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Blender 2.77 ships

Updated: Open-source 3D tool gets support for OpenVDB volumetrics, better sculpting and Boolean tools.

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Download Godot 2.0

Open-source 2D and 3D game engine gets improved scene editor and debugging tools, plus support for plugins and live scene editing.

Wednesday, March 9th, 2016

Blender Cloud releases BlenRig 5

Download the first offical release of the 'feature film quality' auto-rigging and skinning system for Blender.

Monday, January 18th, 2016

The GIMP team announces GIMP 2.9

Big update to open-source image-editing tool adds support for 32-bits-per-channel colour, OpenEXR files.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Natron 2.0 ships

Big update to the open-source compositor adds Python support, roto painting and new dopesheet. Check out the new features here.

Friday, October 9th, 2015

LuxRender 1.5 ships

Now officially shipping: Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. New 3ds Max exporter to come.

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

Features planned for VPaint 1.5

See a list of new features planned for version 1.5 of the open-source app that creates vector animations that mimic 3D forms.

Saturday, August 8th, 2015

Download PRMan for Blender

Free alpha plugin headed up by Pixar's Brian Savery lets Blender users render using RenderMan 20.

Friday, July 10th, 2015