Did I hear this right and is Barton Campbell leaving Blender. And, less assume for a moment I’m in the right year and month and this is actually happening. If that is indeed the case just let me say thank you, guy.
I don’t nerd out on Blender but anyone who has ever used it knows about Ideasman and his contributions over the years. So once again thank you Barton and best of luck in any new endeavors. Blenders lost will no doubt be some ones gain. Take care out there and keep on sharing what you do best. No doubt anyone attempting to create something will appreciate it.
doublebishop, thanks for the correction. That would be me: A dollar short and a day late with reference to his name. But, I thought I heard it in the podcast and noticed no one had commented.
Years ago in the shipyard a saying was no monkey stops this show. And, while that was true some monkeys were sorely missed. By fellow workers and the quality of the work on the ships. I just thought Campbell was such a monkey. And, you just confirmed that.
bretch and now ideas? i thought ideas could take up the slack from losing bretch…now i dont know know. ton better drop everything and go on a resume hunt. not sure ideas can be replaced but blenders gotta try.
Like Blender has any secrets to begin with, as it’s quite easy for Autodesk, The Foundry, Maxon ect… to download the Blender source and study it for ideas (even though they cannot do a literal copy of an implementation because of the GPL)
All good for you Campbell! You are one of those developers that I’ve been respecting a lot. Every time I’ve seen comment from ideasman, I’ve read it very carefully!
Best of luck in spreading your wings toward new adventures! Don’t forget about us. Stop by and pay us a visit from time to time (or come back to stay :)). You’re always welcome in the Blender community.
Used to think Campbell´s python work was pointless. I don´t think that nowadays with all these wonderful python addons enabled by his wonderful work on the python api.
And since he took over Blender modeling dev, Blender has transformed into a modeling powerhouse. Of course there´s hardly any module he hasn´t touched!
Campbell will be sorely missed in Blender development, but if he needs time off that´s his business, nothing he should be derided for, and anytime he wants to he will be welcomed back with open arms.
Just saying that whoever is hired to fill his shoes will have his or her work cut out for them!
