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"SkySplat Tutorial: From drone video to photo-realistic 3D scene" by Kyle Johnson at Blender Conference 2025
This tutorial covers the full process of turning low-cost drone footage into a photo-realistic 3D scene in Blender using SkySplat, a free and open-source addon. I’ll walk through frame extraction, COLMAP Structure-from-Motion, scene alignment in Blender, and 3D Gaussian Splat generation, done entirely within the Blender viewport.
Object Constraints for Beginners
Ryan King shows how to use object constrains for beginners.
Finally! N-Panel fix for Blender
"Integrating Blender into the manufacturing industry" by Jean-Christophe LEDUCQ at Blender Conference 2025
The presentation shows how Blender is integrated into Renault Group’s digital ecosystem, featuring full vehicle configuration, collaborative editing, and seamless connection to tools like Autodesk VRED.
Blender Jobs for October 10, 2025
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Art Director Junior / Middle 3D Generalist Professional Animator- Sports Safety Innovation Project Looking for Environment + Hard Surface + Animation Generalist for a large paid project 3d generalist Visual Development Artist 2D Artist For more jobs, look here.
Best of Blender Artists: 2025-41
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.
VFX Artist Fixes the BIGGEST Mistake in Star Wars
Export Buddy Pro – One-Click LODs, Collisions & UE5 Export for Blender [$]
Introducing Export Buddy Pro — a powerful Blender add-on designed to streamline the game asset export pipeline for Unreal Engine 5 and Unity developers. Exporting assets manually from Blender can be slow and error-prone. Renaming meshes, setting up LODs, assigning collisions, and exporting one by one quickly eats up valuable production time. Export Buddy Pro [...]
Easy animation with overshoot and anticipation
Make your animation look more natural with automatic keyframes. Easy enough for beginners and really quick, plus you can build on top of it with custom poses to make it even better. https://youtu.be/DLzcSSzVjeI
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 6 October 2025
Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Welcomes Tariq Sulley receives a development grant to help with bugfixes and improvements in the Modeling module. Announcements Aras Pranckevičius has accepted responsibility of the Sequencer module owner! The module page has been updated, showing the state and dynamics in the module. Modules & Projects 2025-09-29 [...]
Trimble releases SketchUp 2026.0
Check out the latest features in the architectural modeling software, including new collaboration options and updates to PBR materials.
Chaos releases Anima 6.2 with extended traffic simulation
Check out the new features in the streamlined crowd and traffic simulation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.
"Step Inside the Viewport: CATWALK’s VR-Driven Production Workflow" by Toni Mortero, Lidia Luna at Blender Conference 2025
Discover what it could be like to work inside Blender’s 3D viewport using a VR headset and 6DOF input.
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.2 for SketchUp with new AI Upscaler
Major update to the SketchUp edition of the renderer adds new AI tool for upscaling renders to 16K. Check out all the other new features.
Let Blender Animate Hair For You (Using Cloth Simulation)
Getting hair to move naturally in Blender can be tricky, but in this video Vlad shows you how to achieve realistic, cinematic hair motion using cloth simulation (no complex rigs needed). We’ll cover: How to use cloth simulation to automate your hair animations Setting up realistic hair physics that actually behave properly Tips for collisions, [...]
Paint Tools: Topo-Symmetry
How to Create Anisotropic Material in Blender
Learn how to create anisotropic shaders to achieve a brushed metal effect in Blender. You'll be able to adjust the rotation and tint to match your design needs.
"Blender JAM – A Collective Animation Experiment" by Eli Rabinovich at Blender Conference 2025
Blender JAM is back at BCON! This fast-paced, collaborative event challenges you to create a 1-second animation in Blender. You'll get a pre-rigged character and a unique creative constraint based on a shared theme, all under a tight time limit.
Get 210 modular assets to create 3D cathedrals in Unreal Engine
Stock asset creator RagTarock's Abandoned Cathedral pack of modular architectural elements is free on Fab for the next two weeks.
Chaos adopts HIP to unleash AMD acceleration in V-Ray GPU
[Sponsored] Discover how Chaos is porting the GPU functionality of its industry-leading V-Ray renderer to run on AMD Radeon PRO GPUs.