Preface

Blender has a long history in the computer graphics industry, but has not always been associated with quality content or ease of use. If you do a quick survey about the software among artists, you would get mixed opinions, with some criticism being aimed at the user interface. People would say it is hard to use or is missing powerful features.

In the last five years, the software has received significant updates on various tools, especially in the user interface. Blender has now been reborn with a brand new batch of software, features that match some multi-million-dollar tools on the market, and an interface that has improved usability.

And all that at no cost! In the era of subscription-based software, Blender is still free and open source. You can download the software at no cost and use it on as many computers as you want.

In this book, you will find a quick introduction to most of the new features of Blender 2.8, such as the fantastic real-time render engine Eevee and the revamped user interface.