From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Mar 31 07:33:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA04035 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 07:33:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.atipa.com (altrox.atipa.com [208.128.22.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA04030 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 07:33:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kmcc@atipa.com) Received: (qmail 25168 invoked by uid 500); 31 Mar 1998 15:31:04 -0000 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 08:31:04 -0700 (MST) From: Kevin McCarthy To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Blender for FreeBSD released (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ---------------------Announcement------------------------ NeoGeo is happy to announce the Beta release of a Linux and FreeBSD version of Blender at April 15 1998 We expect the first Beta users to help us complete testing and evaluating, especially for the various PC configurations. An official version will be released 4 to 6 weeks later. Time schedule: - April 15: Beta versions V1.3x - May-June: Official versions V1.4x - June-July: Manual version V1.5x - Sept: Complete version V1.8x - ???: Pro version V2.0x Other platfoms - Amiga/Mac/Alpha - and Windows95/NT are not scheduled yet. Currently only a very sparse manual is available. This is work under construction. Publishing the manual will be NeoGeo's first commercial activity with Blender. NeoGeo's strategy is to keep the program core freeware, while generating revenues with add-ons like plug-ins, extra tools and tutorials. ------------------------Blender------------------------------- Blender is the freeware 3D package - currently only available for SGI - that has become very popular with students, artists and at universities. Being the in-house software of a high quality animation studio, it has proven to be an extremely fast and versatile design instrument. Use Blender to create TV commercials, to make technical visualizations, business graphics, to do some morphing, or design user interfaces. You can easily build and manage complex environments. The renderer is reliable and extremely fast. All basic animation principles are well implemented. Visit our web site for more information. ----------------------www.neogeo.nl--------------------------- --------------------blender@neogeo.nl------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message