Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters

The Blender Community

For every type of software, it’s very important to have a community surrounding it that will provide feedback and engage others in using the software. But in open-source software, this is even more important: not only does the community provide feedback, but it also proposes new features, discusses development, creates new features, organizes events, supports the projects, and donates money.

Open-source software communities are also very open-minded. They are usually treated as “fanboys” or “fanatics” by other software users, but once you are a part of one of these communities, you understand why: they’re not only talking about a particular type of software, but they are also usually adhering to a set of ethics as well, ...