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See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including native MaterialX and Cryptomatte support in RenderMan XPU.

Updated for Alpha 2: next major version of the GPU renderer adds neat options for recreating iridescent and ultra-reflective materials.

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.

Twenty years of Motionographer, built by artists, studios, readers, and collaborators, and the opening frame of a next chapter shaped with the industry.

1 week til BLENDING MAN! Turn away from the computer and venture into the Washington wilderness, where we will do all the interesting 3D, tech, and art things a person can do in the great outdoors. Photoscanning, HDRs, plant atlases, plein air, astrophotography, and more. Oscar Baechler writes: We will meet at The Seep Lakes […]

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"Director c. Craig on the Tribeca short that wraps a hand-drawn soul in a CG cloud. Practice makes magic." Or even tighter: "The artists' hands stay visible in every frame of ChikaBOOM! Practice makes magic.

Material authoring and 3D painting app now lets you paint directly onto a mesh's UVs in a dedicated 2D viewport. See all the new features.

Master this simple trick to blend two objects together in blender! Kenan Proffitt covers a really fun and simple geometry nodes setup that will allow you to displace geometry based on proximity, blend two materials, and set custom normals.

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New features in the compositing, finishing and effects software include Isolate and Pixel Expression nodes, and ProRes RAW support.

Create an energy effect suitable for a games cinematic using UE5's Niagara and Sequencer with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Raffo VFX got his hands on a Rokoko motion capture suit and had a lot of fun with it! I made a short film using Blender and Da Vinci Resolve (no AI), and this video takes you behind the scenes ( the final short film is at the end!). A lot of VFX work, a […]

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Big update to the formerly Windows-only terrain software adds support for new platforms - and for VDM-based 'true 3D' terrain.

Check out the new features in the plugins for motion design and VFX, including zoom and aspherical lens support in Real Lens Flares.

Check out the new features in the renderer, including a procedural Scratches shader and a high-altitude layer in the Clouds object.

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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Discover how a shared Houdini timeline driving environmental FX powered the multi-million-year timelapses in the Netflix series.