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Character animation and creation apps get new subscription plans, while the AccuPose Infinity add-on switches to a perpetual license.

Discover real-world visual effects production workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's Houdini character FX masterclass.

But what is Maxon Digital Twin - and what kind of users is it aimed at? Updated: check out Maxon's FAQs about the controversial new tool.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Paid: Create a seamless looping scene with optional add-ons Seeking Artist to Finish 3D Environment States Senior 3D Lookdev + Lighting Specialist — Ultra-Realistic Product Animation Senior Concept Artist (Character & Environment / UI) For more jobs, look here.

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Get stock VFX footage of real-world flamethrowers as 5K 96fps RED files or pre-keyed 4K ProRes footage. Normally sold for over $200.

Get free brushes for detailing characters, clothing, machines and natural environments from the popular Blender asset library.

See the key specs for the high-end APUs, and what we know about their likely price and performance in CG apps like Blender and V-Ray.

Ryan King Art writes: In this Blender tutorial I will show you how to do 3d modeling for beginners.

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AI tech used to boost frame rates in games and CG software gets second-gen Super Resolution and 6X Dynamic Multi Frame Generation.

Hinge Extrude is a free Blender extension that lets you extrude faces around an active edge in just a couple of clicks, eliminating a clunky multi step process. Johnny Matthews writes: In this Blender tutorial, I introduce Hinge Extrude, a free Blender extension I built to make edge based extrusion fast, clean, and intuitive for [...]

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In the latest episode of Blenderheads, we're witnessing a significant change in the Blender infrastructure: so far, the project has always hosted its own server farm but the effort in maintaining it is distracting from the core focus and they're considering moving to cloud-based servers.

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Popular free CG benchmark now supports Apple M4 and M5 processors, AMD 9000 series GPUs and NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.

Update to the veteran figure-posing software streamlines materials and environment workflow, but removes the Cloth Room and macOS edition.

If you use Blender often, you know how repetitive it can be to merge vertices. Every time you press the shortcut M, Blender asks which type of merge you want — At Center, At Last, At First, By Distance, etc. Now there’s a simple add-on that eliminates that extra step. pacogarcia writes: With this new [...]

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