Blender, the most popular open source application for 3D creation has released(today) its new major version 2.57, the first stable release in the 2.5 series. The blender has released this version after a lot of improvements, specifically in Graphical User Interface(GUI) . Actually its UI has totally changed
The overall design and new GUI controls indicates a lot of improvements in this version. Blender is a very useful tool for graphics designers /game developers. Blender is mostly used for 3D modelling,Animation,Rendering,Real Time 3 Dimensional game creation, shading, rigging etc.
If you are new to Blender or 3D modelling and want to learn, then here is the best resource – free online tutorial available through its official website.
Changes/Features in Blender 2.57
- Areal Splitting and Swapping
- sub regions
- Support for Multiple Windows
- New Design
- Built in File Browser
Blender is a cross-platform 3D modelling tool, its latest version – 2.57 has been released for all platforms -Linux(based OS like Ubuntu,Linux Mint,Fedora,Debian etc),Windows, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. you can download it for your computer(select the right platform/os and architecture) from its official website(Link is given below) –