Chapter 16
Python
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T think about is the role of scripting in film productions. In fact, we can consider it as a forgotten task for people.
Blender has been developed using Python as one of the main programming languages and the software's entire interface and tools are accessible using Python modules. Like many other 3D software such as 3D Max, using MAXScript, Blender could be extended using Python.
Such extensions might be for very specific purposes or to improve Blender functionalities, like modules, and to add completely new features. Many of the current built-in features of Blender started as Python projects to extend a determined area of Blender and were finally incorporated into the trunk of the code.
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