Mesh multiphysics systems in Blender with CubeSurfer
New work-in-progress add-on surfaces particle simulations ranging from water to wet snow.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2015
Blender
Bullet and Naiad creators win Academy Awards
This year's Sci-Tech 'Oscars' reward advances in destruction physics, voxel data and digital vegetation.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Blender 2.73 ships
Open-source 3D package gets new 2D animation tools, updated video editor, clutter-free fullscreen mode.
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Check out 2015's hottest Blender R&D projects
Blender Foundation chairman Ton Roosendaal previews the software's upcoming features: from stereo 3D to Alembic and Ptex support.
Monday, January 5th, 2015
See Blender 2.73's new grease pencil tool in action
For You, Daniel M Lara's one-minute animated short, shows off the upcoming release's drawing tools.
Monday, December 8th, 2014
Solid Iris Technologies unveils Thea Render 1.4
Hybrid renderer to support motion blur, displacement, render channels on GPU. New OpenCL port soon.
Monday, November 17th, 2014
Evermotion releases NOX renderer as open source
Unbiased renderer for 3ds Max, Blender and Cinema 4D now available to integrate into other apps.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
GPUBox Artist builds you an instant GPU render farm
Renegatt Software's virtualization tool lets Blender or Octane access any CUDA GPU on your network.
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
Check system performance with BlenchMark
Free Blender-based benchmarking tool tests both CPU and GPU and reports results to a central website.
Monday, July 28th, 2014
Laubwerk overhauls procedural Plants Kits
Ultra-detailed plant models now support translucency. Use them natively in Max or C4D, or in other apps via Python.
Monday, July 14th, 2014
Coloremblem releases free muscle system for Blender
Create basic muscle deformations with this new tool, intended to spark more developer interest in the topic.
Wednesday, July 9th, 2014
Epic Games funds Blender development
Game developer donates €10,000 to Blender dev fund in order to improve FBX export to Unreal Engine 4.
Monday, July 7th, 2014
Five technologies to watch: appleseed
Today, a production-ready physically based renderer with one of the most beautiful demo shorts ever created.
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014