Comments on: Blender 3D 2.50 Alpha 0 for architectural visualization

By: Alain

Alain — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:34:20 +0000

I agree and it’s very clear: Alpha is lower than Beta and even Beta versions NEVER are for production use.

I’m curious how the developlement of the full integration of V-Ray is going on

By: mzsade

mzsade — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:57:43 +0000

No .deb package? This is an outrage! (Heh, Heh.) just kidding.

By: Benjamin Bailey

Benjamin Bailey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:10:18 +0000

I agree. The alpha 0 release is cool but not complete. Even though I want to make the jump, (especially if I am going to do tutorials,) I am uncomfortable with the new (and incomplete) environment. So, Blender 2.49b it is for now, with keeping up and learning on 2.5, and probably some projects and tutorials as well.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:25:38 +0000

I have been using Blender to do visualisations for about a year and a half after I learnt using great video tutorials by Vaclav (http://blender-house.spaces.live.com/) having come from Vectorworks. As per the tutorials I import the plan as a background image and ‘trace over’ it. In 2.50 I find this technique doesn’t work because the background image changes size and jumps all over the place when you zoom in and out. I am on an Intel Mac. So I use both. On the whole, 2.50 is great though.

By: 3dRend

3dRend — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:30:56 +0000

Blender for my hobby, so I quietly moved to 2.5. Bad that there Yafaray and the interface is not quite accustomed.
Sorry for my English

By: Allan Brito

Allan Brito — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:22:17 +0000

Hi Jeff,

Don`t worry about that too much. You can still study and learn the 2.4x series and migrate later to 2.50. The interface is different, but most of the concepts are the same. For instance, the use of the 3d cursor is almost the same on both versions. For others like the curve editor, things will really be different. But, once you know how to use the tools in 2.4x the learning curve for 2.5x will be a lot shorter.

Regards

By: Jeff O'Connor

Jeff O'Connor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:16:23 +0000

I’ve been a noob for a couple of years; I would like to learn Blender as a hobbyist and have built up a fairly good-sized library of Blender books that are based primarily on the 2.4 series of the application.

I can tell from the reaction of the community that Blender 2.5 is a big deal and substantially different from earlier versions of the program. As a hobbyist, should I be concerned that the money I have spent on various Blender books would be wasted if I moved to 2.5 once a stable build is released? Or are the changes mostly “under the hood” and/or things that only a competent user will benefit from?

By: sfepa

sfepa — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:06:02 +0000

i’ll test my projects made with 2.49 in 2.5, it already proved that renders faster in most cases, but until ti is alpha i don’t see necessarily to do all in it.
At the same time, it will be very useful for the gradual transition from 2,49 to 2,5