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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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Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to virtual textures, trace sets, and the Neural Radiance Cache.

A compilation of diverse projects including architecture, character assets, and product rendering. A workflow entirely powered by Blender, tailored for the narrative demands of TV documentaries and the visual impact required by agencies. * Content: Environments, Products, Characters Location: France My website : www.manucreation.com

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Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.

The V-Ray GPU render engine now supports AMD cards again via AMD's HIP framework - and they're actually faster than NVIDIA in some scenes.

Check out the new features in the 3ds Max renderer, including native parallax interiors, quick caustics, and relighting 3D Gaussian Splats.

This new shader by yogyog adds dithering patterns that don’t flicker and move when you navigate in your 3D scene. You know when you’re creating shading using only a black fineliner pen by putting the lines closer together? You know when you want to re-create that in 3D but you have the problem that as […]

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Updated: Sparseal's promising texture painting app gets its first official Windows release - and an experimental free build for macOS.

Allan Brito released a refreshed edition of my beginner book, Learn Blender: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, now fully updated for Blender 5.1. The book is built for readers who have never opened Blender before. It walks you through the interface, core concepts, and your first real renders using short step by step explanations supported by […]

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See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a Controlled Variations system for material variants.

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Blender 5.1.1 has been released on April 14th, fixing 71 issues present in 5.1.0. Modules & Projects 2026-04-10 Future of DNA & RNA – Workshop Notes 2026-04-13 Grease Pencil Module Meeting Notes 2026-04-13 Modeling Module Meeting 2026-04-14 Render & Cycles Meeting 2026-04-14 Sequencer Meeting Notes […]

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The Blender Conference for this year is planned from Sept 23-26 and will happen in the now familiar location of Felix Meritis in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Grab your EUR 50 ‘early bird’ discount now!

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Compositing, finishing and effects software gets a new Annotations system and two new AI models for generating depth maps from clips.