Check out the Blender 3.0 and LTS product roadmap

Next big update to the open-source 3D software due in 2021, with long term support releases every year.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020

Free UV packing tool Packer-IO 1.3 now integrates directly in Blender

Check out the new features in the free standalone UV packing app, including support for texel density, and the Blender integration plugin.

Friday, July 4th, 2025

iCity 1.5 generates procedural 3D cities inside Blender

Plan out city layouts and have this neat tool populate them with 3D buildings. Check out the updates to road generation in the 1.5 release.

Monday, June 23rd, 2025

3DGS Render 3.0 lets you paint 3D Gaussian Splats in Blender

3D scanning firm Kiri Innovations' free add-on now lets you paint onto 3DGS data inside Blender, including through texture images.

Friday, March 28th, 2025

Blender add-on ClayPencil turns 2D animation into 3D 'claymation'

Neat free Geometry Nodes setup lets you create 3D animation using 2D workflows in Blender's Grease Pencil toolset.

Friday, December 13th, 2024

3DGS Render 2.0 now lets you edit 3D Gaussian Splats in Blender

3D scanning firm Kiri Innovations' free add-on lets you edit 3DGS scan data inside Blender, and apply simple animated effects.

Tuesday, November 26th, 2024

5 key features in Blender 4.3

Now available: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

Blender 4.3 lets you use Geometry Nodes with Grease Pencil

Check out the new features in Grease Pencil 3, the long-awaited overhaul of Blender's 2D animation toolset, now available in beta builds.

Monday, October 7th, 2024

Free tool: 3DGS Render renders 3D Gaussian Splats inside Blender

Neat free add-on from the developer of Kiri Engine lets you manipulate and render 3DGS scans directly inside Blender.

Saturday, September 28th, 2024

Check out Blender 4.3's new SLIM UV unwrapping system

Try the 'state-of-the-art' new iterative UV unwrapping algorithm available in alpha builds of the open-source 3D software.

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

DivineCut and DivinePrint simplify creating 3D clothes in Blender

Fast-evolving plugin and its new texturing extension create animation ready clothing for 3D characters via a fast, intuitive workflow.

Wednesday, August 14th, 2024

Grading add-on Final LUT lets you load 3D LUTs in Blender

New add-on lets users import .cube files from apps like DaVinci Resolve for grading or look dev and preview the result in the Blender viewport.

Monday, May 20th, 2024

Master 2D & 3D Character Design in Photoshop & Blender

Discover the fundamental principles of character design with The Gnomon Workshop's new introductory tutorial.

Saturday, March 23rd, 2024