04-22-2020, 12:27 AM
bforartists 2.0 Released
<div><p><a href="https://www.bforartists.de/">bforartists</a> 2.0 was just released. bforartists is a fork of Blender aimed at making Blender more usable for artists, new users and indie developers with a series of changes including new keymaps, icons, workflow and completely new documentation.</p>
<p>Key changes over traditional Blender include:</p>
<ul>
<li>custom key mapping</li>
<li>mouse only navigation (great for touch screens like the Surface)</li>
<li>widget manipulation with cursor off widget</li>
<li>keymaps can switch between BForArtists and Blender</li>
<li>theme has coloured icons and increased contrast</li>
<li>icons in menus, 2x more icons</li>
<li>removal of duplicate menus, if its in toolshelf, it’s not in the menu</li>
<li>menus for all hotkey only items (such as Text->Move Cursor)</li>
<li>reduced number of workspace templates</li>
<li>left aligned text in menus such as toolbox</li>
<li>lock camera to view icon</li>
<li>primitive toolbar in 3D viewport, customizable and dynamic to mode</li>
<li>bforartist targeted at beginners and indie developers, not pros</li>
<li>PDF manuals (WIP) with more detail, in PDFs</li>
</ul>
<p>Learn more about the 2.0 <a href="https://www.bforartists.de/bforartists-2-final-version-released/">release here</a>. You can check out bforartists in action in the <a href="https://youtu.be/f654R5ol7CQ">video</a> below. The documentation is currently a WIP and is <a href="https://www.bforartists.de/bforartists-2-reference-manual/">available here</a>.</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/04/...-released/
<div><p><a href="https://www.bforartists.de/">bforartists</a> 2.0 was just released. bforartists is a fork of Blender aimed at making Blender more usable for artists, new users and indie developers with a series of changes including new keymaps, icons, workflow and completely new documentation.</p>
<p>Key changes over traditional Blender include:</p>
<ul>
<li>custom key mapping</li>
<li>mouse only navigation (great for touch screens like the Surface)</li>
<li>widget manipulation with cursor off widget</li>
<li>keymaps can switch between BForArtists and Blender</li>
<li>theme has coloured icons and increased contrast</li>
<li>icons in menus, 2x more icons</li>
<li>removal of duplicate menus, if its in toolshelf, it’s not in the menu</li>
<li>menus for all hotkey only items (such as Text->Move Cursor)</li>
<li>reduced number of workspace templates</li>
<li>left aligned text in menus such as toolbox</li>
<li>lock camera to view icon</li>
<li>primitive toolbar in 3D viewport, customizable and dynamic to mode</li>
<li>bforartist targeted at beginners and indie developers, not pros</li>
<li>PDF manuals (WIP) with more detail, in PDFs</li>
</ul>
<p>Learn more about the 2.0 <a href="https://www.bforartists.de/bforartists-2-final-version-released/">release here</a>. You can check out bforartists in action in the <a href="https://youtu.be/f654R5ol7CQ">video</a> below. The documentation is currently a WIP and is <a href="https://www.bforartists.de/bforartists-2-reference-manual/">available here</a>.</p>
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