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Discover a production-proven, time-saving character animation workflow with The Gnomon Workshop's new Maya masterclass.

When telling the story of one of the most legendary space missions in history, you need to do it just right. In the gripping new documentary Apollo Thirteen: Survival, launching on Netflix on the 5th of September

As summer slowly waves goodbye to those of us in the Northern Hemisphere and starts shining down south (lucky you folks below the Equator!), The Motion Awards are gearing up for the next thrilling phase… judging!

Streamlined new tool automatically adds overlap and follow-through to increase the realism of character and creature animation.

Digital painting and image-editing software gets a new LIquidFX tool for image deformation, and better greenscreen and object removal.

Bone Widget is a Blender add-on to assist with making custom bone shapes. It has an editable library of shapes that make it easy to apply to any rig. It ships with many shapes pre-made but you can also add your own to the library to make rigging easier. Wayne Dixon writes: Hello riggers, There [...]

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French movie trade organization CST's free tool offers an intuitive way to explore USD scenes. Now plays back animations in USD scenes, too.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Crystal Dynamics | Senior Franchise Artist For more jobs, look here.

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iClone update extends the real-time animation tool's crowd simulations with smart props and accessories. See all the new features here.

Gleb Alexandrov presents the latest Creative Shrimp course on color management and grading in DaVinci Resolve, specifically for 3D artists using Blender. It's a 'pay what you want' model, so you can get it for as little or as much as you think is fair. The course covers topics like EXR rendering pipeline, using industry-standard [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: BLOXNEO | Concept Artist (Founding Team) Paid - Animation Reel [Paid]- proof of concept work For more jobs, look here.

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First update to the open standard for VFX plugins in almost a decade improves color management, and widens CPU and GPU support.

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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In this time-lapse video, 3D artist Rachel Frick showcases the process behind her latest creation: a sleek, utilitarian portable stove. The design is reminiscent of something you'd take on a rugged camping trip or that could see use in military settings. About the Artist Rachel is a talented hardsurface artist known best for her cute [...]

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Heavyweight story development tool with integrations to Photoshop and Maya can now also be used in a standard web browser.

Blender users in Seattle are meeting this Saturday morning! When: Saturday, September 7th, 10 AM to 1 PM Where:  Academy of Interactive Entertainment, 305 Harrison St #405 · Seattle, WA What: It's a FOSS family reunion! We recently had a swell time working on a game jam, so this month we'll be looking at how to [...]

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Check out the new features in the intuitive NURBS modeler, including Deform and Mesh Snap features, and support for SVG import.