LuxRender 1.6 ships
Open-source renderer gets new shadowcatcher system, plus variance clamping to reduce artefacts in renders.
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
Blender
F12 ships The Grove Release 3
Promising new tree-generation tool gets intelligent polygon reduction, new advanced growth parameters.
Thursday, March 31st, 2016
Blender 2.77 ships
Updated: Open-source 3D tool gets support for OpenVDB volumetrics, better sculpting and Boolean tools.
Monday, March 21st, 2016
Blender Cloud releases BlenRig 5
Download the first offical release of the 'feature film quality' auto-rigging and skinning system for Blender.
Monday, January 18th, 2016
Dark Blender turns sculpts into low-poly game assets
Danyl Bekhoucha's free Blender script and bonus tools automate the process of creating in-game assets.
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016
See the hottest Blender tools in progress for 2016
Check out Blender.org's list of code branches to watch this year, from this nifty new fracture modifier to OpenVDB support.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Triumph releases Blend4Web 15.12
Turn Blender scenes into interactive 3D apps that can be viewed in any modern web browser - and now, on the Oculus Rift.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2016
Smith Micro ships Poser 11 and Poser Pro 11
Figure animation software gets new PBR renderer based on Blender's Cycles; improved rigging, Alembic export in the Pro edition.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
YafaRay gets new lease of life as YafaRay-E 1.0
New 'experimental' release adds new tools and fixes old bugs in the pioneering open-source raytracer.
Friday, October 23rd, 2015
Björn Sonnenschein creates Natronizer for Blender
Handy free live link plugin lets users composite Blender video projects in Natron, not the native compositor.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
Check out the new features in Blender 2.76
Now officially released: Latest update adds initial support for OpenSubdiv, 'huge' viewport performance boost.
Monday, October 12th, 2015
F12 releases The Grove
Create realistic vegetation for use in Blender or export to other DCC apps with this neat new tree generator.
Monday, October 5th, 2015
LuxRender 1.5 ships
Now officially shipping: Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. New 3ds Max exporter to come.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015