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KeenTools just dropped their 2025.1 update, bringing support for Blender 4.4 Beta and a new wireframe render option for GeoTracker and FaceTracker. If you're into 3D tracking and facial animation, KeenTools is one of the best add-ons for enhancing your Blender workflow. Let’s get this straight. This release is mostly about maintenance, so you have [...]

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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 wondered where a powerful GPU truly shines in Blender? Michael Bridges dives deep into the specifics, helping you optimize your hardware for the best performance. Does Blender need a powerful GPU? Yes—but only in the right areas. In this video, I break down exactly where a GPU makes a difference and where it doesn’t, [...]

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Check out the changes to tracking plugins FaceTracker and GeoTracker, including new wireframe rendering and start frame selection options.

Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.

Renderer gets better multiscattering in volumes, USD procedural support in Maya, and initial support for GeForce 50 Series GPUs.

Real-time ray tracing renderer for exploring large V-Ray scenes gets OCIO color management, DLSS 4, and new lens distortion system.

Let’s learn how to animate textures in Blender and create this keypad animation from start to finish.

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New generative AI model let users create video, animation and even stock FX clips from text prompts and images. Read our FAQs about it.

Popular pro graphics tablets get their first updates in eight years. See the specs and prices for the 2025 Intuos Pro Small, Medium & Large.

Updated for version 1.2: Intuitive layer-based texture painting add-on for Blender now supports shader layers and texture baking.

Oscar Baechler shares his new Geometry Nodes based model generator. I spent the weekend getting sick and making a barrel generator. It's $5, check it out! Poly Modeling Barrels Is Dead Never model a barrel again thanks to the Ogbog’s Grog Barrel Generator! It’s all generated off a curve, so hop into Edit mode and [...]

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In this video Johnny Matthews looks at rigging a strange little machine I put together and in the process learn about rigging gears and crankshafts, as well as using drivers with your armature bones.

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VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy add-ons streamline the process of managing lights and render layers within complex production scenes.

How does a displacement work with EEVEE and Cycles in Blender? What's the difference between texture and modifier displacement? Let's see.

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New native After Effects plugin provides a fast, efficient way to create IK rigs for arms and legs for character animation.

Inspired by Lord of the Rings (of cours), FXForge set to recreate the epic battle scenes in Blender. What do you think of the result? Key Techniques Covered: Utilizing Blender’s powerful animation tools to design large-scale battle scenes. Incorporating motion capture data for realistic character movement. Enhancing visual effects to add depth and intensity to [...]

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Explore how Tianyi Zhu crafted the captivating background for her short film Pan Si, from sculpting terrain to scattering plants, using Blender to bring the scene to life. INTRODUCTION My name is Tianyi Zhu, a CG freelancer from China. I started working in architectural visualization in 2002 and have received several industry awards, including: First [...]

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DroneCam is an FPV Drone Simulator Addon for Blender that let you fly using a gamepad/controller. You control the drone directly in the viewport, in real time. Why? It's fun, it's fast, and it makes realistic camera movements. Add the drone, Fly around the scene, and Render. It's a better solution than making those stiff [...]

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Blender Bob's Render manager v01 for Blender is good to go - go get it for free! Now you can easily manage your render layers and collections and add Nuke compatibility. This addon will create a new section in the renderder setting that will allow you to create or delete new render layers, change their [...]

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