Blender 4.5 LTS is out: check out its 5 key features
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from full Vulkan support to hidden gems like the new FBX importer.
Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
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Check out unusual open-source vector design tool Graphite
Promising free app combines the ease of layer-based workflows with the power of a node graph. More bitmap editing tools planned, too.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
Open-source tool Infinigen Indoors generates procedural 3D interiors
Updated: free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Check out its new Infinigen-Sim toolset.
Monday, June 30th, 2025
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 25.05
Check out the changes to the open-source game engine, including updates to multi-GPU rendering, cinematics editing and XR workflow.
Friday, June 20th, 2025
DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 2.15
Check out the new features in the open-source release of DreamWorks Animation's renderer. used on movies like The Wild Robot.
Sunday, June 15th, 2025
Get free Maya and UE5 rigging tools mGear 5.0 and ueGear 1.0
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
LuxCoreRender and BlendLuxCore 2.10 have been released
Development of the open-source CPU/GPU renderer and its Blender plugin now 'back on track' after three years. See what's new.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
Get free Blender modeling and scattering add-on BagaPie 11
'Biggest update yet' to the popular free Blender modifier adds 20 new tools, including generators for doors, windows and bolts.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
Free tool: Lens Cap 2 for Blender
Decoded's frustration-saving add-on adds new features to Blender's camera system, now including a new auto-focus system for renders.
Sunday, May 4th, 2025
Open Brush 2.10 adds 'multiplayer' VR painting
Free VR sketching and concept art tool now lets you create designs collaboratively with other artists. Check out the other new features.
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
EZ-Tree is a lightweight free open-source tree generator
3D web developer Dan Greenheck's browser-based tool generates stylized 3D and 2D trees for games, online and illustration work.
Monday, April 28th, 2025
Get VFX artist Thomas Marcos' free Blender clouds shader
Lightweight Procedural Clouds Shader generates realistic clouds in production conditions, and works with the Cycles or Eevee renderers.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
NVIDIA open-sources PhysX's GPU simulation code
Real-time physics framework used in game engines and offline simulation tools for 3ds Max and Maya is now fully open-source.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025