Blender

Blender

Blender Foundation
4.3 out of 5 stars
SlotVFX

SlotVFX

Gamix Labs
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About

Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline. Cycles is Blender’s built-in powerful unbiased path-tracer engine that offers stunning ultra-realistic rendering. Blender’s comprehensive array of modeling tools make creating, transforming and editing your models a breeze. VFX professionals say: “Probably the best tracker in the market”. Blender includes production ready camera and object tracking. Allowing you to import raw footage, track the footage, mask areas and see the camera movements live in your 3D scene. Eliminating the need to switch between programs. Thanks to the high quality rigging and animation tools, Blender is being used for numerous short films, advertisements, TV series and feature films now.

About

SlotVFX is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that helps game studios, Spine animators and web game developers make high-quality effects and animations fast. Studios get studio-quality VFX without a long production cycle or a big team. Spine animators juice up their animations with particles, glows and shaders on bones and slots, and can retarget and merge skeletons. Web game developers export optimized, complex effects to PixiJS, Phaser, Cocos Creator or WebGL2 with a royalty-free runtime. Work by hand, or ask your AI assistant (Claude or ChatGPT) to build and tune effects for you. The editor is free; paid plans add game exports, cloud sync, share links and team features.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Creators, 3D modelers, artists, animators, and more

Audience

Game studios, independent game developers, Spine animators, and VFX artists creating 2D effects for web and mobile games.

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$10.99/month
The Free plan includes the desktop editor, built-in presets, local projects, autosave and recovery. Paid plans add game-runtime exports, PNG/MP4/WebM recording, cloud sync, share links and team features. Early-access prices: Cloud Solo $10.99/month (1 person), Team Bundle $79.99/month and Team Pro $109.99/month (5 seats each). Prepaid monthly or annually, in USD (INR in India), with no automatic renewal and a 14-day refund window. A free Cloud Solo trial is available. Enterprise: USD 2,499/year per company for studios with more than USD 500,000 annual revenue.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.3 / 5
ease 3.4 / 5
features 4.4 / 5
design 4.3 / 5
support 4.1 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • More than only 3D modelling Tools. Can also do Video Editing. Fluid and particle Simulation. 3D Printing. Architectural Design. Support many file formats. Great Texture Painting. Python Programming.
  • Great Marketing, No, excellent marketing. Wait, overwhelming marketing. Damn they expect a lot of Pros. Not sure why they assume that.
  • In this software you can do complete 3D work, rendering, video editing, sculpting, game design and more. In modeling and UV mapping node base support is really good in Blender. There are lot of keyboard shortcuts which help to speed up your work. Best realistic renderer as compared with other alternative software. There are lot of features which I've never seen in other alternative software, like Blender can create a 3D model automatically only by picture.
  • It offers excellent three-dimensional development and animation. It has lots of video tutorials to makes learning easy. The functions are well placed and easy to understand it's options.
  • Free & Open source Customizable interface 3D modelling and rendering Works great for building animations Simulation tools Inbuilt video editor Integration with many pipeline tools Great community Powerful API

Cons

  • Difficult to learn. Confusing UI for beginners. No parametric modelling Not suitable for 3D modelling of mechanical parts.
  • No, I need to be fair. Reading through their marketing articles and all the …’Consigned’ reviews (hey, watch your mouth, I didn’t say ‘Paid/), I was captivated. I ran off and downloaded Blender. Why? because I downloaded the latest version before and when Trying to install it I was told it can’t be installed on my current hardware. Nice one. Blender just wasted my data. Thank you Blender, for not telling me upfront. BTW, will Blender give me the money to buy a new Mac so I can use their latest version? Hey, we have to keep the economy going, right? But, fair is fair. I went to search for an older version and I found one, latest possible for my OS, the Blender 282a. Yay. Then came another hit. Trying to open it (After having it installed, of course (I know I have to mention this because Big Tech Gurus don’t know common sense), I got told that Blender was damaged and that I should move it to the BIN. Guess what? I did! But fair is fair, right? I gave it another go, I installed it once more and now could open it. Funny how Intelligent Tech doesn’t work. Right, but now I got another intelligent Tech Work not working. Can’t ‘Render’. I’ll stop here because otherwise I go on forever and that is enough to decide to DUMP Blender, for good. Enough time wasted on this piece of crap.
  • Every thing is great in Blender. There are no cons yet.
  • Its a time taking tool but gives your excellent animations.
  • For a free software, there is hardly any con that i can mention.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Blender Foundation
Founded: 1994
www.blender.org

Company Information

Gamix Labs
Founded: 2021
India
slotvfx.com

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Categories

3D Modeling Supported
3D Painting Supported
3D Printing Supported
3D Rendering Supported
Animation Supported
Game Development Supported
Industrial Design Supported
Motion Capture Supported
Surface Modeling Supported
Video Editing Supported
Voxel Editors Supported

Categories

Game Development Features

2D Not Supported
3D Supported
Analytics Not Supported
Animation Supported
Asset Management Not Supported
Drag & Drop Not Supported
eCommerce Not Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
Network Management Not Supported
Physics Not Supported
Player Management Not Supported
Prototyping Not Supported
Virtual Reality Not Supported

Video Editing Features

3D Video Editing Not Supported
Audio Tools Supported
Brand Overlay Not Supported
Collaboration Not Supported
Media Library Not Supported
Social Sharing Not Supported
Speed Adjustment Supported
Split / Merge Supported
Supports HD Resolution Not Supported
Text Overlay Not Supported
Video Capture Not Supported
Video Stabilization Not Supported

Integrations

2dto3D Supported
ARki Supported
Asseter Supported
Azure Marketplace Supported
Cerebro Supported
CrowdRender Supported
Daz 3D Supported
Hi3D Supported
OctaneRender Supported
PixiJS Not Supported
PlantFactory Supported
Plasticity Supported
Polargrid Supported
ProRender Cloud Supported
Redshift Supported
Spine Not Supported
Stable Diffusion Supported
Univah Film Engine Supported
iClone Supported
mnml.ai Supported

Integrations

2dto3D Not Supported
ARki Not Supported
Asseter Not Supported
Azure Marketplace Not Supported
Cerebro Not Supported
CrowdRender Not Supported
Daz 3D Not Supported
Hi3D Not Supported
OctaneRender Not Supported
PixiJS Supported
PlantFactory Not Supported
Plasticity Not Supported
Polargrid Not Supported
ProRender Cloud Not Supported
Redshift Not Supported
Spine Supported
Stable Diffusion Not Supported
Univah Film Engine Not Supported
iClone Not Supported
mnml.ai Not Supported
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