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Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

New Alembic procedural speeds up viewport rendering of animation caches by up to 12x in Blender 3.0.

Monday, December 13th, 2021

Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco.

Monday, September 10th, 2018

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3D texture painting app gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals without leaving the software .

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Now in beta: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.

Thursday, October 10th, 2024

Sizeable update to the open-source game engine adds a new mobile render pipeline, and lets you create games without a C++ compiler.

Wednesday, October 9th, 2024

Free web app will let artists tell generative AI firms not to train AI models on their images and videos. So will it work? Read our FAQs.

Tuesday, October 8th, 2024

Check out the new features in Grease Pencil 3, the long-awaited overhaul of Blender's 2D animation toolset, now available in beta builds.

Monday, October 7th, 2024

Master professional CG lighting workflows in Maya, Arnold, Katana and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Sunday, October 6th, 2024