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Blender 2.46 RC1

Blender is an open-source 3D freeware that features subsurface scattering (SSS) support and two new composite nodes.

What is Blender 2.46 RC1 ?
Blender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Blender 2.46 RC1 Features:
+ 'Smooth proxy' style catmull-clark subdivision surfaces with optimal iso-lines display and sharpness editing
+ Armature (skeleton) deformation with forward/inverse kinematics, auto skinning and interactive 3D paint for vertex weighting
+ Non-linear animation mixer with automated walkcycles along paths
+ Constraint system
+ Vertex key framing for morphing, with controlling sliders
+ Oversampling, motion blur, post-production effects, fields, non-square pixels
+ Environment maps, halos, lens flares, fog
+ Various surface shaders such as Lambert, Phong, Oren-nayar, Blinn, Toon
+ Edge rendering for toon shading
+ Procedural Textures
+ Graphical editor for defining interactive behavior without programming
+ Collision detection and dynamics simulation
+ Playback of games and interactive 3D content without compiling or preprocessing
+ Audio, using the SDL toolkit
+ Multi-layering of Scenes for overlay interfaces
+ Read / Write TGA, JPG, PNG, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and Quicktime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV (Windows and Mac OS X)
+ Revolutionary non-overlapping and non-blocking UI delivers unsurpassed workflow
+ Flexible and fully configurable window layout with as many screen setups as you prefer video sequence editing, character animation action editor, non-linear animation mixer, image/UV editing, file/image selection and file management
+ Built-in text editor for annotations and editing Python scripts
+ Consistent interface across all platforms
+ A range of 3D object types including polygon meshes, NURBS surfaces, bezier and B-spline curves, metaballs, vector fonts (TrueType, PostScript, OpenType)
+ And much much more

Blender 2.46 RC1 has license: Open Source
File Size: 8.59 MB
Freeware Blender 2.46 RC1 Requirements:
- Windows All/95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista