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Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good

Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good work, gd3kr :)

ramon156 2y ago
I get your point, but it's annoying because the creator didn't specify this anywhere. If you look at a project like CodeBuff, its explained what the tool is made with. OP didn't even check the Blender licensing, why would I respect such a barbones attempt at a project? At least be honest that it's just an interface with trellis.
vunderba 2y ago
Give me a break. The site's ad copy: "BlenderGPT is an advanced artificial intelligence program that creates 3D models from text or image prompts in ~20 seconds. It lets you synthesise fully textured meshes, then import directly to Blender with a shortcut or download the source files for use in any compatible software. We think it's really good, try it out for free now." It's very deliberately posing itself as having their own proprietary algorithm, as opposed to just a wrapper around TRELLIS, whose team did the real work. There's nothing wrong with that, but not giving any credit or mention to the trellis team is in poor taste.
- pixelpoet 2y ago
  You even fixed their typo on "its".
- pkkkzip 2y ago
  I can definitely see why people were upset but I think they are reading a bit too much into it. We all know its a wrapper now but makes little to no difference in reality. What I'm more disappointed in is that BlenderGPT aka TRELLIS is still not capable of producing truly segmented 3d mesh. The generated output is simply just a blob and not capable of replacing actual 3d modelers (yet). I've already seen so many claims of being able to generate 3D but they have fallen short of expectation (including BlenderGPT/TRELLIS). Without segmentation, mesh optimizations, there is limited use. We are so close but because everybody is chasing investment dollars they gloss over the ugly bits and even after 20 months of watching this space there has been little progress. The true golden chalice of 3d mesh generation is a fully segmented, optimized mesh, UV texture map/material generation and pre-rigged. It appears we are far far away from it still as many FANG/Deepmind or large game engines should be the first. Unfortunately until then we are stuck with investor dollar grift wrappers on open source products. Not just in 3D but across all domains that AI touches.
  - arresin 2y ago
    I didn’t know until reading the comments
- deleted 2y ago
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Fauntleroy 2y ago
Using "Blender" when not associated with "Blender" at all is a huge dick move.
- senectus1 2y ago
  yeah, I 100% agree with this.
- tripplyons 2y ago
  Also, even though GPT is not trademarked, it is probably best to leave it out of any non-OpenAI product names.
latenightcoding 2y ago
Nah, this shouldn't be on the front page. Blender is a registered trademark (I only clicked because I thought it was project from the Blender team) and OP is not transparent about this just being a wrapper.
- dogboat 2y ago
  Oh yeah blendergpt is a bad name unless blender refers to a food processing gadget and AI is controlling that.
xnx 2y ago
Making a thing and sharing it is definitely worth supporting. Obvious credit should be given to the source of the core functionality of the project (e.g. "Powered by TRELLIS") and using "Blender" in the name was a bad idea.
dogboat 2y ago
:) now I will ha ha. There is value in UI just as there is value in a corner store reselling milk. Not everyone needs to be a cow.
loliver666 2y ago
I dont think he's getting enough hate for using AI to do traditionally creative work. Thanks for making the future worse asshole.

Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good work, gd3kr :)

ramon156 2y ago

I get your point, but it's annoying because the creator didn't specify this anywhere. If you look at a project like CodeBuff, its explained what the tool is made with. OP didn't even check the Blender licensing, why would I respect such a barbones attempt at a project? At least be honest that it's just an interface with trellis.

vunderba 2y ago

Give me a break. The site's ad copy: "BlenderGPT is an advanced artificial intelligence program that creates 3D models from text or image prompts in ~20 seconds. It lets you synthesise fully textured meshes, then import directly to Blender with a shortcut or download the source files for use in any compatible software. We think it's really good, try it out for free now." It's very deliberately posing itself as having their own proprietary algorithm, as opposed to just a wrapper around TRELLIS, whose team did the real work. There's nothing wrong with that, but not giving any credit or mention to the trellis team is in poor taste.

pixelpoet 2y ago
You even fixed their typo on "its".
pkkkzip 2y ago
I can definitely see why people were upset but I think they are reading a bit too much into it. We all know its a wrapper now but makes little to no difference in reality. What I'm more disappointed in is that BlenderGPT aka TRELLIS is still not capable of producing truly segmented 3d mesh. The generated output is simply just a blob and not capable of replacing actual 3d modelers (yet). I've already seen so many claims of being able to generate 3D but they have fallen short of expectation (including BlenderGPT/TRELLIS). Without segmentation, mesh optimizations, there is limited use. We are so close but because everybody is chasing investment dollars they gloss over the ugly bits and even after 20 months of watching this space there has been little progress. The true golden chalice of 3d mesh generation is a fully segmented, optimized mesh, UV texture map/material generation and pre-rigged. It appears we are far far away from it still as many FANG/Deepmind or large game engines should be the first. Unfortunately until then we are stuck with investor dollar grift wrappers on open source products. Not just in 3D but across all domains that AI touches.
- arresin 2y ago
  I didn’t know until reading the comments
deleted 2y ago
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Fauntleroy 2y ago

Using "Blender" when not associated with "Blender" at all is a huge dick move.

senectus1 2y ago
yeah, I 100% agree with this.
tripplyons 2y ago
Also, even though GPT is not trademarked, it is probably best to leave it out of any non-OpenAI product names.

latenightcoding 2y ago

Nah, this shouldn't be on the front page. Blender is a registered trademark (I only clicked because I thought it was project from the Blender team) and OP is not transparent about this just being a wrapper.

dogboat 2y ago
Oh yeah blendergpt is a bad name unless blender refers to a food processing gadget and AI is controlling that.

xnx 2y ago

Making a thing and sharing it is definitely worth supporting. Obvious credit should be given to the source of the core functionality of the project (e.g. "Powered by TRELLIS") and using "Blender" in the name was a bad idea.

dogboat 2y ago

:) now I will ha ha. There is value in UI just as there is value in a corner store reselling milk. Not everyone needs to be a cow.

loliver666 2y ago

I dont think he's getting enough hate for using AI to do traditionally creative work. Thanks for making the future worse asshole.