Blender 2.5
From:
neo
22 May 2009 (1 of 19)
2647.1
Blender 2.5 is looking very attractive + Some good news for MoI/Rhino users
NURBS Integration + - Rhino/openNURBS import/export
http://sites.google.com/a/ckbrd.de/blender---nurbs/
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=133844&page=22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c42dQY5GIj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF9kTn-Q7nI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzicDANY0A
SDS to NURBS...T-Splines (Sort off)
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~tc270/subdnurbs.html
New UI
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=143717&page=80
V-Ray/Blender
http://blender.bevice.net.ru/gallery.html
They re-wrote the entire animation system. this is just an example of how it opens up more possibilities.
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I scoffed at Blender, it didn't really deserve a second look but now it seems to be posturing for some serious recognition.