CHAPTER 1: Setting Up Your Android App Development System 21- Once the download is complete, launch the installer EXE, which is actually
visible in Figure 1-5, and should be named gimp-2.8.10-setup.exe, unless a
later version has become available (version 3.0 is expected out in 2014).
3D Modeling, Rendering, and Animation: Blender 3D
3D modeling, rendering, and animation software is a valuable tool for a number of things that are
included in Android, from application icons to digital imagery to frame-based animation to OpenGL
real-time 3D rendering.
Next, let’s go get one of the most popular open source software packages in the world, the Blender
3D modeling, 3D rendering, and 3D animation software package, which can be found on the Blender
web site, at the following URL:
As you can see in Figure 1-13, there is also a blue Download Blender 2.69
button on the Blender.org home page, which will also take you to a Blender
download page, where you can select a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Blender
for Windows. Blender is also available for Linux, Mac, Unix, and Solaris.Figure 1-12. Click an HTTP link to download GIMP 2.8.10 from an HTTP server or FTP to download from an FTP