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Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Blender 5.0 release cycle has been expanded by one week to give people more time for bug fixes and documentation. Modules & Projects 2025-10-27 Modeling Module Meeting 2025-10-28 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2025-10-28 Sequencer meeting notes 2025-10-28 Render & Cycles Meeting 2025-10-30 Animation & [...]

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Set of over 1,300 detailed 3D assets for kitbashing retrofuturistic cities in Unreal Engine is free on Fab for two weeks. For commercial use.

Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design tool, including the option to LightPaint the sun into the sky.

It’s time to update your Blender! Two new releases are available today. Blender 4.5.4 LTS addresses 63 issues since 4.5.3 Blender 4.2.15 LTS addresses 13 issues since 4.2.14 You can download these versions and check their changes here.

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Stylized Textures is an expanding collection of premium, 100% free (CC0 License) stylized textures for Blender users, 3D artists, and game developers. Becoming a Patreon supporter also offers access to the source files and slightly simpler 1-click downloads. Complete PBR maps with seamless tiling at 4K resolution are included with every texture. Included: Basecolor, Normal, [...]

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Blender 5.0 is just around the corner and with it are coming new modifiers. This video takes a tour of their what, why and how.

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Neat add-on lets you add animated crowds to 3D scenes - including by giving characters Sims-style needs to eat, sleep and use the toilet.

When Jurassic Park was undergoing construction, a deadly incident occurred that InGen has been adamant stay hidden from public knowledge. The following footage was captured on Isla Nublar in August, 1988. Highly confidential. Do not replicate.

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Check out the changes to the VFX plugins for compositing and video editing apps, including AI masking tools and revamped chromakeying.

Adding details to curved surfaces can be difficult. But the free TexTools add-on makes this process easy with the UV Mesh feature.

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Final release of the 3D modeling, animation and rendering software is available under an extended EOL license, but grab it soon.

This Blender tutorial by Blenderbros demonstrates hard-surface modeling techniques, comparing traditional and Subdivision Surface (SubD) workflows. Using a cylinder, the instructor showcases how SubD avoids shading distortions. Learn to achieve clean topology and rounded edges with efficient methods.

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Francesco Mazzoni shares his professional Blender work. Hello everybody, I recently made this demo reel showcasing some of the works I made for many clients projects, and I thought to show it also here, since all the animation , simulation , modeling, rendering , texturing are made in our beloved software Blender. There is just [...]

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New mocap solution for iClone users integrates directly into the animation app, extracting full-body and hand motion from source video.

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Modules & Projects 2025-09-22 Geometry Nodes Workshop Notes 2025-10-20 Compositor Meeting Notes 2025-10-21 Animation & Rigging module meeting 2025-10-22 User Interface Meeting 2025-10-23 Pipeline & I/O Module Meeting 2025-10-23 Core Module Meeting 2025-10-24 Projects Updates meeting Geometry Nodes Geometry Nodes Workshop: September 2025 — Blender Developers [...]

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Check out two interesting new AI-based technologies for selecting - and magically removing all trace of - objects in images.