November 25, 2021
See how the major rewrite of the renderer has evolved from initial alpha to its release in Blender 3.0 next week. Read More »
November 16, 2021
Latest beta of Blender 3.0 supports GPU rendering on AMD cards via the open source HIP framework. Read More »
October 29, 2021
Wide-ranging update adds one-click object masking, AI filters for concept art and matte painting, and new anti-image-theft features. Read More »
October 17, 2021
New macOS backend unveiled as Apple becomes a Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund. Read More »
October 14, 2021
See how Nvidia and AMD's current pro GPUs perform in real-world tests, from modeling to rendering. Read More »
September 20, 2021
Major update makes the popular GPU-accelerated sparse gaseous fluid solver a full commercial tool. Read More »
June 25, 2021
Effects plugin suite for compositing apps gets new tools for creating 3D particle systems, plus nine new GPU-acclerated cinematic effects. Read More »
May 18, 2021
Updated: See what's new in Build 6 of the GPU-based alternative to Houdini's own Sparse Pyro solver. Read More »
April 23, 2021
Big update to Blender's production renderer will reduce render times 'up to 7x' on current Nvidia GPUs. Read More »
April 12, 2021
Wide-ranging update to the open-source renderer and its Blender plugin adds RTX acceleration, new stereo cameras. Read More »
February 25, 2021
Discover the most important new tools in the open-source 3D app, from geometry nodes to APIC sims. Read More »
January 8, 2021
Check out the new features in the photogrammetry tool, including faster depth map generation and integration with laser scan data. Read More »
November 18, 2020
Suite of colour grading plugins gets its first major update in four years. Check out the new features here. Read More »
October 22, 2020
Developer can now influence development of key graphics standards used in Blender like OpenCL, OpenXR. Read More »
September 30, 2020
New spec aims to reboot the GPU compute API for a new generation of CG tools. SDK now available. Read More »
August 28, 2020
Read Jason Lewis's in-depth review of Nvidia's Quadro RTX and AMD's Radeon Pro workstation GPUs. Read More »
August 24, 2020
Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets neat 'target frame rate' setting for viewport renders. Read More »
August 24, 2020
Open-source physically based GPU render engine gets support for Light Path Expressions, MaterialX. Read More »
July 30, 2020
Open-source renderer gets faster GPU rendering, plus support for Blender's mantaflow smoke sims. Read More »
May 18, 2020
SDK update to the free, hardware-agnostic GPU renderer promises faster rendering on CPU plus GPU. Read More »
