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'Highly experimental' replacement for OpenGL for real-time and viewport rendering now available in alpha builds of Blender 4.1.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

Online service rigs 3D humanoids, animals and vehicles for use in real-time applications. Now comes with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and UE5 add-ons.

Monday, October 2nd, 2023

Latest public beta lets users render 3D models directly inside the compositing software, using the new Advanced 3D renderer.

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

Updated: hotly tipped AI tool for automatically replacing live actors with 3D characters can now export scenes in USD format.

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

Version 1.0 now available: free 'cloaking' tool makes it harder for AI models to learn from artists' online images.

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023

Mobile 3D scanning app's new mode captures 360° environments on phones without 360° cameras.

Friday, June 2nd, 2023

Image-editing app gets AI-based Remove Tool. Separate beta adds Generative Fill - the first feature from Adobe's Firefly AI toolset.

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023

Neat open-source tool displays 3D models or point clouds in common formats on Windows, Linux, macOS.

Thursday, May 4th, 2023

Free standalone edition of the GPU accelerated particle generator gets new 3D and fluid dynamics options.

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Now includes RenderMan XPU.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Stability for Blender puts the AI image generator into Blender - for animation as well as still images.

Monday, March 6th, 2023

New build of the procedural 3D software with native support for Apple's M1 and M2 chips is now production-ready.

Thursday, February 23rd, 2023

Use Dream Textures, DeepBump and DT2DB Bridge to create PBR materials in Blender 'in one click'

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023