg Bramhill
Re: Blender 2.8 Beta
Totally agree. You can now select an object with a left mouse click...... Radical ;)
03 June 2019, 03:13 AM
luxxeon
Re: Blender 2.8 Beta
I think 2.8 is a huge step forward for Blender acceptance. It still has some bugs to work out though, but I'm finding it far easier to use than ever before. The following animation was done entirely with Blender and Eevee renderer. I used my 2yo laptop for this, not my workstation, and still had render times of around 6 seconds per frame at 1080p resolutions. I don't think there's another render engine out there which can perform like that, at this level of quality, for animation. BTW, the hardware specs here aren't anything special. A 6th gen i7 and a GTX 1070 gpu.