I've been using Blender for UV mapping for a while now. If I was forced to use it for modeling I'd eat my own face off. It's just not an intuitive UI. I've tried to like it for a while now and I continue to keep my copy updated, but I can't use it for any serious work because I spend more time trying to find or remember how to do this or that and having to look up vids on it yet again, than I do getting anything done. I've worked through a number of tutorials on it in the past, but it just doesn't work for me. If they would update their UI to something a real human can understand and remember without having to hunt for it every time then I might give it another go, but as it is, Blender is one of those programs that is clearly designed from a coder's perspective and not an artist's perspective.  

I was watching some youtube vids on its video editing features just yesterday, as I'm working on assembling a demo reel and I need some good, affordable software that I can use to do that in that isn't going to fight me the whole way through. And I'll probably wind up doing it in Premiere, which is what I was going to buy originally but wanted to see what Blender and some other editing apps could do first. And if my macbook hadn't died a few years ago, I have Final Cut Pro I could do all of that in, but it's only a mac app, so it's currently serving as an expensive book-end on my closet shelf. 

Here's a blurb about Blender from digital-tutors' software links page:

"Blender is also a free and open 3d animation application. While debated on who it is best for,  few studio settings use it (with growth also debated) though professional grade work can be and is accomplished with it."

If you're not familiar with digital-tutors, basically it's an online subscription service with thousands of training video courses on the most widely used software in the CG industry. They currently have a total of 3 videos on Blender. Lynda is a similar online training site with a bit larger library, and they only have 7 blender videos. Gimp and Hitfilm aren't even mentioned on either site that I can find anywhere.