Imagine what Blender could be if many of us decide to donate something consistently over time! You think Blender is cool now? What could they do with double the funding?? Don’t just contribute out of duty or guilt, donate to make Blender unignorable and even more awesome! Donate consistently (even if small) to send a message across the entire industry!

I would gladly allocate a small amount, but unfortunately, I cannot manage it financially even as a one-time contribution at this moment. I love Blender and have been enjoying it since I started my career as a 3D graphic designer in my country, after finishing my graphic design studies. However, I am currently struggling to make ends meet. I have been looking for work in my field for over a year and am slowly losing faith in what I'm doing. That's why I started a KZbin channel focused on short tips and advice on Blender, trying to function by doing something I enjoy while fighting every day for survival. Juniors are currently facing a huge challenge in finding anything at minimum wage, at least in Poland, or maybe I'm just too weak to be a 3D artist. ^^ Best regards to everyone, and I will definitely contribute a sum in the future when I can finally afford it!

I was subscribed to Blender subscription for some time, even tho i wasn't using it professionally, and didn't had much time ot use it. I lost my job recently and i am trying to go the other way, the freelance now. So once i secure my bills i will definitely subscribe back. disappearance of the tool, like blender would be huge loss for the industry and for humanity. I really hate paying monopolies like Adobe, so being able to pay Blender on my own decision was something that actually brought me a joy. I hope that more people will see the value of freedom that Blender gives.

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I want to know when will blender's official online asset library open. I saw it in a speech.

I dont have the funds to do this today but youve definitely given me ALOT to thnk about. Blender brought me out of a creative funk. I have to support them any way i can!

I wish i could donate but im studying and barely making by.When im done i will donate 100 dollars per month after getting a stable job

If I had a job in the industry id donate but I don't have even a normal job.

I will donate for sure

I really wish I had something, anything to give... but sadly I don't...

thats so stupid, so basically its a charity that can't make profit to improve the charity and the services they provide? meanwhile in UK charities like RSPCA murder animals for a living and then spam our daytime TV with adverts guilt tripping people into paying for it whilst their directors take home fat checks and invest in arms, drugs, alcohol, tobacco and terrorism

I will donate today , I feel ashamed of myself

We need to support blender! Pls

Seeing those type of videos make me have some hope, just started learning unity and a bit of blender, but it seems like the start is just never ending, sometimes i feel hopeless feeling like this might not be the industry for me but at the same time I still struggle to learn to hopefully one day make it happen

Donated <3 Blender got my creative flame going again!

ok you convinced me, now I'm a gold member, don't want to see blender to slow down or worth. Could you lower the music behind in your future videos as it sounds too loud to me and get issue to fully understand you ? thanks and keep it up !

I am the one of the 10,200 people who donated in 2023. 😀

Alright man you made me do it. I only pledged for 5$ a month, but if more people have a similar mindset, the numbers will eventually (and hopefully) add up! I almost feel bad that I use blender so much and it's completely free

I've been donating through Blender Cloud now Blender Studio for a long while. It's only €10 per month. I consider myself a dabbler, not even a hobbyist and I'm retired so I'm not looking to make money from Blender but you pay for your hobbies so I can't not pay a bit for Blender.

Does it have to be a monthly contribution or can one do one time payments when able?

I would love to but couldn't make any money yet. 😢

The voice is really a bit annoying..

Merci

please make us a simple brush style tutorial with new animation tools ♥

A crazy good wrap up of the Bender conf. Thanks for your input. I for one will look at making a contribution to the org. thanks to you video. Onya

I think the problem with Blender donation is, at least for me, the 5 euro minimum which is half of my 3rd world daily salary. To put that into perspective 5 euro is what it'd cost if I eat out 3 times a day which I don't. Having said that, you've convinced me to do it and I just donated 5usd. USD because it's a little cheaper than euro. 😅 I'll do my best to donate as often as possible.

