Blender's Cycles renderer released via Apache licence
Switch from GPL licence designed to attract big studios and software houses to contribute to development.
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Blender
Otoy releases OctaneRender for Blender beta
Blender joins growing list of apps to work natively with the GPU-based renderer. Calls for Modo growing.
Friday, August 16th, 2013
Blender 2.68 ships
Open-source 3D package gets new modelling tools, improved smoke sims, up to 30% render speed boost.
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
Pixar to release OpenSubdiv 2.0 at Siggraph 2013
Change of licence type makes Pixar's in-house subdivision surface modeling tech compatible with Blender.
Monday, July 15th, 2013
Eye candy: En Passant
Created in Blender, this 15-minute mafia musical has a Burton-esque flair - and a score to die for.
Friday, July 5th, 2013
Blender to get sketch mesh editing, deformation blur?
Just two of fifteen Blender development projects to be funded by Google's Summer of Code 2013.
Friday, May 31st, 2013
The Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.67
Update to the open-source 3D tool adds integration with the versatile Freestyle toon rendering engine.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
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 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