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VERG writes: Bentley is willing to make VUE and PlantFactory open source! Bentley is now looking for community feedback to ensure that there is enough interest in open sourcing the apps. Here's a link to the full announcement by Daniel Seebacher over at blenderartist.org

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Check out the new features in the open-source release of the production renderer used on movies like The Bad Guys 2.

Nicholas Ndlovu shares a cool timelapse of some food modeling in Blender.

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Blender 5.0.1 is out adds fixes for 132 issues found in the previous release. If you’re on 5.0.0, it’s highly recommended to update.

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yogyog writes: I don't know why I didn't post this straight away #, but here it is.... should be useful for a lot of Blender animators. Fast Cutting is Good Actually! Here's 3 ways to fast cut in Blender 0:58 Keyframing the camera 1:34 Camera Markers 2:27 Enter the Video Sequence Editor

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Legal obstacles to open-sourcing the environment and plant-creation tools have been cleared - but email Bentley Systems to make it happen.

Andrew_D offers discounts on his addons Extreme Pbr Nexus, Hdri Maker, Cyber Holograms and Bmesh Clean Add-On. Hi everyone 👋 I just wanted to share that my Holiday Sale is now live, with 40% OFF on all my Blender add-ons. The tools are designed to help artists improve their workflow and explore more creative control [...]

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First 2025 update to the high-end matchmoving app adds features for solving piggyback cameras, and a new Blender export script.

Sick of terrains that look brilliant… right up until render time? 3D Tudor's Blender + Gaea masterclass is built to fix that. I have released a new course: Blender and Gaea Masterclass – Procedural Ice World. It is an end-to-end workflow that takes you from terrain generation in Gaea to a finished, cinematic hero render [...]

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In this Blender tutorial Ryan King Art shows the creation process of how I created this cozy winter cocoa artwork in Blender. Artwork on Blender Artists

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Check out the latest changes to the matchmoving sofware, including improvements to lens distortion. Perpetual licenses available again.

Marques Brownlee and Epic Spaceman collaborated on a super interesting video that gives you a real sense of the scale and complexity of modern CPUs. Marques has a huge YouTube Channel where he typically reviews new devices, cars and other technology. This video is a bit atypical for him - not only is it more [...]

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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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writes:In this video Jan van den Hemel looks at a step-by-step, beginner-proof process of beveling both Edges and Vertices, with the aim of creating holes in surfaces. We also examing different ways to make selections perfectly circular, and the differences between N-gons and Quads.

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Check out the new features in the varied updates to the topology transfer tools for creating 3D characters from scan data.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Stylized Environment Artist 2D Puzzle Grind Artist (Match-3 project) [PAID] 3D Artist Needed - Stylized Livestock (Cows/Goats/Sheep/Pigs) + Simple Loop Animations Unity 3D generator testing, small compensation (closed) For more jobs, look here.

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Site updates may be less frequent than usual over the next week, but normal service will resume on Monday 5 January.

Get 3D scans created in Kiri Engine, retopologized and converted to LODs. Blender and FBX format with 4K PBR textures, CC0 license.

First formal USD spec marks a step towards making USD an ISO-ratified cross-industry standard. See what it means for CG software developers.

In this geometry nodes tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a 🔥🔥BLAZING🔥🔥 text animation with Blender 5.0’s new volume nodes. Let's light it up!

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