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Blender 4.3 added a new texture node: Gabor noise. This allows for 'banded' noise patterns that are perfect for landscapes. ChuckGD explains. Trying the new Gabor texture node in Blender 4.3, It’s perfect to create sand, dunes or waves, but we can also mix it with noise textures to get interesting terrain shapes.

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The next prompt for the Blender Artists 10 Cubes challenge dropped! As always, you can find the rules, prompts and entries in the 10 Cubes category on Blender Artists. Have fun!

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Spectacular work by Albin Merle! Sere's the howcase of my most exciting and impactful work as a film director and 3D artist. This reel features highlights from the past year, along with some standout projects from 2023 ( because, let’s face it, editing last year’s reel didn’t make the to-do list ! ). From captivating [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Infinite Reality | Motion Graphics Artist Job Title: Blender Developer/Technical Artist for Add-On Development For more jobs, look here.

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The next prompt for the Blender Artists 10 Cubes challenge dropped! As always, you can find the rules, prompts and entries in the 10 Cubes category on Blender Artists. Have fun!

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Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I'm putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation.

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KeenTools' FaceTracker for Blender, brings professional-grade face tracking from Nuke to the Blender community. Their add-on left beta now, and is ready for production.After three months in open beta, our professional facial mocap add-on is now ready for production. Discover a new chapter of character animation and 3D composting in Blender: markerless motion capture, texture [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Paid Job | Creating Card Hair and Textures for a Rigged Dragon Model For more jobs, look here.

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That3DGuy challenged himself to create a large-scale scene in Blender with large looming hills on an old Villa. See how he did it! I showed how I modeled the Villa, the creation of the foreground, the texturing of the Villa, and how to efficiently scatter foliage in a large environment. I used a variety of [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Animatrice·eur 3D intermédiaire at Borealys Games Inc. For more jobs, look here.

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Blendereverything explores the landscape of 3D software, comparing the revenue streams of popular 3D apps against Blender and asking himself: how can Blender compete with them? But Blender has a secret weapon - our community! After watching this video, what's your take on this?

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Create volumetric starfields and nebulae with this new add-on by Stefan Kotuziak. Do you want to create detailed starfields and nebulae for your next space epic quickly and easily? Do you want complete control over those starfields and nebulae? Do you want a non-destructive way to do it? Do you want to create volumetric nebulae [...]

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Steve Lund sets out to recreate LoTR scene from Weta Digital in Blender - in only 24 hours! Using Geometry Nodes for the animation of the characters across a curving landscape, some models from Sketchfab and a Rokoko motion capture suit, he created something impressive! What do you think?

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Blender artists/ motion designers in Austin TX For more jobs, look here.

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Luis Roach writes: Hi guys! This is a sculpting timelapse of HellBoy. Hope you like it.

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The yearly, most restrictive Blender Artists forum challenge is back! Let the insane restriction of using only 10 cubes (or rather, cuboids) inspire you! 16 Years ago, Sterling wrote: It seems that blender is losing more and more of its limitations, but sometimes having limitations can push creativity. so let’s take it back a step [...]

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Ian Latarte shows how to make chromatic abberation in your Blender scenes match the footage for your VFX projects. Chromatic aberration is one of those weird lens artifacts that happen in real life, but need to be specifically addressed when compositing CG elements into your footage. blockquote>

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True-VFX just announced True-Terrain 5, the ultimate all-in-one terrain creation toolkit for Blender. Whether you’re creating sprawling landscapes, realistic vegetation, or stunning water features, True-Terrain 5 is packed with features and assets to make your creative vision a reality. Key Features: Over 200 Assets: Bring your environments to life with a massive library of scatter [...]

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Learn to re-create the adorable and enigmatic soot sprites from Spirited Away in Blender. Pixxo 3D explains the entire process in this three-part video tutorial.

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There's a buzz in the Blender community about the new Lens Sim add-on by Håvard Dalen. By simulating the individual elements in a lens using path tracing and the new Ray Portal BSDF node, it generates images with uncanny realism. In addition to providing over 40 pre-set existing lenses, it adds an interactive lens editor [...]

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