• Oh well, I am come back to my base in C++, ok I am working on parallel this and I make my project more simple to complex in step by step. Hope that will work as well because my blackdot fork from Blender are messy so I keep two project as well and see which it is better.

Blackdot

Blackdot is the free and open source 3D creation suite and it greatly is inspired from Softimage XSI. It works as wip the entirety of coming to later : the 3D pipeline-modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking and video editing.

Plan for adding/improving to Blackdot

• [] UI from Softimage XSI
• [] Tools in 3D modeling (based on Softimage XSI) (Wip)
• [] OOM (Oriented Object Modeling)
• [] Metamesh modeling
• [] ICE system (based inspiration from geomety nodes)
  • [] Particles
  • [] Deform
  • [] Kinematic
  • [] CrowdFX
• [] Hair system
• [] Advanced 3D painting
• [] New NPR shading
• [] 3D Rendending
  • [] Fujiyama
  • [] Appleseed
• [] 3D Tracking
• [] Cloth system
• [] Advanced VFX compositing
• [] Advanced video editor
• [] AngelScript editor

Development

It will support to Vulkan and OpenGL.

It will support to AngelScript and Python.

It will be written in C++.

Author

Laurent Le Flem (Main author)

License

Blackdot as a whole is licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 3.

Thanks

Blackdot give to tribute at Daniel Langlois and I thank much him the creator of Softimage XSI, a 3d software loved by a lot of 3d Artists around the world. I thank as well to the french man and developer named Stephane Rehel for first 3D software and open source from Softimage 3D classic with his software as Moonlight Creator and later Moonlight Atelier. I am inspired by two peoples and hope I will bright to you for your enjoy with this Blackdot too in 3D.

• Thanks to Ton Roosendaal for the awesome Blender and help me to understand from codes.

== Faq ==

Where is the official site of Blackdot ?

The official site of Blackdot is: (Wip)

Mospixel

Where can i find a tutorial for Blackdot ?

There is no tutorial. It is in WIP coming to later when it will be ready :-)

What is Global Illumination ?

See here for more explanation.

Is it possible to write new modules or plug-ins ?

The kernel of Blackdot is not yet currently being written. This soon new architecture will allow: + plug-ins in Python and Angelscript + multiple material type, multiple renderer to be used + multiple kinds of GUI's. + Tools for modelling and other stuffs.

Does Blackdot exports to POV scene ?

Not yet but currently I integrate to Fujiyama Renderer into to Blackdot. Later Blackdot will exports to POV scene to geometry (vertices, normals and triangles), camera and materials.

Do you plan to integrate shaders into the Blackdot renderer ?

Why not! Based on Fujiyama Renderer, I will bright more shaders and create one on your own as well.

Do you plan to write a GTK+ or QT GUI for Blackdot ?

No, The architecture that i am currently writing is by me (WIP) and powered with OpenGL and Vulkan. (Watch to the soon at the gui_xsi directory)