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Jérémie Passerin

Update to the open-source Maya rigging and animation framework resolves compatibility issues with popular blendshape editor Shapes.

Thursday, September 4th, 2025

Check out the latest features in the open-source Maya character rigging and animation framework and its new Unreal Engine bridge.

Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

Free Maya rigging framework gets new RBF Manager and updated Simple Rig auto-rigging system.

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Download this open source modular character rigging framework, based on the Gear system for Softimage.

Monday, February 9th, 2015

Replace the classic biped and quadruped rigs with StudioNest's new modular rig-creation system.

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

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

Wednesday, September 17th, 2025

3D animation software for VFX and games to get new 'agentic AI partner' Autodesk Assistant and AI lip-sync tool FaceAnimator.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2025

Read our pick of the latest artist features in the open-source game engine. including updates to lighting, shading and animation.

Tuesday, September 16th, 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

Funded by an Epic MegaGrant, the plugin will stream animation data from the AI-assisted animation app to the game engine in real time.

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