Free tool: Mesh Cleaner 2 for Blender

VFX artist Rob Dickinson's handy add-on fixes artefacts in 3D scans and models in one click. Check out the new features in version 2.0.

Thursday, May 8th, 2025

SPECviewperf 15 adds Blender and UE5 tests to the benchmark

New version of the veteran graphics benchmark for testing workstations reflects recent changes to CG software and industry pipelines.

Monday, May 5th, 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

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

F12 releases The Grove 2.2 for Blender and Houdini

Popular 3D tree generator gets new Skeleton tool for creating animation rigs, and new workflows to reduce tree poly counts for use in games.

Thursday, April 10th, 2025

Poly Hammer releases Meta-Human DNA add-on for Blender

Intriguing new tool lets you create or edit Unreal Engine MetaHuman characters directly inside Blender. Now available in beta.

Monday, March 31st, 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

5 key features in Blender 4.4

Check out the key changes in the latest version of the open-source 3D app, including important updates to animation and the CPU compositor.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2025

Assetify 2.1 converts Blender assets to game-ready formats

Asset baking and export add-on can now bake PBR textures from any Blender shader set-up, not just the Principled BSDF shader.

Saturday, March 15th, 2025

Check out open-source Blender character generator MPFB 2

New free plugin based on veteran standalone app MakeHuman creates custom 3D characters, complete with skin and clothing.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

Check out free Blender scattering add-on OpenScatter

Promising open-source add-on lets you scatter plants and rocks in your scenes according to elevation, texture masks or guide curves.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2025

KeenTools releases KeenTools 2025.1 for Blender and Nuke

Check out the changes to tracking plugins FaceTracker and GeoTracker, including new wireframe rendering and start frame selection options.

Friday, February 14th, 2025

Free add-on Paint System 'turns Blender into Photoshop'

Updated for version 1.2: Intuitive layer-based texture painting add-on for Blender now supports shader layers and texture baking.

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025