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3D animation software for VFX and games to get new 'agentic AI partner' Autodesk Assistant and AI lip-sync tool FaceAnimator.

Read our pick of the latest artist features in the open-source game engine. including updates to lighting, shading and animation.

Ambitious start-up's €240,000/year is the biggest contribution to Blender of any GPU manufacturer - before it has even shipped a card.

Funded by an Epic MegaGrant, the plugin will stream animation data from the AI-assisted animation app to the game engine in real time.

Check out the new features in the UV unwrapping and packing app, including a new Scene Outliner, and support for GPU packing.

3D texture painting software gets long-awaited Multi-Paint system for projection-painting multiple texture maps simultaneously.

Samuel created this short particle animation using 'curl fields' - a way to calculate the rotation of vectors around a point, a way to simulate particles sliding off a virtual 3D landscape. If that sounds very mathematical - it is! He provides an in-depth overview of the process on Blender Artists. https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/8/5/6/8564d94fa554a19416f6615291f7225800d93ab3.mp4

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In this tutorial by PIXXO 3D, learn how to create a destructive cloth tearing effect in Blender using a non-procedural method. This approach permanently modifies the mesh topology, offering a unique way to simulate cloth destruction. Key Steps: Setup: Start with a subdivided plane, assign a vertex group for the border, and apply a cloth [...]

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Polyfjord shares a collection of tools to quickly convert video footage into a tracked pointcloud. In this tutorial we're exploring a fully automated workflow for 3D camera tracking using only free and open-source software! This technique uses the power of photogrammetry with COLMAP to create incredibly precise 3D tracks and point clouds from any video [...]

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You may not be able to tell visually, but joining meshes gives a very different topology from Booleans. See the difference and why it matters.

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Water Caustic allows you, with a simple drag & drop, to quickly create animated and above all realistic swimming pools. It includes presets for: Easily customizable materials. Geometries with different loop animations depending on your needs. Both the lightweight geometries made of planes and the procedural materials allow for extremely fast rendering. A ready-to-use demo [...]

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Master digital drawing skills with The Gnomon Workshop's new series of introductory tutorials recorded by top Concept Designer Neville Page.

Discover how to create, animate, and control curves in Blender using Geometry Nodes with PIXXO 3D. What You’ll Learn: Creating Curves: Start with a basic curve line and resample it to add resolution. Animating Curves: Use noise textures and scene time to animate curves smoothly. Adding Thickness: Convert curves to meshes and control their radius [...]

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Mark Kingsnorth just released a Bend Modifier for Blender: a lightweight tool right inside Blender’s modifier stack. An alternative to Blender's Simple Deform which can sometimes be tricky to use. It’s a simple tool, but sometimes simple is what is needed... Built-in gizmo for intuitive placement and orientation (no Empyt objects required). Real-unit limits with [...]

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Free update to the 3D compositor adds multilayer support for the 3D renderer, extends the USD tools, and speeds up the Surface Tracker.

Check out the changes to the character animation and mocap-editing software, including updates to Relations constraints.

Check out the new features in the suites of tools for motion graphics and VFX artists, including new options for DaVinci Resolve users.

Small update to the 3D animation and motion graphics software makes two 'general enhancements' but adds no new major features.

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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