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Check out the new features in the digital painting and image-editing app, including a new expression engine for creating complex effects.

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. Note: I had some technical difficulties generating this one - I checked everything twice and hope it went well!

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Check out the new release date for the 3D character creation app for games and VFX, plus details of its ActorMixer character mixing system.

Now out of early access: next-gen video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction.

First update to the heavyweight open-source image viewer in five years adds support for OpenTimelineIO and USD.

Check out the new features in the 3D tracking software, including a new AI-powered motion estimation mode for auto-tracking tricky shots.

Combine 2D and 3D workflows to create environments for games and movies with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial series.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Companion Group | 3D Character Artist Devoted Studios | 3D Art Director Creston Games | Lead Artist, Game Studio Senior World Environment Artist Precise Systems, Inc. | 3D Graphic Artist Lead Gamut Creative | Character Modeler Crossing Hurdles | Creative [...]

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Interesting new feature in the real-time lighting design tool lets artists use freeform curves as light sources to create artistic streaks and trails.

Free tool generates body and finger rigs for humanoid 3D characters. Check out its new animation browsing and retargeting system.

Check out the changes in the latest version of the GPU production renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya.

Reggie Perry, Jr. and Most Incredible Studio created this work for the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. Here is some new animation work I created as part of a collaboration between Jimi Hendrix + MoPop + Most Incredible Studio. Huge thanks to Syreeta Gates of Most Incredible Studio for allowing me to animate their [...]

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Big update to the material-authoring software adds new 3D renderer and the option to import entire USD scenes to edit materials in context.

Get games artist Stefan Oprisan's Day By The Beach pack of 3D scanned assets free for two weeks on Fab. For commercial use.

Major update to the next-gen terrain generator for games and VFX adds 10 new nodes, and updates over 20 more. Check out the new features.

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from full Vulkan support to hidden gems like the new FBX importer.

Your new best companion.

John R. Nyquist writes: How do you run multiple instances of the SAME version of Blender on a Mac? It is a quick tip, in a nutshell just run this in the Terminal: open -n -a Blender

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Neat add-on creates detailed 3D rivers for animation or visualization work from 'just a plane and a curve'. Check out its new features.