Blender (software) The desktop scene in version 2.63 Roosendaal founded NaN in June 1998 to further develop and distribute the program. They initially distributed the program as shareware until NaN went bankrupt in 2002. The creditors agreed to release Blender under the GNU General Public License, for a one-time payment of €100,000 (US$100,670 at the time). Blender 2.4 screenshot The Blender Foundation initially reserved the right to use dual licensing, so that, in addition to GNU GPL, Blender would have been available also under the Blender License that did not require disclosing source code but required payments to the Blender Foundation. Suzanne Suzanne is Blender's alternative to more common test models such as the Utah Teapot and the Stanford Bunny. Due to Blender's open source nature, other programs have tried to take advantage of its success by repackaging and selling cosmetically-modified versions of it. Steps of forensic facial reconstruction of a mummy made on Blender Editing modes Hotkey utilization
Amazing Textures - High resolution textures for 3D modelling Autodesk Maya History[edit] Development[edit] Maya 1.0 was released in February 1998. Following a series of acquisitions, Maya was bought by Autodesk in 2005.[8][9] Under the name of the new parent company, Maya was renamed Autodesk Maya. Awards[edit] On March 1, 2003, Alias was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with an Academy Award for Technical Achievement for scientific and technical achievement for their development of Maya software. In 2005, while working for Alias|Wavefront, Jos Stam shared an Academy Award for Technical Achievement with Edwin Catmull and Tony DeRose for their invention and application of subdivision surfaces.[10] On February 8, 2008 Duncan Brinsmead, Jos Stam, Julia Pakalns and Martin Werner received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement for the design and implementation of the Maya Fluid Effects system.[11][12] Industry Usage[edit] Maya was involved in creating the visual effects for video games, including Halo 4.[13] Overview[edit] Components[edit] Fur
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