Molecular add-on brings multiphysics to Blender
Jean-Francois Gallant's new script unifies particle, cloth and fluid sims - and even pasta simulation.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Blender
Blender 2.67 to add 3D Printing Toolbox
Open-source app to get new tools aimed at troubleshooting and cleaning up models for fabrication.
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
Otoy announces Octane Render Cloud Edition
Developer aims to allow "every single 3D app" to process render jobs in the cloud on up to 128 GPUs.
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Blender 2.66 adds Bullet physics, Dynamic Topology
Impressive update adds high-end rigid-body dynamics, true claylike sculpting to the open-source app.
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Eye candy: R'ha
It's aliens vs Skynet in Kaleb Lechowski's incredible one-man short, created in seven months in Blender and Maya.
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Katana and mocha creators win technical Oscars
Other Sci-Tech Academy Awards go to Weta, DreamWorks and the tech behind Blender's smoke system.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Blender gets new Dynamic Topology sculpting system
Code for the eagerly anticipated Sculptris-like system committed to the trunk; test builds available now.
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Doctor Who fan builds augmented reality Tardis
It really is bigger inside than it is outside, thanks to some nifty work in Blender, Unity and the Vuforia SDK.
Friday, December 28th, 2012
Digital Sorcery releases TouchAnimator app for iPad
Updated 28 December: Create character animation on your tablet for export to Blender. Now for Android and iOS.
Friday, December 28th, 2012
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.65
New fire and smoke tools, plus support for Imageworks' Open Shading Language.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
10 ways to speed up Blender's Cycles renderer
Four provided by Blender Guru's Andrew Price, and six by people commenting on his article.
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
MakeHuman 1.0 Alpha 7 released
Big update to the free CG character generator improves base mesh, adds libraries of hair and clothes.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Eye candy: Tears of Steel
The Blender Foundation's first VFX open movie blends boy-girl romance and kickass robots - and it's a blast.
Thursday, September 27th, 2012