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Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by Forgeties79 »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #90
porphyra wrote: post #85

Blender is really an amazing case study of open source software. Apart from the Linux kernel and web browsers/tools, it is perhaps the only open source software that managed to beat all the commercial software in its niche. It has rendered Maya nearly obsolete. Meanwhile, in other niches, Microsoft Office still beats open source office suites like LibreOffice; Photoshop isn't about to give up its crown to GIMP; Light…

> Apart from the Linux kernel and web browsers/tools, it is perhaps the only open source software that managed to beat all the commercial software in its niche OBS is on line 2 ....

I use OBS regularly but vMix is definitely the superior option in the professional livestreaming world. OBS is missing many key features for professional operations and vdo ninja only covers some of those gaps.

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by al_borland »

mitthrowaway2 wrote: post #117
al_borland wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My main goal is to reproduce the floor plan of my house, so I can figure out how to best layout the furniture.

I actually did the same thing so that I could figure out how to lay out my workshop! What I'd do is: - Spreadsheet workbench --> Create spreadsheet (name it "measurements"). (This is optional) - Switch to Part design workbench --> Create body (name it "layout") --> select XY plane --> Create sketch --> Create Polyline - Zoom out, start drawing the rooms in your house, approximately to scale. - Before going into too m…

Thanks! I’ll save this and give it a shot soon.

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by etrautmann »

crote wrote: post #125
btreecat wrote: post #103

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> Meanwhile, in other niches, Microsoft Office still beats open source office suites like LibreOffice; Photoshop isn't about to give up its crown to GIMP; Lightroom isn't losing to Darktable; and FreeCAD isn't even in the rear view mirror of Solidworks. Tbf, everything starts somewhere and all the proprietary apps you listed were not instant market leaders. I can and do use all those FOSS tools just fine both as a ho…

> I can and do use all those FOSS tools just fine both as a hobbyist and professionally, my needs are meet. Mine aren't: GIMP is okay , FreeCAD is a complete joke. It is painfully obvious that their development is done primarily by F/LOSS enthusiasts rather than by industry professionals and UX designers. They are closer to being a random collection of features than a professional workhorse. You might eventually get…

Maybe try OnShape, which is browser based and quite professional?

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by 1220512064 »

anon_cow1111 wrote: post #91

So...... was there ever a resolution with that persistent incompatibility in ROCm/certain AMD drivers and Cycles that made it impossible to render in almost every version of blender? As in, it literally doesn't even detect the GPU outside of eevee

Can you link to a Blender issue?

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by cardanome »

bigyikes wrote: post #109

What does Blender do differently that makes it such a successful open source product? It’s powerful and pleasant to use. Even the release marketing page is beautiful and well-made. I like open source as much as the next guy, but outside of developer tools there is little that comes close to Blender in terms of utility and UX. Is it funding? Specific individuals? Are there PMs and designers? Whatever it is, it’s worki…

I think the dog fooding their own software through all the amazing movies the Blender Institute made plays a huge role.

Relying on individual donations from users helps a lot with blender being aligned to the interest of its actual users. There is not one or a few corporate sponsors controlling everything.

Plus the GPL license which protects the freedom of its users.

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by 1220512064 »

throwaway290 wrote: post #66
1220512064 wrote: post #36

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Display P3 (distinct from cinema display P3, because names are hard ig) is used as a render target color space. ACES (and its internal color spaces) are designed as working spaces. If you make a color space for a display, the intent is that you can (eventually) get a display which can display all those colors. However, given the shape of the human color gamut, you can't choose three color primaries which form a trian…

no monitor uses ACES so it always needs to be converted to P3 to even see what you're doing right? or you are saying if there is some intermediate transform that makes color go beyond P3 it will get clipped? then I understand...

> or you are saying if there is some intermediate transform that makes color go beyond P3 it will get clipped?

Exactly! The conversion between ACES (or any working color space) and the display color space benefits from manual tweaking to preserve artistic intent.

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by peatmoss »

porphyra wrote: post #85

Blender is really an amazing case study of open source software. Apart from the Linux kernel and web browsers/tools, it is perhaps the only open source software that managed to beat all the commercial software in its niche. It has rendered Maya nearly obsolete. Meanwhile, in other niches, Microsoft Office still beats open source office suites like LibreOffice; Photoshop isn't about to give up its crown to GIMP; Light…

MuseScore is good enough that I haven't bothered to check back with commercial vendors. I'm pretty novice with it, however, so perhaps Sibelius power users will disagree.

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by bko »

porphyra wrote: post #85

Blender is really an amazing case study of open source software. Apart from the Linux kernel and web browsers/tools, it is perhaps the only open source software that managed to beat all the commercial software in its niche. It has rendered Maya nearly obsolete. Meanwhile, in other niches, Microsoft Office still beats open source office suites like LibreOffice; Photoshop isn't about to give up its crown to GIMP; Light…

How does GIMP compare to Photopea. On occasion I open a file in GIMP by accident and end up waiting 20m for it to load and am almost always disappointed. Meanwhile Photopea always just works super fast and supports a lot more. What the hell is it doing?

https://www.photopea.com/

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by alex1138 »

porphyra wrote: post #85

Blender is really an amazing case study of open source software. Apart from the Linux kernel and web browsers/tools, it is perhaps the only open source software that managed to beat all the commercial software in its niche. It has rendered Maya nearly obsolete. Meanwhile, in other niches, Microsoft Office still beats open source office suites like LibreOffice; Photoshop isn't about to give up its crown to GIMP; Light…

The comment I've heard is that Office (or was that Word?) doesn't necessarily beat LO, some people are just forced to use it because of file formats

Re: Blender 5.0

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Post by legends2k »

HKH2 wrote: post #120
btreecat wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Meanwhile, in other niches, Microsoft Office still beats open source office suites like LibreOffice; Photoshop isn't about to give up its crown to GIMP; Lightroom isn't losing to Darktable; and FreeCAD isn't even in the rear view mirror of Solidworks. Tbf, everything starts somewhere and all the proprietary apps you listed were not instant market leaders. I can and do use all those FOSS tools just fine both as a ho…

LibreOffice, GIMP, FreeCAD and Inkscape all have their quirks (and bugs), but they're probably seen as features by their core users so they won't change.

Not sure about FreeCAD but got a lot done with Gimp, Inkscape and LibreOffice in my personal projects. Totally worth my time!
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