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Create an energy effect suitable for a games cinematic using UE5's Niagara and Sequencer with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Raffo VFX got his hands on a Rokoko motion capture suit and had a lot of fun with it! I made a short film using Blender and Da Vinci Resolve (no AI), and this video takes you behind the scenes ( the final short film is at the end!). A lot of VFX work, a […]

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Big update to the formerly Windows-only terrain software adds support for new platforms - and for VDM-based 'true 3D' terrain.

Check out the new features in the plugins for motion design and VFX, including zoom and aspherical lens support in Real Lens Flares.

Check out the new features in the renderer, including a procedural Scratches shader and a high-altitude layer in the Clouds object.

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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Discover how a shared Houdini timeline driving environmental FX powered the multi-million-year timelapses in the Netflix series.

Check out the changes to the sculpting, retopology and painting tools - including a complete new node-based texturing system.

Production renderer gets new BSDF nodes for toon shading and new Accelerated Viewport mode for Maya users. See all the changes.

Sizeable update makes it possible to import, edit, relight and render 3DGS data inside the 3D software. Check out its other new features.

New 'Bring Your Own Data' feature lets studios train models for Maya's MotionMaker system using their own keyframe or mocap data.

Neat tool provides an interactive guide-based workflow for creating grooms for use in apps like Blender, Maya and UE5. For commercial use.

New AI-based plugin propagates roto splines across a shot, speeding up roto 'up to 4x'. See how it differs from AI matte-generation tools.

Versus has announced the appointment of Nico Puertollano as Executive Creative Director. As part of the move, Rezonate’s commercial client portfolio will transition to Versus, further expanding the studio’s creative capabilities across design, animation, storytelling, and brand experiences. Puertollano founded Rezonate, an award-winning creative studio recognized for its work across animation, Motion Design, brand storytelling,... Read more »

New features in the Blender edition of the renderer include a quick caustics system, UDIM support, and conversion of Cycles to V-Ray lights.

Inexpensive cross-platform Photoshop alternative gets new 32-bit pipeline, Crytomatte support and new compositing nodes.