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Learn how to create a realistic ferrofluid simulation in Blender using Geometry Nodes and Extra Nodes. This fully procedural setup lets you control spikes, behavior, and shading for motion graphics and VFX. Perfect for advanced users exploring simulation-style workflows inside Geometry Nodes.

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Francesco posted an update to the way the Blender Foundation handles Anthropic’s support. Earlier this week, Anthropic became a Blender Development Fund sponsor, and announced MCP support for Blender – allowing Claude to interact directly with Blender scenes. This started a hot debate in the community. On the one side, people were excited about the […]

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An update after the latest Development Fund announcement.

Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Junior Animator (Contract) Senior Environment Artist – Assets – 213649 3d AAA Anime Style Hairs Modeler Pixel Artist (2D / 3D Stylized Games | Unity3D) / Europe For more jobs, look here.

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Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I’m putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation.

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Intuitive object and camera tracking tool for VFX and motion graphics is now available as a Houdini SOP, as well as a Blender and Nuke add-on.

Build a synchronized disk rotation system using index-based animation control. Explore rotational offsets, motion rhythm, and clean mechanical animation setups.

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New Blender Lab-developed add-on also now connects Anthropic's Claude AI models to the open-source 3D software. Read our FAQs.

Anthropic, the creator of AI tools like Claude and Claude Code just added Blender to their connector directory and started financially supporting Blender. And I don’t know how I feel about this. There is an update to this story – read it here. The Blender Lab was already working on an MCP server – a […]

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Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Blender Lab Activity Report – Q1 2026 — Blender Modules & Projects 2026-03-21 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2026-04-21 Animation & Rigging module meeting 2026-04-22 User Interface Meeting 2026-04-23 Platforms & Builds module meeting 2026-04-23 Compositor Meeting Notes 2026-04-24 Project Updates meeting 2026-04-24 Coordination Module […]

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Update to the image-editing app adds the much-anticipated AI-based Rotate Tool, and a neat new reflection removal feature.

The membership has been shifed to a singuar donation.

How Latvian animation studio, Panic, transcended their geography and became a leading player in the industry!

Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, and its new free introductory edition.

Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.