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Lino Thomas shares his approach on how to create large scenes which contain a lot of detail using collection instances. This approach allows you to create a dense world without using a lot of time nor resources. If you have not been using collection instances regularly, this might be the workflow for you!

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With Verge3D extension you can squeeze a Blender scene into HTML format! The resulting standalone .html file bundles all the geometry, textures, and animations together. It also provides basic orbiting and first-person controls, as well as the possibility to use navigation mesh. This all-in package is a regular HTML file that can be opened on [...]

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Maarten Nauta used a combination of Blender, Gaea, SpeedTree and Houdini for this short video. The Rise and Fall of a mighty castle. A fun personal project with the main goal of learning a bunch of new skills. I learned a lot about Houdini Pyro and RB FX. I got lots of practice in SpeedTree [...]

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Get Leartes Studios' Carpenter's Workshop Environment pack of 3D assets for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace. Commercial use.

The 3DT Stylized Rocks & Cliffs Pack is designed to remove the biggest headaches in environment design—slow sculpting, messy seams, and a lack of modular flexibility. Built in collaboration with Marcus Rosefield (creator of the popular Stylized Ruins Pack), this collection gives you everything you need to create dramatic cliffscapes, rocky outcrops, and floating islands—without [...]

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Blender artist Max Bedulenko excels in creating highly detailed, sometimes dystopian environments. His short film 'To the Future' definitely has Ian Hubert vibes - I love the atmosphere and sound design.

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Genode writes: I love Blender... ...and I love the way it uses HDRIs for lighting, but then they all do that now. I remember when I saw the first animation done with an HDRI lighting it. It was the Holy Grail of lighting, and at the time it all looked a bit complicated. how do [...]

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Anas took about a week to re-create some youth nostalgia: Crash Bandicoot! Check out this video that includes a breakdown of the entire project.

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In this 2 part Blender tutorial Ryan King creates this marble run rigid body physics animation. Final Marble Run Animation Tutorial

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Big update to the free link plugin makes it possible to transfer rigged and animated characters from Cinema 4D to Unreal Engine 5.5.

Michael Campbell from 3D Illusions creates artificial life in Blender using Geometry Nodes and Physics simulations. Discover the ultimate Blender tutorial for bringing creations to life so they can act completely autonomously! Learn step-by-step how to use: Geometry Nodes - to design intricate, procedural models. Physics Simulations - for realistic animations and movement Shaders - [...]

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What if you Alpha Brush is square? And if the resolution is too low? In this video, Jan van den Hemel looks at solutions to those common issues when using height maps as sculpting brushes in Blender, specifically with Hard Surface Sculpting.

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Updates to the effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps extend support for DaVinci Resolve, but end support for Vegas Pro.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Looking for an artist/team of voiceover artist to create sound for a low budget animated short film Finite Games Studio | 3D Game Environment Artist (Concept to Final) Side | 3D Environment Artist - Talent Pool [PAID JOB] Blender Animator [...]

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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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Ever hit the render button in Blender and your whole scene turns bright pink? Yeah… been there. Sometimes it’s just one object. Sometimes it’s everything! In this video, Jamie walks you through what’s going on and how to fix it. He'll also show you a couple of simple things you can do so it doesn’t [...]

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Innovative animation app gets new AI system for generating realistic motion connecting two poses. Check out the other new features.

Big update to the renderer adds OpenPBR support. See the other new features for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users.