BlenderNation

A minor update has been made to the Blender 5.0 release - the beta is now scheduled for October 8 (previously October 1). The final release date has not been affected and is still set for November 11.

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Tired of visible seams between 3D objects? CGMatter shows how to use Blender’s compositor—with Z-pass, cryptomatte, and a bit of node magic—to blend objects naturally, all in real-time with Eevee. No add-ons needed!

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Francesco shares an overview of the feedback on BCON25, along with a great 'sizzle' video that captures the mood of the flaship event for the Blender community. Blender Conference 2025 wrapped up a few days ago! Yet another great event bringing togehter artists, developers and contributors from the Blender community worldwide.

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How a small group of artists and animators left Maya behind and built an indie studio from the ground up. This session will walk you through the real-world roadmap, how we built our pipeline, the lessons we learned, and how we did it all for under $1,000.

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FlippedNormals introduces FlipBox - a new way to deliver world-class tutorials, assets, and resources to the 3D community. Each FlipBox is time-limited, packed with insane value, and supports charity with at least 10% of every sale. But don’t wait too long, because once a FlipBox ends, it’s gone forever. https://youtu.be/m2MToJru7qs Next Up: Rise of the [...]

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The design of imaging optical systems, like camera lenses, currently relies on a few specialized optical design software.

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If your Blender learning lives in 100 open tabs, this bundle compresses the chaos into a single path from clean models to cinematic scenes. What’s new Bundle A — Blender, Substance, UE5 (15 courses). Modelling foundations, UVs, Substance Painter texturing, and lighting with Unreal Engine presentation. Why it matters for Blender artists A structured path [...]

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Ducky 3D revisits his Light Trails work in Blender!

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Mangoshake studio - from architecture and design to storytelling and visual effects.

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This free Blender Addon lets you create materials in a Pixelart style per button click. It comes with additional features to make life easier. Add materials, revert to original materials, set up color gradients from base color and even add a simple composition which makes your final render look even more like Pixelart. Get it [...]

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Here's a cool free add-on for a Saturday Blender project: Ivo van de Grift created a Geometry Nodes based electronics generator. Create a PCB/Motherboard on the fly in Blender, just tweak the settings in the Modifier Tab and you got a unique asset for your Blender project. All PCB's are procedural generated with a custom [...]

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PICO is collaborating with Blender to bring Extended Reality (XR) into the heart of the Blender ecosystem.

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Learn how to create Jewelry with Blender and the Jewelcraft add-on. Yoji writes: Hi everyone! I share with you this tutorial with Blender and Jewelcraft! Happy blending!

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Here's a complete overview of one of the more tricky areas of a character to setup for animation... the Shoulder. Anthony writes: Given its extensive range of movement, there's no single or simple solution to achieving good looking deformation. As such, this video shows all the components (topology, bone placement, custom bones, weight painting, modifiers) [...]

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In this talk, Beatriz Ruthes shares her process of building a VR environment entirely in Blender, in which every object and texture originates from hand-drawn illustrations on paper. Developed during an experimental artist residency in Luxembourg, the project explores how traditional techniques can bring warmth, intimacy and emotional resonance to digital spaces.

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Join Blue Zoo for a look inside ZooKit, our powerful toolkit for Blender. We're building a workflow where a single artist or small team can take an idea from design to final render. This talk explores how we use Geometry Nodes and Rigify for character creation, world-building, and look development. We'll share our R&D process, [...]

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This is a free real-world sized Earth atmosphere system made with Geometry Nodes, it's making use of volumetrics to achieve realistic scattering shading and has the limb darkening effect on the Sun.

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PIXXO 3D shows a simple trick that converts a Grease Pencil drawing into a full 3D shape using a skin and subdivision modifier.

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Let’s create a complete small medieval house model from scratch in Blender, including modeling, texturing and lighting!

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Grant Abbitt breaks down the two main techniques you need to know: using Materials and using Attributes. Learn the pros and cons of each method to optimize your workflow and improve your digital art.

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