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Scene layout and rendering app gets new generative AI features, including a new text-to-3D system for creating background models.

New iPad and iPhone edition of Nekki's AI-assisted character animation software can now import and export data in FBX format.

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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Todor Nikolov has introduced a new course, Rigging Isn't Scary, designed for beginners and intermediate users. The course is structured into three levels, offering a gradual approach to rigging in Blender. While it will be available for free on YouTube once complete, Early Access is now open for a limited time, with additional benefits and [...]

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Check out the popular GPU-accelerated UV packing and UV stacking tool, now available for Maya as well as Blender.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Designer/Animator at White Label Customs inc For more jobs, look here.

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Neat free Geometry Nodes setup lets you create 3D animation using 2D workflows in Blender's Grease Pencil toolset.

Semy created a pack of 15 useful Blender scripts, randing from keyframe and collection manipulation to mesh conversion and generation. A gift for our Blender Nation community! We made 15 Blender mini scripts and gave them totally for free. They will save you hours of tedious work inside the Blender. Get the scripts here. Here [...]

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In this Blender tutorial Ryan King will show you how to make these Easy Vintage Style Christmas Lights with Geometry Nodes.

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Next major update to Nuke introduces native multishot compositing, and improves roto performance and BlinkScript editing.

SketchUp edition of the renderer gets support for 3D Gaussian Splats, luminaires for lighting, and new material override options.

Jump into Yuri Decastelli’s art as he molds a real-life piano through intricate steps. INTRODUCTION Hi! My name is Yuri Decastelli, and I’m an Italian graphic designer and 3D artist. I first encountered Blender at 18, more out of pure curiosity than necessity. I opened the program, got lost in its interface, and ended up [...]

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Polygon Runway shows how to ensure all the faces in your low-poly models remain completely flat, avoiding unexpected render results.

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Joe Morris introduces his new Ultimate Script Generator for Blender 4.3. Our cutting-edge script generator harnesses the power of OpenAI's advanced technology, using the exact same model available with the ChatGPT Pro subscription on the ChatGPT website, to create scripts from your detailed user commands. If a generated script encounters an error, our system automatically [...]

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Updated: Long-awaited new Blender integration for V-Ray based on the V-Ray 7 core is now available in free public beta.

Check out the new features in the lighting and look development software, including support for USD export and USD roundtripping.

Now available: 3D texture painting software gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals.

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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Discover to create a truck model suitable for use in a VFX production pipeline with The Gnomon Workshop's best-practice guide.