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New program for developing more ambitious, experimental features for Blender provides a safe space in which developers can 'break things'.

'A Portrait of Tenochtitlan' is the passion project of Thomas Kole. He painstakingly modeled the ancient Mexican city and built an interactive 3D viewer that lets you explore it. 2 years later, Thomas has released an adapted .blend file that's free for download. The Blender file of the 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is released. You [...]

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Allan Brito writes: When you start to work with architectural visualization you will quickly notice that many tools give you a way to change or update the projection of your camera. From 3 vanishing points to 2 to create an "architectural camera." That is the case with SketchUp that has a dedicated option for a [...]

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Price of Pro and Enterprise plans to rise by 5% in 2026, but all users will get unlimited free cloud seats for Unity Version Control.

High-contrast, high-resolution pen display is targeted at professional 2D and 3D graphics work. See what you get for the price.

Allan Brito writes: Have you ever tried to use Blender as a CAD tool? Many people have this misconception about Blender as a 3D tool that can't manage or do precise 3D work, but with the right tools and resources you can do a lot of CAD-like work. In this tutorial, I explore different ways [...]

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Get 25 free HDRIs of natural and urban environments in HDR format at up to 24,576 x 12,288px resolution. CC0 license, for commercial use.

Leo from MediaWay writes: I'm going to show you how to create this vector graphics style car animation, using Blender and free assets. We're going to be making the city from scratch, using modelling and geometry nodes, some neat shader techniques, and then adding the car, animating with camera constraints and drivers - I promise [...]

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New video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction. Can now be run offline, as well as in the cloud.

Kevandram walks us through two approaches to generate woven textures in Blender. We’ll go over both Displacement modifiers and Celtic Links so you can see the pros and cons of each, and I’ll share which method I personally prefer. Even if you’re just starting out with Blender or 3D printing, this is beginner-friendly and a [...]

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Introducing an innovation space within the Blender project.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 2D to 3D Junior 3D Environment Artist (On-site, only Romania) Looking for 3D Character Animation Generalists for freelance opportunity! Paid Work Web Developer (Interactive 3D / Three.js) Generative AI Consumer Good Brand Video Game Art Director Senior UI Artist - [...]

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Intuitive, AI-assisted storyboarding and previs app gets new Pose mode for posing characters. Now comes with a free edition for indie projects.

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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New AutoMatte AI model in the VFX and finishing software automatically creates mattes for the hero object in a shot. See the other new features.

Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organized asset library. Update adds new media type for MaterialX and Substance materials.

Jan van den Hemel writes: How to Straighten UV's so you can put textures on curved objects (Mio3 UV, UVTools, TexTools) https://youtu.be/NGzkUkPBtQY

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