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Chaos backs the Blender Development Fund
Renderer developer's €30,000/year contribution to the open-source 3D app follows the release of the new official edition of V-Ray for Blender.
Plastic Software releases Plasticity 2025.2
Check out the new features in this wide-ranging update to the NURBS modeler, including new physical materials and HDRI environments.
Procedural Anatomy for Houdini is out of beta
Much-anticipated tool creates KineFX-compatible muscle and skin simulation rigs for use in visual effects, animation and games.
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KeyShot adds KeyShot Studio AI to KeyShot Studio 2025.2
New generative AI features in the renderer and visualization app run on your local machine, but may create copyright-infringing results.
BlenderKit Release Notes 3.16.1
BlenderKit has just launched version 3.16.1 of its add-on, introducing Printables as an official asset type in its growing 3D asset library. This update includes numerous enhancements and bug fixes, such as improved drag-and-drop functionality, permanent auto-map settings, and refined thumbnail styling for printable assets. BlenderKit is proud to roll out BlenderKit Add-on version 3.16.1! [...]
Check out streamlined free 3D modeling tool SDF Modeler
Promising new SDF modeling tool provides a quick, intuitive way to explore shapes for concept designs and hard surface assets.
Isometric Bedroom Tutorial
Let’s create a complete isometric bedroom illustration from scratch in Blender, including modeling, texturing and lighting!
6th Class - Animated Rap Music Video made with Blender's NPR Branch
A personal video describing the artist's journey from bullying and poverty to running his own succesful Blender business. I’m Munish Kumar, founder of Gonreel Motion Imagery™, an independent CGI and animation studio based in Himachal Pradesh, India. I just finished my first animated rap music video — written, performed, and animated entirely by me. This [...]
Smoothly Merge Two Shapes in Blender (No Add-ons)
In this hard-surface modeling tip Gleb covers a quick and dirty (and fun) way of merging two shapes in Blender. No third-party add-ons required.
Bits of Blender #72 - A REAL 3-button Mouse!
John R. Nyquist doesn't like clicking on his mousewheel and went online to find a mouse with just 3 regular buttons :) When working in Blender, you use all three buttons on a mouse. Yet most mice have two buttons and a scroll wheel (which I hate clicking). In my latest episode of Bits of [...]
Sneak peek: check out FumeFX’s new ocean simulation toolset
Video: check out the upcoming NodeWorks: Ocean tools in the smoke, fire, liquids and multiphysics simulation plugin for 3ds Max.
Teaser: "GymAnxiety"
Seven students from the Dutch HKU arts college worked on a film project that delved into themes of personal growth and self-confidence, inspired by director Xander Schrauwen's own experiences at the gym. Over the past six months, from February to June 2025, we worked on this film as a team of students from the Hogeschool voor [...]
Alien Worlds in Blender? Yup—Now You Can Build One from Scratch [$]
Tentacles. Fog. Glowing terrain. All procedural. All inside Blender 4.4. Hey folks—Neil here from 3D Tudor, and I have just launched something a bit... weird. If you have ever wanted to build a full stylized alien environment in Blender—without sculpting a single rock or painting a texture by hand—this one is for you. In my [...]
Download over 1,500 free PBR texture sets from LotPixel
Download scan-based PBR texture sets of common interior and exterior materials at up to 8K resolution. For commercial use.
Timelapse: Create Stunning Interior ArchViz in Blender
Pietro Chiovaro writes: I'm super excited to finally share with you my latest personal project, a fully self-made interior ArchViz apartment created entirely in Blender. This isn't a scene made from pre-built assets, I designed everything from the structure to the furniture from scratch. I hope you enjoy the result! Let me know what you think in the comments! [...]
Maxon discontinues Forger
Downloads of the iPad sculpting app to end on 10 September 2025, with users encouraged to switch to ZBrush for iPad.
This free Maya add-on adds secondary motion to characters
PuppetSoul PUPbuildDynamic creates secondary dynamics for cloth, hair and body parts. Based on tech used on animated features,
Blender 4.5 Precise 3D Modeling: Precise Scale transformations
In this tutorial about precise modeling with a focus on scaling objects, Allan Brito explores ways to enter numeric input to update object sizing. You will learn how to manage scales with the use of a target sizing instead of using scale factors. A useful resource for anyone using Blender to work with architecture, engineering, [...]
Beeble launches SwitchLight 2.0
Next-gen video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction. Free in the Beeble Studio web app.