July 20, 2017
New denoise system and PBR shader in Cycles, plus some great new add-ons for motion graphics. Read More »
July 13, 2017
Blender production tracking system and render manager used on the Institute's shorts now in public beta. Read More »
June 2, 2017
Export 3ds Max scenes to Blender for rendering 'in two clicks'. Converts V-Ray materials to their Cycles equivalents automatically. Read More »
March 24, 2017 | 1 comment
Check out the feature set for the new, not-quite-PBR real-time render engine due in Blender 2.8 this year. Read More »
February 14, 2017 | 2 comments
New update improves speed of Blender's Cycles renderer over 10x on shots with motion blur and hair. Read More »
November 17, 2016 | 2 comments
Promising new plugin implements Blender's powerful GPU-based renderer and node-based materials inside Cinema 4D. Read More »
October 31, 2016 | 5 comments
OpenCL-based GPU render engine will be integrated into Cinema 4D over the next few release cycles. Read More »
October 4, 2016
Updated: X-Particles dev Insydium posts price info and full demo video for its upcoming Cycles 4D plugin. Read More »
September 30, 2016
Now shipping: Open-source 3D app gets cool new curve sketching tool, 'Bendy Bones', Alembic import. Read More »
September 13, 2016
See the best new work created using the open-source 3D app, from cartoon shorts to photorealistic VFX. Read More »
July 19, 2016
Updated: Onelvxe Studios' add-on mimics RenderMan's 'ubershader' in Blender. Now a paid-for product as well as a free beta. Read More »
May 18, 2016
Open-source renderer gets new shadowcatcher system, plus variance clamping to reduce artefacts in renders. Read More »
March 21, 2016
Updated: Open-source 3D tool gets support for OpenVDB volumetrics, better sculpting and Boolean tools. Read More »
November 19, 2015
Figure animation software gets new PBR renderer based on Blender's Cycles; improved rigging, Alembic export in the Pro edition. Read More »
October 12, 2015 | 1 comment
Now officially released: Latest update adds initial support for OpenSubdiv, 'huge' viewport performance boost. Read More »
July 6, 2015 | 12 comments
Jason Lewis puts three of Nvidia's top-of-the-range Quadro cards through a battery of real-world tests. Read More »
July 1, 2015
Updated, now shipping: Big update adds stereo rendering, proper support for AMD GPUs in Cycles. Read More »
May 7, 2015 | 3 comments
See the best new work created with Blender's raytracing engine, from photorealistic visualisation to charming CG shorts. Read More »
October 6, 2014
Now officially released: update adds optional Hotbox-style pie menus, improved texture-painting system. Read More »
July 28, 2014
Free Blender-based benchmarking tool tests both CPU and GPU and reports results to a central website. Read More »
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