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How good are the Apple M4 chips when rendering in Blender?
Robbie Tilton compares several Mac setups including the M2 Ultra, M4, M4 Pro and M4 Max. He also includes a Windows 4080 and 3080 test. Which will render fastest? Are Apple chips good enough to compete with Nvidia for 3D renders?
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 19.1
Discover the key features for VFX artists and colorists in the free grading and editing software and its $295 Studio edition.
Blender Jobs for November 13, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Animator / Youtube Shorts at 3DAmbient 3D Generalist Game Artist at Enver Studio For more jobs, look here.
Get the Blender Studio’s free Brushstroke Tools for Blender
Neat free extension lets you apply painterly brushstrokes to the surface of 3D models while texturing them, and control the strokes procedurally.
Scene Group releases Cavalry 2.2
Next-gen motion design software gets support for OpenType fonts, plus the option to create color gradients along strokes.
Video: DTrack
Hi_there_dear_john paints a bleak future with a fictional advert for a time management tool. A project I unfortunately never finished, and by now am doubtful about ever finishing. I consider it more of a snapshot than a finished project. A snapshot of a concept and a design process that left me somewhat drained and starved [...]
BlenderKit 6th Black Birthday Discount [$]
BlenderKit is a community-driven 3D asset library. The library includes free and paid models, materials, brushes, scenes and add-ons. All assets can be downloaded directly in Blender. Since it was founded six years ago, BlenderKit has expanded rapidly. There are currently almost 1,900 creators uploading to the library, about 1,150,000 registered users and more than [...]
Blender Jobs for November 11, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3d animation for a logo Environment Artist at Section 9 Interactive 3D Artist at HYPE XR - Hyper Realistic Digital Twins 🚀 For more jobs, look here.
Harry Potter - Blender Fan Art + Breakdown
Dor Veytarn recreated a scene from Harry Potter and gives us a look behind the scenes. What do you think? I tried my hand at recreating a complex scene from my favorite movie. This was also a task from "Blender Camp by JCenter". It was necessary to recite a small scene from any movie as [...]
Creating a Videogame in Blender (+Free Download)
Stache created a fully interactive videogame in vanilla Blender using a model from Sketchfab, a YouTube tutorial and some Python coding help from ChatGPT. The result is pretty cool! Key Techniques Covered Car Modeling: Creating a car model from scratch in Blender to avoid using third-party assets. Physics-Based Rigging: Setting up a realistic car rig [...]
Blender Jobs for November 10, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Particle Hair For more jobs, look here.
Video: bandoned Dungeon
Immerse yourself in a creepy dungeon with an incredible soundscape, by Stefano Cardia. Stefano writes: Been playing around with the new EEVEE lately so I wanted to push it a little and test it on a complex scene. I have to say I’m pretty satisfied with the results, although there are some main issues, developers [...]
Blender 4.3 New Sculpting Features
With the Blender 4.3 around the corner (scheduled for November 19), feature videos are starting to come in! Today, Farrukh Abdur gives an in-depth overview of the new sculpting options. Check out Farrukh's Blender art on Blender Artists. In this video, Farrukh covers the following: New Brush Asset Shelf: Added in sculpt mode to display [...]
Wavy Glass UI Animation Tutorial
Let’s model and animate a 3D UI elements and wavy pop-up animation in Blender with Polygon Runway.
Create a Car Animation With Free Resources
Leo from MediaWay shares a complete car animation project. If you're into car animation, you should check out my new tutorial on Youtube, where I cover every step to making a Bugatti car animation! Hope you like it!
How I Created a MASSIVE Lord of the Rings Orc Army... in Blender
Foundry discontinues Modo
Veteran 3D modeling and rendering software retired after 20 years, with no further updates expected after Modo 17.1, due later this year.