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Compositing and effects software gets the option to import USD scenes, and a new AI model for generating normal maps from video.

Download over 23,000 high-quality 3D scans of environment assets, buildings, plants and materials for use in games, VFX and visualization.

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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Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: [Paid] Photorealistic Female Character Artist – Blender / CC5 / Game-Ready GLB Blender Artist Needed — Fit Existing Medieval Armor to CK3 Character Body Senior VFX Artist｜Unity Real-Time Game Effects Senior 3D Environment Artist Senior AI-Driven Environment / Level Artist […]

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Discover how to animate a combat movement set for a AAA game boss with The Gnomon Workshop's two-part Maya masterclass.

Daniel Orji is back with part 4 of his mech girl tutorial series. I share a couple of tips that help me get through the retopo process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP0DYB3mzjU

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Big update to the terrain generator adds node-based workflow, macOS support - and the ability to create entire planets. See what else is new.

Paulette Shnier creates a flexible animatable flame system starting with a simple curve and using geometry nodes.

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Much-anticipated AI-assisted retopology, UV unwrapping and baking app is now out on Windows and macOS as well as tablets.

The Blender Secrets sale is live until November 3rd. Get up to 55% off (by getting a bundle) or 30% off the courses or E-book. Check it out on www.3dsecrets.com  

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FabRapid 3D is a free browser-based 3D model converter, compressor and viewer. It runs locally with WebAssembly so files never leave the device, and supports 70+ formats including STEP, STL, GLB, OBJ and FBX. No signup required.

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Discover what's new in Character Creator, iClone, OctaneRender, Nuke Stage, Pulldownit and the popular Ucupaint add-on for Blender.

Download the long-awaited iPad edition of Canva's free all-in-one image editing, vector design, page layout and digital sketching tool.

Chris Baily shows how to model the Hylian shield from the Legend of Zelda. It may look like a complex surface with curvature and lots of fine detail, but once we break down the steps you’ll see that it isn’t as hard to create as it first appears. In the bonus material we’ll go on […]

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Ichno is a new free add-on, available on extensions.blender.org, that generates technical drawings from a Blender scene in one click. Ely writes: It produces orthographic and isometric views with overall and chain dimensions, a full title block (logo, revisions, custom fields) and a bill of materials, exported as multi-page vector PDF and SVG. Drawings can […]

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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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5 Tips from Blender Secrets: Square to Round shapes, Inverted Hull, Reduce polycount, find double geometry, better bevel.

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Effects plugin suite for compositing and editing apps gets new 3D noise generator, new 2D titling tool, and updates to masks and particles.

Chris Bailey creates materials for the Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda. In the bonus content section, we’ll take our finished sword and create a cool environment for a finished render. We’ll do everything without unwrapping UVs or using texture files! Nothing but procedural materials from the ground up. Let’s go!

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Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: VFX Artist Art Lead Senior 3D Character Artist (Stylized Games | Unity3D) Europe Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine | Remote) Europe Senior Storyboard Concept Artist (Games | Visual Storytelling) Europe Lead Concept Artist (Stylized Games | Art Direction) Europe Senior […]

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