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See videos of key tools used on the Avatar sequels, including the Loki multiphysics framework and Pahi fluid simulation pipeline.

Big update to the veteran terrain generation software adds support for VDM-based 'true 3D' terrain, and overhauls the 3D viewport.

Updated: Sparseal's promising texture painting app is now available for Apple Silicon Macs, as well as Windows machines and iPads.

Large Blender scenes become messy fast. Duplicate materials pile up silently. Hidden orphan datablocks inflate file sizes. Massive textures destroy memory usage. Dependencies become impossible to track safely. Scene Auditor Pro helps find and clean up junk in your Blender projects.<!–more–> Eventually, many artists reach the same point: “Why is this .blend file suddenly 2GB?” […]

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Learn how to create a subtle space animation, complete with sound effects, of a black hole surrounded by a nebula and an asteroid belt in Blender in this 4 HOUR class by Harry Helps. Hello Everyone! I have another free Blender class to share! This time we’re creating a black hole animation, surrounded by a […]

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Discover how to create a AAA-quality games effect in UE5 and EmberGen with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced tutorial.

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: Two Walking cycles male or female Freelance Senior 3D Character Artist — Psychological Horror (UE5) MSFS 2024 Blender Animators/Modelers that Know MSFS 2024 SDK XML [PAID] I need an 11 second animation of a deer skull Senior / Director VFX […]

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Get 30% off Blender Secret’s entire catalog of Blender training material. Jan writes: Don’t get stuck – create with Blender and overcome any obstacles with Blender Secrets. There’s still a spring sale until Saturday the 16th.

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A clock generator/configurator extension using the Blender Python API. Create and customize clock faces by playing around with the parameters. This is still a work in progress, but there’s already a nice collection of features. Here’s briefly what is possible: Time: Control the rotation of the hour, minute and second hands using time parameters. Dial: […]

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Industrial Light & Magic lighting TD Jonathan Wai reveals how to build Katana macros that hold up in real-world movie and TV productions.

New features in the effects plugins include AI-powered video deinterlacing and updates to AI facial matte generation.

New free add-on based on the Dash world-building toolset provides a more powerful alternative to UE5's native content browser.

Beta 3 out now: 3D compositing app gets new motion graphics tools and updates to deep compositing, USD and lens correction workflows.

The 21st edition of Animayo Gran Canaria will host the world premiere of the exhibition “The Visual World of Alan Bodner”, a star guest and one of the most recognised figures in contemporary animation art direction.

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Google Summer of Code: Google granted us 8 projects for this year’s edition. Modules & Projects 2026-04-28 Render & Cycles Meeting 2026-04-28 Modeling Module Meeting 2026-04-28 Sequencer Meeting 2026-04-29 User Interface Meeting 2026-04-30 Core Module Meeting 2026-04-30 Pipeline & I/O Module Meeting 2026-04-30 Animation & […]

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Upcoming Dragontail Peak updates will also bring the veteran terrain-generation software to Linux and macOS as well as Windows.

“Hey Claude, make me an add-on, no mistakes.” Catchy line, but it raises a real question for anyone learning Blender Python today: is leaning on LLMs every day quietly eroding the coding muscle you actually need? This is a complete beginner Python add-on tutorial, built from scratch with no AI shortcuts and no copy-pasted scripts. […]

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Visualize, review and convert animation and simulation caches with Jasper Brekelmans' new tool, currently free in public beta.

Learn to create this cool Alien Landscape and Dust Effect in this tutorial by Chris Bailey. This will be the first of a series of tutorials showing how to create a chase sequence in Blender.

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