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Blender

Original Blender creator to hand over role as CEO of the Blender Foundation to new COO Francesco Siddi at the start of next year.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2025

Ambitious start-up's €240,000/year is the biggest contribution to Blender of any GPU manufacturer - before it has even shipped a card.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

Check out the new features in the UV unwrapping and packing app, including a new Scene Outliner, and support for GPU packing.

Monday, September 15th, 2025

Blender plugin for the GPU renderer not updated for the Redshift 2026.0 release as Maxon 'redirects its development focus' elsewhere.

Thursday, September 11th, 2025

No changes expected to pricing or support, and both brands continue to operate under their original names. Find full details here.

Tuesday, September 9th, 2025

Check out the new features in the animation software, including support for Character Creator 5, and new export presets for UE5.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Check out the new features in this major update to the 3D character creation app, from the new HD base characters to the new Maya plugin.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Wacom ups its funding for Blender by €210,000/year in partnership to develop 'next-gen" Blender experience on Android tablets.

Monday, August 25th, 2025

Promising hard-surface-focused add-on implements Substance 3D Painter-style layer-based texture painting inside Blender.

Friday, August 15th, 2025

Check out the latest features in the popular UV packing plugin, including one-click Auto Repacking, and support for texel density.

Thursday, August 14th, 2025

See the new prices for the AI-based VFX and animation platform, formerly known as Wonder Studio - and its new free subscription plan.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

Minor update to the intuitive tracking and head reconstruction plugins adds support for Blender 4.5 and Nuke 16.0. See all of the changes.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

Popular library of 3D plants gets over 200 new assets from around the world, plus the option to filter plant species by location.

Saturday, August 9th, 2025