Download free Blender add-on Bystedt's Blender Baker

Updated: Neat add-on streamlines baking PBR textures inside Blender. Now supports thickness maps.

Sunday, September 10th, 2023

AMD releases Radeon ProRender 3.6 for Blender

GPU renderer switches from OpenCL to HIP for final-quality output. Maya and Houdini editions also updated.

Thursday, June 8th, 2023

AMD releases Radeon ProRender 3.5 for Blender

Free GPU renderer gets new bevel shader, better interactive rendering. New Maya and Houdini versions also available.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Free add-on AI Render puts Stable Diffusion into Blender

AI image-generation framework turns simple 3D scenes in Blender into detailed, stylised concept art.

Monday, October 17th, 2022

Blender will no longer ditch the VFX Reference platform

Open-source 3D app to revert to supporting the industry standard after criticism from VFX artists.

Thursday, September 29th, 2022

Check out cutting-edge renderer Mitsuba 3

As well as standard forward rendering, the research-oriented tool can generate 3D objects matching 2D images.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022

Download BtoA: the free Arnold plugin for Blender

Community-made plugin lets you render Blender animations, VFX and visualisations in Autodesk's Arnold renderer.

Friday, July 15th, 2022

This neat free plugin lets you import OpenVDBs into UE5

Eidos-Montréal's UnrealVDB lets users view VDB files inside Unreal Engine and render them with its path tracer.

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022

AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.4 for Blender and Maya

Free physically based renderer gets new Atmosphere and Fog system, shadow override controls.

Thursday, June 9th, 2022

AMD releases USD Hydra plugin for Blender 1.1

Free plugin for composing and rendering USD scenes in Blender can now export animated USD files.

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

Download AMD's free USD Hydra plugin for Blender

Now officially shipping: new plugin lets users import, compose and render USD scenes in Blender.

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.3 for Blender and Maya

Free GPU renderer gets better support for fog, smoke and clouds, plus Deep EXR export from Maya.

Saturday, November 20th, 2021

See Nvidia's new Omniverse plugins, apps and pricing

See the latest features in the real-time collaboration platform, and prices for Omniverse Enterprise.

Tuesday, November 9th, 2021