3DMagixPro is an bundle containing Blender, the industry-leading 3D modelling, animation and game design software, and support and training materials to help you make the most out of the product.

So how does 3DMagixPro stack up against our Buyer’s Guide criteria?

Ease of interface
Blender is a full featured software program. This means that it can appear a little daunting at first.

3D modelling
Blender copes with any kind of 3D modelling with ease. The tutorials will have you creating your first character in minutes.

Surface rendering, shading and effects
The software can render photo-realistic images and cartoon animation perfectly. Oversampling, motion blur, post-production effects, fields, non-square pixels and a huge range of shading effects come as standard.

Automated game creation
Blender was created with the games industry in mind and can be used to create fully functional game. You’d be best knowing a bit of Python code if you want to get serious here, but the software has plenty of point and click options to build some simple games. The Bullet Physics Library is included, a Detection and Rigid Body Dynamics Library for games used by PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, XBox360.

File formats
all major file formats and compression codec’s included.

Tutorials and training
support is almost non-existent. However Blender is widely supported on forums across the web.