Eevee Next finally arrives in Blender

Discover how to port old scenes to use the long-awaited overhaul of the Eevee renderer ahead of its release in Blender 4.2 next week.

Friday, July 12th, 2024

DeepMotion launches AI text-to-animation service SayMotion 1.5

Browser-based tool lets you create animations for humanoid characters by typing text prompts. Free in open beta, including for commercial use

Saturday, June 29th, 2024

Get 10 popular Blender add-ons free from Blender Market

Updated: online marketplace's 10th birthday giveaway has now ended, but you can still see the add-ons it featured on the offer page.

Tuesday, June 11th, 2024

Free tool: paint textures in Blender with HAS Paint Layers

Check out games artist Vlad Hirourk's streamlined new Blender add-on for Substance-style layer-based texture painting.

Thursday, June 6th, 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

F12 releases The Grove 2.1 for Blender and Houdini

Update to the tree-generation software ditches Leonardo da Vinci's 'Rule of Trees' to better simulate how trees really age.

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

Cell Fluids 1.6 for Blender is out

Promising lightweight Blender fluids add-on can now bake simulations for export to game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine.

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024

5 key features in Blender 4.1

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D app, from better baking to improvements to Cycles and the Sequencer.

Tuesday, March 26th, 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

KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2024.1 for Blender

Popular plugin for creating 3D head models from source photos of an actor gets streamlined new one-click texturing workflow.

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

Daniel Bystedt's free Blender add-on creates hair cards from curves

Handy new free add-on turns curve-based Blender hair to faster-rendering geometry for use in games and real-time apps.

Monday, March 18th, 2024

Imbalance releases Ragdoll for Blender 1.0

Much-praised Ragdoll Dynamics physics system, used by top VFX and games studios, is now available for Blender as well as Maya.

Friday, March 1st, 2024

Adobe releases Substance 3D add-on 2.0 for Blender

Get the new version of the free Blender plugin for importing and editing Substance .sbsar materials, now available for Blender 4.0.

Thursday, February 29th, 2024