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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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Digital sculpting software gets its sixth consecutive annual update with no new features listed, but the price of annual subscriptions is up.

Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR materials in USD files, and updates to the rendering and animation toolsets.

I love it when Blender is used for science. Earlier this week we reported how Blender was used on the cover of Nature, and today we have an amazing story from MohammadHossein Jamshidi, who uses Blender for his research in cosmology. MohammadHossein writes: The early ideas to use Blender for Cosmology were enlightened in my [...]

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New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the Maya fluid dynamics plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.

Milad Kambar shares his collection of 'tools for real pipelines' that all solved real problems he ran into himself. Over the past months, I've been building tools that solve problems I kept running into in my own production work:  tedious exports, broken pipelines, and repetitive manual tasks. Every tool below was born from a real [...]

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New features in the character animation and mocap-editing software include new quaternion math tools for complex rigs.

New version of the production renderer includes 40 free hours per month on the tech preview of cloud rendering service Flow Render.

Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and animation tool, including Smart Bevel, the Noise Plus modifier and the Field Helper.

MAKE, a creative studio known for its storytelling through Motion Design, animation, and visual effects, is now accepting applications for its Summer 2026 Internship Program. Apply before March 29.

Read our rundown of the changes to the 3D modeling and animation app, from new AI features to Skin Tools and surface tension in Bifrost.

3DGS data can now be converted from PLY format, stored natively in USD files, and rendered using the new hdParticleField renderer.

If you want to change Blender's hotkeys to create your own custom keymap, Follow these 8 steps to avoid bugs, headaches, and tears.

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Second round of job cuts in three years attributed to 'downturn in Fortnite engagement'. We assess what it means for Epic's CG tools.

Promising GPU-accelerated add-on for DaVinci Resolve and Nuke generates 'production-quality mattes without manual roto'.

Neat script collects the key controls for modeling to reference images into an intuitive UI, preserving your creative flow. Version 2.1 is free.

CBaileyFilm writes: In this fun and exciting tutorial, learn a full blender workflow as you model, texture, light and render a pair of dice.

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Joseph Farah shares how he used Blender to illustrate a new article on supernova 'chirping'. Joseph writes: Hi folks! I have some very exciting news! I was the lead author of a study published in Nature, which is the cover of the March 12 issue! You can see it right now if you go to [...]

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