See the 2026 Blender development roadmap
Check out the major features now in development for the open-source 3D software and due for release in Blender 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and beyond.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
hair dynamics
Ephere releases Ornatrix 3ds Max 9
Check out the changes to the 3ds Max hair plugin for games and VFX, including a new Warp Roots modifier to help groom feathers.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
Ephere releases Ornatrix Maya 5
Check out the changes to the Maya plugin for creating hair and fur for games and VFX, including fast new workflows for braiding hair.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
Ephere releases Ornatrix 3 for Cinema 4D
Hair and fur plugin gets new tools for 'grafting' procedural hair grooms onto a character, and 'boxing' operators into single modifiers.
Friday, November 15th, 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
Imbalance releases Ragdoll Dynamics 3.0 for Maya
Ace real-time physics tool now lets you pose characters simply by pulling them around like puppets.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
Master grooming CG hair with Ornatrix for Maya
Create facial hair for an animatable 3D character with The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.
Saturday, September 11th, 2021
Ragdoll Dynamics adds real-time physics to your Maya rigs
Neat new plugin adds realistic dynamics to machines, muscles, cloth and hair in the Maya viewport.
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
Ephere ships Ornatrix C4D 1.0
New Cinema 4D edition of the popular hair, fur and feather simulation plugin works with both Arnold and Redshift out of the box.
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
Download Maya hair plugin Shave and a Haircut 9.6 free
Get the hair and fur plugin and its Arnold, RenderMan and V-Ray shaders from Epic Games for free.
Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Epic Games acquires Shave and a Haircut
Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.
Thursday, June 6th, 2019