[Bf-funboard] Blender in the workplace

[alex]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Matt D. wrote:

> I've been looking at Blender as an alternative ever since I read about it
> but the continuous lack of tools for polygon modeling has always driven me
> away. Blender is powerful but it does not provide the tools necessary for a
> large part of the industry.
>
> Now that I've found PolyBoost I've since stopped looking for a more
> intuitive package since it's a perfect extension of my workflow.
>
> Unless there becomes a conscious effort to expand the toolset to encompass
> the needs of the professional, I don't see the potential for Blender beyond
> a tool for a specialist or hobbyist.

Hello Mr. Professional himself,

you're pretty right, it's obvious that Blender isn't used in professional
environments at all. No pre-vizzes for Hollywood movies are being made
with it, no big car companies use it for making product presentations,
no music videos for popular bands shown on TV are made with it, and it
is clearly a piece of crap.

Could you state a few things that you consider missing in the current
toolset though, so the mere mortals like Ton can consider integrating
them? :-)

alex at schnittenparadies.de