But not everyone sees Blender as an holistic artist atelier/working environment.
Here we have it again: the specialized vs generalist debate.
I don’t care about the VSE, NLE or BGE. Not the sculpting and not the compositor.
Why? Because i like specialized tools because they are usually better at what they are doing.
IMHO Blender can’t compete with Z-brush, Houdini, Resolve / Premiere, Fusion / Nuke, Photoshop / Krita, Unreal / Unity, Substance / Mari and that probably doesn’t change in the near future.
How to deal with that difference in workflow philosophy?
Threat people who use Blender in combination with proprietary tools as 2nd class citizen?
Enforcing Blenders philosophy didn’t work that well in the last decades, did it?
There is not one way to make everybody happy, except the way of many ways.
AKA full customizability (with a GUI, not scripting.)
This is what a lot of people here suggest. Taking a multitude of (better) solutions from other software and integrate them so that the user can take the one that works best for him/her.
The top bar can be a nice addition, a waste of space or a confusing mess depending on who you ask.
That is because it is a static solution to an dynamic problem.
I don’t know the perfect answer except give the people some more options. The best ones will survive.
Your argument about Dunning Kruger reeks a little of arrogance. Maybe try putting yourself in the shoes of others?
I don’t look down on people who use and love Blender as a generalist tool and who don’t want to leave it. Their choice, not everybody needs other programs. I can totally see their point even if i don’t share it.
But if it gets propagated as the ONE correct way to do things while all others are wrong, i get quite pissy.
People here say stupid things to users who bring up C4d as an example for how to do things.
Its not that they love C4d so much that they want to change Blender into C4d, no they are here so that means that they are Blender users. They bring up C4d because it is the most customizeable UI and the thinking is why invent the wheel again if there is a perfect example how things could behave.
The way i see it:
Most Blender users who have experience with other tools are actively trying to improve the program so that it can be successful and comfortable for new users, using other programs as an example.
Which benefits all and will make Blender gain acceptance in the industry.
(Some) hardcore Blender users, who have no knowledge of other tools, interpret this as a threat even if it could benefit them and others, but they are so routine blinded they don’t see the wood for the trees.
Which actively hinders progress and innovation and gives Blender a bad reputation.
Change isn’t necessarily good or bad, but not moving at all is the way of the dodo.
Don’t be an dinosaur.
PS: this is not really exclusively aimed at you burning. I merely used your post as alibi for dropping that rant.
Don’t take it personal.
Looks like another case of Dunning–Kruger effect).
no problem
