Blender
blender.orgThe Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software
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About
Blender is a free and open-source 3D creation suite supporting the full pipeline from modeling, sculpting, rigging, and animation to rendering, VFX, and compositing. It is licensed under the GNU GPL and maintained as a public project by its contributors. Blender serves a broad ecosystem of artists, designers, developers, and studios across film, games, and design industries.
Problem
Creators need a powerful, fully-featured 3D production tool that is free and accessible without vendor lock-in.
For
3D artists, animators, VFX professionals, game developers, and designers
How it works
Blender provides an integrated suite of 3D tools — including a path-tracing render engine, modeling, sculpting, rigging, animation, and VFX — all within a customizable Python-driven interface.
Business model
open-source
Status
launched