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Inexpensive add-on adds animated crowds to 3D scenes for animation or visualization - now including a ragdoll system for action shots.

Breanna Lynn’s Drive It Like You Stole It began as a no-budget spec car commercial and became something far bigger, a testament to community, trust, and radical belief. With no client, no agency, and no budget, she rallied more than eighty collaborators to help bring an ambitious vision to life, proving that when the conviction is real enough, people show up. More than a film, the project is a reminder that meaningful work rarely begins with permission, it begins with courage.

New Blender Fractals pack generates lightweight, animatable 3D fractals for motion graphics, VFX or illustration work.

Veteran terrain generation software for games and VFX to get support for Macs and Linux systems after 20+ years as a Windows-only tool.

Updated: 6X Dynamic Multi Frame Generation due in beta this month in the AI tech used to boost frame rates in games and CG software.

Maxon to partner with Tencent to integrate the HY 3D generative 3D engine into the upcoming Cinema 4D for iPad. Read our FAQs.

Check out the new features in the latest major version of the 3D texture painting software for games, motion graphics and VFX.

Material authoring software to get a new 3D SDF-based workflow for the Shape Splatter node. See the other features due in the next release.

Brian Kouhi writes: Rigging doesn't have to be intimidating. In this lesson, Vlad (our TD) breaks down how to rig a bouncing ball in Blender from scratch, and along the way you'll learn the core concepts that apply to every rig you'll ever build.  

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Black Math debuts a brand relaunch that formalizes "Start with Art" framework as major tech collaborates & high-growth brands continue to engage the studio.

Nixin created an amazing PoC video with cell shaded characters. Deep in the bowels of the Howling Woods, where the snow never stops and wicked winds tirelessly whistle their tunes of death, rests an inn named Grim’s End. A dark and lonely place reserved for the dead. It appears to be a welcome refuge from [...]

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As MOUVO returns for its 11th edition, the Prague conference invites the Motion Design community to explore the idea of Space, not just as a physical environment, but as the creative territory where design, technology, and imagination intersect.

Allan Brito writes: If you use Blender for architecture, I have great news! The upcoming Blender 5.1 introduces a new snapping tool that will make your workflow much smoother. Face Center snapping enables precise 3D modeling by allowing you to instantly snap to the exact center of any face. This short tutorial demonstrates how to [...]

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In this Blender tutorial Ryan King shows how to create these stylized low poly hand painted mushrooms.

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