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Latest update to the production renderer extends support for MaterialX Lama and checkpointing inside RenderMan XPU.

Check out the new features in the set of tools for motion graphics and VFX artists, including generation of depth maps from video.

Check out the new AI technologies in the standalone app and Photoshop plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images.

Create a portfolio-worthy matte painting in Photoshop, Nuke and Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's new masterclass.

Read our pick of the latest features, from the power to create terrain shaders in the Shader Editor to a big step towards a unified renderer.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Low-Poly Layered Fantasy City (Vertical Cutaway Blockout) — $150 Lead 3D Generalist (Blender) – Animation & Pipeline Builder Senior 2D Gaming Artist I need someone who can write script and code to add additional new feature to an existing addon [...]

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Check out the changes to the GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya, including updates to displacement.

Check out the changes to the digital sculpting software, including a new retopology brush, plus photogrammetry in the iPad edition.

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including new Advanced Distributions for motion graphics.

Big update to the GPU renderer adds meshlet streaming for dense geometry, and support for 3DGS data, MaterialX and OpenPBR.

3D texture painting software gets long-awaited Multi-Paint system for projection-painting multiple texture maps simultaneously.

Gleb Alexandrov shares an incredibly polished EEVEE reel. EEVEE in Blender 5.0 looks unbelievable: experience the demo reel from the research materials for our ‘EEVEE Realistic Lighting & Rendering course’ (which is coming very soon!).

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Free grading and video editing app now supports 32K workflows on M5 Macs. Check out the other new features for VFX artists and colorists.

Free update to the 3D compositor improves 3D rendering of shadow, reflect and refract layers, and improves performance and stability.

Ryan King creates this procedural parquet wood floor material in Blender.

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Promising new tool based exports liquid sims in Alembic format for use in other CG software. Now updated to support spray emission.

Blender 5 has changed the way assets are loaded into your scenes from the Asset Browser. By default you are going to find that everything is locked and greyed out, meaning you have no ability to change any settings and any rigs will break. These is a simple fix shown in this short video.

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As the demands on the reliability and stability of Blender keep increasing, the Blender Foundation found they needed a space that allows for forward thinking experimentation. The new Blender Lab provides an environment for these kinds of projects. Francesco writes: Over the years, Blender has grown and matured into a powerful and complex piece of [...]

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