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See the strengths and limitations of the new V-Ray for Blender Community Edition, and how it compares to other pro renderers.

Blender 5.1.1 Release Candidate is now available for download, addressing around 70 issues found in the initial release. If you experienced issues in Blender 5.1.0, please give it a try.

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Path guiding library used in Blender, V-Ray and Disney's Hyperion renderer becomes open standards body's latest Sandbox project.

It’s surprising how knowing a little bit of Python and the Blender API can enable you to do a lot of things. Want to batch process your assets from your library? Want to write a script that automates a part of your workflow? Want to manipulate the node graph using code? Download this free cheat […]

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A new comparison video by JayAnAm explores how traditional Blender workflows stack up against the emerging hard-surface tool HardCuts, with a focus on deformations and boolean operations. While Blender remains one of the most powerful and flexible tools in 3D today—offering a vast ecosystem, deep modeling capabilities, and years of production-proven workflows—the video highlights how […]

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Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.

SnapSplit is a free Blender add-on by Christoph Medicus to automate cut and connection building workflows for 3D models that are larger than your printing bed. It generates precise, glue-free snap-fit connectors with material-aware tolerance presets for PLA, PETG, ABS, TPU and SLA. Christoph writes: I want to show you SnapSplit. An add-on to automate […]

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I still remember watching Ren + Stimpy when I grew up in the nineties. Their trippy and gross humor were a cornerstone of my development, and my parents hated it, so that was a win! Reggie Perry, Jr. took some of his old models and grossed them up, check out his process. Reggy explains his […]

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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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Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 150 euros to modify/improve one add-on 3D Environment Modeling Artist SR Environment Artist Lead Animator (Stylized Games | Unity3D) / Remote Senior Technical Animator (Rigging & Unity3D Character Systems) Technical Artist / Character Rigger for Modular Browser MMORPG (Blender + […]

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Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.

If you’ve ever worked on a complex Blender scene, you probably know the feeling: everything looks great in the viewport, but once you start rendering, things slow down dramatically. High-resolution textures, detailed lighting, and physics simulations can quickly push your machine to its limits. Even with a decent setup, rendering a full animation locally can […]

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AI-assisted animation tool gets new Root Motion system to automatically generate animation between key poses, plus new UE5 live link.

Digital Design Days turns 10 this May. And the opening titles say everything about this moment in our industry. The Chase, created by London-based Fluent Studio, is built around a single question: how do we face the future of creativity in the age of AI? The answer depends entirely on where you are standing.