Proud to say I am one of the 10,000

You convinced me too, I'll start a membership right away! Thanks for spreading the message! It's so easy to forget how many amazing people are behind this amazing software, we need to make sure they can keep developing it! edit: Spelling

I really appreciate how realistic and transparent this video is, and how you mention your KZbin journey as being a large part of it. I can’t help but feel sad with the ending though 😅 would you say your goal of working in the games industry is no longer a dream / desirable to you? Is it something you hope to achieve one day still?

Donate what you can, you bums! 🎉

If you profit from using Blender, do donate. If you support FOSS, do donate.

can pc can't handle this ToT

I appreciate you bringing this to my attention. I had no idea Blender recieved such low yearly funding. Thanks to this program, I was able to quit my soul crushing job and focus on art. I'm barely getting by, but I'm so much happier now. Just signed up for a Bronze membership. Well worth it.

6:15 you did in fact butcher the name lol, great video dude

When i get money i will support my favorites 3d software off all time ❤

I'm just gonna wait patiently for anyone whos gonna create a tutorial for brushstroke tool

Minor but important correction that "Flow" is not a short film, but a full-blown feature film! It has made a lot of buzz in the film festivals circuit, and it's starting to get wide releases in theaters. Variety even predicts that it will get nominated at the 2025 Oscars for Best Animated Feature. Imagine that, a fully made in Blender film finally at the Oscars.

if you make money with free software and that software is really help you, please donate to them

indeed you butchered tenochtitlan's name

Yes, interface was a bit of a wall first time I tried to learn blender, and the second a many more afterward, but also for a long time what I had was mac computers and it was worst when trying to follow tutorials all of that for more than a decade you know putting the effort on hold because day to day routine takes a lot and then since the last year I have had more time and not that much pressure from other stuff and having a proper PC is when am finally getting to create stuff and learning, maybe am persistent maybe stubborn but I wish I can start making money by using Blender and I wouldn't think it twice on donating or even if by other means my economy does improve.

For the image textures. Ive been using an addon aince 2.78nand have added some frsrires to it. This makes it possible to oick texutres using thumbnails. They are nit as big as shown here. But it is way easier than what it was. It also has a feat8re when you double click the inage textire node in the shader editor, it shows the correct inage in the uv esitor. Also when you chnage the inage in the uv esitor, tou can the. Send it back to the node editor. So you dont to use that horible kist selection method. Its a free addon. Let me know who likes to try. Ill add my girhub link here

The biggest issue i have with donating is they do not accept cryptocurrency. They are keeping themselves from a lot of us like that.

I wished they ised easier i out for the N and K values for that new new metal bsdf. Those vakues are easier to find vs those 3 list values they use. There are website with N and K valuew, but they use a dofferent input. This method makes it much harder to find the numbers. I know one website which has these numbers, but its limited on what materials it has

I hope I can donate Blender, but I'm broke man! Like, a single 1 dollar, it's 15 thousands rupiah on my country Indonesia. And donating $100, it will be RP ‭1,585,000... Once again, I'm broke.

Folks show stop about GUI issies. There is no gooden gui for a 3d apo. Every app has its pros and cons. The amount of users is so vast and they all have different knowledge of using a computer, using 3d, understanding ux and what not. This is a never ending story

Concerning the funds. Chexk out the numbers pre 2.8!!! Thats way and way lower. I believe it was around 70-90k € back then. Pablo doing his weekly shows and peomoting did a HUGE favor to to blender

What infind strange, is that how can they loose money on the bacon event. Just make the tickets more expensive. People still come. It always sold out. Ps those number for venue + catering are bizarre high if you ask me. Also the recording. But that ofcourse lots of work.

Thank you for encouraging us to donate. Blender has been such an amazing ride and i am not ready for it to end

I was shocked by the number as well and immediately donated. will be donating more in the future!

Why cant blender charge large businesses that use it and free for personal/individual/small companies?