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Mat-Baker, if a free add-on designed to make baking procedural materials into PBR texture packs easier and faster. Mat-Baker automatically detects which texture maps a material’s node setup can generate, letting users bake and export them without manually configuring each map. For users who prefer more control, Advanced Mode provides additional settings and manual map […]

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Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from 3D Gaussian Splatting to DLSS denoising and layered compositing.

The Vertex Weight Proximity modifier in Blender is ideal for procedural workflows in Blender. In this tutorial, Kenan Proffitt shows you how to blend materials between separate objects and control displacement based on proximity.

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Check out the new features in the compositing and motion graphics app, from changes to the 3D toolset to the new agentic AI Assistant.

Big update to the image-editing software adds eye-catching AI relighting and trace erase features. Discover how they work.

Sonneblom Digitaal has put its whole 3D-printing range for Blender into one bundle: the 3D Print Suite, 18 add-ons for Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, each its own installable zip. It covers repairing a broken model (Print Fix, AI Mesh Fixer), checking it (Printability Check, Wall Thickness Checker, Overhang Finder + Auto-Orient, Asset Preflight), preparing […]

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The Blender Foundation launches its annual fundraiser to meet its funding goal for 2027.

Updated for Beta 1: next major version of the GPU renderer adds a MCP Server, for building and rendering scenes with AI tools.

Motionist.studio has released Phone Cam Controller for Blender, a free add-on that turns your iPhone into a handheld virtual camera (Android version coming soon). The Blender viewport streams to the phone in real time. Move the phone and the active camera follows in six degrees of freedom; hold the record button and walk through the […]

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Architectural renderer gets support for relighting Gaussian Splats and new parallax interiors system. Check out all the other new features.

A conversation with TZUSOO about her latest project, Agarmon Encyclopedia, the role of Blender in her practice, and the current state of the fine art world.

Check out the studio's detailed making-of for the Reacher spin-off series, including a pivotal - and wince-inducing - train accident.

Koshizu Space released Koshizu Trees, a procedural tree add-on for Blender, built around Japanese species and the way they are actually grown, pruned and aged in gardens. Version 1.0 includes seven presets across five species: Kusunoki (camphor tree), Momiji (Japanese maple), Aodamo (Japanese ash), Manryo (Ardisia crenata) and Sakura (cherry, in bloom). Momiji and Aodamo […]

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The new integrated AI Assistant will even rate your renders out of 10 for artistic merit. See the other new features, both AI and non-AI-based.

Compositing and effects software gets the option to import USD scenes, and a new AI model for generating normal maps from video.

Download over 23,000 high-quality 3D scans of environment assets, buildings, plants and materials for use in games, VFX and visualization.