For Dummies Blender, 2nd Edition 978-0-470-58446-0 User Manual
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Chapter 1: Discovering Blender
Even though NaN went under, Blender had developed quite a strong com-
munity, which was eager to find a way to keep its beloved little program from
becoming lost and abandoned. In July 2002, Ton established a nonprofit orga-
nization called the Blender Foundation and arranged a deal with the original
NaN investors to release Blender’s source to the Blender Foundation. The
price tag was set at €100,000 (which at the time was about $100,000),. Initial
estimations were that it would take as long as six months to one year to raise
the necessary funds. Amazingly, the community was able to raise that money
in a mere seven weeks.
munity, which was eager to find a way to keep its beloved little program from
becoming lost and abandoned. In July 2002, Ton established a nonprofit orga-
nization called the Blender Foundation and arranged a deal with the original
NaN investors to release Blender’s source to the Blender Foundation. The
price tag was set at €100,000 (which at the time was about $100,000),. Initial
estimations were that it would take as long as six months to one year to raise
the necessary funds. Amazingly, the community was able to raise that money
in a mere seven weeks.
Because of the Blender community’s passion and willingness to put its
money where its metaphorical mouth was, Blender was released under the
GNU General Public License on October 13, 2002. With the source in the com-
munity’s hands, Blender had an avalanche of development and new features
added to it in a very short time. Eight years later, the Blender community
is larger and stronger than ever, and Blender is a powerful modern piece of
software, competitive in terms of quality with similar software costing thou-
sands of dollars. Not too shabby. Figure 1-1 shows screenshots of Blender
from its early days to the Blender of today.
money where its metaphorical mouth was, Blender was released under the
GNU General Public License on October 13, 2002. With the source in the com-
munity’s hands, Blender had an avalanche of development and new features
added to it in a very short time. Eight years later, the Blender community
is larger and stronger than ever, and Blender is a powerful modern piece of
software, competitive in terms of quality with similar software costing thou-
sands of dollars. Not too shabby. Figure 1-1 shows screenshots of Blender
from its early days to the Blender of today.
Figure 1-1:
Blender
through
the years:
Blender 1.8
(top left),
Blender
2.46 (top
right), and
the major
changes
apparent in
the Blender
of today
(bottom).
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