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Demo Reel: Francesco Mazzoni
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 [...]
Reallusion launches AI motion-capture service Video Mocap
New mocap solution for iClone users integrates directly into the animation app, extracting full-body and hand motion from source video.
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 27 October 2025
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 [...]
See Adobe’s Project Surface Swap and Project Trace Erase
Check out two interesting new AI-based technologies for selecting - and magically removing all trace of - objects in images.
New Course: High End Rendering in Blender [$]
Richard Yot writes: As a 3D Artist you have heard endless opinions about render engines, but most are based on brand reputation rather than careful testing. High-End Rendering in Blender is a comprehensive course that provides detailed, evidence-based insights into the best options for Blender artists. You’ll start with a clear explanation of how modern [...]
Best of Blender Artists: 2025-44
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.
Faking Source Engine - using the Blender Game Engine
Oby1 recently made a game that emulates Valve's Source Engine using the Range Engine (a modern take on the discontinued Blender Game Engine). It started out as a late-night test and soon turned into a somewhat personal story and creative outlet. My goal was to trick players, write a proper story, and make something that [...]
Check out Canva’s new, perpetually free Affinity software
New all-in-one application Affinity by Canva combines capabilities from Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher for pro graphics work.
Equilibrium - Blender Short Film
Filip Čiča presents his short film with beautiful visuals. Woah! 8 months in the making during 2024, and bit into 2025, I can finaly present to you my short film “Equilibrium”! Heavily inspired by H.R. Giger’s work, combined with Hindu symbolism, my most challenging, but also most revarding project yet. Hope you enjoy it! After [...]
Procedural Parquet Wood Floor Material
Ryan King Art writes: In this Blender tutorial we will create this Procedural Parquet Wood Floor Material.
Free tool Clothy3D Studio auto-fits clothing to 3D characters
Interesting tool suite transfers clothing and rigs between 3D characters from different sources. Works with UE5 MetaHumans.
Creating Holes from Textures in Blender
Jan van den Hemel writes: One easy way to create holes in 3D models, is by using a black and white texture. This is especially useful for cloth objects. However you can also turn it into geometry with thickness for 3D printing, with just a few modifiers.
Adobe releases Photoshop 27.0
Major update adds AI compositing system Harmonize, and an image upscaler powered by Topaz Labs' AI models. See all the new features.
Clouds rendering : this slider change everything
Rudy Michau writes: Dear CG Thinkers, welcome! On today’s menu: roasted GPUs! We’ll dive into how volume rendering works in Cycles and how to push your settings to reveal every bit of detail in your procedural clouds. I’ll take you through how I discovered the problem, the experiments I tried, and how I finally solved [...]
AWS to put Deadline into maintenance mode next month
Free renderfarm management software will still be supported, but will only get critical fixes. Users advised to 'explore Deadline Cloud'.
When an Arabic City Meets Marble Run
I really like Marble Run videos, and Alan Luk's latest one adds a neat new design aspect to it!
CG Geek vs. Ai
I made Animations with INSANE Quality
Magnetic Fields in Blender - And They Look Beautiful | Detailed Tutorial
3DSinghVFX writes: Hi. Explore how to turn the invisible world of magnetism into beautiful motion graphics using Geometry Nodes in Blender 4.5. In this tutorial, we’ll build a magnetic field visualization from scratch - step by step - while learning the physics behind it. A perfect blend of science, design, and procedural creativity. Happy Noding [...]
Download 25 free 29K HDRIs from Open HDRI
Get ultra-high-resolution HDRIs for visualization, VFX and games projects from the new online asset library. EXR format, CC0 license.